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.

Couple Engagement Photo Session | A couple stop for a kiss while exploring a Havana neighborhood

Couple Engagement Photo Session with A couple who stop for a kiss while exploring a Havana neighborhood

Engaged Couples Photography | Southbank London - close up of the couple kissing in black and white

Engaged Couple close up picture of the couple kissing in black and white

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Engagement Photography Session at Two Jack Lake Banff National Park Alberta Canada - Snowy mountain engagement shoot.

Snowy mountain engagement shoot with a kisssing couple

snowy Alberta bride couple kisssing Alberta weddings Sarah Manton engagement shoot

Engagement Picture Session | engagement shooting at the Cannstatter Volksfest

engagement shooting with a couple at the Cannstatter Volksfest

couple Svetlana Kohlmeier engagement shoot Cannstatter Volksfest Night

Engaged Couples Photographer | Couple's Back Yard, Falls Church, VA - Couple back to back, throwing holi powder up, side lit to catch the spray!

Engaged Photos from Couple's Back Yard going back to back, throwing holi powder up, side lit to catch the spray

Backyard VA pre wedding couple VA wedding photography side lit VA brides Falls Church

Engagement Picture Session at Baltimore, MD - Couple silhouetted against rainbow smoke bombs

Engagement Picture Session with a Couple silhouetted against rainbow smoke bombs

Baltimore engagement rainbow MD Baltimore couple image silhouetted couple Baltimore

Engagement Sessions | This photo is taken inside a greenhouse at Rawlings Conservatory in Baltimore. There was a beam of harsh sunlight coming through the window that I positioned the couple in and then shot through the leaves of one of the plants

There was a beam of harsh sunlight coming through the window that I positioned the couple in and then shot through the leaves of one of the plants

Baltimore wedding photographer beam of light Baltimore bride leaves sunlight Breanna Shaw plants

Couple Engagement Photos | Rosewood Farms. This photo is taken outside by a fire pit at the couple's wedding venue. They wanted to do their engagement session at the same place where they'd be getting married so we wanted to make something unique for them

This photo is taken outside by a fire pit at the couple's wedding venue. They wanted to do their engagement session at the same place where they'd be getting married so we wanted to make something unique for them

Rosewood Farms unique couple MD couple image engagement session MD engagement Breanna Shaw

Silhouette of couple in brewing area at brewery during engagement session

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Engagement Photography Session from Central London - Walking along the River Thames, we got this silhouette of the couple with the buildings of London behind them.

Engagement Photography Session while Walking along the River Thames, we got this silhouette of the couple with the buildings

London engagement photography session silhouette River Thames London pre wedding walking London wedding photography

Engagement Photo Sessions | Swansea, South Wales - Having met at Swansea University, the couple wanted to have a wander around Swansea for their Engagement Portrait Shoot

the couple wanted to have a wander around Swansea for their Engagement Portrait Shoot

engagement portrait shoot South Wales Swansea pond couple Sheetal Varsani Swansea couple photo

Couple Engagement Photo Session | Pico do Areeiro, Madeira Island, Portugal - A couple holding hands in one of Portugal's most beautiful sceneries.

Couple Engagement Photo Session with A couple holding hands in one of Portugal's most beautiful sceneries

Pico do Areeiro couple Couple Engagement Photo Session holding hands Madeira Island beautiful sceneries

Engagement Photography | Siracusa Boating Couple

Engagement Photography of a Boating Couple on the water at sunset

Siracusa sunset Engagement photography couple Boating water Siracusa pre wedding

Saigon, Vietnam Engagement portrait session with a couple in love.

a night Engagement portrait session with a couple in love

couple Night session Vietnam engagement portrait love Saigon

Pre-wedding portraits - dogs and couple in Cappadocia

Pre-wedding portraits in the desert with dogs and a couple

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Mersin/Turkey couple on a stone tower during engagement portrait session.

a couple on a stone tower during engagement portrait session

Mersin brides stone pile engagement portrait session Mersin pre wedding Mersin wedding photography Mersin

Mersin couple portrait and camp fire during engagement session

beach couple portrait and camp fire during engagement session

camp fire engagement session couple Mersin couple image Turkey Mersin couple photo

Turkey couple on the garden in the backlight - black and white engagement picture

couple on the garden in the backlight in this black and white engagement picture

Mersin bride backlit black and white garden Mersin wedding photographer Engagement Picture Mersin

Turkey engagement shoot with a couple running on a dirt road - pre wedding image

an engagement shoot with a couple running on a rural dirt road

Turkey brides Turkey dirt road Turkey pre wedding rural couple

Czech Republic pre-wedding image from Brno - couple sitting in a Poppy field

pre-wedding image with a couple sitting in a Poppy field

Czech Republic Czech Republic wedding photographer Poppy field couple sitting Czech Republic bride

Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads at sunset in Paris during an engagement session

Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads at sunset during an engagement session

photo couple backlit engagement session Jeremie Sangare Paris pre wedding lovely

Ponferrada, Spain pre wedding image - b&w backlight romantic couple

pre wedding backlight romantic couple portrait

pre wedding portraiture Ponferrada e session Spain romantic Backlight ponferrada

Maleiha Desert, Dubai pre wedding pictures - Dune Wandering couple

Desert pre wedding pictures of a Dune Wandering couple

desert couple photos holding hands picture couple Dune desert

Fossil Rock, Dubai Desert Couple Dancing in the Desert under the Clouds and Blue Sky

Desert Couple Dancing in the Desert under the Clouds and Blue Sky for engagement portraits

Dubai Desert couple engagement portrait Fossil Rock desert Dubai Desert brides clouds

Russia, Chelyabinsk couple portrait photo - Pre wedding pictures

urban indoor couple portrait photo

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Chelyabinsk couple portrait - Russia pre wedding images

Chelyabinsk indoor summer couple portraits

Chelyabinsk wedding photographer Gleb Savin Chelyabinsk summer Chelyabinsk bride Chelyabinsk e session indoor

Russia couple portrait picture inside the home - Chelyabinsk engagement shoot

Indoor couple portrait picture inside the home

indoor Russia brides Russia Russia wedding images Russia pre wedding portrait home

St. Martin's, Guernsey Engagement Shoot - Looking through window at couple with Christmas decorations

Engagement Shot Looking through window at couple with Christmas decorations

Guernsey wedding images Christmas decorations Guernsey pre wedding St Martins couple window Guernsey

Brazil Holambra - São Paulo Pre Wedding Picture - Couple walking on the field

a Pre Wedding Picture of a Couple walking on the farm fields

Holambra Brazil São Paulo walking farm fields Brazil couple images

Cappadocia pre wedding image - Rest in the carpet shop!

a pre wedding overhead image of a couple Resting in the carpet shop

carpet shop overhead image couple Cappadocia Resting

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