Wedding Photos of Artistic

The following “Artistic” 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” 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.

Artistic Tuscany wedding picture in Pianirossi from the outdoor reception venue at night showing the Bride throwing her bouquet

Superior wedding art detail image from a Pordenone wedding day in Italy of the bride and groom wedding rings

Pordenone wedding IT wedding image Italy Italy bride and groom Pordenone Torre

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Four Seasons Resort and Residences Vail as they pose in front of the outdoor fireplace as the sun illuminates the colorful aspen trees on the hillside

Vail couple outdoor fireplace colorful hillside artistic sunset best wedding couple portrait

World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Sichuan as The bride took her father's arm They were waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin and the curtain can form a simple composition and artistic details

Asia China wedding photography curtain artistic simple composition father Sichuan

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from a Cleveland, Ohio Reception Venue with smoke bombs to make the image in BW

Cleveland couple bw artistic Ohio wedding image Smoke Bombs Cleveland Ohio Reception Venue

Artistic wedding photo from the District Of Columbia of The groom and the bride posing with their feet surrounded by leaves of fall colors

fall colors fall time District of Columbia shoes Washington DC Groom and bride DC wedding photo

World's most artistic and overhead wedding couple portraits from a Hotel in Zhejiang

China wedding couple portrait artistic Zhejiang weddings Zhejiang hotel China overhead

Artistic wedding photography from Warehouse 109 as the Bride and Groom pose for a portrait

Illinois portrait warehouse Sarah Nader Illinois pose artistic IL bride and groom

World's most artistic and best wedding photo from Poland in BW taken between the legs of the brides dog while putting on the shoes

bw Pomeranian wedding photo artistic dog legs shoes

Black and white pre-wedding photo-session at Lake Geneva by the ocean in a creative upside down display

Pre Wedding Photo creative black and white symmetry Castille Alma ocean upside down

View this aesthetic Verbeke Foundation Stekene wedding day picture which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

artistic Verbeke Foundation Stekene wedding day couple portrait with circles

couple portrait Verbeke Foundation Stekene wedding day circles art artistic white

Artistic Chicago bridal wedding portrait with a glass reflection and big windows looking out to the city skyscrapers

Chicago glass artistic Chicago bridal Illinois city windows

Bodrum Turkey wedding couple artistic drone picture session with a couple lying on the pier

artistic session Bodrum Bodrum creative portrait pier Couple lying

Artistic Sopot wedding photo at the Chateau Copsa in Bulgaria for a Portrait of the couple in the sunset against a blue sky with a romantic kiss

bulgaria couple Bulgaria Chateau Copsa romantic artistic sunset Detelina Krasteva

Artistic San Francisco wedding portrait in California - Southern at the park with smoke bombs

San Francisco wedding portrait smoke Southern CA wedding Smoke Bombs California couple San Francisco

Artistic Gotse Delchev wedding portrait at the Complex Baroto hotel for a Bulgaria bride and groom

Complex Baroto Gotse Delchev wedding portrait artistic Bulgaria bride and groom Bulgaria Gotse Delchev

Artistic Verona wedding picture at the Torri del Benaco Castle at Lake Garda, Italy created during the ceremony, with the view on the lake and on the little town

ceremony Torri del Benaco lake lake garda Italy outdoor wedding Verona wedding picture

Artistic Zhejiang Wedding Day Portrait in China of the bride under a building with many arches

Zhejiang artistic sunlight arches Zhejiang wedding portrait outdoors

Artistic Fort Collins wedding portrait of a Colorado couple sharing a romantic dance at sunset with an orange sky outside the wedding venue

romantic Colorado outside Fort Collins wedding portrait sunset orange sky Fort Collins

Estes Park, CO wedding couple artistic image session of the couple sharing a sunset dance before the end of their wedding celebration

CO wedding couple Estes Park sunset portrait Estes Park unset dance couple image Session

Pinehills, Plymouth, Massachusetts wedding party artistic image session of the guys smoking cigars around firepit at dusk

smoking cigars image Session wedding party Plymouth MA groom Pinehills firepit Massachusetts

Artistic Vaasen wedding portrait in Gelderland, Netherlands using a tree with bride and groom and a light

Natalja van Ommeren Vaasen wedding portrait light tree artistic Gelderland Netherlands bride and groom

Artistic Cape Cod wedding picture in Falmouth, Massachusetts from a private residence showing the MA couple in front of the tent at dusk with lights

artistic Falmouth Massachusetts bride and groom MA couple Lights Falmouth weddings

Artistic Murcia wedding portrait of the bride and groom in Spain taken in the beach before the restaurant

restaurant Spain couple artistic beach reflections Murcia wedding portrait Murcia

Artistic Sao Paulo wedding portrait of a Brazil bride and her dress details in BW

brazil bride São Paulo bw artistic dress details Sao Paulo wedding portrait

Artistic Estes Park wedding image at Black Canyon Inn for a Colorado portrait of the bride in her dress with a bouquet of flowers

Estes Park wedding image Estes Park flowers artistic Black Canyon Inn bouquet

Artistic Spring Branch Night time Bride and Groom wedding portrait at Park 31 venue in Texas - Central

Texas - Central Spring Branch Park 31 venue Park 31 branch Night time TX bride and groom

Cleveland environmental engagement e-session of a nose-to-nose silhouette

Cleveland OH engagement Flare clouds sunlight cleveland photographer

Boulder artiistic mini couple photo session before the wedding day resulting in a backlit portrait in front of a textured water tower

backlit portrait boulder textured artistic Boulder couple photo session Boulder pre wedding photo

Occitanie artistic wedding photography from the brides Getting ready location, France showing Make-up time

artistic France brides getting ready lipstick make up lips

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