Wedding Photos of Buildings

The following “Buildings” 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 “Buildings” 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.

Engagement photo taken in the Historic Center of Pistoia, couple holding hands in the afternoon sun with urban streets and buildings in the backdrop.

Sun-soaked Love in the Heart of Pistoia

In the heart of São Paulo's historical downtown, a playful and quirky engagement portrait captures the couple's love in Anhangabau square.

Love in the Heart of São Paulo: Playful and Quirky Engagement Portrait in Anhangabau Square

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The couple posed for their engagement announcement portrait, running hand-in-hand on dead grass near the water in Dumbo, Brooklyn

Dumbo, Brooklyn: Engaged Couple Run Hand-in-Hand on Dead Grass Near Water

Brooklyn Dumbo New York City - Metro couple running Hand in hand cityscape Brooklyn Engagement Photography

The soon-to-be newlyweds posed for a romantic lifestyle photoshoot at Love Park in Philadelphia, PA, embracing in the courtyard between buildings at their engagement session

The couple lovingly embraced at Love Park, Philadelphia, PA, expressing their eternal love for one another

park engagement Love Park hug from behind downtown Philly Philadelphia Engagement Portrait Philadelphia buildings

The engaged couple can be seen passionately embracing in the middle of a street in Lyon, France, with the sun illuminating them from behind and tall buildings on either side

In Lyon, France, the sun illuminates an embracing engaged couple in the middle of the street during a lifestyle portrait session

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An engaged couple embraced and smiled near a reflecting pool of trees and buildings in Cividale del Friuli, Udine, Italy

The happy couple embraced and smiled near a reflecting pool of trees and buildings before their wedding day

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Dramatic Zeche Zollverein wedding image of this Essen bride and groom in Germany showing a couple in front of old industry buildings

Essen Zeche Zollverein Essen Germany factory Essen bride and groom water

An outstanding Alte Zeche Waltrop wedding picture with this Germany bride and groom surrounded by old colliery

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Victoria Sprung is an artistic wedding photographer for this Illinois couple in the rain at night with buildings in the background

Artistic wedding photography for this Illinois couple in the rain at night with buildings in the background

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Kansas City pre-wed portraits for a fun couple on the rooftop of a parking garage using their silhouettes with buildings

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Chinatown, Singapore urban engagement image of a couple kissing

Singapore photographer couple kissing city Charles Sng Singapore urban buildings

Dallas pre-wedding photo-session in Texas with a silhouetted couple embracing near the trees and buildings

sunset couple embracing n 3M Studios Dallas photographer trees silhouetted Texas

On location Florence couple engagement portrait shoot on the busy city streets

urban centered buildings couple engagement portrait shoot Florence busy

View this tasteful Chicago wedding image of a couple at night with a lit building which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

Chicago wedding image of a couple at night with a lit building which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois

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View this dramatic Key West wedding Couples Sunset Portrait in the buildings window frame, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at The Reach Resort from the WPJA

dramatic Key West wedding Couples Sunset Portrait in the buildings window frame, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at The Reach Resort

Florida Photographer Key West wedding photography FL wedding couple sunset portrait buildings window frame The Reach Resort

Maceió couple e-session in Silhouette with buildings and strings of lights

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Olomouc, Czech Republic wedding Silhouette portrait on the street in BW with sky and buildings

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Brazil True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Boituva capturing a couple playing with sunshine and shadows in the buildings

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True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Naples illustrating a couple below reflected towering buildings

Naples PreWedding Portrait buildings hugs reflected towering Naples couple

Downtown Chicago environmental engagement e-session while a Couple kisses in a dipping pose during golden hour

Chicago urban dip Downtown IL couple Engagement kisses

Downtown Houston on-location portrait e-shoot amongst the tall buildings

buildings Jill Goehring Houston couple portrait Downtown Texas - Southern Texas Houston

Suleymaniye, Istanbul, Turkey small indoor photo session with the couple before the wedding day with an upside down reflection of buildings

Suleymaniye pre wedding reflection buildings Istanbul Suleymaniye couple upside down suleymaniye

Piazza Duomo, Florence mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day while the couple is hugging in the sunlight by the buildings

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V&A Waterfront, Cape Town mini posing couple photo session with light bouncing from the reflective buildings for the gorgeous engagement portrait

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San Francisco Romance pre-wed portrait session on a steep city street with awesome view of the bay

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San Francisco city's night view is romantic and mesmerizing during this pre-wed portrait photo shoot

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LaSalle Street Chicago City Oasis creative pre-wedding photo in the park under trees

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Jaén black and white Pre-Wedding street photo session

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millenium park chicago engagement session with a couple in the sunshine during a creative pre-wed portrait shoot

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Michigan Ave pre-wed image session with a couple Laughing in Snow and Traffic

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