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.

St Petersburg wedding art image from a Beach wedding on Floridas Gulf Coast under blue skies, sunshine, and clouds

Black and white Nessebar wedding portrait in Burgas of the Bulgaria Bride and groom walking at the beach near steps

Burgas Nessebar Bulgaria bride and groom beach Tatyana Chohadjieva Nessebar wedding portrait black and white

Itacarezinho couple e-session in Bahia alone in A private and beautiful world

Itacarezinho beach engagement palm trees Itacarezinho couple beach Bahia sand

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

reflections Spain couple Murcia wedding portrait Murcia restaurant beach Murcia bride and groom

Buzio couple e-shoot in Rio de Janeiro while walking hand in hand on the beach sands by the sea

walking Rio de Janeiro sands beach Buzio couple engagement Hand in hand

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in San Francisco capturing Lovers by the beach, with a veil of fog covering Golden Gate Bridge as backdrop

San Francisco Engagement Posed Portrait fog Bay area couple shoot Golden Gate Bridge beach lovers

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Almeria showing a couple by a boat the beach with a light for the camera

couple ocean Almeria boat Almeria couple shoot beach

True Love Engagement Picture Session in Camargue showing a couple on the beach at sunset

Camargue wind Engagement Picture Session sunset desert beach Thomas Orsatelli

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot in Camargue of a couple playing around on dune at the beach at sunset

Dune Thomas Orsatelli Pre wedding Photoshoot sunset dancing Camargue beach

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Montpellier showing a couple at the beach under a clear blue sky

beach Montpellier Engagements Montpellier Portrait Session clear blue sky Montpellier couple

Sanya, China wedding bridal party artistic portrait session of the bride and her bridesmaids on the beach

Sanya bridesmaids China Asia china weddings beach

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Hotel Villa Caletas Beach in Jaco-Puntarenas-Costa Rica capturing a Couple holding hands walking over the beach

Costa Rica Jaco holding hands beach Costa Rica Pre Wedding Portrait Session North Puntarenas Puntarenas

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Lake Tahoe, NV capturing a couple embraces while sitting on a rock with the expanse of the water in the background

background NV engagement sitting Lake Tahoe Nevada NV couple lake

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Marriott Resort Puerto Vallarta in Mexico illustrating a couple having a carefree stroll on the sands of the beach

Marriott Resort Puerto Vallarta carefree sunlight dancing beach sands

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Sayulita, Nayarit showing a couple on the Mexico beach with boats and volleyball players

Sayulita Nayarit mexico wedding photographer Nayarit couple games ball beach

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Pachino showing a couple enjoying a walk during Spring in Sicily

Sicily backlit Pachino Pachino couple Pachino PreWedding Portrait blue tones

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at Walden Pond in Concord, MA illustrating a couple standing with an above and below shot

Warren Lane MA PreWedding Portrait above and below MA standing lake Walden Pond

Maceió, Alagoas environmental engagement e-session showing the Man and woman are together and holding each other on the beach at sunset

man and woman water Alagoas engagement setting sun sunset Monica Guimaraes Alagoas

Maceió, Alagoas environmental engagement e-session with a Man and woman smiling and dancing on the beach

sunset hair Maceió Alagoas engagement e session smiling Alagoas Maceió photographer

Crozon, France portrait e-session with The couple high above the water created while shooting toward the sun

Crozon France portrait e session sun Crozon wedding photography water beach couple

Crozon, France on-location portrait e-shoot at the rocky shore of the beach

e shoot Crozon wedding photography beach Patrick Lombaert France couple portrait Crozon rocky shore

San Francisco on-location portrait e-shoot in BW showing A loving gaze between the two

San Francisco photographer CA Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco portrait e shoot bw loving gaze

Santa Cruz environmental engagement e-session showing Nothing feels better than strolling by her side

shore cliffs CA Strolling santa cruz engagement walking

San Francisco on-location portrait e-shoot - I'm so glad to be walking through this journey together with you

holding hands rocks beach waves San Francisco walking CA Photographer

Maceió, Brazil portrait e-session while The bride had her foot hurt, showing that Gentlemen still exist

Maceió beach Maceió e session Gentlemen Brazil portrait Maceió bride to be Renner Boldrino

Maceió, Brazil environmental engagement e-session in BW with A warm hug on the beach

beach Brazil environmental engagement white background Maceió Maceió e session white sky laughing

Fort Zach State Park portrait e-session under the Key West sunset at the beach

Fort Zach State Park FL portrait e session FL beach Florida Photographer Key West

Fort Zach State Park on-location portrait e-shoot with studio lighting at a Key West beach

grass Key West Fort Zach State Park ocean studio lighting Florida

Fort Zach State Park environmental engagement e-session with a Key West Ocean view on the beach sand

Key West water low sun Fort Zach State Park Ocean view FL engagement e session beach

Fort Zach State Park portrait e-session with a couple sitting on rocks at the beach with a sailboat at the horizon

Florida horizon sailboat sitting Fort Zach State Park beach

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