Wedding Photos of SF Bay Area

The following “SF Bay Area” 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 “SF Bay Area” 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.

The engaged couple in Menlo Park, California shared a mischievous embrace by a window indoors for their pre-wedding portrait

In Menlo Park, California, the pre-wedding portrait of an engaged couple captured an embrace by a window

A San Francisco sweet kiss on the rocky shore of the bay

A sweet kiss on the rocky shore of the bay for the couple

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San Francisco romantic engagement session in the bay area of California with a couple seated on a breakwater wall of concreted

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San Francisco announcement of engagement idea using the Golden Gate Bridge and a couple seated on the wall and kissing

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Bay Area lifestyle portrait photography for an Oakland couple who are engaged and offering their Lovers silhouette in the forest against the sky and trees

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Couple walking on beach - SF Engagement Photographer

The couple was captured walking on the beach in their Engagement Photo, with the beach sand and water providing a beautiful backdrop while the woman is shown holding her shoes, adding a playful and relaxed touch to the image

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