Wedding Photos of Embrace

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.

The loving embrace between the father and the bride at the Walnut Black Point Inn reception party created a beautiful picture of joy and happiness

A beautiful happiness was created as the father and bride embraced at the outdoor reception party

The newlyweds' joyful embrace and kiss as they begin their married life at the wedding ceremony in Chengdu, Sichuan, surrounded by lush green foliage

Chengdu, Sichuan: Newlyweds' joyful embrace and kiss as they start married life amid lush greenery

kiss Chengdu green foliage embrace Chengdu Photographer Sichuan

Montpellier lifestyle couples portraits session in France with an intimate, private embrace at sunset

Montpellier intimate France sunset portrait embrace montpellier engagement photography

Montpellier lifestyle couples photography in Occitanie, France with a sweet sunset embrace under the cloudy sky

cloudy sky Montpellier lifestyle couple Occitanie lifestyle photography Occitanie Montpellier France France couple

A NYC couple poses during a Greenwich Village lifestyle portrait photography session as she shows off her engagement ring while they embrace

engagement ring NYC couple nyc engagement photography NY portrait photography session Kayla Rice embrace Greenwich Village

A Terni Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, sweet portrait of this Spoleto couple almost kissing with a reflection of trees over them

light Spoleto trees kissing Spoleto couple reflection

Dramatic Dockmaster's Building wedding image of this Washington DC bride and groom as they embrace in front of city scenery at night

city scenery embrace DC bride and groom The Wharf Dockmaster Building Dockmaster Washington DC Dramatic

An impressive Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes wedding image of the Lyon Photo of couple at sunset

Lyon Lyon couple Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes embrace France French wedding image sunset

Best Washington DC wedding photojournalism picture from The Mayflower created as A bride and groom embrace during their first dance

The Mayflower Hotel Brittany Diliberto first dance Mayflower bride and groom Washington DC embrace

A black and white North Yorkshire documentary wedding picture from Raven Hall in England created as the bride and groom embrace with joy at the end of the wedding ceremony, their guests cheering behind them

joy Raven Hall venue wedding ceremony UK embrace black and white bride and groom

A top Hebron, Connecticut wedding photographer captured this picture at Easterseals of Oak Hill Camp Hemlocks as the groom and a flower girl smile and embrace others in celebration just following the wedding ceremony

Easterseals Oak Hill Hebron Hebron CT Danielle Gardner connecticut wedding photographer Hemlocks

An exceptional Town Hall Vidauban wedding image by a pro Var photographer exhibiting The bride and groom embrace their friends

Var photographer Var Var bride and groom France embrace Town Hall Vidauban wedding image Ludovic Lieffrig

A beautiful Normandie couple portrait in France as they embrace by a wall of red ivy plants

Normandie couple portrait plants Normandy ivy red Normandie France wedding couple

A creative Smithsonian Castle, DC pre wedding session during A sweet embrace

embrace DC DC pre wedding windows Brittany Diliberto Smithsonian Castle

A sweet and serene Washington DC engagement session showing A tender embrace between a couple

bw DC couple embrace tender Brittany Diliberto Washington DC engagement

Adventurous Plemont Bay, Jersey pre wedding photo session created as the couple embrace in the shallow water

Jersey couple shallow water Plemont Bay embrace Jersey Pre wedding photo

Scenic Val De La Mare, St Ouen, Jersey engagement image showing the couple embrace by the reservoir

Jersey couple reservoir St Ouen Jersey engagement light Val De La Mare embrace

Great wedding photography of the bride and groom at Caffe Elena in Turin, Italy as the couple embrace in their new love as husband and wife

bride and groom Caffe Elena Caffe Elena husband and wife Italy couple Turin Turin weddings

A select Maryland wedding portrait of a Ellicott City couple at Patapsco Female Institute created as the bride and groom embrace near the columns

A select Maryland wedding portrait of an Ellicott City couple at Patapsco Female Institute created as the bride and groom embrace near the columns

Patapsco Female Institute weddings Johnny Shryock Patapsco Female Institute Maryland columns embrace Maryland wedding portrait

A praiseworthy Rocky Mountain National Park wedding day portrait of a Colorado bride and groom as they embrace for a final session before retiring for the night

Night embrace Colorado bride and groom Rocky Mountain National Park final session Rocky Mountain National Park weddings

A commendable Estes Park wedding art image of the Colorado bride and groom tightly embrace for a private session alone during sunset

Estes Park embrace Colorado bride and groom sunset Colorado Estes Park wedding private wedding session

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Rocky Mountain National Park showing A bride and groom embrace each other for a kiss by a huge tree in a field

Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado wedding portrait kiss National Park field CO photography rocky mountains

A first class Estes Park wedding portrait of this Colorado bride and groom as they embrace for a private session amongst some trees before their ceremony

embrace trees Colorado bride and groom Estes Park wedding portrait before ceremony Colorado

Ravenna Wild beach playful engagement image of a couple in BW in an embrace of love

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A pre-wedding Wollaton Park, Nottingham engagement session with a couple embrace and a kiss

Nathan Walker trees kiss Nottingham wedding photography Nottinghamshire Nottingham couple Nottingham

NYC couple pre-wed portrait of a couple that was truly enjoying themselves in Central Park in the autumn colors

NYC couple prewed portrait leather jackets fall Central Park embrace NY couple autumn colors

San Francisco prewedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple as they embrace on the beach with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

San Francisco prewedding Kate Hampson CA Photographer Golden Gate Bridge embrace background San Francisco

A top wedding reportage photographer in Lecco captured this picture of a motherly embrace

IT Luigi Rota emotions Italy embrace Lecco IT wedding reportage photographer

Marechal Deodoro pre-wedding portrait-session of a couple at sunset near the grass fields in an embrace

sunset Marechal Deodoro Marechal Deodoro Pre wedding embrace couple fields Renner Boldrino

Perth pre-wedding engagement image-session in Western Australia during a nice embrace together in the sunlight rays

Western Australia embrace sunlight Jacob Gordon Perth pre wedding image perth australia photographer

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