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The following “Composition” 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 “Composition” 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.

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In Puycelsi, France, the couple appears face to face with eyes closed, shown in artistic profile and separated, creating a striking and evocative composition.
Artistic Profiles With Eyes Closed in Puycelsi Couple Portrait Session
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At the Mandarin Oriental in Taipei, Taiwan, a cross in the foreground divides a newlywed couple and the crowd. The award-winning photo highlights the photographer's skill at using powerful composition to document genuine wedding moments.
Cross Divides Newlywed Couple And Crowd At Mandarin Oriental Taipei Taiwan In Striking Wedding Composition
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At Allied Arts in California, a bride playfully hides in anticipation during traditional wedding games. This black and white, layered photograph uses glass reflections to create a dreamy, artful composition, blending excitement, mystery, and joyful moment
Bride Playfully Hides During Wedding Games At Allied Arts, California In A Dreamy Black-And-White Reflected Image
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In Toronto, a groom is captured in a portrait with his groomsmen. The groom is bathed in sunlight while his groomsmen are silhouetted, creating a unique and bold composition.
Sun-Drenched Groom Stands Out Among Silhouetted Groomsmen in a Striking Toronto Wedding Scene
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In Paşabağları, Cappadocia, Turkey, an engagement photo session captures her in soft light within a cave. He stands at a distance, framed by a round opening in the stone cave wall, creating a picturesque and intimate composition.
Engagement Session in Paşabağları, Cappadocia, Turkey | She is in Soft Light Inside Cave | He is Framed by Round Stone Opening, Creating Picturesque and Intimate Composition
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In Zaragoza, Spain, a tightly framed black-and-white shot captures an engaged couple's faces turned in opposite directions, embodying a yin-yang composition. The artistic contrast highlights their connection and harmony.
Engaged Couple in Zaragoza, Spain, in Tight Black-and-White Frame | Yin-Yang Composition Highlights Connection and Harmony
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In Istanbul-Karaköy, a striking composition features the bride bathed in sunlight in the foreground, while the groom stands in the shadows on the stairs behind her, creating a compelling play of light and depth.
Bride Basks in Sunlight as Groom Awaits in Shadows for Dramatic Portrait in Istanbul-Karaköy
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In an outdoor scene in Nanping, Fujian, a spinning top rests in the foreground as the focal point, while the couple softly embraces in the background at sunset. The composition combines the stillness of the toy with the tender, blurred embrace.
Spinning Top Foreground, Embracing Couple at Sunset in Nanping, Fujian
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At The Walled Garden in Nottingham, UK, the bride descends the staircase with elegance and poise, creating a diagonal line across the frame. This composition accentuates her graceful entrance and adds visual interest to the moment.
Bride Descends Staircase at The Walled Garden, Creating Diagonal Line That Accentuates Graceful Entrance
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At İstanbul Sheraton Hotel, Turkey, the bride stands in her white bridal gown, beautifully reflected in the mirror. Two additional white garments hang on the all-white wall, creating an elegant and serene composition.
Bride in White Gown and Mirror Image Complement Serene All-White Decor at İstanbul Sheraton Hotel Wedding
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At Minterne House, a woman stands in the foreground making a hand gesture, while the large wall paintings behind her display a similar loop of hands, creating an intriguing visual connection between the present and the art.
Hand in Hand: Minterne House Wedding Creates Artful Echo
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In a slow shutter black-and-white shot at a wedding in Turin, Italy, the couple stands face to face in the center, while their bridal party flanks them, walking on either side, adding a dynamic and elegant sense of motion to the scene.
Slow Shutter Captures Couple Centered Amidst Moving Bridal Party in Turin, Italy Wedding Scene
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At a hotel in Nanping, Fujian, a portrait depict the bride alongside a billboard adorned with various white clothes, elegantly highlighting bridal fashion against a modern backdrop.
Bride's Portrait Beside White Fashion Billboard Highlights Bridal Style at Nanping Hotel, Fujian
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In Poitiers, a detail shot captures the bride's hand tenderly holding the groom's hand, surrounded by the hands of her bridesmaids, creating a beautiful composition of unity and connection.
