Wedding Photos of Cliffs

The following “Cliffs” 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 “Cliffs” 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.

Durdle Door, Dorset engaged couple picture session on the windy cliffs overlooking the rock arch at the sea

Taft Point adventure engagement session in Yosemite National Park

afternoon sunset rocks Taft Point lens flare sunlight cliffs

FR pre wedding and engagement photography at sunset below the cliffs of Marseille France

Marseille cliffs sunshine afternoon sunlight sun flare

Levanzo - Egadi Island - Italy engagement portraits of a couple walking next to the sea

Sicily pre wedding portrait sea Italy Levanzo cliffs island engagement Sicily

Golden hour engagement session at the cliffs of Castle Hill Lighthouse in Newport, RI

cliffs Castle Hill Lighthouse Newport Newport engagement session RI

Cliffs of love engagement portraits in Ardèche, South of France

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Mountain cliffs engagement portraits at Cappadocia, Turkey

mountains Cappadocia cliffs Turkey engagement photos Cappadocia

Wooden path cliffs couple engagement portraits at Cerrada de Elías, Jaén

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An artistic wedding photo from Malibu, California of the bride and groom kissing at Sunset on the cliffs

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Cancale, France pre-wedding couple portraits at the cliffs

FR pre-wedding couple portraits at the cliffs

Patrick Lombaert France Cancale wedding elopement cliffs Cancale Cancale pre wedding portraits couple

engagement portrait with a red dress flowing near the cliffs

CA cliffs Moss Beach engagement photographer Moss Beach engagement photos Moss Beach e shoot engagement portrait red dress

Cliffs of Mohr, Ireland Engagement Session with a Couple - Life on the edge

Life on the edge engagement session on the cliffs

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Marseille Bouches-du-Rhone Engagement Session with a couple - Portrait contains: hug, hold, laugh, smile, cliffs, water, coast, look, posing

Engagement Session with a couple and a hug and a laugh

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Duluth Couple on the cliff for pre-wedding portraits

Minnesota cliffs Duluth Duluth engagement shoot pre wedding image Duluth MN

Akropolis Athens Engagement Shooting with couple on the rocks and cliffs

Athens pre wedding portrait mountains Athens hiking mountain top Akropolis

A couple stands back to back in front of a stone cliff in this engagement portrait photographed by a Naples photographer near Positano

Naples pre wedding Positano couple Positano cliffs back stone cliff

Shark Fin Cove Pre-Wedding Portrait - Couple's silhouette against the oceanfront cliffs

Kristina Cazares Neri shadows Shark Fin Cove ANZA foto and film cliff cliffs Couples silhouette

A couple stands on a boulder as the sun sets over the ocean in this engagement portrait shoot

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A suprise wedding proposal at the White Cliffs of Dover, Kent, UK

A suprise windy wedding proposal at the Cliffs over the ocean

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A Beach Engagement Session near the edge of the water and cliffs

cliffs edge beach malibu water California Beach

Big Sur portrait from the cliffs overlooking the water - silhouette black and white

The couple's bold and brave silhouette portrait was captured in stark black and white from the cliffs overlooking the water, creating a dramatic and striking image

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Couple on cliffs - Rhode Island Engagement Photo

The couple was captured walking on cliffs in their Engagement Photo, with a huge rock overlooking the ocean providing a stunning backdrop

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YOSEMITE ENGAGEMENT PORTRAITS WITH BIG MOUNTAINS AND CLIFFS BEHIND COUPLE

A beautiful and dramatic setting for an engagement photo shoot with the cliffs and mountains in the background providing a stunning backdrop for the couple

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The Arizona couple standing in silhouette against backdrop of cliffs

This pre wedding portrait session captures a couple standing in silhouette against the warmly lit backdrop of sheer cliffs and a body of water.

silhouettes warmly lit Arizona engagement shoot cliffs Arizona

engagement portrait of couple hugging on the beach

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cliffs bride black and white ocean gown groom

Arezzo Wedding Photography | Image contains: beach, wedding reception, sunset, aerial shot, ocean

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