Wedding Photos of Creative portrait

The following “Creative portrait” 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 “Creative portrait” 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 couple stands together in the distance by the ocean with rocky formation and sand around them in Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut for pre-wed images

Virginia sunset engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Hawksbill Mountain, Shenandoah National Park, VA as The couple hiked to the tallest point in the Shenandoah and hold hands

VA VA couple portrait shoot silhouette VA engagement silhouettes Hawksbill Mountain artistic picture creative portrait

DC engagement photo shoot at the Lincoln Memorial DC with The couple embracing at the Memorial before sunrise

sunrise Brittany Diliberto DC couple portrait shoot creative portrait engagement silhouettes silhouette contrast

NYC engagement photo shoot with a couple holding hands in their apartment in New York City

pre wedding portraits New York City artistic picture nyc New York City engagement picture creative portrait silhouette

Asia pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Singapore - And in this world, she is my world

Singapore engagement picture pre wedding portraits Singapore engagement silhouettes Singapore contrast creative portrait artistic picture

FL engagement portrait with a posed couple at Fort Zach Key West with some Sunset Foliage

Fort Zach creative portrait sunset contrast Florida Key West couple portrait shoot posed

Brittany engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in the trees by the water in Noirmoutiers, France

artistic picture Noirmoutiers Brittany engagement picture Brittany water Patrick Lombaert France

Vietnam pre wedding and engagement photography with Ho Chi Minh City behind the couple

Ho Chi Minh City engagement shoot engagement silhouettes skyline clouds pre wedding image Ho Chi Minh City artistic picture Nien Truong

Vietnam silhouette engagement portrait with a posed couple jumping with umbrellas in Dalat

Vietnam silhouette Dalat Nien Truong artistic picture contrast engagement silhouettes

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at Trasimeno Lake - Perugia - Italy Waiting for the sun going down at the lake during the engagement session

Italy water creative portrait silhouette sunset Trasimeno Lake

Virginia pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers dancing at the Library of Congress - They are each other's first love

Nam Trinh silhouette lovers creative portrait VA dancing VA engagement silhouettes

Spain engagement photo shoot at Cabo de Gata Almeria with a sunset beach Jump

engagement silhouettes beach Cabo de Gata artistic picture contrast creative portrait

IT engagement photo shoot from Portopiccolo, Trieste, Italy using some creative Sunset silhouettes

Trieste creative portrait silhouette sunset Portopiccolo contrast

IT engagement portrait with a posed couple from Duino, Trieste, Italy showing off their Silhouettes

blue sky silhouette IT engagement silhouettes artistic picture back to back Duino

UAE engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Maleiha Desert, Dubai as it is getting dark in the desert

sunset creative portrait engagement silhouettes artistic picture desert UAE

Turkey engagement photo shoot at sunrise as the hot air balloons take to the air above cappadocia, turkey

Turkey engagement silhouettes Turkey sunrise Cappadocia creative portrait balloons

PT pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple dancing during the sunset in Caxias beach, Lisboa, Portugal

contrast creative portrait silhouette beach sunset PT engagement silhouettes

IT pre wedding photography at at the twin gates of Palermo

Palermo contrast IT engagement silhouettes twin gates buildings creative portrait

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at sunset by the lake in Siena, Tuscany

hand kiss contrast Siena kissing sunset creative portrait water

Arizona engagement photo shoot in Downtown Phoenix before a blue sunset

silhouette Phoenix sunset Downtown AZ engagement silhouettes contrast

DC engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Capitol Hills, Washington DC with the couple in front of the capitol

building artistic picture silhouette contrast Capitol Hills DC engagement silhouettes

MD pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Rockville, Maryland jumping together in front of a building

MD engagement silhouettes contrast Rockville dancing Maryland creative portrait artistic picture

Artistic CO engagement photo shoot at Castlewood Canyon, Colorado of a couple with a ponderosa pine melting into their silhouette

engagement silhouettes contrast silhouette Colorado pre wed photo artistic picture CO engagement images Colorado

Quebec engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Palais-des-Congrès, Montreal, Quebec of two men in silhouette against a bright coloured window

contrast Montreal artistic picture creative portrait silhouette Palais des Congrès colorful

Canada engagement portrait with a posed couple in Old Montreal, Quebec cuddling and laughing under a willow tree

artistic picture silhouette engagement silhouettes hug Old Montreal Quebec park

BG engagement portrait with a posed couple at Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria with Two lovers in front of the library columns

Methodius National Library creative portrait Sofia Bulgaria lit columns artistic picture

BG engagement photo shoot at night in front of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria showing Two lovers in front of the library columns

Sts Cyril lit Methodius National Library silhouette Sofia contrast building

Italy engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Rocca dei Papi, Montefiascone of a silhouette of a couple that looks into each other's eyes

artistic picture silhouette Italy IT engagement silhouettes contrast creative portrait

Jaen pre wedding and engagement photography at dusk in the trees of Cazorla, Jaén

Jaen engagement silhouettes Cazorla creative portrait silhouette Jaén artistic picture contrast

Volosko, Croatia sunset pre wedding photography against the sky

contrast Croatia Croatia engagement silhouettes creative portrait artistic picture Volosko silhouette

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