Wedding Photos of Couple

The following “Couple” 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” 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.

Bas-Rhin photo created Between city hall and home of the couple on their Way back home after the civil ceremony. Car honking and the groom celebrating his joy like a soccer World Cup

Yonah Mountain Vineyards, Cleveland, Georgia Late evening wedding portrait of the couple as they take a break from dancing

dancing Late evening GA yonah mountain vineyards Cleveland vineyard GA wedding portrait

Side view mirror b&w wedding portrait of the couple leaving in their classic car at Yonah Mountain Vineyards, Cleveland, Georgia

Georgia classic car yonah mountain vineyards couple b&w mirror

VA artistic wedding portrait from Arlington of the posed couple at the church

VA wedding portrait Arlington-VA Nam Trinh VA lit spot light posed

AB artistic wedding portrait of a couple at Tent Ridge, Kananaskis, Canada Walking on the Ridge

AB wedding portrait Kananaskis walking couple Ridge Canada

AB artistic wedding pic from Cornerstone Theater, Canmore, Canada of the couple in winter holding the hands

AB wedding pic couple holding Canmore winter snow

Netherlands couple is captured in this wedding photo shaking a bottle of champagne into the night sky at Brasserie Oostgaag

Thomas Jongbloed Netherlands wedding photo night sky champagne Netherlands Brasserie Oostgaag couple

Izlake, Slovenia wedding portrait of a couple ouside the church with their VW beatle in the background

Slovenia church VW beatle car Slovenia wedding portrait couple background Dejan Zagar

Portorož, Slovenia artistic wedding portrait of a couple standing at the pier at sunset with a reflection from the sea water

couple Dejan Zagar Slovenia Slovenia wedding portrait sunset artistic eflection

Postojna Cave, Slovenia bride and groom posing during a portrait session showing the Couple in the big cave

couple Dejan Zagar Slovenia bride and groom Slovenia posing big cave portrait session

Slovenia wedding photographer captured this newywed portrait of the coupe's silhouette on the walls of Postojna Cave

Dejan Zagar Slovenia wedding couple couple Slovenia Postojna Cave cave walls Slovenia wedding photograph

Artistic Slovenian Wedding Photographer captured this creative portrait of a couple during COVID times in Koper

Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević creative Slovenian wedding portrait couple Wedding Photograph Koper Slovenian

Chicago wedding photographer captured this artistic portrait of a couple of stairs at the Rookery Building

Chicago Rookery Building Chicago wedding photograph couple stairs artistic portrait

Chicago Artistic wedding portrait of a couple silhouetted within trees at the Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park trees Chicago chicago wedding portrait artistic couple IL

Artistic Rome sunet portrait of the couple at Giardino dei Aranci

sunset Giardino dei Aranci Rome sunset portrait couple Rome artistic

Chicago wedding photo from their Illinois Home of the couple Celebrating with Champagne

Edward Ciesielski champagne Chicago wedding photo Illinois Home couple celebrating

Boulder, CO artistic wedding photo of the couple from A scenic viewpoint overlooking the mountains west of Boulder

overlooking couple scenic Colorado CO wedding photo viewpoint

Pre wedding photography showing a Boituva couple framed in graffiti

Pre wedding photo with a Boituva couple framed in graffiti

Boituva engagement photography graffiti couple portrait session Boituva framed Boituva ruins couple

Chicago, Illinois artistic wedding photo from after the Ceremony when all was Quiet

After the ceremony, when all was quiet, an artistic wedding photo was taken of the couple in a formal session, embracing each other tenderly and touching faces

faces post ceremony Chicago couple artistic wedding photo embracing formal session

Sofia wedding photography from the Bulgaria Restaurant venue of the couple bread breaking - It`s mine

Todor Rusinov Sofia wedding photo Sofia reception venue venue Sofia wedding venues Sofia restaurant

Utrecht wedding photography from a Netherlands reception venue showing the couple with their kids during dinner

Leonard Walpot netherlands reception venue kids Utrecht wedding photo dinner NL Utrecht

Hertfordshire funny wedding photo from St Marys Hitchin, Hertfordshire, taken as A couple have their own photo taken

St Marys Hitchin funny wedding photo couple Hertfordshire bride with groom funny Hertfordshire

Siena wedding photographer captured this couple in a portrait with a bike at sunset in the Borgo

The photographer at this wedding took a portrait of this couple with a bike at sunset, creating a bokeh and lens flare effect

siena wedding photographer sunset bike Tuscany photographer Italy portrait bokeh

A Verbano-Cusio-Ossola wedding photographer captured this Piedmont Church exit of the couple under umbrellas and balloons

balloons Verbano Cusio Ossola wedding photo Piedmont Verbano Cusio Ossola wedding couples umbrellas Verbano Cusio Ossola bride with groom

Porto - Portugal wedding photography of the couple and the priest kissing at the church table

table Portugal marriage picture kissing couple church Daniel Monteiro Portugal

Colorado wedding photographer captured this couple surrounded by fog and snow during their romantic portrait in Evergreen, CO

This couple was joyfully captured by a wedding photographer in a romantic portrait surrounded by fog and snow, with the groom dipping the bride

bride snow couple fog colorado wedding photographer Evergreen CO romantic portrait

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Reception venue Photo of couple in fields with fall colors

A backlit photo of a couple in a field with fall colors, holding drinks in their hands, taken at night

backlit photo Night holding drinks field couple hands smiling bride and groom

Oaxaca City artistic wedding photography of bride and groom on their wedding day on an classic colorful Oaxacan street

A colorful street provides the perfect backdrop for a bride and groom to take memorable wedding photographs, holding parasols on their special day

couple holding parasols bold red Mexico special day parasols colorful street

Sofia, Bulgaria couple posing for a wedding Night portrait with a giant lit sign reading, LOVE

A giant lit sign reading "LOVE" illuminated a wedding night portrait of a couple seated across from each other

giant sign love Sofia illuminated seated Bulgaria portrait

Paris couple posing for a wedding picture with a bw reflection on a vintage auto side mirror

A wedding picture of a couple is being taken with a reflection of them in a vintage car's side mirror in black and white

auto wedding pose car bw picture Paris couple black and white

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