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.

Goutz Engagement. A young Gers couple posing during a pre wedding portrait session while holding hands around the corner of a building

Adventurous engagement photos in France with the couple against a rock and using their hands to block the bright sun from their eyes

France blocking sun Jonathan Fortuna France photographer French engagement session

A sunny France Engagement Session for a couple walking hand in hand in nature below a big blue sky

France Hand in hand Jonathan Fortuna blue sky France photographer rural portrait

France Engagement. A young French couple posing during a pre wedding portrait session while surrounded by trees in nature

France photographer French Couple France surrounded in trees Jonathan Fortuna

A romantic engagement session in Lyon, France with a couple sitting on steps with soft lighting

soft lighting Lyon photographer couple sitting on steps Jessica Evrard Lyon stairs France

France Engagement Photos. Forêt d'Halatte couple posing at sunset, while the groom to be holds his future wife in his arms

France Oise Photographer Foret dHalatte sunset portrait Oise glowing trees

Couple photography in Old Lyon during a pre wedding engagement shoot on stone steps and shot from above with sun shadows

France sun shadows stone steps overhead shot Lyon photographer Castille Alma Lyon

A pre wedding photoshoot from Old Lyon, France of a couple sitting against a stone wall in the sunshine

Lyon photographer Lyon sunshine couple sitting Castille Alma France stone wall

Cap Ferret post proposal portrait session with a France engagement photographer of a Gironde couple standing back to back near a brick building

brick building France back to back Gironde CAP FERRET Patrick Lombaert France engagement photography

Cap Ferret post proposal portraits by a French wedding photographer of a happy Gironde couple seated outdoors in the sunlight

Cap Ferret Engagement french wedding photographer Gironde Couple France Patrick Lombaert Gironde CAP FERRET

Pleneuf Val Andre post proposal portrait session with a Côtes-d'Armor engagement photographer of a Brittany couple kissing on the hills above the sound with a lighthouse

hill Pleneuf Val Andre Patrick Lombaert lighthouse Brittany photographer Brittany couple Brittany

Saint Nom la Bretèche post proposal portrait session with a Yvelines engagement photographer of a France couple running in the fields and holding hands

Yvelines Engagement Photography France Jean Baptiste Chauvin running in field Yvelines Saint Nom La Bretèche holding hands

Versailles post proposal portrait photos of a happy French couple in the Country side, holding hands

holding hands Versailles Engagement Photography French Couple Versailles France Jean Baptiste Chauvin countryside

Saint Nom La Bretèche post proposal photography showing a smiling Yvelines couple walking the hills while holding hands

walking in the hills Yvelines wedding photographer France holding hands Saint Nom La Bretèche Yvelines Jean Baptiste Chauvin

Saint Nom La Bretèche post proposal engagement session with a French wedding photographer showing a Couple playing and having fun while riding piggyback

Saint Nom La Bretèche Yvelines Engagement Photography France Yvelines piggy back ride Jean Baptiste Chauvin

Versailles post proposal portraits from a Yvelines couple engagement session created as the pair are seated on a bench in the park

Yvelines Engagement Photography France Yvelines park bench Versailles Jean Baptiste Chauvin park engagement

Aiguebelette post proposal portraits by a Savoie wedding photographer of a happy France couple near a Lake with wooden boardwalk and wood posts

Savoie Wedding Photographer Savoie France wooden boardwalk wood posts Aiguebelette

Ardèche post proposal portraits from a France couple engagement session Next to the river

river Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France France photographer sitting on rocks Jerome Villard Ardeche

Montpellier post proposal portrait session with an Occitanie engagement photographer of a France couple sharing a kiss with sunlight and sun flares

sharing a kiss Montpellier photographer sun flares France Occitanie France couple

A truthful report of raw emotions in a wedding day image captured by a Gard, France documentary wedding photographer showing the bride and groom getting emotional under the reception tent

raw emotions French bride and groom Gard photographer emotional Gard France documentary weddings reception

Sancerre post proposal portrait session with a France engagement photographer of a Cher couple posing for a BW Urban Silhouette picture

Cher bw portrait Cher urban silhouette France Sancerre Sancerre Photographer

Cordes sur Ciel post proposal portrait photos of a happy France couple walking on a little street with cobblestones

Tarn Occitanie Tarn photographer Sophie Stacino France cobblestone streets Cordes sur Ciel

Albi post proposal photography showing a smiling France couple standing far behind their horse grazing on field grass

grass field horse grazing Albi albi photographer couple framed France

France post proposal engagement session with a Albi wedding photographer showing a couple and a walking horse silhouetted against a cloudy sky

Albi Couple cloudy sky Tarn photographer France Silhouette portrait Albi

Paris post proposal portrait photos of a happy France couple Captured during sunset, as Paris has a mesmerizing sunset

Paris photographer eiffel tower Paris Sunset Portrait river bridge France

This authentic and emotional France wedding day moment from Domaine de Grand Maison in Oyster Saint Oblas was recorded by a documentary wedding photographer showing The excited groom seeing the bride for the first time

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes French photographer Isere Oyster Saint Oblas documentary weddings groom Domaine de Grand Maison authentic

Marseille post proposal portrait photos of a happy France couple created as the bride to be laughs at the groom

laughing Florian Maguin Marseille France marseille photographer couple sitting

Bourg en Bresse post proposal portrait session with a France engagement photographer of an Ain couple in a dark forest, the sun just hit them from behind

Ain Night Portrait Ain Photographer off camera flash Bourg en Bresse Florian Maguin France ain

Oingt post proposal portrait session with a Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes engagement photographer of a France couple showing The girl is kissing the boy in an old stone city in France

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Florian Maguin old stone city Oingt France Oingt Photographer

Agen post proposal portrait photos of a happy France couple kissing at the top of the urban stairs and framed in the middle

urban portrait Agen Agen Photographer couple kissing France

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