Wedding Photos of Italy

The following “Italy” 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 “Italy” 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.

Trieste, Italy couple photo session before the wedding day with a BW Sweet caress

Intimate and close up couple photo session before the wedding day with a BW Sweet caress

Venice, Italy urban pic shoot before the wedding day with some BW Light in the dark

black and white bw engagement Venice Italy monochrome urban Engagement Venice photographer

Puglia father-daughter wedding moment picture of a hug

Puglia bride hug Italy Puglia wedding picture wedding moment father daughter

Lago del Predil, Udine, Italy mini couple photo session before the wedding day with Almost a kiss

Lago del Predil Almost Italy Udine photo session kiss Udine pre wedding

San Galgano Abbey, Siena, Italy fine art church ruins wedding couple picture of the bride and groom are kissing after the ceremony

Italy church ruins Italy bride and groom Siena Italy wedding couple picture post ceremony

Castello di Strassoldo, Cervignano, Italy creative natural sunlight wedding portrait

creative Cervignano bride and groom Castello di Strassoldo natural sunlight wedding portrait Italy

Pordenone, Italy fine art hanging wedding dress picture

wedding dress Pordenone bride Pordenone picture Pordenone Fine art hanging

Orange Garden - Rome - Italy fine art wedding detail pic of the brides dress

Rome bride image fine art wedding Rome bridal detail pic Rome brides dress Orange Garden

Rome Italy creative wedding detail image of the bride while getting her veil

Italy creative wedding italy weddings Rome veil detail image rome bride

Villa Godi Piovene, Vicenza, Italy fine art wedding couple portrait in warm tones in the countryside

Vicenza wedding image Vicenza Italy warm tones Villa Godi Piovene countryside fine art wedding

Trieste outdoor wedding photograph from a Italy ceremony showing the Confetti moment

confetti Trieste Trieste bride and groom Trieste outdoor wedding Trieste outdoor wedding photo Italy

Fiumara Beach, Grosseto fine art wedding portrait as the groom embraces from behind his bride, the embrace is intense, the groom closes his eyes expressing passion while the bride smiles

expressing Grosseto wedding portrait Passion behind bride bride smiles Fiumara Beach groom embraces

Villa Garavaglia creative wedding day portrait created as the bride is sitting on a swing while the groom kisses her from behind

Italy kisses Arezzo Villa Garavaglia from behind Cortona Arezzo bride

Ancona creative bridal portrait from behind showing the details of the Brides dress

Marche Ancona bridal portrait Marche photographer from behind Italy Ancona

Ancona fine art wedding picture of two cats in the window with the brides shoes

Italy cat Marche Ancona window brides shoes

Schio, Vicenza, Italy mini photo session before the wedding day - couple in a grass field

Schio Italy grass field sunshine Vicenza photographer Vicenza weddings

Schio, Vicenza, Italy outside forest picture session before the wedding day while sitting under trees in the warm sunlight

under trees sitting Italy picture session Italy engagement shoot Italy forest Italy photographer

Reception Venue, Podere La Torre, Vicenza creative couple wedding portrait on a boat dock over the water

The couple had their wedding portrait taken on a boat dock over the water at their reception venue

IT reception venue water boat dock Italy Vicenza couple Vicenza

Italy wedding image captured of the bride's father as he freezes at the church entrance and their gazes meet for an intimate moment at the Basilica di Santa Caterina Alessandrina

Brides father church entrance meet intimate Basilica di Santa Caterina Alessandrina Salvo Moroni gazes

Creative wedding detail image of the bride's pearl necklace from Borgo Fregnano, Brisighella, Italy

Gently caressing her pearl necklace, the bride experienced joy as the creative details of her wedding day were captured in an image of her delicate hand

Brisighella Photographer delicate pearl necklace Borgo Fregnano Brisighella Italy

Venice, Italy mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple sitting by a canal

canal urban Black & White Italy black and white photo monochrome

Schio, Vicenza, Italy micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day of a couple kissing in front of some mountains

picturesque grass field country Italy countryside Vicenza

Italian bride helps her father with the preparations at home in Suisio

Italy italian bride home Preparations Suisio father

Sicily wedding couple posed portrait session in an elevator

The wedding couple's posed portrait session was perfectly framed off-center in the elevator, with a huge blue wall providing a minimalist backdrop

big blue sky Sicily elevator off center framing minimalist backdrop Sicily photographer Italy

Sicily couple posing for wedding images with lit candles in the foreground

The bride and groom stand bathed in candlelight, the bride's veil caught in the breeze, as they prepare to capture their wedding day in a series of timeless photos

Sicily Sicily photographer Italy timeless portrait bridal veil lit candles Sicily wedding portrait

Syracuse, Sicily creative wedding day portrait using light and the bride and groom silhouettes

The newlyweds posed for a stunning portrait illuminated by dramatic orange and red lighting, creating a striking silhouette of the couple

Sicily Syracuse Photographer silhouettes orange and red Italy Syracuse orange lighting

Syracuse, Sicily fine art wedding pic of window light on the groom getting ready

Captivating wedding photo captures groom readying for the big day, illuminated by window light, creating dramatic shadows along his face

Italy window light dramatic shadows Sicily photographer Sicily Groom getting ready Syracuse

Syracuse, Sicily fine art wedding picture of the bride in church dressed in blue

The bride, resplendent in her blue attire, was captured in a fine art wedding photo at the church

Sicily photographer dress in blue Syracuse Bridal Portrait Italy Sicily Syracuse church portrait

Syracuse, Sicily fine art wedding portrait with yellow bokeh lights and sea

Romantic beach wedding photo taken at night with a dreamy yellow bokeh effect and a stunning ocean backdrop

Syracuse Italy Syracuse Wedding Portrait Beach Portrait yellow bokeh lights bokeh effect Sicily

Syracuse, Sicily creative wedding day portrait of the bride and groom, after saying "yes"

The newly-weds embraced beneath an archway, captured in a low-angle portrait. Inside, they shared an intimate session against a balcony, commemorating their special day.

Syracuse Sicily photographer balcony portrait archway silhouettes low angle Sicily

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