Wedding Photos of Bokeh

The following “Bokeh” 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 “Bokeh” 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.

In the enchanting Bodrum Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Turkey, this engagement portrait captures a romantic and relaxed pose with a foreground of candles and bokeh.

Enchanting Bodrum Mandarin Oriental Hotel Engagement Portrait captures Relaxation in Candlelight

A newlywed couple shares a romantic dance under the rain on their wedding day in Northport, Maine. The picturesque scenery complements their love and joy as they celebrate their special day.

Romantic Rain Dance: Newlyweds in Northport, Maine Embrace Love and Joy on Wedding Day

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A romantic couple in New Jersey enjoys a candlelight dinner, captured by a NJ wedding photographer. The intimate indoor setting is illuminated by soft lighting, creating a warm and cozy ambiance with beautiful bokeh.

Captured Romance: Candlelit Love in New Jersey by Skilled Wedding Photographer

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An artistic wedding photographer captures the intricate details of wedding rings against the rustic backdrop of a roaring fireplace at a cozy Chicago winery, embracing the romantic ambiance with warm bokeh circles.

Rustic Flames: Intimate Love Soars Amidst Chicago Winery's Warm Embrace

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At a Cleveland, Ohio reception venue, a wedding photo of the night's finale embrace. The couple, face to face, is embraced by artistic layers of darkness, lights, and bokehs.

Starry Unison: A Cleveland Nightscape Unveils the Embrace of Love

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An award-winning wedding portrait captured in Metz, France. The artistic image shows a silhouette of a couple standing facing each other, with a blue light illuminating the wall behind them and fairy lights creating a bokeh effect in the foreground.

Metz Magic: Illuminated Love Shines Through Silhouette Romance

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Bride and groom stand in front of warm-toned wall at Moonstone Manor, Elizabethtown, PA, as the bokeh from the lights creates a captivating backdrop.

ELIZABETHTOWN WEDDING VENUE: Bride and Groom Embrace in Captivating Moonstone Manor Bokeh

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The couple embraced the beauty of San Francisco in their engagement session

The couple celebrated their engagement in San Francisco's beauty

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Couple at night through fairy lights, backlit with Japanese umbrellas at St. Pierre Park Hotel, Guernsey

Two people stand in the twilight, illuminated by the warm glow of paper umbrellas and twinkling fairy lights

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Couple amongst fairy lights and candles at end of reception at Les Caches Barn, Forest, Guernsey

The romantic atmosphere created by the combination of fairy lights and candles at the end of the reception was breathtaking

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The sun is brightly glowing in Switzerland's Basel, filling the portrait silhouette frame with its warm, bright yellow and orange tones

The sun is brightly glowing at Basel, Switzerland's wedding venue during a couple portrait session

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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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A Rio de Janeiro Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, lit portrait of this Niteroi couple having a drink surrounded by bokeh

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Cloudland Canyon State Park, GA pre-wedding engagement session capturing the water bokeh in BW at the Waterfall

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A pre-wedding session in Perth highlighting a beautiful sunset with bokeh

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Vrieselhof engagement photo showcasing the bokeh framing of the couple in the trees

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Boston pre-wedding photo-session of A couple embraced in golden sunlight while framed by a pine tree

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View this elegant Heritage Prairie Farm wedding image of the Engagement and wedding band surrounded by bokeh which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

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View this aesthetic Chicago detail picture of the Wedding Bands with bokeh, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Blackstone Hotel from the WPJA

Chicago detail picture of the Wedding Bands with bokeh at the Blackstone Hotel

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View this stylish Florida wedding image of The boys, not the rings, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Florida wedding image of The boys, not the rings, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in FL

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Artistic Atlanta, Georgia wedding portrait at the Canoe Restaurant that was shot through leaves to create a natural bokeh frame around the couple

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True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Siracusa showing a couple surrounded in colorful bokeh lights

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Fort Collins Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait for a Couple under the lights in Old Town

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Siracusa pre - wed image showing love in ortigia island - sicily

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Winter engagement session in Vail, Colorado

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Chicago, Illinois creative couple wedding portrait of the bride and groom swimming in bokeh bursts

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Darby, Montana fine art wedding portrait of the couple in the mountain snow with bokeh

The couple embraced in the snow-blanketed mountains, their love captured in a romantic fine art wedding portrait with a dreamlike, bokeh-filled backdrop

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Colorado creative wedding detail photo from Fort Collins Reception Venue of the rings during the reception

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Siena wedding photographer captured this couple in a portrait with a bike at sunset in the Borgo

The photographer at this wedding took a portrait of this couple with a bike at sunset, creating a bokeh and lens flare effect

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Paris Reception artistic wedding bokeh image

A silhouetted couple framed in a doorway is captured in an artistic wedding bokeh image with blue tones and candles

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