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The following “Dreamlike” 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 “Dreamlike” 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.

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The ceremony on Sebago Lake, Maine, unfolds in a veil of fog, providing a dreamlike lakeside backdrop that highlights the couple’s vows and their unforgettable setting.
Fog Creates A Dreamlike Backdrop For Lakeside Ceremony On Sebago Lake, Maine
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Domaine d'Augléone in Barran, Gers, sets the stage for a surreal-inspired composition, where the couple’s connection is highlighted within a dream-like outdoor environment.
Surreal-Inspired Composition At Domaine D'Augléone In Barran, Gers Highlights The Couple’s Connection In A Dreamlike Outdoor Scene
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Sperlak Gallery, Cape May, NJ — In a late-night, dreamlike portrait, the couple embrace amid swirling rainbow lights, creating an artistic and colorful atmosphere that highlights their connection in the gallery setting.
Sperlak Gallery, Cape May, NJ: Late-Night Dreamlike Embrace Amid Swirling Rainbow Lights
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Leiden, Zuid Holland — The bride gazes toward the dunes in a black-and-white, dreamlike silhouette portrait, capturing an ethereal and artistic image against the natural landscape.
Leiden Silhouette: Bride's Ethereal Gaze to Dunes, Dreamlike Black-and-White Artistic Portrait
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At the top of Point Dume Natural Preserve in Malibu, California, a couple poses with sweeping views of the beach below. Misty, dreamlike light and a blue sky add a romantic atmosphere to their engagement portrait.
Dreamlike Malibu Engagement: Couple Poses Atop Point Dume With Sweeping Beach Views
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The couple rests beneath an ancient oak tree at Castello di Valenzano, Italy, in an infrared portrait that transforms the landscape into a dreamlike and ethereal scene.
Couple Rests Under Ancient Oak In Dreamlike Portrait At Castello Di Valenzano, Italy
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West Pomeranian, Poland. Bride portrait with veil taken during hotel room preparations. Dreamlike, angelic shot captures the bride's serene look before the ceremony.
West Pomeranian Wedding: Dreamlike Bride Portrait with Veil During Hotel Preparations, Poland
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In an atmospheric alleyway in Lancaster, PA, a couple’s figures are backlit, their outlines softened by fog and smoke, adding a cinematic, dreamlike quality to the scene.
Backlit Couple in Foggy Lancaster Alleyway, Softened Silhouettes Create Enchanting Atmosphere
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At Parco dei Cimini BioResort in Soriano (VT), the couple shares an intimate gaze, silhouetted against a backdrop of tall trees, as the sun peeks through a light layer of clouds, adding a mystical touch to the tranquil forest setting.
Couple Shares Intimate Gaze Silhouetted Against Trees and Sunlight at Parco dei Cimini BioResort, Italy
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At Lake of Zoug in Switzerland, with fog rolling over the water, a black-and-white shot captures a dramatic kiss as the groom romantically dips the bride on the dock.
Groom Dips Bride for Kiss Amidst Foggy Lake of Zoug in Black-and-White Swiss Wedding Scene
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Bride and groom in a hotel, creating a surreal or dreamlike atmosphere as if they are in a parallel world.
Parallel Hearts Entwined: Hotel Dreamscape Wedding, A World Apart Now One
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Step into a dreamlike setting captured by a WPJA photographer as a couple poses on rocky terrain with a vibrant hot air balloon soaring in the background.
Dreamlike Romance: Couple Posing with Hot Air Balloon on Rocky Terrain
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The newlyweds share a blissful dance under a glimmer of sunlight amidst the breathtaking surroundings of Domaine de Messenas in the French mountains.
A Bride and Groom's Dreamlike Dance in the French Mountains
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A stunning capture of a beautiful moment at a beach wedding in Amsterdam, as the bride tosses her bouquet into the air with the breathtaking low sun and flat water ocean creating a dreamlike silhouette.
Breathtaking Beach Wedding: Bride's Bouquet Soars Against Setting Sun in Amsterdam
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Underwater couple engagement session | Las Vegas wedding and engagement photography
Underwater couple engagement session with an ethereal, dreamlike quality
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Vertical engagement pictures of a couple with bokeh lights | Dorset photographer pre-wedding shoot with photographer
The couple's faces, close in profile, were illuminated in a dreamlike haze of bokeh lights, a romantic vertical engagement photo capturing the intensity of their emotion
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Santorini candles in the shape of a heart - South Aegean wedding photography
Santorini candles in the shape of a heart in this South Aegean wedding photo
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Santorini lights at the wedding - South Aegean wedding photojournalism
Santorini lights hanging in the wind at the wedding in this South Aegean photo
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