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.

Milano, Italy engagement photography - Couple out of focus near the trees.

engagement photography showing the Couple out of focus near the trees

Crozon, France Couple Silhouettes - Engagement Photography at the Rocks

Couple Silhouette Engagement Photography at the Rocks

Crozon engagement photos cliff Crozon silhouette pre wedding session Crozon France

New York City - Central Park Couple's silhouette at sunset - Engagement Photography

Central Park Couple's silhouette at sunset during Engagement Photography session

silhouette couple New York City eskimo kiss pre wedding location New York City New York City engagement session

Fort Point at San Francisco - Couple pose for portraits with nature light and emotion

a Couple poses for portraits with nature light and emotion

Fort Point engagement photographers hair pre wedding shoot Fort Point San Francisco Fort Point couple

Cape Town portrait of couple at stone table - Engagement Photography

a portrait of a couple at a stone table for their Engagement Photography

Cape Town engagement photos couple symmetry pre wedding session Cape Town Cape Town stone wall

Engagement photo session in Sirmione, Italy with an embracing couple.

Engagement photo session with an embracing couple

birds Italy pre wedding portraits engagement photo Italy couple swans sirmione

West Lake Tahoe Couple snuggling in the snow | Engagement Picture Session - Portrait contains: winter, jackets, beanie, hoods

Couple snuggling in the snow for an Engagement Picture Session with winter jackets, beanie, and hoods

pre wedding location Lake Tahoe winter Lake Tahoe engagement session couple Lake Tahoe snowing

Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Santa Cruz Beach Portrait session with a couple under the palm tree.

a Beach Portrait session with a couple under the palm tree

Brazil Espírito Santo pre wedding portraits Santa Cruz Beach engagement photo Espírito Santo Kássio Silva Espírito Santo Aracruz

Sunset time for a couple during their engagement photo shoot

bushes France engagement photographers Le Manoir de Sauvegrain Jean Baptiste Chauvin lens flare France couple

Versailles Gardens, France Couple Portraits | Red pants, blue door. Engagement session

Gardens Couple Portraits with Red pants, and a blue door during their Engagement session

Versailles Gardens Versailles Gardens engagement session pre wedding location Versailles Gardens couple Versailles France doors

Love session of the couple. Picture taken under a very old a rare tree. Versailles gardens, France

Love session of the couple with a Picture taken under a very old a rare tree

Versailles Gardens engagement photographers Versailles Gardens France framing couple willow tree pre wedding shoot Versailles Gardens

Château de Dampierre, France Couple dancing in an abandoned house for their engagement photoshoot.

an adventerous Couple dancing in an abandoned house for their engagement photoshoot

Jean Baptiste Chauvin Château de Dampierre window France engagement photo Château de Dampierre carrying Château de Dampierre pre wedding portraits

Ferme Saint-Pierre, France wedding venue | Photo shoot of the couple outside the dinner room during their wedding day.

wedding venue portrait

Ferme Saint Pierre wedding photographer Ferme Saint Pierre Jean Baptiste Chauvin couple photo shoot outside couple France

Olde Kamp Drenthe portrait of an engaged couple - hot coco and fire places

portrait of an engaged couple with hot coco and fire places

couple Drenthe Olde Kamp sitting drink Drenthe engagement photographers

Netherlands Appelscha Engagement Photography - Image contains: pine, trees, couple, hats

Engagement Photography with pine trees, a couple, and hats

couple hats Netherlands Appelscha pine trees

Antwerpen Flanders wedding day portrait with the couple and two dogs

portrait dogs Antwerpen couple Flanders

Bouches-du-Rhone Engagement Photographer - Image contains: couple, embrace, sunset, water, lake, beach, mountains

Engagement Photography with a couple, an embrace, and a good sunset

mountains couple Bouches-du-Rhône embrace sunset water pre wedding location Bouches du Rhone

Marseille Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: silhouette, couple, sunset, couds, sky, stacked rocks

Engagement Photo Session with a silhouette and a young couple

stacked rocks couds silhouette couple sunset Marseille engagement photographers

North Rhine-Westphalia Engagement Photography - Image contains: couple, field, grass, ocean, water, beach, trees, holding, hands

Engagement Photography with a couple in an open field

holding beach North Rhine Westphalia engagement photographers North Rhine Westphalia grass hands

Aachen, Germany Engagement Photography - Image contains: red, brick, sitting, couple, cobblestone

Engagement Photography with a red brick wall

Germany couple engagement photo Aachen cobblestone sitting Aachen pre wedding portraits

Sofia Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: couple, reflections, glass, trees

Engagement Photography with a couple and reflections

reflections couple Sofia pre wedding session Sofia glass Sofia engagement photos

Autumn engagement session in Sofia centre with a young couple

engagement session in centre with a young couple

Sofia pillars smiling pre wedding shoot Sofia Sofia engagement photographers couple

Providence Rhode Island | Engagement Photography - Image contains: Couple next to lake

Providence Rhode Island | Engagement Photography with a Couple next to lake

lake Providence engagement photos Rhode Island couple Providence pre wedding session Providence

Phuket, Thailand Pre-Wedding Engagement Portraits : glass, ball, sphere, beach, prism, sand, couple, water, sky

Phuket, Thailand Pre-Wedding Engagement Portraits with a glass ball sphere on the beach

couple Thailand Phuket water pre wedding location Thailand sphere

Malibu Engagement Portrait Session - Image contains: Lit, Night, Spray, Couple, Champagne

Malibu Engagement Portrait Image at Night, with a Spray, Couple, Champagne

champagne lit couple spray Night Malibu engagement session pre wedding location Malibu

Umbria Engagement Couple Session - Image contains: sitting, couple, stairs, village, hug

Umbria Engagement Couple Session with a sitting couple stairs

Umbria engagement photographers sitting Umbria pre wedding shoot Umbria couple hug

Spoleto Engagement Photo Session - Image contains: village, castle, kissing, couple, clouds, outdoors

Spoleto Engagement Photo Session in the village, at a castle, kissing

village kissing Spoleto couple Spoleto pre wedding portraits clouds

Chateau d'Azy, France | Photo of A couple and fireworks

wedding day Photo of A couple and fireworks

couple Chateau d Azy fireworks Night kissing France france wedding

Hotel mont Blanc Chamonix wedding pictures - A couple and the bride's vail

wedding picture of A couple and the bride's vail

Hotel mont Blanc wedding Vail Chamonix wedding pictures Hotel mont Blanc bride couple Chamonix

San Diego, CA Engagement Picture Session - Portrait contains: tree, roots, black, white, harsh, lighting, shadows, couple

San Diego, CA Engagement Picture Session with a tree, and roots

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