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The following “Embrace” 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 “Embrace” 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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A groom-to-be lovingly kisses his fiance's neck as they embrace on the picturesque Flatirons Vista Trail during a romantic engagement session at sunset
Sweet Sunset Serenade: Capturing the Love of a Promising Union on Flatirons Vista Trail
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In Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, a couple embraces in a stunning glow of light amidst a picturesque field of trees for their engagement portrait
A Captivating Engagement Portrait in the Enchanting Field of Trees in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
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In Poitiers, France, a couple embrace each other for an engagement portrait
Eternal Love Captured: Poitiers, France Engagement Portrait, Heartwarming Embrace
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The engagement portrait of the Iseo couple captures their intimate moment as they embrace and share a tender kiss on the neck
The Iseo Couple's Intimate Engagement Portrait: Capturing a Tender Kiss on the Neck
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A bride and groom hug each other in a creative wedding portrait at Versailles, France, with the bride's hair gently blowing in the breeze
Versailles, France: Beautiful Wedding Portrait of a Bride and Groom Embracing in Romantic Surroundings
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Couple in wedding attire kisses in front of Château de Goudourville, with the castle gate in the foreground creating a picturesque frame for their affectionate embrace
Château de Goudourville offers a picturesque frame as a couple in wedding attire shares an affectionate kiss
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A beautiful couple embraces each other on a picturesque cliff overlooking the sparkling ocean and sandy beach, capturing their love and joy for a memorable engagement photo shoot in Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire Engagement Photo Shoot: Couple Embracing on a Cliff Overlooking Sparkling Ocean and Sandy Beach
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Newlyweds embrace in the warm, backlit glow of the sunset at Villa Corsini Mezzo Monte, with the gentle rays of the sun illuminating the bride's face, creating an intimate and serene moment in Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy: Newlyweds Embrace in Serene Sunset Glow at Villa Corsini Mezzo Monte
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A couple posed for a creative engagement portrait taken in Hatton Park, Watford, England, while a peaceful, empty park bench provided a backdrop to their embrace
Hatton Park Watford, England: Creative Engagement Portrait of a Couple Embracing on a Peaceful Park Bench
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At Humble House Taipei, Taiwan, a beautiful wedding moment was captured as the bride looked on at her father and groom hugging fondly
In Taipei, Taiwan, at Humble House, a touching wedding moment occurred when the bride witnessed her dad and groom hug warmly
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At The Woods at Eisler Farms in Butler, PA, the groom tenderly kissed the bride's shoulder as she became emotional during her maid of honor's speech
The groom kissed the bride's shoulder tenderly at The Woods at Eisler Farms, Butler, PA
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A wedding image was captured at a rental property in Santa Barbara, featuring the bride embracing her grandmother on a rustic porch with her stunning dress hung behind them
The bride and grandmother were captured in a Santa Barbara rental property porch setting
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An engaged couple enjoys an intimate embrace amidst the romantic beauty of Santa Cruz's woodlands
The couple embraced intimately in Santa Cruz's romantic woodlands
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An emotional couple and their daughters embrace in Barjols, France in a wedding photograph
The couple and their daughters share an emotional embrace in Barjols
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The couple stand in love and embrace among the canals of Amsterdam, Netherlands
The couple embraced in love among Amsterdam's canals
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The wedding couple embraced for a romantic moment alone and away from their wedding guests at the reception location in Arizona
The wedding couple shared an intimate embrace by the night fire at their reception
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At Bocca di Magra in La Spezia, Italy, a beautiful black and white portrait of a couple embracing in a tree tunnel
A black and white portrait taken at sunset features a couple embracing in a tree tunnel
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At the Paris City Hall, the bride and groom shared an intimate embrace in front of a garage door on their special day
The bride and groom embraced at City Hall on their wedding day in front of a garage door
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The loving couple embraced near the security gates of a store front on the streets of Montmartre, Paris, making it a special and romantic look during their pre-wedding lifestyle portrait session
The loving couple's engagement portrait captured the special moment of their embrace amidst the romantic streets of Montmartre, Paris
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At Love Valley, in Goreme, Nevsehir, newlywed couples posed for wedding day portraits while hot air balloons soared under cloudy skies behind their embrace
An artistic wedding photographer captured a moment of newlyweds posing for portraits under cloudy skies and hot air balloons
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The couple posed for their engagement announcement portrait at the Parc de la tête d'or in Lyon, about to embrace in a romantic embrace
Lyon's Parc de la tête d'or: Engagement Announcement Portrait of a Romantic Embrace - Low Camera Angle
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The perfect save-the-date engagement pre-wedding announcement picture is of a cowboy couple wearing sunglasses and leather jackets
Delhi Streets: A Couple In Love Embrace Their Adventure Ahead
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The couple is pictured smiling in each others arms in a black and white image against a brick wall at the Garonne Quays in Toulouse, a beautiful setting for their pre-wedding portrait
At the Garonne Quays in Toulouse, the couple embrace, smiling in a black and white lifestyle portrait
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The couple embraced lovingly in front of a sky filled with clouds during their lifestyle engagement portrait session in Tournai, Belgium
In Tournai, Belgium, the couple hugged amid a sky of clouds during their outdoor portrait session
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The engaged couple can be seen embracing, illuminated by the backlit sunset, against the reeds of Holt-Maros sétány, Szeged, Hungary, sharing a happy embrace together
The happy couple embraced on Holt-Maros sétány, Szeged, Hungary, during a backlit sunset
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The photographer captured the emotional moment of the bride picking up her friend in a foggy embrace on the dance floor of her Montpellier wedding
On the dance floor of her Montpellier wedding, the bride embraced her friend with emotion in a foggy embrace
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The couple is in a dreamy embrace, symmetrically framed by a Parisian backdrop, in a lifestyle engagement portrait
In Paris, the couple hugs before a building in a lifestyle engagement portrait
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The bride and groom embraced in a clearing near the La Favellina reception venue in Vicenza, Italy
The newlyweds celebrated their union with an embrace in a clearing, signifying the beginning of their journey as a married couple
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The California bride and groom shared a romantic kiss during their wedding portrait between two industrial observatories
The bride and groom exchanged a tender embrace in their wedding photograph amid two industrial observatories
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The bride and groom lovingly met in their Apulian Church, touching their foreheads in a tender embrace
A couple shared a tender embrace, touching their foreheads lovingly, ahead of their church ceremony
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