Wedding Photos of Creative wedding portrait

The following “Creative wedding 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 wedding 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.

Flamm Bodrum, Turkey: A couple poses under an arbor of white flowers for a creative wedding portrait, with their image captured through the reflection of a cellphone held by the photographer

Bodrum, Turkey: A creative wedding portrait captures a couple under an arbor of white flowers

Groomsmen and the groom strike a pose for a creative wedding portrait at Ewing Manor in Bloomington, IL, with a unique mirror reflection of the sky and trees beneath them

Ewing Manor in Bloomington, IL: Unique wedding portrait captures groomsmen striking a pose with mirror reflection

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A playful and romantic wedding couple is captured in a creative portrait at an elevator in St. Louis Frontenac

St. Louis Frontenac: Capturing a Playful and Romantic Wedding Couple in a Creative Elevator Portrait

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A couple poses for a creative wedding portrait in front of Cornhill Castle in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with off-camera flash lighting adding depth

Wedding portrait at Cornhill Castle in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with off-camera flash for added depth

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A couple at Abbaye de Fontmorigny poses for a creative wedding portrait during sunset, embracing playfully while the groom lifts the bride

Heidelberg, Germany: Couple walking through tall grass with stone castle as backdrop in black and white portrait

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A couple at Hotel de Russie in Rome, Italy, poses for a creative wedding portrait, bathed in warm sunset light as they lovingly embrace outdoors under trees

Romantic Outdoor Wedding Portrait at Hotel de Russie in Rome, Italy, Bathed in Warm Sunset Light

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A couple is captured in a tender embrace at sunset, bathed in the warm glow of the sun in a creative wedding portrait taken at Villa la Palagina in Tuscany, Italy

Tuscany, Italy: Romantic sunset embrace captured in a creative wedding portrait at Villa la Palagina

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A bride poses against the backdrop of an ancient Venetian wall in a creative wedding portrait taken in Venice, Italy

Venice, Italy: A Creative Wedding Portrait of a Bride Against an Ancient Venetian Wall

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The bride watches as the groom jumps over a ditch for their creative wedding portrait in Halsteren

For their unique wedding portrait, the bride observed as the groom leapt over a ditch

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Creative wedding portrait at Lake Louise, Banff National Park on a rainy day

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Pordenone, Italy creative wedding portrait of the groom in light and bride silhouette

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creative wedding night lit portrait of the groom outside under the dark sky

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wedding portrait image with some creative framing and lighting using a flash

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creative wedding day portrait of the bride and groom at sunset during a fun walk

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reative wedding day portrait of the couple center framed under the building Lights

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creative wedding day portrait of the running Groom and bride against the dark blue sky with some bokeh

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creative wedding day portrait of the couple at the venue near the water after the ceremony

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wedding day silhouette portrait of the bride and groom under the cypress trees

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creative wedding day portrait of the Bride, groom and the sky

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creative couple portrait from a Wedding in Covid

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fun and artistic wedding portrait of a silhouetted bride dancing and the groom jumping

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Bali Reflections of the Groom | Portrait on wedding day in the window

This groom had a creative, artistic portrait taken on his wedding day at Bali

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