Wedding Photos of Beach

The following “Beach” 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 “Beach” 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 New York Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this beach portrait of this NY couple at Long Island Beach depicting them sitting in lawn chairs at the beach

Northern California moody actual wedding day couple portrait showing the bride and groom near the beach

United States moody Jipeng Han beach Northern California bride and groom California wedding couple portrait

A China Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, silhouette portrait of this Shenzhen couple under some trees at a beach

Shenzhen beach China engagement photographer Shenzhen couple Silhouette portrait trees Color Song

Top, and timeless France wedding photography from Quiberon during a portrait session On a beach when the tide was low

France tide Quiberon France wedding photography Quiberon portrait coast

A top featured wedding image from Lake Tahoe showing Two flower girls stand on a rocky shoreline at the edge of a lake

rocky flower girls Lake Tahoe shoreline edge shore lake

A Nantucket Island Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, beach portrait of this Massachusetts couple at walking across the Madaket Bridge

Nantucket Island beach low sun Nantucket Island Photographer Massachusetts Couple boardwalk Madaket Bridge

An extraordinary Corolla NC wedding picture by a pro North Carolina photographer at The Mark Twain vacation rental revealing the Bride crosses through traffic on the beach during the wedding processional

Corolla beach wedding Neil Thurston traffic The Mark Twain wedding venue beach NC wedding picture Bride crosses

An Italy Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, fun portrait of this Lucca couple sitting on boat at a beach at Forte dei Marmi

fun portrait boat IT italy wedding photographer Italy beach

A Virginia Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this VA couple sitting on a beach with an art mural on the wall behind themat Old Town Alexandria

Sarah Sta Ana Virginia art mural VA couple Old Town Alexandria Alexandria sitting

A Maceio Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative portrait of this Alagoas couple hugging between two wooden gazebos at Sao Miguel dos Milagres

hugging wooden gazebos Maceio Wedding Photographer Alagoas alagoas couple Sky beach

A Maceio Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, beach portrait of this Alagoas couple hugging in front of palm trees at Tatuamunha

hugging Tatuamunha Carol Rox Brazil palm trees beach brazil wedding photographer

A France Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this sweet portrait of this Montpellier couple embracing by the sea

sea Montpellier couple portrait embracing French portraits beach Sky

Scenic Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portrait shoot of the young Brazil couple running hand in hand on the beach at the ocean

Rio de Janeiro beach scenic ocean Brazil Couple Hand in hand Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portrait

Scenic Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portrait shoot for a couple dressed in white holding hands walking on the beach sand by the Brazil ocean

sand Rio de Janeiro pre wedding walking white RJ couple Brazil

Oceanic Rio de Janeiro engagement image with a couple dressed in all white standing on rocks at the beach in Brazil

RJ couple Rio de Janeiro engagement dressed in white crashing waves rocks standing Brazil

A romantic and sweet Rio de Janeiro engagement picture for a couple holding hands on a beach in Brazil

water Brazil Rio de Janeiro engagement RJ couple holding hands waves beach

Scenic Fartura engagement picture at sunset with walking on water silhouettes

Fartura bride and groom Brazil walking beach Fartura engagement sunset

A beautiful Cambury engagement photo for a Brazilian couple seeking the warm rays of the sun

Cambury Camburi Brazilian couple São Sebastião sun Cambury engagement photo

A romantic Ravenna Wild beach Sanctuary pre wedding session for an Italy couple going head to head in the sunset

Sanctuary romantic Italy couple beach Caterina Errani Ravenna head to head

Adventurous Napatree Point, Westerly, Rhode Island pre wedding sunset engagement photos in silhouette of the couple against the pre sunset sky with the beach grasses blowing in the strong wind

sunsets Napatree Point Westerly Sky blowing strong wind sunset

A creative South Kingstown pre wedding session at East Matunuck State Beach working to utilize some of the iconic features of the beach, like the lifeguard chairs and the beach fences that snake through the dunes

lifeguard chair beach South Kingstown pre wedding dunes Kathryn Wallace Yeaton iconic features South Kingstown

Scenic Montpellier engagement picture for a France couple enjoying the sunset by the grass

France couple grass beach Sky silhouette montpellier engagement

A creative Montpellier pre wedding session for a French couple enjoying the beach with a sand fence near them

beach French Couple Montpellier pre wedding sand fence

Scenic Montpellier engagement image for a French couple enjoying the beach with a boats and a cloudy sunset sky

French Couple beach sunset sky boats montpellier engagement image cloudy

A romantic Nevada engagement picture at Secret Cove, Incline Village as the A couple walks hand in hand on the beach at Lake Tahoe while laughing at something they said

Hand in hand Secret Cove beach romantic Incline Village Nevada

Adventurous and scenic Britttany engagement session of the Bretagne walking hand in hand on the beach

Adventurous and scenic Brittany engagement session of the Bretagne walking hand in hand on the beach

Charlotte Poudroux Brittany engagement session holding hands adventurous Brittany walking Bretagne

Maceió fun-loving couple modeling for a pre-wedding session at the sunrise on the beach sands by the water

rising sun Alagoas Maceió Renner Boldrino beach sunrise engagement Maceio engagement photographer

Maceió pre-wedding engagement session with a couple walking at the sunrise at the beach

Alagoas Renner Boldrino maceio engagerment photographer walking sunrise engagement Strolling beach

Sarayburnu, Istanbul couple engagement portraits with a couple at the beach by the crashing waves on the rocks

Istanbul sunset portrait crashing waves beach Istanbul engagement photographer Sarayburnu

Rio das Ostras pre-wedding engagement photoshoot for a couple / bride and groom to be, on the beach by the pier

Brazil photographers pier Brazil wedding photography Nova Friburgo bride beach

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