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.

World's top and most original San Diego wedding portrait photography of bride putting on earrings for beach elopement

San Diego wedding portrait San Diego S CA photography beach CA bride earrings California - Southern

World's most artistic and best wedding portraits from San Diego, California of the Couple in front of water fountain near the beach

beach elopement water fountain California couple white sky San Diego wedding portraits from San Diego

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Hacienda de Mare Olimp, Romania of the Bride and groom as they pose on the beach in front of the wedding venue

bw Romania pose Mare Olimp Mare Olimp wedding venue beach Hacienda

A pre-wedding Búzios engagement session with a bride and groom kissing

Buzios Buzios photographer Buzios wedding photography kissing beach ocean Búzios engagement session

A pre-wedding Playa Conchas Chinas, Puerto Vallarta engagement session with a couple embraced on the sands of the beach

beach sand Jalisco Puerto Vallarta engagement Puerto Vallarta Playa Conchas Chinas couple

Niteroi picture session for a carefree engaged couple that is embracing by the crashing waves of the beach

engaged in Niteroi Niteroi picture session embracing Rio de Janeiro crashing waves beach

Niteroi couple engagement portraits with a couple enjoying a sunny day at the beach

beach Niterói Niterói engagement Brazil Niterói couple Sunny day

Ravenna Wild beach playful engagement image of a couple in BW in an embrace of love

Italy Ravenna couple bw beach Ravenna wild embrace

A top California wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Mendocino Overlook wedding location on the cliffs above the beach during the first kiss with the blended family not noticing

California - Northern outdoor wedding location Mendocino Overlook California wedding photojournalism California blended family cliffs

Praia do Francês couple pre-wed portrait of a couple in a loving moment at sunset

Maceió sunlight pre wed portrait couple Renner Boldrino beach Praia do Francês

San Francisco prewedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple as they embrace on the beach with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

San Francisco prewedding background Golden Gate Bridge sand water California couple embrace

RJ prewedding photo-session at the beach with sunshine, sand and palm trees

RJ prewedding sunshine palm trees sand Rio de Janeiro RJ photo session Renner Boldrino

Pre-wedding Maragogi, AL couple photo-session with a Couple on a late afternoon on the beach with her flowers, sand and palm trees

sand AL couple session palm trees Maragogi couple flowers late afternoon beach

Pre-wedding Marshal Deodoro, AL couple photo-session with a couple running on the beach in shallow water near sunset time

couple running Marshal Deodoro photographer Renner Boldrino shallow water AL couple sunset beach

Pre-wedding Ipioca, Maceió couple photo-session exposing the tide that discovered these stones that served as protection against the waves, it served as a beautiful composition for this record

stones Maceió photographer beach Ipioca composition Gustavo Sarmento Pre wedding Ipioca

Pre-wedding Maceió couple portrait-session with a couple embraced near the sea by a rustic board structure

sea board Maceió embraced Maceió photographer rustic beach

Pre-wedding Capodimonte couple portrait-session at Bolsana Lake while The couple is sitting on the pebble beach

water couple sitting Capodimonte Pre wedding pebble beach Bolsana Lake beach

Pre-wedding photo-session in Duluth, Minnesota by the water as the Couple skips rocks

couple splash Minnesota Duluth Pre wedding photo Duluth

Pre-wedding photo-session at Perpignan beach in France with black smoke at the beach

grenade prewedding photo smoke bomb smoke France Perpignan beach Perpignan

Perpignan beach pre-wedding photo-session with the couple Simply embraced at the beach fencing

bw fencing fence Perpignan prewedding photo embraced Perpignan

Pre-wedding engagement image-session at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York with the couple Walking on the rocks for a silhouette sunset shoot

rocks ny engagement image couple walking Queens beach New York

View this graceful Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait at the beach on the wall, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Italy from the WPJA

graceful Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait at the beach on the wall, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Italy

Civitanova Marche Macerata sunshine IT wedding photography bridal Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait graceful

View this dramatic Sofia wedding image from The end of the day with bride and groom running into the sea water, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Bulgaria from the WPJA

dramatic Sofia wedding image from The end of the day with bride and groom running into the sea water, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Bulgaria

end of the day Dramatic Bulgaria wedding photography sea water drone Sofia wedding image

A creative Primorsko wedding detail picture in Bulgaria showing the Bridal dress getting dirty at the shore of the beach

bridal dress Ognyan Stoynev sand dirty Primorsko beach Primorsko wedding picture

A stylish Stirlingshire wedding portrait of the Scotland bride and groom as they stand backlit on a beach near sunset

Stirlingshire Mike Cook stand backlit Scotland bride and groom Scotland beach

Maceió, Alagoas outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot with a man and woman on the beach, and the wind blows her hair

Alagoas photographer alagoas couple Maceió hair man and woman blows wind

On location Tropea, italy couple session by the sea

sea beach sunshine Tropea waves couple session ocean

Tropea, italy environmental couple pre wedding image session while walking along the sea shore

Tropea walking Italy beach Italy couple ocean Tropea wedding photographer

View this picturesque Benajarafe Playa wedding drone portrait of the couple on the beach getting washed up on the sand by the ocean waves, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga from the WPJA

Benajarafe Playa wedding drone portrait of the couple on the beach getting washed up on the sand by the ocean waves, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga

Benajarafe Playa wedding waves Drone photography Benajarafe Playa washed up drone portrait drone

Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica environmental couple pre wedding image session at a beach cliff

Costa Rica photographer cliff Costa Rica couple pre wedding session Manuel Antonio beach

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