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.

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at Crissy Field in San Francisco showing a CA couple during Golden Light at the Golden gate

San Francisco on-location portrait e-shoot in BW showing A loving gaze between the two

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San Francisco environmental engagement e-session capturing The love and happiness beyond words

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San Francisco portrait e-session with a Glaring afternoon sun and a loving couple

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San Francisco on-location portrait e-shoot - I'm so glad to be walking through this journey together with you

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Transamerica, San Francisco, California environmental engagement e-session in the windows at the Top of the Mandarin

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Embarcadero, San Francisco on-location portrait e-shoot with a Yellow Fever embrace by the cable cars

Tyler Vu cable cars San Francisco Yellow Fever Embarcadero CA Photographer embrace

Overlook View Point, San Francisco, CA on-location portrait e-shoot at the Top of the Chain

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Palace of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA environmental engagement e-session Amongst Giant pillars on the grass with soft light

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Baker Beach, San Francisco, California on-location portrait e-shoot with a little Mighty Whitey under the mature trees

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San Francisco Documentary wedding image of the happiest hug after the ceremony

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San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Photos with a tender kiss in the cypress forest

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San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Session showing a quiet minute under the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts

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San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Photos with some Slow dancing by the pier in the evening

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San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Image with some Romancing through the piers of SF at night

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Sutro Bath Artful Engagement Picture in San Francisco showing The love flows in BW

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Overlook Point Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait in San Francisco overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge

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China Town Fine Art Engagement Image in San Francisco showing the Night of the Dragons overhead

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Baker Beach Artful Engagement Picture in San Francisco with some Bliss by the Golden Gate Bridge

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San Francisco, CA Artful Engagement Picture in the building columns and stripes of light and shadows

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SF couple pre-wed portrait with A kiss by the sutra bath ruins

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San Francisco engagement pic session with The couple outside the church

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San Francisco pre - wed image with a couple hanging onto love on the steep steps

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San Francisco couple engagement pic session at Cupid's last leg

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San Francisco engaged couple picture session at the Place of Fine Art showing Love grand site in CA

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San Francisco black and white couple portrait as the metro train passes by

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San Francisco romantic couple shoot in nature

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San Francisco beach couple portrait session of a sweet hearty moment by the cold ocean

Flat water beach couple portrait session of a sweet hearty moment by the cold ocean

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San Francisco windmill couple portrait while they kiss

Low angle windmill couple portrait created while they kiss under a clear sky

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Lover's Lane, San Francisco couple portrait in the woods on a winded trail

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