Wedding Photos of Washington

The following “Washington” 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 “Washington” 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.

National Gallery of Art couple portrait on stairs

Father daughter dance at wedding reception

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Girl riding piggyback on guys back as they walk up the street

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Seattle, Washington Couple Portraits - holding hands under dock

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Seattle, Washington Wedding Photography - Newly engaged couple smiling and laughing during portrait session

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Washington - edgewater hotel wedding venue photo - the bride adjusts purple dress

Bride adjusts purple dress at Washington Edgewater Hotel wedding venue photo.

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The newlyweds, a bride and groom, posed for a beautiful wedding photo in the backwoods of Bremerton, Washington, surrounded by the natural beauty of the woods, trees, and wilderness at the Brown Family Homestead

The bride and groom posed for a stunning wedding photo in Bremerton, WA, surrounded by nature's beauty

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The bride walks over logs for this detail photo outside in the woods at the Brown Family Homestead, surrounded by the peaceful nature of the lake and the surrounding wilderness

The bride walked in the woods of Bremerton, Washington, near a lake, for a photo surrounded by nature's serenity

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Detail image of the bride's dress hanging on the front porch of the Wellspring Spa in the woods of Washington State

A bride's dress hangs on a porch in Washington's woods, a picture of beauty

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WA Wellspring Spa Wedding Venue Image - Ring Detail Photo

Ring detail photo at the Washington Wellspring Spa wedding venue

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Seattle, Washington e-session - Couple kissing on the sand

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Seattle, Washington Pre Wedding Photo Session - Man holding onto his fiancée as surfers are in the background

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Tacoma, Washington Engagement Photography Session | Couple leans in for a kiss in an old train tunnel

Engagement Photography Session for a Couple leaning in for a kiss in an old train tunnel

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A couple kisses under an umbrella surrounded by water fountains in Tacoma, Washington

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Family Homestead wedding photograph of the bride and groom kissing in photo booth

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West Seattle, Washington engagement photograph with a couple swinging on a temporary tire swing over Puget Sound

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Engagement Portrait with the Pink and Purple Flower and the Couple

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Engaged couple surrounded by the colors of reflection during their engagement portrait session

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Artehouse, Washington, D.C engagement portrait with a videographer jumping while the couple is kissing on a bench

An engagement portrait with a videographer jumping while the couple is kissing on a bench

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Josephine Butler Parks Center, Washington, DC Bride and groom in the afterglow of their first look as family looks on

the Bride and groom hugging as family looks on

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Washington, DC pre-wedding portraits - Couple with monument in background

Outdoor pre-wedding portrait of a walking Couple with monument in background

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Washington DC engagement photo shoot - photographer: We waited few minutes to see the sunset that night, in the top of their building.

Sunshine engagement photo shoot while waiting a few minutes to see the sunset that night, in the top of their building

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Tacoma, Washington engagement portraits of a Couple holding hands on dock | shadows and lines frame this engaged couple showing the light and darkness they came through to be together

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Tacoma, Washington Photo session | engaged Couple jumping with wall of umbrellas

The engaged couple jumped in front of a wall painting of urban art with umbrellas, their excitement and joy for their special occasion perfectly captured in the shot

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Washington DC couple Pose for engagement portraits - black-and-white In to triangles

The couple posed for beautiful black-and-white engagement portraits in front of an industrial background building, with the strong lines and triangular shapes adding a dramatic and modern touch to the image

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Beautiful couple in trees

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Couple kissing on bench

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Creative Engagement Photo Session with beach and a blanket

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Creative Engagement Photography Session with window and wall

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Seattle, WA Pre-Wedding Portraits | Creative engagement in downtown building site

A creative engagement photo was taken in a downtown building site, featuring the couple by construction zone signs and fencing

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