Wedding Photos of SWEET HUG

The following “SWEET HUG” 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 “SWEET HUG” 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 engagement portrait captured the couple in San Francisco, showing a sweet hug and their reflection in a picturesque setting

Romantic Engagement Portrait in San Francisco: Sweet Hug and Reflection in Picturesque Setting

Los Gatos is the location of an engagement portrait that features a couple sharing a sweet hug in a cozy coffee shop

Romantic Engagement Portrait in Los Gatos Coffee Shop: Sweet Hug Captured

Los Gatos Engagement Portrait SWEET HUG Los Gatos coffee shop romantic romantic engagement portrait Los Gatos Los Gatos couple

Slovenia's picturesque landscape creates a perfect setting for an idyllic engagement portrait, with a sweet hug in the middle of a vibrant flower field

An idyllic engagement portrait featuring a sweet hug in the middle of a vibrant flower field is set against a picturesque landscape

Slovenia Engagement Photography picturesque landscape flower field SWEET HUG Slovenia

A Positano, on location couple lifestyle portrait during a Sweet hug on the Amalfi Coast in Salerno, Italy

Salerno Positano Photographer bw portrait Positano Italy amalfi coast

Sancerre nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a Cher, France couple sharing a Sweet Hug in BW

bw portrait SWEET HUG Sancerre cher photographer Cher France

A San Francisco couple poses for a scenic bay portrait together as they prepare to announce their engagement while sharing a sweet hug on the headland overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge

Bay Area San Francisco photographer SWEET HUG hills San Francisco SF scenic bay

BASSIN D ARCACHON FRANCE ENGAGED COUPLE IN A SWEET HUG IN NATURE DURING PORTRAIT SESSION

BASSIN D Arcachon engagement session France pre wedding location Arcachon nature SWEET HUG

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