Wedding Photos of Blurred

The following “Blurred” 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 “Blurred” 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.

São Paulo Couple's Portrait with Him Seated, Her Walking Blurred in Profile on a Bench

At a private chateau in Auch, France, the bride and groom share a kiss behind a car window. The raindrops on the glass are in sharp focus, while the couple appears softly blurred in the background, creating a romantic and intimate scene.

Rain-Soaked Romance: Bride and Groom Share Intimate Kiss Behind Car Window at Auch Château Wedding

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In the town of Château du Haut Barr in Alsace, France, the artistic couple shares a tender kiss as blurred passersby admire them.

Tender Kiss Captured Amidst Blurred Passersby at Château du Haut Barr, Alsace

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At a cocktail event in Pays Basque, France, a unique group photo captures the bride and groom centered and kissing, while the bridal party runs around, blurred by the camera's slow shutter speed.

Bride and Groom Kiss at Center of Group Photo as Bridal Party Runs Around, Captured with Slow Shutter Speed at Cocktail Event in Pays Basque, France

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At Sirkeci, Istanbul, a photographer used a slow shutter speed to blur the passing train, creating a beautiful and symmetrical portrait of the couple in front of the metro.

Romantic Engagement Portrait Captured at Sirkeci, Istanbul with Blurry Passing Train Background

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An engagement portrait captured in Venice, Italy, with a couple sharing a kiss. A pedestrian walking past is blurred by a slow camera shutter.

Love in Venice: A Kiss by the Canal

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In Phalsbourg, France, a couple embraces each other as two cars pass by in black and white. The blurred portrait has a nostalgic vintage vibe.

Monochrome French Finesse: Couple Entwined, Two Cars Whizz By

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Wedding day picture at Plage de Vendée, portraying the bride gazing at the ocean with an artistic feel reminiscent of a painting.

Bride's Serene Ocean Gaze: An Artistic Wedding Moment At Plage De Vendée Beach

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A romantic newlywed couple sits on the streets of Milan, Italy, sharing a kiss as blurred public transit passes by, captured in a wedding day portrait.

Romantic Milan Moment: Newlyweds Kiss on City Streets, Blurred Transit Passing By in Portrait

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A talented wedding photographer captured a beautiful portrait of a bride and groom at Campo San Bortolo in Venice, Italy. The image showcases the romantic atmosphere as the couple stands still while passersby blur in the background.

A Venetian Promise: Merging Souls in Campo San Bortolo's Serenity

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A wedding photographer from Ardeche takes a picture of a bride and groom embracing each other near a stone wall at their wedding reception, with blurred witnesses walking around them

Romantic Embrace: A Bride and Groom Embrace Near Stone Wall as Blurred Witnesses Mingle

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Great wedding photography of the couple from Convento di San Francesco, Gallese created in the blurred lights of the illuminations, in the night

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Firenze environmental couple pre wedding image session in front of a blurred carousel at the fair

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