Wedding Photos of Creative

The following “Creative” 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” 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.

Sofia, Bulgaria creative bridal reflection mirror wedding Portrait of the bride in the old mirror of her grandmother

Florence, Tuscany creative urban sunlight wedding pic of the Bride and groom

Tuscany wedding pic creative Tuscany sunlight Florence bride and groom urban

Statek Svaté Pole creative Architectural portrait of the bride

bridal minimalism flowers Statek Svaté Pole portrait of the bride creative

Creative wedding detail image from Lombardy of the groom placing thte ring on the bride

bride creative ring placing Lombardy groom Lombardy wedding detail image

Siena, Tuscany creative wedding detail image showing the outdoor seating plan

Tuscany tuscany weddings seating plan Outdoor Siena creative

Creative wedding detail image from Tuscany of the bride's bouquet

brides bouquet Tuscany creative tuscany weddings Tuscany wedding detail

Lake Tahoe, Neveda creative wedding day portrait of the Bride and Groom at Lake under bluebird sky

lake Lake Tahoe photographer Lake Tahoe creative bluebird sky blue sky Nevada

Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C creative wedding detail image of the Bride's shoes placed on the architectural elements of the venue

DC Cosmos Club architectural creative wedding detail image Washington brides shoes

The Line, Washington DC creative couple wedding portrait with the feeling of Floating like clouds in the city

DC DC couple The Line floating DC Wedding Portrait clouds

Creative wedding detail image from Blue Ridge Mountains, NC of flowers waiting in cooler

cooler Blue Ridge Mountains tree roots creative flowers wedding detail image NC

Guangzhou, Guangdong creative, fine art wedding photo of shoes and steps with yellow tones

Jinqi Tan Guangdong Guangzhou Guangdong wedding photo creative shoes Guangzhou fine art wedding

Tent Ridge, Kananaskis, AB, Canada creative wedding day portrait of a beautiful Bride and Groom on the top of the mountain

creative mountain Canada bridal Kananaskis Tent Ridge beautiful AB

Fuzhou, Fujian creative wedding detail image in black and white

creative black and white fujian weddings wedding detail Fujian Fuzhou

Sonthofen creative couple wedding portrait in some soft window light

wedding portrait Sonthofen couple creative Sonthofen window light soft

Dippelshof creative, fine art wedding photo in a close-up Ring Shot

creative rings Dippelshof weddings Ring Shot fine art wedding close up

Mannheim creative couple wedding portrait in the garden of love

wedding portrait Mannheim couple Mannheim weddings Worms Mannheim creative garden of love

Zhengzhou, Henan creative wedding detail image of the traditional Wedding custom in china

Henan Zhengzhou creative China Wedding customs Traditional

Grape Hotel, Wroclaw, Poland creative wedding detail image of the Grooms sign and confetti on his shoes are really showing that he is married now

Grape Hotel Wrocław Poland groom confetti Grape Hotel Wroclaw creative Dejan Zagar

England creative wedding detail photo created as A guest picks up a flower pot smashed by the passing conga line

England conga line smashed creative england wedding guest England detail photo

At home creative wedding detail photo from Vietnam of eye makeup applied

eye makeup creative Vietnam at home makeup Nien Truong Vietnam wedding detail photo

Creative Downtown Chicago portrait of the bride and groom being reflected multiple times on a building

IL Chicago reflection multiple times bride and groom reflected building

Artistic Slovenian Wedding Photographer captured this creative portrait of a couple during COVID times in Koper

creative couple Slovenian wedding portrait Slovenian covid times artistic Wedding Photograph

Colorado creative wedding detail photo from Fort Collins Reception Venue of the rings during the reception

bokeh wedding detail photo creative Colorado reception venue rings Fort Collins

Alberta creative wedding photo of the Bride reflected in glass during makeup

bride glass reflected Alberta Wedding photo makeup creative

Bridal creative wedding detail photo from Topola Skies Resort, Kavarna, Bulgaria showing The bridal gown waiting for the bride to get ready

A photo showing the bridal gown and the bride getting ready in the other room is a great way to showcase creative wedding details

bridal gown wedding photo getting ready Aglika Palace Bulgaria Zhrebchevo Zhrebchevo Wedding Photographer

Artistic wedding image of the couple with bokeh lights from Villa Anna - Ispica

A wedding image with an artistic flair, featuring bokeh lights and the silhouetted couple

Italy wedding artistic Villa Anna wedding venue Ispica photography bokeh sicily wedding image Sicily

Los Angeles, California engagement photographer Messing around with light and prisms during a couple engagement photo session

black and white engagement photos Los Angeles Los Angeles California creative Los Angeles prewedding portrait

art wedding detail photography picture using a sculpture of the Last supper offering

Fine art Last Supper wedding picture sculpture creative detail photography wedding ring detail

creative wedding day Photo from the shoot we did with the couple, right after the ceremony on the beach boardwalk over the sand

Sozopol wedding picture sand beach Bulgaria wedding Sozopol shoot creative

artistic wedding couple portrait with many bokeh lights against a black background

creative Rosewood Bangkok wedding photography black background romantic wedding picture luxurious

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