Wedding Photos of France

The following “France” 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 “France” 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.

Pre-wedding engagement portrait in Villette d’Anthon, France, featuring a couple in nature. Groom affectionately kisses bride's forehead as sunlight filters through trees, capturing a joyful pose beautifully highlighted by the photographer.

Stunning Love Story Unveiled: Romantic Pre-Wedding Portraits in Villette d’Anthon, France

A couple engages in a joyful interaction, capturing the essence of their relationship. Against the backdrop of a historical French city, they laugh together, rim lit, and silhouetted against the setting sun.

CAPTURING LAUGHTER | ENGAGEMENT SESSION IN HISTORICAL FRENCH CITY

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Lifestyle couple portrait at Albi, France. Couple posing in a graphic industrial scene, wearing formal clothes, with blue and red lights beautifully highlighting the entire frame.

STUNNING GLAMOUR: INDUSTRIAL CHIC ENGAGEMENT SHOOT | ALBI, FRANCE

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Albi, France: Lifestyle couple portrait featuring a graphic location with warm tones, curving lines, and minimalist decor. Tea-type lights beautifully highlight the scene and couple as they pose for the photographer.

ALBI, FRANCE | Warm Tones, Curving Lines: Intimate Wedding Portrait Glam

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Lifestyle couple portrait showcasing a creative and artistically shot pre-wedding engagement in Albi, France. The image features a couple posing indoors, with golden tones and the man walking past a window.

GLAMOROUS ALBI AFFAIR | Artistically Captured Engagement Shoot Showcasing a Stylish Couple

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Engaging black and white lifestyle couple portrait taken in the town of Albi, France. The photo showcases the couple sitting on steps, framed symmetrically, amidst repeating lines, expertly captured by the photographer.

ALBI, FRANCE | Engaging Portrait: Symmetry, Lines and Black & White Glamour

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$A couple's lifestyle portrait at Albi, France, showcases their connection as they peer through a fractured window. The photographer's use of blue lighting beautifully highlights the intricate web of cracks.$

Romantic Engagement Session | Albi, France | Peering Through Fractured Beauty

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Saint-Pardoux, France couple gracefully pose face to face during a lifestyle portrait session, while the serene water behind them beautifully reflects the bright sky. A truly captivating image captured expertly by the photographer.

SAINT-PARDOUX, FRANCE | An Exquisitely Captivating Portrait Session

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A stunning black and white photo captures the groom's meticulous attention as he ties his shoes at a wedding in the French Riviera.

The Meticulous Groom: Capturing Elegance at a French Riviera Wedding

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The artistic wedding day image showcases the bride and groom's back view, while they stand entranced by the mesmerizing stained glass arches of Église Saint-Sauveur du Petit-Andely in Les Andelys, Eure, France.

Enchanted by Stained Glass: A Breathtaking Wedding Day in France

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A captivating wedding day portrait where the couple, bathed in the warm glow of a setting sun, stand amidst a parched field at Mas des Oliviers, their love and anticipation radiating through the lens.

Golden Love: A Radiant Wedding Portrait at Mas des Oliviers

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Capturing the timeless elegance of a bride's journey, this award-winning portrait showcases her anticipation as she walks towards the camera, framed by doorways at the stunning Chateau la Durantie in Dordogne, France.

Elegant Journey: Award-Winning Bride at Chateau la Durantie in France

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The award-winning wedding photographer captures a special scene at Domaine de Réputé in Sainte Cécile, France. The image shows the bride, groom, and their children wearing vintage-style shoes that perfectly complement the venue's charm.

Charming Vintage Style: A Family Wedding Portrait at Domaine de Réputé

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Love radiates from this stunning portrait captured at Angrie, France's reception venue. Showcasing the bride's adoration, the photo emphasizes her eyes as she embraces her husband while proudly displaying her wedding ring.

Eyes Meet, Love Speaks: A Radiant Portrait at Angrie, France

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Creative wedding day portrait captured at a reception venue in Toulouse, France. The bride and groom tenderly embrace as the sun sets behind them, evoking a truly romantic atmosphere.

Romantic Toulouse: A Sunlit Embrace Captured on Wedding Day

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Lifestyle couple portrait featuring a captivating pre-wedding engagement shot at Mont d'or, France. The couple is in the mountain field during the tranquil blue hour, creating an enchanting and creative scene.

Captivating Romance: Pre-Wedding Bliss in Mont d'or, France

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In a romantic setting at Saint Vaast les Mello, France, a wedding photo captures a couple deeply in love, their emotions evident as they pose intimately, with gentle touch and soft, dark tones.

Intimate Embrace: A Captivating Wedding Portrait in Saint Vaast les Mello, France

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Neuilly sous Clermont, France: A close up photo captures the touching details of hands intertwined, as the bride recites her vows during the wedding ceremony.

Intimate Gestures: Capturing the Ties that Bind in Neuilly sous Clermont, France

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A creative lifestyle couple portrait featuring a couple lying on their backs amidst warm-toned fall leaves in Var. Shot from above, the couple is prominently positioned in the frame.

Falling in Love: Embracing the Warmth of Autumn in Var

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An award-winning wedding photographer captured this portrait of the groom and his friends at the Saint-Brieuc reception venue in Brittany, France. The black and white image shows them sitting together around a table.

Groom and Companions Celebrate in Saint-Brieuc Venue

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In this award-winning wedding day portrait, the joyous bride and groom stand facing each other amidst rows of grape vines at a romantic reception venue in France. The photo is captured in black and white.

French vineyard embrace: A timeless celebration of love and happiness

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Crolles church in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, witnesses the end of a Catholic ceremony as guests shower the couple with confetti against the backdrop of the stone church

Blessed in Grenoble: A Whirlwind of Confetti

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At the Ceremony laique in Brittany, France, parents and child engage in a religious ceremony, exchanging heartfelt promises and consent

Enduring Bonds: A Captivating Moment at the Ceremony Laique in Brittany, France

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At The Castelnau des Fieumarcon in Lectoure, Gers, France, the two men witnesses gracefully step over the train of the bride's dress during the ceremony

Lectoure Legacy: An Elegant Encounter at Castelnau des Fieumarcon

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Reception Venue, Manoir des Foulons in Rosay, France: Bride throws bouquet to single girls eagerly waiting to catch it at the wedding

Rosay's Bouquet Frenzy: A Candid Capture of Love in France

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Mother of the Bride helping her daughter put on jewelry at their home in Maine-et-Loire, France during the wedding preparations

Maine-et-Loire Matriarch: A Mother's Love in Wedding Preparations

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During the secular ceremony at Ceremony Location, Le Logis de Réputé in Sainte-Cécile, France, the bride and groom can't hide their excitement and joy as they react to a heartfelt speech

Le Logis de Réputé: Capturing Joy and Excitement at Sainte-Cécile Wedding

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At home in Vendée, France, the bride and her best friend prepare for the wedding in the bathroom, using mirrors to complete their makeup

Bathroom Mirrors: Capturing Bridal Beauty in Vendée, France

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At the Reception Venue at home in Angrie, France, the bride and groom exchange heartfelt vows during their beautiful secular ceremony, leaving the bride visibly moved

Angrie, France: A Beautiful Secular Ceremony Leaves Bride Visibly Moved

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The pro documentary wedding photographer captures an intimate moment as the bride and groom listen to a singer, sitting side by side and touching heads, on a white bench in Montfort sur Risle, Eure, Normandy, France.

Captivating Serenade: Bride and Groom Embrace Harmony in Montfort

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