Wedding Photos of Essen

The following “Essen” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Essen” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

An Essen couple shares a spontaneous kiss in the back row of a vintage bus as the wedding party sits in the foreground, out of focus.

Wedding Wheels: Essen Couple's Kiss Steals the Show on Vintage Bus Back Row

Patrycja Janik is an artistic wedding photographer for Nordrhein-Westfalen

Photo by: Patrycja Janik - Mülheim an der Ruhr Nordrhein-Westfalen

Essen Zeche Zollverein leading lines staircase Essen Artistic Portrait colliery

Nadine Lotze is an artistic wedding photographer for Nordrhein-Westfalen

Photo by: Nadine Lotze - Hagen Nordrhein-Westfalen

romantic Hagen wedding portrait romantic portrait couple sunlight Schloss Borbeck Hagen

wedding couple in industrial wagon

industrial wagon Germany Newlywed portrait Essen Photographer Essen Zeche Zollverein Essen

This wedding portrait of the couple at Zeche Zollverein Essen stands out with its creative reflections which add an extra layer of interest

At Zeche Zollverein Essen, this creative wedding portrait, with its reflections adding an extra layer of interest, stands out

Zeche Zollverein Essen Essen Essen Photographer reflections North Rhine-Westphalia old factory

A Hagen Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, urban portrait of this Germany couple at Zeche Zollverein Essen - the couple kissing against a backdrop of industrial culture

kissing urban Zeche Zollverein wedding Essen couple backdrop industrial

Dramatic Zeche Zollverein wedding image of this Essen bride and groom in Germany showing a couple in front of old industry buildings

Essen Essen bride and groom factory Germany couple Zeche Zollverein Essen industrial

An original Essen wedding art image in Germany detailing the Vibrant colors, brides bouquet and hand tattoos

Germany tattoos Vibrant colors Patrycja Janik Essen brides bouquet Essen wedding image

Essen bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture at the Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex parking structure

Zeche Zollverein parking structure coal mine Essen Essen couple portrait

Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex engagement shoot with a couple kissing, focus is on the "perfection" tattoo of the hand of the woman

Essen Zollverein Coal Mine kissing tattoo Essen bride to be Germany

Essen, Germany artistic wedding couple portrait from Margaretenhöhe during a Wedding Couple Shoot

artistic wedding couple portrait during a Wedding Couple Shoot

artistic shoot couple Wedding Photo Session Essen Margaretenhöhe wedding Photo. Wedding Couple Shoot

Black and white wedding Couple Shoot in Essen, Germany

Monique De Caro Essen artistic wedding photo Essen bouquet Essen wedding photography Essen fine art wedding picture Germany

Essen, Germany pre wedding shoot - Cozy Engagement image from home

pre wedding shoot showing a Cozy Engagement image from home

Germany Essen pre wedding Essen brides Essen Cozy Engagement Patrycja Janik home

Essen, Germany Couple Engagement Shoot - Pre Wedding Pictures in the Sunshine

Couple Pre Wedding Pictures in the Sunshine of the afternoon near the woods

sunshine afternoon Germany Essen wedding photographer Essen bride woods Essen e session

Engagement shoot of a playful couple in the outdoors

playful Essen engagement images Patrycja Janik Essen couple outdoors Essen e session

Essen, Germany Couple Portrait Shoot - Essen Pre Wedding Session in the Sunlight

Couple Portrait Session in the Sunlight on some industrial stairs

Germany stairs Essen Essen engagement photographer couple portrait session Essen engagement photos Patrycja Janik

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