Wedding Photos of Couple photography

The following “Couple photography” 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 “Couple photography” 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.

A mesmerizing pre-wedding engagement portrait at Maceió, Brazil. This captivating image showcases a couple by the beach, locked in a loving embrace beneath the enchanting pier pilons, with the majestic ocean as their backdrop.

Brazilian Beach Love: Pre-Wedding Portrait Showcasing Maceió Embrace

Radiant Beach Embrace: A Captivating Couple Portrait Session in Maceió, Brazil

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Winter Park, FL: A couple in love poses for a lifestyle portrait surrounded by nature. They share a passionate embrace by the water, beautifully captured and highlighted by the talented photographer.

Winter Park, FL: Nature's Amorous Canvass | Passionate Love Immortalized in Stunning Portrait

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A couple about to wed had their engagement portrait session at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, with the stunning mountainous backdrop providing the perfect setting for them to dance and play on a rock by the water.

ENCHANTED ENGAGEMENT: ROMANTIC ROCKY MOUNTAIN RENDEZVOUS | Bear Lake

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Albi, France: Lifestyle couple portrait featuring a graphic location with warm tones, curving lines, and minimalist decor. Tea-type lights beautifully highlight the scene and couple as they pose for the photographer.

ALBI, FRANCE | Warm Tones, Curving Lines: Intimate Wedding Portrait Glam

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Lifestyle couple portrait showcasing a creative and artistically shot pre-wedding engagement in Albi, France. The image features a couple posing indoors, with golden tones and the man walking past a window.

GLAMOROUS ALBI AFFAIR | Artistically Captured Engagement Shoot Showcasing a Stylish Couple

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Award-winning wedding day portrait: a purple silhouette of a couple joining heads, creating a romantic atmosphere in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Pigeon Forge Purple Silhouette: A Romantic Wedding Day Portrait

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A heartwarming pre-wedding engagement portrait. Two brides-to-be embrace atop Cira Green in Philadelphia at twilight, enveloped in a Pride Flag, accentuating their silhouettes against the city lights.

A Captivating Love Celebration | Brides-to-Be Embrace Philadelphia Twilight Silhouette

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A couple in Chartres poses in a rural setting during sunset, creating a romantic engagement portrait captured at the golden hour.

Romantic Engagement Portrait: Couple Poses in Chartres' Rural Setting at Golden Hour

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In Bangkok, Thailand, a couple had their engagement shoot captured in black and white, highlighting the bright sunlight and creating a timeless and elegant portrait

Engagement Shoot in Bangkok, Thailand: Timeless & Elegant Black and White Portraits in Bright Sunlight

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Praia da Guarita in Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, image capturing the breathtaking beauty of the beach and their genuine love for each other

Praia da Guarita: Captivating Beauty of the Beach and Genuine Love in Torres, Rio Grande do Sul

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A young couple in Fort Worth, TX was captured in a romantic engagement shoot, showing them kissing under the rain

Romantic Engagement Shoot in Fort Worth, TX: Young Couple Captured Kissing in the Rain

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Wedding couple in an industrial place during portrait session

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A Key West Sunset couple posed on the Key West pier with a boat in the background, and a photographer lit only the bride's veil from behind

A couple was photographed at Key West pier during sunset with a boat in the background, creating a remarkable image with the bride's veil lit from behind

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At Beaufort Huis Austerlitz in the Netherlands, the bride and groom were photographed in a gorgeous forest with a stunning blue sky background

A memorable wedding photo was taken of the couple at the Beaufort Huis Austerlitz in the Netherlands

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Wedding shoot during outdoor ceremony with Pennsylvania couple

Wedding shoot during outdoor ceremony with a couple

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Words make the difference in this pic for a couple indoors at Lake Tahoe.

An art installation of thousands of words creates a unique and creative image for a couple's wedding portrait

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