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The following “Artistic portrait” 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 “Artistic portrait” 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.

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Artistic portrait at UNCC Botanical Gardens, showing a couple’s reflection upside down in water, creating a visually intriguing and creative engagement photo surrounded by natural beauty.
Upside Down Reflection Of Couple In Water At UNCC Botanical Gardens, Creating Artistic And Creative Engagement Portrait
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Bride and groom in the Parisian subway, standing in front of a wall with giant lips artwork, creating a graphic and artistic portrait.
Bride And Groom In Parisian Subway With Giant Lips Art Portrait
muralartworkIle-de-FranceParisian subwayartistic portraitParislips
Union Vale, NY — A long night exposure captures a cool couple with motion blur, creating a dreamy and artistic wedding portrait that emphasizes movement and atmosphere in the nighttime setting.
Long Night Exposure Captures Cool Couple's Dreamy, Motion-Blurred Wedding Portrait in Union Vale, NY
motion blurnight portraitlong exposureartistic portraitNew York - UpstateUnion Vale Wedding PortraitUnion Vale NY
Leiden, Zuid Holland — The bride gazes toward the dunes in a black-and-white, dreamlike silhouette portrait, capturing an ethereal and artistic image against the natural landscape.
Leiden Silhouette: Bride's Ethereal Gaze to Dunes, Dreamlike Black-and-White Artistic Portrait
natural landscapebw portraitsilhouetted bridedreamlikeetherealartistic portraitLeiden Bridal Portrait
Artistic portrait from Foz do Cavado, Esposende, Portugal, where a couple's eyebrows are aligned; the man is in soft profile focus while the woman behind him maintains an intriguing, fixed gaze at the camera.
Portugal Love: Aligned Eyebrows, Focused Gaze, Esposende's Artistic Engagement
Esposende PreWedding PortraitEsposendePortugaleyebrows alignedFoz do Cavadofixed gazesoft profile
At Rocca di Cetona in Tuscany, the couple is captured in an artistic portrait, thoughtfully framed by ancient stone architecture and lush surroundings, creating a romantic and timeless image.
Couple Framed by Ancient Stone and Lush Greenery in a Romantic, Timeless Portrait at Rocca di Cetona, Tuscany
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A couple from Ceparana-Bolano shares a loving kiss, framed by artistically tied rope.
A Couple's Kiss Framed by Artistically Tied Rope in Ceparana-Bolano
artistic portraitBolano Engagement Sessiontied ropeloving kissCeparanaframedBolano
An intimate black and white image of a couple reflected on their wedding day, set in the beautiful region of Oise, France.
Intimate Black and White Wedding Moment in Oise, France
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During their pre-wedding photo session in Los Angeles, California, this couple's portraits were elevated with the use of prisms to create mesmerizing repeating images.
Los Angeles Engagement Portrait Elevated with Prisms in California
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An enchanting bride, adorned with an ice queen crown and veil, poses for an artistic black and white portrait at The Estate at River Run in Maidens, VA.
Maidens, VA: Enchanting Bride Crowned with Ice Queen Veil Poses
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A captivating black and white engagement photo taken in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, featuring the Pampulha Monument as a distinct backdrop, capturing the couple's unity in a powerful and artistic manner
Belo Horizonte's Timeless Union: Love in Monochrome, Framed by the Pampulha Monument
artistic portraitMinas GeraisBelo Horizontebw portraitMinas Gerais Engagement PortraitPamphulha Monument
Engaged couple blissfully embraces amidst the stunning sunset at Monserrate Palace in Sintra, Portugal, captured beautifully in BW by an artistic Portugal wedding photographer.
Romantic Serenade at Sunset: Mesmerizing Love Unveiled at Monserrate Palace, Sintra, Portugal
sunsetblack and whiteSintraPortugalMonserrate Palaceartistic portrait
A romantic couple in Denver, CO embrace at Cheesman Park, with a beautiful sunset behind them, captured and lit by an artistic wedding photographer in Colorado.
Love Blossoms in Denver: Embracing Romance at Cheesman Park
Denver engagement sessionDenversunset portraitCheesman Parkartistic portrait
The photo captured in an engagement session at the National Museum in Brasilia. The image showcases the bride-to-be standing on a bridge against a beautiful deep blue sky, while her soon-to-be-husband walks below with a striking silhouette.
