Wedding Photos of Shanghai

The following “Shanghai” 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 “Shanghai” 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.

On Changle Road in Shanghai, China, a couple captured a romantic moment in their engagement portrait, with the bride surprising the groom with a heartfelt kiss

A Beautiful Engagement Portrait on Changle Road, Shanghai: A Heartfelt Surprise Kiss

An engagement portrait taken on the Bund in Shanghai, China, captures the sentiment "Time will tell how much I love you"

Capturing Eternal Love: An Engagement Portrait on the Bund in Shanghai

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A detailed shot captures the preparations for the Chinese traditional tea ceremony at a couple's home in Shanghai, China, on their wedding day.

SHANGHAI TEA CEREMONY: A Detail Shot of Tradition on a Shanghai Wedding Day

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In Shanghai, China, at her home, a beautiful bride stands in front of a wall adorned with red Chinese symbols for luck and prosperity, captured in a vertical portrait shot on her wedding day.

SHANGHAI WEDDING: The Timeless Elegance of a Captivating Chinese Bride

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A special engagement with a talented photographer at the beautiful Sinan Mansions, Shanghai, China, showcasing the traditional symbol of double happiness (囍), commonly associated with weddings and engagements

Sinan Mansions in Shanghai, China: Capturing the Symbol of Double Happiness through Photography

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The groom was showered with love and red packet gifts from his family at the Shanghai wedding

Family showered the groom with love and red packets at the Shanghai Wedding Venue, Shanghai

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In this award-winning wedding photo taken at a hotel in Shanghai, China, the bride surprises her groom with a sudden kiss. The photographer captured the joyous moment in documentary style.

The Unexpected Kiss: A Joyous Wedding Moment in Shanghai

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The nephew of the groom in Shanghai playfully teases his uncle as they take part in a traditional Chinese wedding game

Nephew teases uncle at a Chinese wedding in Shanghai

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The bride's home was filled with joy as the Shanghai groom and his groomsmen played a wedding game

Joy filled the bride's home as the wedding game was enjoyed by the Shanghai groom and his groomsmen

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The couple dressed in white posed for their lifestyle engagement portrait session at the beautiful Minhang Culture Park in Shanghai, China, with their hands in the traditional fist into palm gesture

The couple's romantic engagement portrait captured their joy, with white outfits and traditional fist into palm gesture at Minhang Culture Park, Shanghai, China

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The Bund in Shanghai, China is the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable minimalist lifestyle portrait session for a beautiful couple under the sunlight, radiating joy and smiles

A minimalist engagement portrait of a blissful couple, smiling in the sunlight at The Bund in Shanghai, China, captures a timeless moment of joy

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The couple is captured in an intimate moment as they enjoy a romantic stroll through Minhang Culture Park in Shanghai, China for their lifestyle portrait session

The couple's love shines through in the beautiful engagement portrait taken during their romantic stroll in Minhang Culture Park, Shanghai, China

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A Shanghai, China, couple posed with a giant replica of a stuffed animal while smiling for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait

Shanghai, China: Couple and Giant Stuffed Animal for Engagement Announcement Image

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The couple posed for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait in Shanghai, China, surrounded by flowering cherry blossom trees

Shanghai, China: Engagement Announcement Portrait among Blooming Cherry Blossoms

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A couple in Shanghai, China, happily kissed, laughed and cuddled while posing for their engagement announcement portrait on a bench near a street

Shanghai, China: Couple's Engagement Announcement Portrait on a Street Bench

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The cool couple, sporting sunglasses and holding clear umbrellas, are posing for their pre-wedding photoshoot at the Rock Bund in Shanghai, China

The cool, love-struck, engaged couple posed happily at the Rock Bund, Shanghai, China

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A couple in Shanghai, China, who will soon be getting married, pose for a portrait while holding prescription glasses towards the camera

In Shanghai, China, a blissfully engaged couple pose, glasses in hand, radiating love

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The engaged couple posed for a pre-wedding portrait at the Bund in Shanghai, China, with her looking forward and him looking at her, the strong wind blowing her hair

At the Bund in Shanghai, the engaged couple posed for a portrait, him admiring her in the wind

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The engaged couple experienced romance in the springtime at MinHang Culture Park, Shanghai, China, when captured in a lifestyle pre wedding portrait with a low camera angle and big trees in the background

The engaged couple pose for portraits in Shanghai, China's MinHang Culture Park in the springtime

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A very creative and artistic image of couple in a Shanghai forest with love under light and shadows

A pre-wedding portrait session in a creative forest with light and shadows creating an abstract view of the couple

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In Shanghai, China, the bride holds her veil in the wind, creating a beautiful black and white detail shot of her in her white dress

The bride is captured in a striking black and white image as she gracefully holds her veil aloft in the breeze

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In Shanghai, China, the couple kissed behind the water curtain, in an obscure and diffused black and white image

Shanghai, China: Just married couple kissing behind water curtain, in black and white

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Amidst the Shanghai wedding ceremony, the guests in their white dress shirts, ties, and vests applauded in celebration of the couple's love

The guests at the wedding celebrated the couple's union with enthusiastic applause, dressed in their formal attire

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The bride's beauty was immortalised in a stunning high contrast black and white mirror reflection photo, captured by a Shanghai wedding photographer as she was having her makeup done

China reflection photo of the bride getting her makeup done in Shanghai

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Before a wedding in Shanghai China, the child goes to the wrong door

Before the ceremony, the child was confused, believing the 3 women looking at their phones to be the bride, when it was actually the wrong door

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On a Shanghai China wedding stage, the guests play the Blindfold Watermelon Game

On the wedding stage, the guests were all smiles as they played the Blindfold Watermelon Game

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At a Shanghai China home, getting ready in a mirror is a funny Pirate Bride

Getting ready in her home, the funny Pirate Bride with one eye covered by a mirror decoration had a memorable wedding picture taken

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In Shanghai China at home, the couple feeds parents sweet porridge

The couple performs traditional tea ceremony rituals at home and feeds their parents sweet porridge

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Shanghai outside wedding with bubbles against blue sky shows some Colorful love

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beautiful bridesmaids dresses

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