Wedding Photos of Archway

The following “Archway” 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 “Archway” 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 couple from Ardèche, France is captured beautifully in an engagement photo shoot, standing together under a picturesque archway in front of an intricately designed door

Romantic French Couple Embrace Ardèche's Artistry in Enchanting Engagement Photo

An engagement portrait of a couple at Monserrate Palace in Sintra, Portugal, was framed beautifully under an arch

Captivating Engagement Portrait of a Couple at Monserrate Palace in Sintra, Portugal, Framed under a Stunning Arch

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The Baeza couple's engagement portrait showcases them framed in an archway, with a backdrop of blue light brilliantly illuminating the wall behind them

Captivating Engagement Portrait: Baeza Couple Framed in Archway, Stunning Blue Backdrop

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The couple walks down the ornate steps of a picturesque Italian archway in Udine, Italy, a stroll to be treasured in their engagement journey

Udine, Italy: A Stroll to Treasure - Couple's Engagement Journey on Ornate Archway Steps

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In the enchanting night portrait at a castle in Brittany, France, a couple stands elegantly framed within an archway, immortalizing their love in a breathtaking wedding portrait

Brittany, France: Enchanting Castle Wedding Portrait Immortalizes Couple's Love in Breathtaking Night Scene

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The Ashbridge House Gardens in the United Kingdom provided an idyllic backdrop, framing a beautiful engagement portrait of the couple in a picturesque garden tunnel

The engaged couple exuded joy amidst the vibrant greenery, beautifully captured in the professional portrait

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Engagement Session framed in archway garden tunnel Ashbridge House Gardens archway

The couple posed for a save-the-date wedding announcement picture at Filoli Gardens in Woodside, CA after a surprise proposal in front of a large audience

Filoli Gardens, Woodside, CA: Surprise Proposal Couple Wedding Announcement Image

surprise proposal archway Woodside Engagement Portrait Red brick Woodside CA sitting on steps Filoli Gardens

The couple couldn't be happier as they prepare to celebrate their love and begin their new life journey together by posing for their lifestyle photoshoot at Philadelphia's iconic Love Park in an archway at their engagement session

The couple happily posed at Philadelphia's Love Park, celebrating their love and beginning their new life journey together

backlit PA silhouette Love Park Philadelphia engagement session Philadelphia iconic park

The engaged couple are captured in a lifestyle pre wedding portrait in the sunlight and shadows of the large stone building with its round window of repeating patterns in Baeza, Jaén, Spain

In Baeza, Jaén, Spain, the engaged couple pose for a lifestyle portrait in the sunlight and shadows of a large stone building

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The groom took a portrait after getting dressed at the Canopy by Hilton Chicago, framed under arching warm ceiling lights

At the Canopy by Hilton Chicago, the groom posed for a solo portrait after dressing beneath arching warm ceiling lights

Chicago Loop Dowtown archway framed under arch warm lights Chicago photographer IL Chicago

The passionate embrace of the newly engaged couple in a San Francisco archway was captured in a timeless black and white engagement portrait

The newly engaged couple passionately embraced, with the bride-to-be planting a gentle kiss on her partner's cheek

San Francisco kiss on cheek bw portrait gentle kiss archway SF e session California - Northern

The couple poses under a lit arch at The Alhambra of Granada, Spain

The Alhambra of Granada archway Spain Granada photographer

The bride and groom were photographed with bride showing her veil beneath a stunning archway of a historic building in Amersfoort

Amersfoort's historic building's archway hosted a photo shoot of the newlyweds, with the bride's veil on show

Amersfoort Newlyweds historic building Netherlands veil Amersfoort Photographer Amersfoort archway

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session at Brescia Castle in Italy after A walk at the Castle

Italy Brescia Castle bw engagement couple walking archway Brescia Photographer Lucio Zogno

A Save the Date in Puerto Rico. Old San Juan portrait of a couple embracing in the light of the sun near brightly colored buildings

Old San Juan colorful buildings Puerto Rico archway sunlight Couple embracing

A romantic engagement session in Brooklyn, New York of a couple dancing in an archway with the Brooklyn Bridge standing behind them

New York photographer Brooklyn Bridge New York Brooklyn archway

A Massachusetts Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, urban portrait of this Boston couple framed in an archway at The Boston Seaport with the cityscape in the background

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World's best and most unconventional Fuscaldo images from Italy during portraits of a couple inside an ancient palace

inside Calabria Italy portrait Cosenza bw archway

Granada, Spain e-shoot at Palacio de los Cordova in an archway screened by bars and a gate

Palacio de los Cordova Spain brides screened bars gate Spain archway

Sovicille Town Hall, La Sosta del Cavaliere, Rosia wedding couple artistic image session of the couple in an archway

Rosia Sovicille Town Hall weddings La Sosta del Cavaliere wedding couple archway Sovicille Town Hall

True Love Engagement Picture Session at the Louvre Museum in Paris showing a couple kissing in front of a France archway

Louvre Museum framing France Paris engagement picture Paris couple Tatyana Chohadjieva archway

Granada, Spain portrait e-session with dark tones, silhouettes and a lit archway

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Ermita Virgen de la Cabeza, Cazorla, Spain portrait e-session above the steps in a lit archway

Spain archway Cazorla Spain couple portraits Cazorla photographer Ermita Virgen de la Cabeza

Syracuse, Sicily creative wedding day portrait of the bride and groom, after saying "yes"

The newly-weds embraced beneath an archway, captured in a low-angle portrait. Inside, they shared an intimate session against a balcony, commemorating their special day.

low angle Sicily archway silhouettes Syracuse Italy balcony portrait

The High Line Park, NYC mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day created through the door to their future

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Aviano, Italy engagement photo session On the top of the hill

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Grado, Italy Arches framing in creative pre-wedding photo

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Turkey engagement photo session in formal dress under an arch with a light

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Dumbo couple's Silhouette during a pre-wed engagement photo session

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Isabela, Puerto Rico Engagement photographer "We saw how the light created a LOCATION ICON, so we added a light for subjects and created this." in Tunel Guajataca

Isabela archway light sunshine Puerto Rico Puerto Rico couple image shadows

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