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.

The National War Memorial, DC outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot showing The groom-to-be lifts his fiance

lifts outside couple DC Bee Two Sweet fiance groom to be

Kramerbooks, DC engagement photography portrait as The couple reads a memoir of RBG while wearing masks

memoir couple dc engagement portrait RBG wearing masks Bee Two Sweet Kramerbooks

Vosges outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot showing love is a rock

love outside rock Vosges couple prewedding photoshoot

Honeck environmental couple pre wedding image session with A kiss at sunset on the mountain

mountain bw kiss couple Honeck sunset

Bolquère outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot at dusk near a cabin

Bolquère couple outside photoshoot dusk cabin

Outdoor Denver engagement photography portrait of a couple in front of a green textured wall

textured wall Outdoor msw photos couple green Denver engagement

Outdoor Coimbra couple engagement photography portrait using the stairs to put the couple with the city behind

Coimbra couple engagement portrait Nuno Lopes minimal Outdoor city stairs

Perth outside environmental pre wedding photos with A silhouette of the couple in blue and black

blue and black silhouette perth outside Jacob Gordon couple Perth pre wedding photo

Firenze environmental couple pre wedding image session using The Duomo of Florence as perfect background

The Duomo Firenze pre wedding image Florence Firenze bw couple

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul environmental couple pre wedding image session indoors under lights in Turkey

Turkey Istanbul pre wedding session indoors Istanbul couple hagia sophia under lights

Rize, Turkey outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot from a lookout over the mountain valley

Lookout rize Turkey couple outside mountain valley Rize prewedding photoshoot

View this picturesque Evanston wedding image of a couple with trees which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

Evanston wedding image of a couple with trees which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois

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Monjeau Lookout, NM outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in BW in the Ruidoso countryside

outside nm prewedding photoshoot couple countryside Ruidoso bw NM

View this exquisite Schloss Liebenstein wedding image of a romantic Sundown couple, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Schloss Liebenstein wedding image of a romantic Sundown couple, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

Schloss Liebenstein wedding image germany photographer romantic sundown clouds Germany Sky

Outdoor Saint Maigrin, France engagement photography portrait of A couple in a field riding piggyback

France portrait couple france engagement riding field Saint Maigrin Outdoor

On location Saint Maigrin, France engagement portrait shoot with A couple in the vineyards

grapes Saint Maigrin france engagement vineyards wine couple portrait shoot

View this poetic Singapore wedding image of An intimate couple, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Gardens by the Bay from the WPJA

Singapore wedding image of An intimate couple, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Gardens by the Bay

kiss couple SN wedding photography Singapore wedding image Singapore Gardens by the Bay intimate

View this dramatic Ely image of Guests and couple around camp fire at night in the dark trees, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Minnesota from the WPJA

dramatic Ely image of Guests and couple around camp fire at night in the dark trees in Minnesota

dark Ely wedding image Dramatic Night camp fire couple guests

View this exquisite Chateau d'Allogny photo of the couple sharing a Laugh, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France from the WPJA

Chateau d'Allogny photo of the couple sharing a Laugh, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France

couple portraits France wedding photography couple laugh French photographer Chateau d Allogny

On location Washington DC engagement portrait shoot showing The couple is throwing the cards in the air

throwing dc engagement portrait fun Washington couple bw cards

Washington DC environmental pre wedding image session showing The couple is drinking a bottle of champagne in a park

DC pre wedding session Washington champagne couple drinking DC photographer bottle

View this picturesque Benajarafe Playa wedding drone portrait of the couple on the beach getting washed up on the sand by the ocean waves, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga from the WPJA

Benajarafe Playa wedding drone portrait of the couple on the beach getting washed up on the sand by the ocean waves, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga

Drone photography drone portrait Malaga wedding photography sand Malaga beach drone

View this aesthetic Frigiliana wedding detail pic of the hands of the couple as they hug, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga from the WPJA

Frigiliana wedding detail pic of the hands of the couple as they hug, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga

Frigiliana photographer Malaga wedding detail pic Malaga wedding photography hug Frigiliana tight shot

View this pictorial Loveland wedding pic of The couple greetting a guest as others mingle during cocktail hour, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Sweetheart Winery from the WPJA

Loveland wedding pic of The couple greetting a guest as others mingle during cocktail hour, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Sweetheart Winery

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View this pictorial Lake of Zurich wedding image From Above using an arial drown angle of the couple lying down on the boardwalk, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Switzerland from the WPJA

Lake of Zurich wedding image From Above using an arial drone angle of the couple lying down on the boardwalk, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Switzerland

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View this exquisite Lake of Aegeri wedding drone pic from above of the couple play Together on the boardwalk, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Switzerland from the WPJA

Lake of Aegeri wedding drone pic from above of the couple play Together on the boardwalk, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Switzerland

Switzerland Switzerland wedding photography Lake of Aegeri Lake of Aegeri wedding couple boardwalk drone pic

Montpellier environmental couple pre wedding image session seated on the boardwalk

water boardwalk sunlight Montpellier pre wedding session couple Montpellier photography

Outdoor Bourges couple engagement photography portrait with a trash dance

Bourges portrait Outdoor couple dance Bourges Cher Bourges engagement photography

On location Bourges engagement portrait shoot with a walking Vintage Couple

walking Bourges wedding photography Cher couple engagement portrait shoot vintage Bourges

Siracusa environmental couple pre wedding image session with some running over the sky bridge

running Sky Siracusa photographer Blue pre wedding session clouds Siracusa

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