Wedding Photos of Turkey

The following “Turkey” 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 “Turkey” 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.

A bride portrait from ciragan palace, istanbul, turkey

a bride portrait at the ciragan palace

Guests gathered to celebrate a wedding ceremony on the sandy shores Help Beach, Fethiye, Turkey, on the Aegean Coast, surrounded by sunshine and picturesque views

Fethiye, Turkey, Help Beach: Guests celebrated a wedding on its sandy shores, bathed in sunshine and picturesque views of the Aegean Coast.

sandy shores Fethiye Photographer umbrellas Fethiye Aegean Coast Ceremony sunshine beach ceremony

the bride is walking just after the ceremony

Turkey Istanbul photographer outdoor ceremony Ciragan Palace post ceremony Istanbul

In a gorgeous natural setting, the Istanbul bride is standing in profile surrounded by trees is captured in this creative wedding day portrait

trees Istanbul photographer Istanbul Turkey bride profile natural setting

brides wedding ring in a toasting glass

Istanbul photographer toasting glass pouring champagne Istanbul ring detail Turkey

a bride in arched stone door

arched window stone structure Turkey Turkey photographer portrait of bride

dance rehearsal by the water

Turkey Turkey photographer Kınalıada Princes Islands water pier

The couple were in an intimate and romantic setting as they shared a tender kiss near the dappled wall of Giritli Meyhanesi Restaurant in Fatih, İstanbul, Türkiye

Fatih, İstanbul, Türkiye: Near the sun dappled wall of Giritli Meyhanesi Restaurant, a couple shared a romantic kiss

Istanbul Turkey romantic setting tender kiss Fatih restaurant Giritli Meyhanesi

Documentary style photography from a Turkey wedding at the Hilton Hotel Istanbul capturing a mother and the brides funny and dramatic goodbye inside the family home

a mother and the brides funny and dramatic goodbye inside the family home

Istanbul Hilton Hotel Istanbul Turkey photographer Turkey mother and bride laughing

A Turkey wedding photographer at Parma Sole Istanbul captured a BW image of the dance for the bride and groom

a dance for the bride and groom

bride and groom dancing bw moment Turkey Istanbul photographer Parma Sole Istanbul Istanbul

the groom coming to get the bride

Turkey photographer Turkey bride groom kiss Flow Datca Surf & Beach Hotel

Istanbul documentary wedding photography contest winning image at the Pera Palace showing the bride getting make up

the bride getting make up done

make up application Pera Palace Turkey bw moment Istanbul photographer Istanbul

A lifestyle engagement portrait session in Istanbul, Turkey for a couple enjoying a rooftop adventure with birds overhead

Istanbul photographer Turkey Rooftop birds overhead Istanbul

Istanbul nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of Turkey love birds under a blue sky with seagulls

seagulls blue skies Istanbul Istanbul photographer city backdrop Turkey

Best documentary wedding photo from Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey capturing the cake cutting at the reception

The groom ceremoniously cut the wedding cake with a giant sword, guiding the blade with his own hand as his wife helped

Istanbul photographer Istanbul Turkey cake cutting Ciragan Palace

Cappadocia engagement announcement photo idea in Turkey with arched columns and stairs

Cappadocia Photographer arched columns Turkey stairs formal wear Cappadocia

Cappadocia destination engagement shoot for a Turkey couple against a red and orange hot air balloon at night

Cappadocia Photographer Cappadocia night portrait Turkey colorful balloon hot air balloon

Tuz Golu engagement photography portfolio image with a Turkey couple against a dramatic sky lit by an epic sunset

Turkey Tuz Golu Photographer epic sunset dramatic sky clouds sunset engagement

Fun Izmir engagement announcement picture outdoors at the Maya Luxury Cesme in Turkey as the couple arm wrestles on a table overlooking the sea

Izmir photographer Maya Luxury Cesme Turkey arm wrestling overlooking the sea İzmir

Istanbul engagement announcement photo idea at the Galata Bridge with the Turkey couple kissing under the sunlight

Derya Engin Istanbul photographer Galata Bridge Turkey couple kissing bright sunlight Istanbul

Istanbul destination engagement shoot for a Turkey couple at the Galata Bridge as they are both welcoming the sunrise at the water

Galata Bridge Turkey Derya Engin Istanbul photographer Istanbul sunrise engagement

A Turkish couple at the Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site, near chimney rocks during an engagement announcement portrait session

Cappadocia Turkey desert engagement UNESCO World Heritage Site Hot air balloons Cappadocia Photographer

A Turkey modern couple poses for a Cappadocia engagement portrait after hot air ballooning in Cappadocia during a night in Morocco's Agafay Desert

Cappadocia hot air balloon Morocco Agafay Desert Turkey Cappadocia Photographer

A backlit couple portrait in a museum hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey, is silhouetted in a bright orange frame, illuminated by the fire of the setting sun to the right

A silhouette couple portrait in Cappadocia, Turkey, is framed by the setting orange sun

fire orange backlit silhouetted Cappadocia Cappadocia Photographer setting sun

In Cappadocia, Turkey, at a museum hotel, a vintage and rustic looking detail pic of rings on an old wooden stick

A vintage-looking ring photo was taken on old wood at the museum hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey

Turkey wedding rings Cappadocia Photographer Cappadocia rustic Museum Hotel wood

A couple's portrait in the city center of Cappadocia, Turkey, with a red brick wall pattern as the backdrop, creates a beautiful setting at a wedding venue

In Cappadocia, Turkey, a red brick wall pattern makes an urban, rustic backdrop for a wedding portrait

Cappadocia Photographer urban portrait Turkey Cappadocia Wedding Venue Red brick Cappadocia

This snowy day couple session at the Lunar Hotel in Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey captures the wedding day walk between two steep cliffs

A Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey snow day couple session captures wedding day walk between cliffs

Lunar Hotel steep cliffs snowy day Nevsehir Goreme Goreme Photographer Turkey

Top wedding venue photography from the Lunar Hotel in Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey during a snowy day couple session on the wedding day

wedding day portrait snowy day Nevsehir Lunar Hotel Turkey Turkey photographer

Best Bodrum, Turkey wedding venue photography depicting Bride and her father and a picture on the wall

emotional Father Bodrum father of the bride Bodrum photographer Turkey

Best wedding photography from a Issizhan venue created during Party Time at the reception

Turkey Bursa photographer dance floor Issiz Han Bursa

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