Wedding Photos of Cross

The following “Cross” 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 “Cross” 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 in a seaside chapel in Maceió, Brazil, with the reflection of the sky in the background, creating a picturesque and romantic engagement portrait.

Romantic Seaside Chapel Engagement in Maceió, Brazil

In the idyllic setting of a church in Hampshire, UK, a striking detail shot captures the serene beauty of a wedding ceremony, featuring a prominent cross.

UK Wedding: Hampshire Church's Prominent Cross Steals the Scene in Striking Detail Shot

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A talented wedding photographer captures a stunning black and white portrait at Angelbachtal, Baden-Württemberg. The couple strikes a separated pose in front of a large cross, creating a dramatic and artistic image.

Dramatic Angelbachtal: A Separated Pose Creates Artistic Black and White

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This award-winning photo was taken by a professional wedding photographer at Mar de Eucaliptos. It features a symmetrical view of the chapel at Aurora, with a reflection of the scene at the bottom of the frame.

Reflective Eucalyptus: A Symmetrical View of the Aurora Chapel

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At the Pretty Place Chapel Ceremony, the bride and groom's families come together for a heartfelt prayer. This picture captures the beautiful open back church and its breathtaking view of the valley and mountains.

Pretty Place Chapel Ceremony: Bringing Families Together in Prayer

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A detail of the cross with the bride and groom holding candles during the church ceremony at St. Paraskeva Church in Sofia

A Sacred Union: Bride and Groom Embrace Cross, Illuminating their Love at St. Paraskeva Church in Sofia

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An engagement portrait in Jaén, Spain features a couple silhouetted against a red backlight while standing on a hill with a cross

Romantic Engagement Portrait in Jaén, Spain: Stunning Silhouette of Couple Against Red Backlight on Hill with Cross

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The couple posed for a romantic save-the-date pre-wedding announcement picture in front of a small chapel with a geometric arch over a lone cross in Maceió, Brazil

Maceió, Brazil: Pre-Wedding Couple in Front of Chapel with Geometric Arch and Cross

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A couple posed for an engagement pre-wedding announcement picture on the beach near Maceió, Brazil, with a crucifix in a blue sky backdrop

Maceió, Brazil: Couple Engagement Pre-Wedding Picture with Crucifix in Blue Sky

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The sun shone brightly behind the cross as the bride and groom exchanged their vows in a breathtaking sunrise ceremony at Pretty Place - Camp Greenville

The bride and groom exchanged their vows in a spectacular sunrise ceremony, with the sun shining brightly behind them

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An after the marriage proposal Italy engagement photograph at Brescia Castle with kissing lovers shot through a cross shaped window opening

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Maceio post proposal photography showing a smiling Alagoas couple inside a small chapel by the sea

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Maceio engagement portraits lifestyle session with a silhouette of a couple inside a chapel

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Maceio lifestyle outdoor photography with an engaged Couple facing each other with a cross in background

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World's most artistic and best photography from Pretty Place, Camp Greenville during an Environmental shoot of the wedding venue during the ceremony to showcase the backdrop, while using storytelling elements

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View this poetic France wedding image from a Castle near couples home during a couple session, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

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Wenzhou wedding art detail picture in China of the bride and grooms hands with a ring and the cross on the wall of the Church behind them

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Chicago, Illinois fine art wedding picture of the groom holding the cross in his hands

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China Red brick art gallery Love during an engagement portrait shoot

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Bulgaria wedding photography from Church "Vyzdvizhenie na svetiya kryst gospoden" in Sofia as The father places the cross on the heads of the newlyweds

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The priest places the cross on the heads of the newlyweds at the ceremony location in Tsarsko

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Church ceremony wedding photo from Brazil Sao Paulo of a couple receiving the blessings of the priest and the painting looks like this too

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Silhouette of the couple together with the cross during engagement portrait shoot

Belo Horizonte engagement portrait shoot Victor Ataide Belo Horizonte pre wedding portrait silhouette couple Belo Horizonte engagement images

Wedding Photography Details

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Wedding Day photo session of a bride and groom at a old church with a cross in a cross in the foreground

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Engagement Photos from Santorini - Image contains: sunset, church, cross, silhouette

Engagement Photos from a Santorini sunset couple shoot

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Mairie de Grammont à Montpellier - Wedding Photography - Image of the newlyweds leave the town hall and cross the guard of honor.

Wedding Image of the newlyweds leaving the town hall and cross the guard of honor

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San Antonio, Texas wedding photography - Father and daughter line up pre ceremony in front of a statue of Jesus hanging on the cross

San Antonio, Texas wedding photography of Father and daughter line up pre ceremony in front of a statue of Jesus hanging on the cross

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The dog and the couple - Sofia Engagement Photos at the Church with the Cross

The Engagement Photo featured the couple and a dog in front of a Church with a Cross, with the doorway serving as framing for the photograph

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