Wedding Photos of Cooling off

The following “Cooling off” 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 “Cooling off” 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.

On a scorching wedding day at Cape Fahn Hotel in Surat Thani, Thailand, the groom opens his jacket while standing next to a cooling fan on the outdoor deck.

Chill Groom Steals Cool Air at Cape Fahn Hotel, Thailand

In this candid wedding moment captured by a Paris photographer, one of the bridesmaids cools off by using an air cooler to refresh her legs, adding a hint of playfulness to the scene

Parisian Playfulness: Bridesmaid Beats the Heat with Leg Refreshment

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The bride seeks relief from the scorching 100 F degree heat as she squats in front of an air conditioner and fan at Whispering Oaks Chapel in Agoura Hills, CA

Finding Respite: Escaping the Agoura Hills Heat at Whispering Oaks Chapel

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A wedding guest cools down in front of an air-conditioned ventilator at a private ranch in Bozeman, Montana

A wedding guest cooled off in front of an air-conditioned ventilator at a ranch-style wedding

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A France documentary wedding photographer captured this picture of the The bride and her best friends playing together during the cocktail hour in a water fountain

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Photo of a man standing over a fan to cool off during the reception

Raleigh Wedding Photographer cooling off Raleigh dance floor fan North Carolina

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