Wedding Photos of San Francisco

The following “San Francisco” 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 “San Francisco” 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.

San Francisco Urban Portrait Session | A CA couple on the city street

A lifestyle engagement portrait session in San Francisco for a beautiful couple sauntering by the row of cypress trees

cypress trees San Francisco forest engagement San Francisco photographer

San Francisco nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a lovely couple strolling through the majestic cypress forest

majestic cypress forest San Francisco forest engagement couple walking on path San Francisco photographer

A San Francisco, on location couple lifestyle portrait in a sun flare by the Sutro Bath ruins

California - Northern San Francisco photographer Sutro Bath ruins San Francisco sun flare

A lifestyle engagement portrait session in San Francisco for a sweet couple in the middle of the city street

trolley tracks San Francisco photographer romance in the city San Francisco city street

San Francisco nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a couple enjoying some Romance in the city at night

San Francisco San Francisco photographer urban portrait romance in the city

An urban San Francisco lifestyle shoot on location in Chinatown created as the Couple walks down the streets at night under the city lights

Chinatown SF streets at night San Francisco photographer San Francisco city lights

San Francisco engagement photography portfolio image with a California lovely couple by the giant pillars

San Francisco giant pillars columns California - Northern San Francisco photographer

San Francisco engagement announcement couple photo session with the duo eating the cupcake with great pleasure

couple eating San Francisco eating cupcake San Francisco photographer

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

San Francisco breakwater wall San Francisco photographer concrete wall California - Northern SF Bay Area

San Francisco announcement of engagement idea with the beach and A warm embrace and kiss by the ocean

San Francisco photographer ocean crashing waves beach engagement warm embrace San Francisco

San Francisco engagement announcement photo idea showing some CA Romance in the woods

California - Northern San Francisco photographer California Romance forest engagement San Francisco

San Francisco candid documentary wedding photography in Northern California of the groom sweeping the bride from her feet with a passionate kiss

California - Northern couple kissing San Francisco ceremony San Francisco photographer Tyler Vu

Documentary style photography from a San Francisco wedding of the bride and groom kissing with the reflection of the city in the glass behind them

window reflection city skyline California - Northern Tyler Vu San Francisco couple kissing San Francisco photographer

San Francisco romantic engagement session in Northern California with a couple showing us The Love front of Golden Time

California - Northern San Francisco photographer bridge Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco Tyler Vu

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

San Francisco couple kissing bridge Tyler Vu SF Bay Area Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco photographer

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

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

San Francisco engagement photography portfolio image with a California couple posing beneath the Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco bridge San Francisco photographer Golden Gate Bridge bw portrait California couple Tyler Vu

San Francisco announcement of engagement idea with the Golden Gate Bridge as their backdrop

SF Bay Tyler Vu bridge Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco San Francisco photographer

A newly engaged San Francisco Couple in front of the giant door at the palace posing for an engagement announcement portrait

San Francisco photographer San Francisco green doors palace doors California - Northern

San Francisco couple are Happily walking along the cypress forest for pictures to announce their engagement

cypress forest San Francisco SF couple San Francisco photographer

A San Francisco modern couple poses for an announcement portrait of their engagement that shows the juxtaposition of the branches and the couple on the beach

San Francisco photographer Beach Portrait ocean San Francisco

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

SWEET HUG Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco photographer SF scenic bay hills Bay Area

A newly engaged San Francisco couple poses outdoors for an engagement announcement portrait showing the loving couple in the fog and mist at the bay

fog Bay Area San Francisco photographer San Francisco mist San Francisco Save the Date

A San Francisco portrait shows a unique way this newly engaged couple is announcing their engagement via pictures of Romance in the historical fort

Historical Fort romantic portrait San Francisco San Francisco photographer

A San Francisco couple poses on a balcony for engagement announcement portraits in Northern California

low angle shot San Francisco photographer San Francisco California - Northern

Best wedding venue photo from the Palace of Fine Arts showing bride and groom on the steps of love outdoors

Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco Photographer SF Wedding Portrait San Francisco Jipeng Han

San Francisco wedding planner - Fort Point photography under the California bridge

The San Francisco, Fort Point photography under the California bridge

Fort Point San Francisco under California bridge Jipeng Han San Francisco couple San Francisco photographer

Best wedding image for the Fort Point, San Francisco wedding planner showing the couple embracing by the water under the Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco photographer Bay Area Portrait San Francisco Fort Point Jipeng Han Couple embracing

A rustic wooden plank displaying boutonnieres captures the beauty of a wedding day in Northern California's San Francisco

In the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, a rustic wooden plank with boutonnieres displays on a beautiful wedding day

rustic San Francisco California - Northern wooden plank boutonnieres San Francisco photographer Bay Area

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