Wedding Photos of Kansas City

The following “Kansas City” 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 “Kansas City” 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.

Bride and groom burst into laughter at their Kansas City, Missouri wedding reception during speeches, capturing a joyful moment

Kansas City, Missouri: Burst of Laughter at Wedding Reception

An engaged couple in Kansas City, Missouri, took time to relax in the sunshine at a city park, posing for their engagement portrait session in a kids play net.

Love Radiating in the Heartland: A Playful Engagement Portrait Session in Kansas City's Sunlit Park

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An engaged couple in Kansas City, Missouri, enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in a city park, posing for their engagement portrait session amidst nature's beauty, in black and white silhouettes and leaves enveloping them.

Enchanted Love: A Serene Kansas City Engagement Portrait Amidst Nature's Embrace

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A beautiful engagement photography session in Kansas City, featuring a couple standing in a parking garage, captured in a stunning silhouette with blue tones

Silhouettes and Serendipity: A Captivating Love Story in the Heartland

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A creative photograph of a couple standing in Kansas City in front of a large, silhouetted tree against a blue sky

Kansas City Tree Silhouette Engagement Photo

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The bride and groom, leaving their wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri, were captured in a documentary-style photograph, sitting in a car covered in rain water with "Just Married" written on the window behind them

In Kansas City, Missouri, a documentary-style photograph captured the newly married couple in a car covered in rain water with "Just Married" written on the window

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An artistic and creative lifestyle portrait of a couple in a park in Kansas City, Missouri, using a prism effect

A photographer created an artistic engagement portrait of a couple in a park using a prism effect

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A couple was photographed in a Kansas City parking garage doorway with the skyline in the background

A couple posed for a lifestyle engagement portrait in front of a parking garage doorway with the skyline in the background

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A lifestyle portrait of a couple in a Kansas City parking garage rooftop with a skyline background and low sun

A couple is rim lit on a rooftop parking garage with a skyline background and low sun, in a lifestyle engagement portrait session

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At the Kansas City, Missouri wedding ceremony, the groom was welcomed with a warm hug at the altar by dad, while guests watched in delight under the shade of many tall trees

As the groom made his way up to the altar for the outdoor wedding ceremony, dad gave him a warm hug under the shade of many tall trees

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At the outdoor Kansas City Missouri Wedding ceremony, the bride walking down aisle

The bride is walking towards her family and friends, followed by a dog, at the outdoor wedding ceremony

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Missouri wedding reception image of the Groom on a chair at the Kansas City festive celebration party

A wedding reception image of the groom joyously seated in the center of the festive celebration party and performing the chair dance

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The bride and groom are happily dancing at their outdoor sunset wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri

At their outdoor wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri, the bride and groom are joyfully dancing under the orange sky

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Best Kansas City wedding photojournalism picture of the Bride and Groom Kissing

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Kansas City Park picture session for a carefree engaged couple at sunset under the tall trees

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Downtown Kansas City couple engagement portraits with a couple with downtown lights at night in the city

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Kansas City pre-wed portraits for a fun couple on the rooftop of a parking garage using their silhouettes with buildings

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A black and white Kansas City couple portrait from a Missouri wedding under a huge tree

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Liberty Memorial Kansas City couple engagement portraits with a couple enjoying a hike near a large tree

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Missouri prewed portraits for a fun couple in a field by a gate at a family farm

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Manhattan Kansas Univerity Campus garden engagement image of a couple in a greenhouse

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This Missouri wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Kansas City wedding photography looks like, as the Groom dancing with friends

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Kansas City wedding photographer captured this photo of the wedding singers silhouette against a glowing purple wall, as the guitarist jams off to the side

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The bride begins to walk down a flight of stairs carrying her bouquet in this black and white photo by a Kansas City, MO wedding photographer

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Kansas City boys wrestle with each other at the reception - Missouri wedding photography

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