Wedding Photos of Detail

The following “Detail” 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 “Detail” 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.

Bursa, Turkey engaged couple portrait

A woman watches her fiance as he kisses a small crucifix at the Forte dei Marmi during their engagement session by a Liguria photographer.

Forte dei Marmi crucifix Fill the frame Italy engagement photos tight crop Shooting Tight

A man and woman hold their heads together as sun shines between them during their Laguna engagement session by a Santa Catarina, Brazil photographer.

sun shines heads detail hold Laguna Fill the frame close subject

Gaiola natural reserve, Napoli - An intimate photo session taken in the wildest part of Napoli

Napoli natural reserve wildest tight crop close subject Shooting Tight detail

In San Francisco, a man kisses his fiance's hand during their engagement session by a Sacramento, CA photographer.

tight crop Fill the frame Shooting Tight kisses San Francisco SF engagement photos detail

A woman peeks out from behind her fiance in this pre-wedding portrait in Milan, Italy. Taken by a Lombardy photographer.

IT Milan engagement photos close subject detail Shooting Tight close up Milan

San Diego Engaged Couple has a playful minuted during portrait session.

ANZA foto and film Night Shooting Tight San Diego engagement photos San Diego wedding engagement tight crop close subject

Couple lays among anime and graphic novels during engagement portrait session in Balboa Park, San Diego

ANZA foto and film Kristina Cazares Neri San Diego Balboa Park close up Shooting Tight Fill the frame

Ruse, Bulgaria engagement shoot - Love through the sunglasses

close up Bulgaria sunglasses love Ruse engagement photos Fill the frame Ruse wedding engagement

A couple stands together in a cafe in Ruse in this nighttime engagement portrait by a Bulgaria photographer.

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Beacon Hill pre-wedding portrait session with engagement ring

Shooting Tight Fill the frame detail MA wedding engagement tight crop close subject

Detail shot of a drink glass with ice and the ring

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Colombo, Sri Lanka Pre-wedding portrait session in black and white

close subject Sri Lanka Colombo close up tight crop Fill the frame

Buddhist monastic discipline at hotel room in Sanming

Sanming wedding detail of rings

creative Sanming artistic wedding photographer ring detail Sanming fine art wedding photo rings Sanming artistic wedding photography

Manayunk Philadelphia Engagement Portrait At their home with their doggy

Shooting Tight Manayunk wedding engagement dog Manayunk engagement photos doggy Manayunk

Guangdong - the couple give each other eskimo kisses in this pre-wedding portrait

tight crop Guangdong engagement photos Lin Yang couple China close up Shooting Tight

A happy couple is photographed with their ice cream loving dog in this San Francisco engagement shoot

Fill the frame SF close subject pets detail Shooting Tight funny

ring detail with the Hands of the Groom and the Bride

rings detail joined Fuzhou artistic wedding photographer Cen Lin Fuzhou fine art wedding photography Fuzhou artistic wedding photography

wedding clothing of the groomsmen

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Wedding preparation process at a hotel

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A picture of a wedding at La Spezia featuring shoes in detail was taken with the heel-to-heel and back-to-back technique

A wedding photo taken at La Spezia, focusing on shoes, was composited with a heel-to-heel and back-to-back pose

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Detail of bouquet amongst a checkered backdrop

flowers detail Fujian Fujian artistic wedding photographer trees Joy Qin Fujian artistic wedding photography

wedding red shoes detail image with stream of light hitting them

Fujian shoes sunlight shoes detail detail Fujian fine art wedding photography Joy Qin

detail image of the bride's wedding ring

black and white ring China fine art wedding photo China artistic wedding photography detail China artistic wedding photographer

In the Sofia church ceremony, as the couple exchanged vows, a regal image emerged with the traditional crowns, a bottle of wine symbolizing unity, as a mesmerizing wedding detail in the foreground

Regal Image: Sofia Church Ceremony with Traditional Crowns and Symbolic Wine Bottle

Unity wedding mesmerizing vows image foreground Sofia marriage venue

Captivating Reflections: Nea Ionia Attica Bride's Detail in Black and White

Reflective Elegance: Bride's Detail with Tray Mirror in Nea Ionia Attica

bride Nea Ionia Attica reflections getting ready Elegance reflective Attica wedding picture

Elegant Bride in Nea Ionia Attica: Exquisite Black and White Detail

Exquisite Elegance: Bride's Detail in Nea Ionia Attica, Black and White Capture

white exquisite capture Black classic Elegance Attica

groom getting ready with a detail of sweat coming down his face

Fuzhou actual day wedding detail Fuzhou wedding image groom Henry Xu fuzhou weddings close up

bride getting ready with the makeup procedure

Henry Xu Fuzhou fine art wedding photography detail Fuzhou fine art wedding photo portrait bride Fuzhou

wedding day detail of shoes reflected in mirrors

Fujian Fujian fine art wedding photo Joy Qin shoes mirrors wedding day Fujian artistic wedding photography

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