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The following “Illinois” 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 “Illinois” 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.

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A romantic black and white wedding photo captured from a high angle as a bride and groom ascend the stairs from Chicago Riverwalk, creating a timeless and elegant moment of love and togetherness.
Timeless Elegance: Bride and Groom Ascend Chicago Riverwalk Stairs In Romantic Black and White
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A stunning first dance wedding photo captured at the iconic Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago, showcasing the epitome of classic Chicago style in Illinois.
Chicago Rhapsody: A Timeless First Dance at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
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Chicago, Illinois-based wedding photographer captures a stunning and modern image during a bride's preparation at home. The photograph showcases the bride's dress hanging in the background, creating a stylistic composition with dual mirror reflections.
Chicago Bride's Stylistic Dress: Modern Reflections in Dual Mirrors
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A professional documentary wedding photographer based in Chicago captures the joyous celebration of a bride and groom after their wedding at the Bottom Lounge. This image has been recognized with a prestigious award from WPJA.
Chicago Love on Display: Bride and Groom's Blissful Rendezvous at Bottom Lounge Wins WPJA Accolade
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Lifestyle couple portrait at Guthries Tavern in Chicago, IL. Shot from outside looking through the window, the couple is captured enjoying a drink.
Lifestyle couple portrait at Guthries Tavern in Chicago, IL. Shot from outside looking through the window, the couple is captured enjoying a drink
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At the Riverwalk in Chicago, IL, a soon-to-be-wed couple enjoyed their engagement portrait session, sitting together and laughing joyfully while holding cotton candy - he with a blue treat and she with a pink one.
Cotton Candy Love: A Joyful Engagement Portrait By the Riverwalk in Chicago
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In this beautiful wedding day photo captured in Chicago, Illinois, the bride and her father are the focal point as they watch the heartwarming mother/son dance, a moment of love and joy.
Chicago's Heartwarming Wedding: A Father's Watch, A Son's Love, Joy
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During a wedding reception at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois, a touching moment unfolds as the groom gracefully dances with his mother, showcasing their deep bond.
Capturing Soulful Connections: A Tender Mother-Son Dance Illuminates a Wedding Celebration at Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois
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In this image captured by an Illinois wedding photographer at Firehouse Chicago, the mother of the bride and the bride share a heartfelt moment before the wedding ceremony, embracing and touching tenderly.
Firehouse Chicago: A Touching Moment between Mother and Bride
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A talented wedding photographer captured this award-winning photo during a reception in Chicago, Illinois. The image shows the couple happily dancing to the music before going inside to celebrate their special day.
Chicago Celebration: A Captivating Wedding Photo of a Happy Couple Dancing at Reception
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Romantic silhouette of a couple sharing a tender kiss beneath a breathtaking sunrise at North Avenue Beach in Chicago, IL
Indulging in Love's Eternal Embrace: Couple Immersed in an Enchanting Sunrise at North Avenue Beach, Chicago
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A wedding photographer won a WPJA Honor Award with this image taken at The Rookery Building in Chicago, IL. The photo shows the couple exchanging their vows while the camera captures the scene through the beautiful railings.
Lines of Love: A Wedding at The Rookery Building in Chicago, IL - WPJA Honor Award Winner
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A couple in Chicago, IL held hands during their off-centered portrait session on their wedding day, capturing the foggy haze and the scenic backdrop of the city's skyline at Milton Lee Olive Park.
WEDDING IN THE HAZE: Love in the Windy City's Romantic Backdrop
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Groomsmen and the groom strike a pose for a creative wedding portrait at Ewing Manor in Bloomington, IL, with a unique mirror reflection of the sky and trees beneath them
Ewing Manor in Bloomington, IL: Unique wedding portrait captures groomsmen striking a pose with mirror reflection
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A wedding photojournalist captured the moment the newlywed couple at their wedding reception in Chicago Winery, reacting with joy as the sister of the bride presented them with a photo during a toast. This image received a WPJA Honor Award.
Joyful Toast: A WPJA Honor Award-winning Moment at Chicago Winery
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The wedding image in Chicago, Illinois captured the groom showing the bride pictures inside his suit jacket, eliciting a surprised and joyous laugh
The bride and groom laughed joyfully before their Chicago, Illinois' wedding when the groom displayed photos from his suit jacket
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At the Chicago Athletic Association, the newlyweds signed the ketubah as their parents cheered, with the echelon of their heads forming leading lines in the background
The newlyweds signed their ketubah at Chicago Athletic Association, with parents cheering
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A couple stands under the colorful lights of the Chicago Theater, embracing each other as they pose for a picture, surrounded by the charm and grandeur of the iconic building
Enchanted Love: Embracing Chicago Theater's Grandeur
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The photographer at the W Hotel in Chicago, IL captured a beautiful moment of the bride kissing her grandma right before walking down the aisle
At the W Hotel in Chicago, IL, the bride tenderly kissed her grandma right before her walk down the aisle
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The couple is embracing in the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, IL, surrounded by lush greenery and glass windows overhead
Chicago, IL's Garfield Park Conservatory: couple embracing amidst lush greenery, greenhouse windows overhead
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The couple strolled along a mossy boardwalk near a lagoon, during a lifestyle engagement portrait session at The Grove National Historic Landmark in Glenview, IL
Glenview, IL: Couple strolling near lagoon at The Grove National Historic Landmark
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The couple can be seen embracing and kissing atop the Constellation sculpture by Santiago Calatrava in River Point Park, Chicago, Illinois in a lifestyle engagement portrait
Chicago, IL: Couple embracing atop Constellation sculpture in River Point Park
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Amid the cloudy sky of Illinois, a couple posed for a portrait at Providence Vineyard, with a large tree in the open field as their backdrop
On a cloudy day, a couple had their portrait taken in a vineyard, with a large tree providing a picturesque backdrop
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The bride and bridesmaids were seated indoors at Providence Vineyard for a portrait, which was centered and framed symmetrically through the sliding white barn doors inside
Providence Vineyard: Bride and bridesmaids centered for indoor portrait by sliding barn doors
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The groom and his groomsmen sit under a clear blue sky with their ties blowing in the wind, creating a memorable image on a stone wall in Chicago
The groom and his groomsmen are nostalgically captured in a timeless moment, their ties billowing in the wind against a picturesque backdrop of an idyllic blue sky and stone wall
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A Chicago couple had their wedding portrait taken in Illinois, with an urban setting and creative patterned city reflections below adding interest
Illinois, Chicago: A couple's creative wedding portrait within an urban setting
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The happy grooms smile against the backdrop of the Chicago Planetarium's industrial roofing structure
The smiling grooms provide a striking contrast to the utilitarian architecture of the planetarium
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A Chicago, Illinois couple, with smiles on their faces, wanted a black and white lifestyle engagement portrait taken at the location they first met
They beamed with joy as their first meeting spot became the backdrop for their lifestyle engagement portrait
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At the Deer Path Inn of Highland Park, IL, parents of the groom throw dates and chestnuts into a cloth during a Korean wedding ceremony
At the Korean wedding ceremony, tossed dates and chestnuts were the delight of the groom's parents
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The bride and groom stood facing each other at the altar of a beautiful Chicago, Illinois church, surrounded by rows of pews and captured by a low angle, long lens shot
The bride and groom stood captivatingly at the altar, encircled by pews and perfectly framed in a low angle, long lens shot in the church
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