Bride's Tender Hand Holding Groom's Surrounded by Bridesmaids' Hands in Poitiers Detail Shot
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Captured at a Cabo San Lucas wedding venue, an alluring black and white image by WPJA Spotlight award recipient showcases a man walking in silhouette, adorned with a lavish flower arrangement carefully composed in the frame for a striking artistic effect.
Silhouette in Bloom: Artistry in Motion at Cabo San Lucas
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Expertly documented by a WPJA photographer, this close-up shot showcases the exquisite wedding rings at Casina Macchia Madama in Rome, bathed in natural light. Stunning black and white composition.
Exquisite Wedding Rings in B&W at Casina Macchia Madama, Rome
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Dive into the captivating world of the WPJA's Artistic Guild as we showcase a heartwarming French wedding portrait at Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Landes featuring warm embraces and stylish composition.
Stylish French Wedding Portrait at Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Landes
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Immerse yourself in the striking symmetry and captivating composition of a stunning wedding portrait, captured by a WPJA photographer at Domaine Mas Neuf.
Symmetrical Elegance: Captivating Wedding Portrait at Domaine Mas Neuf
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At Meridiano Hotel, the bride's silhouette is beautifully framed between two paintings. The profile shot captures her elegance and the soft glow of the artwork around her.
Bride's Silhouette Framed by Art at Meridiano Hotel Wedding
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In Königstein, a vertical shot captures the bride standing alone with diagonal light rays behind her. This composition adds a dramatic and ethereal touch, highlighting her elegance.
Vertical Portrait of Bride Bathed in Light at Königstein Wedding
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Captivating black and white wedding photo taken at Pembroke Lodge, London, of a church ceremony and a reflective composition capturing the grand scene at the bottom of the frame.
Black and White Wedding at Pembroke Lodge - London Church Ceremony Beauty
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A beautiful composition showcasing a bride getting ready through a barn window at Rumbold's Farm in West Sussex, UK, capturing a unique and artistic reflection.
Bride's Elegance: Glimpse of Beauty at Rumbold's Farm, West Sussex Window, UK Reflection unique
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A picturesque wedding portrait of the bride and groom taken in the historic village of Clisson, with stunning reflections captured in the river as the couple embraces, creating a unique and captivating composition.
Romantic Wedding Portrait in Historic Clisson Village: Bride and Groom Embracing by River Reflections
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A minimalist wedding couple portrait in front of the orange wall of Mairie de Nîmes, showcasing a simple and elegant composition against a soft pastel backdrop.
Minimalist Elegance: Wedding Couple at Orange Wall of Mairie de Nîmes in Soft Pastel Palette
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Ravenna Wild Beach in Italy serves as a picturesque backdrop for a lifestyle couple portrait. The photographer captures an intimate pose as the couple shares a hug on the shore, their legs interlocked, resulting in a symmetrical composition.
Ravishing Ravenna: Intimate Elegance | A Symmetrical Couple Portrait on Wild Beach
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Wedding photograph featuring a geometric composition formed by mirror reflections, with the groom in the center
Centered Groom Featured in Geometric Wedding Photograph with Mirror Reflections
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Rio de Janeiro - RJ engagement photo-session on a day that was raining a lot in the city but using a light panel and composition with a silhouette
RJ engagement photo-session on a day that was raining a lot in the city but using a light panel and composition with a silhouette
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Pre-wedding Ipioca, Maceió couple photo-session exposing the tide that discovered these stones that served as protection against the waves, it served as a beautiful composition for this record
Pre-wedding Ipioca, Maceió couple photo-session exposing the tide that discovered these stones that served as protection against the waves, it served as a beautiful composition for this record
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On location Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent couple engagement portrait shoot with the composition right in camera
On location Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent couple engagement portrait shoot with the composition right in camera
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A creative Buena Vista wedding picture at The Barn at Sunset Ranch in Colorado showing the boardwalk that leads to the ceremony site takes center stage in this creative composition
A creative Buena Vista wedding picture at The Barn at Sunset Ranch in Colorado showing the boardwalk that leads to the ceremony site takes center stage in this creative composition
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