Love's Silhouette: A Dreamy Engagement Portrait at Brasilia's National Museum
bridgeBrasíliaBrasília engagement photographyartistic portraitdeep blue skystriking silhouetteNational Museum Brasilia
Photo of a couple embracing face to face with red and blue color effects in the background. Taken at Clos de Longeville, France.
Love Amongst the Colors: A French Wedding Embrace at Clos de Longeville
Face to facered effectsartistic portraitMoselle Wedding PortraitMoselleClos de Longevilleblue effects
Old Town Alexandria couple captured in a mesmerizing artistic portrait, bathed in halos of refracted light at The Morrison House - Hotel
The Morrison House - Hotel in Old Town Alexandria captures an artistic portrait of a couple
halosThe Morrison House HotelAlexandriacapturedOld Town Alexandriamesmerizingcouple
Manoir de Vacheresses: An artistic wedding day portrait showcasing the bride's reflection in a mirror, presenting her profile as she delicately holds her bouquet against an all-black background
Artistic Wedding Day Portrait at Manoir de Vacheresses: Bride's Reflection in Mirror with Bouquet
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Bride and groom stand in front of Saint Ferréol waterfall, wading in a pool of water at the base, for an artistic wedding couple portrait
Saint Ferréol waterfall: Artistic wedding couple portrait wading in pool of water at its base
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A wedding in Nanning is captured in this creative image, showcasing an artistic portrait of the groom and groomsmen
Nanning Wedding: Artistic Portrait of Groom and Groomsmen in Creative Image
Nanning Wedding PortraitNanningNanning weddinggroomsmenartistic portraitCreative ImageNanning groom
The couple posed for a black and white profile portrait in the sun in Cintegabelle, France
Cintegabelle, France: A Romantic Black and White Profile Portrait in the Sun
black and white portraitHaute-GaronneHaute Garonne Engagement Photographyprofile portraitartistic portraitCintegabelle
A couple soon to be wed is lovingly captured in silhouette against a dreamy backdrop of light bokeh at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
The charmingly engaged couple, in love, are silhouetted against a romantic Whitaker Center wall of artistic bokeh
Whitaker Center for Science and the Artsartistic portraitPAHarrisburg Engagement Sessionbokeh lightssilhouettecolorful
This athletic and artistic couple is ready to tie the knot soon as they had a stunning engagement photo session in Cappadocia, Nevsehir, Turkey, where they jumped and posed in the old buildings of Göreme
The athletic and artistic engaged couple, in love, posed joyfully in Cappadocia, Nevsehir, Turkey, to commemorate their soon-to-be union
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A creative and artistic couple posed for a romantic lifestyle photoshoot in Lyon, surrounded by blurry clouds of love in a beautiful black and white portrait
In Lyon, a romantic black and white portrait captured the creative love of an artistic couple
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The newly engaged bride to be is grinning mischieviously in a pre wedding lifestyle couple portrait in Sonoma, California
A black and white image of a newly engaged bride to be with a wide grin
artistic portraitCalifornia - NortherngrinningSonomaSonoma Engagement Photographer
An artistic and creative lifestyle portrait of a couple in a park in Kansas City, Missouri, using a prism effect
A photographer created an artistic engagement portrait of a couple in a park using a prism effect
Kansas City Engagement Photographyprism effectKansas Cityartistic portraitMissouri
A striking engagement photo featuring the couple in profile, set against a bold green backdrop, creates an elegant, artistic contrast
This timelessly elegant Berlin, Germany engagement picture captures the bold green lighting and the couple in profile
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The newlyweds in Bodensee stood with clouds beneath their feet after the wedding ceremony
At Bodensee, the newlyweds celebrated with clouds below their feet after exchanging vows
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A romantic kiss between the newlyweds, photographed by a Lake Constance wedding photographer, made for a beautiful, black-and-white wedding image
Artistic wedding picture of the couple at Bodensee, on the bridge
BodenseeGermanybridgebw portraitartistic portraitgermany photographer
Getting creative with light and glass during this couple portrait session in Los Angeles, California
getting creative with light and glass during this couple portrait session
California - Southernartistic portraitLos AngelesLos Angeles photographer
Arizona bride and groom faces in the science center mirror exhibit
bride and groom faces in the science center mirror exhibit
Arizona Science Centerartistic portraitPhoenixexhibitArizona photographerArizona

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