Wedding Photos of Pacific Ocean

The following “Pacific Ocean” 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 “Pacific Ocean” 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.

A black and white image capturing the bride and groom blessing their rings during their elopement ceremony at the Harbor House Inn in Elk, California, with the beautiful ocean view in the background.

Keeping It Ringal: Bride and Groom Blessing Rings at Oceanfront Elopement in California

California Santa Cruz lifestyle couple portrait. Embraced by the ocean and bird rock, the couple shares a tender embrace at the flat water's edge, capturing the beauty of their love.

CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ | Embracing the Ocean: A Stunning Couple Portrait at Bird Rock

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San Francisco engagement announcement photo idea using a CA Pacific Ocean Sunset at the Beach

sunset portrait Pacific Ocean San Francisco beach engagement San Francisco photographer Tyler Vu

Napili post proposal portrait session with a Hawaii engagement photographer of a Maui Rainbow with a couple kissing

Napili shoreline engagement Maui Hawaii Maui Photographer Napili Engagement Pacific Ocean

Laguna Beach post proposal portraits from a Southern California couple engagement session for a Couple kissing on a rock as the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean Kate Hampson California couple California - Southern couple kissing Laguna Beach Photographer Laguna Beach Sunset Portrait

A beautiful San Jose couple portrait of the couple on a cliff by the waves of the Pacific Ocean in California

California wedding photo cliff waves Pacific Ocean California Jipeng Han San Jose couple portrait

Breathtaking San Jose wedding image of a California couple embracing and showing their love by the sea on the cliffs above the water

California - Northern San Jose Pacific Ocean embracing San Jose wedding image Jipeng Han cliffs

Great wedding photography of the couple at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, California shortly after the bride and groom had their elopement ceremony

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Sunset Cliffs Artful Engagement Picture in San Diego, CA with the beach and waves in the background

San Diego sunlight Sunset Cliffs Engagement Picture CA Sunset Cliffs San Diego engagement shoot

Sutro Baths. Lands End. San Francisco, California couple portrait shoot at the very edge of a continent where San Francisco meets the Pacific Ocean are the Sutro Baths

sunshine Pacific Ocean Sutro Baths sunset warm light Lands End sea

Wedding photo from the cliff edge overlooking the pacific ocean near Stinson Beach, California of a really close potato sack race -- a time honored tradition

potato sack race Pacific Ocean time honored tradition overlooking California cliff edge fog

Wedding photography overlooking the pacific ocean near Stinson Beach, California of the bride and groom in a potato sack race

overlooking California Pacific Ocean Stinson Beach bride and groom CA Wedding Photography

Engagement Photos | Pirate Tower, Laguna Beach, California, USA Couple embracing under the rain in front of the Pacific Ocean in California during an engagement session

Couple embracing under the rain in front of the Pacific Ocean during an engagement session

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Engaged couple kissing in the hardlight above the beach at Wailea, Maui, Hawaii

Maui Beach Portrait Wailea engagement image Wailea Hawaii Wailea couple portrait shoot

Laguna Beach, CA engaged couple taking a walk on the rocks at Laguna Beach.

CA Laguna beach engagement CA engaged couple Pacific Ocean walk sea

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