Wedding Photos of Embracing couple

The following “Embracing couple” 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 “Embracing couple” 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.

Lifestyle couple portrait at Piney River Ranch, CO. The sun sets on the mountain range as a couple embraces in red attire that complements the mountains. They are prominently positioned left of the center of the frame, bathed in the photographer's light.

Mountain Sunset Love: A Stunning Engagement Portrait at Piney River Ranch, CO

The happy couple had a romantic engagement photoshoot in the picturesque mountains of Redwood City, capturing their love and joy in beautiful photographs taken by a talented wedding photographer from the WPJA

Mountainous Love: A Breathtaking Engagement Story Captured in the Enchanting Redwood City Mountains

Redwood City Redwood City Engagement Portrait mountain region California - Northern embracing couple wooded area

A wedding photographer from the WPJA captures a joyful couple embracing each other in a beautiful outdoor setting in Udine, Italy

Radiant Love: Embracing Bliss in Udine, Italy

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Before their wedding, a couple embraces behind a stunning field of blooming yellow flowers at the breathtaking Strijen Sas nature reserve in the Netherlands. Captured by a talented NL wedding photographer.

Embrace in Blooming Beauty: Strijen Sas Nature Reserve Engagement Portrait in the Netherlands

South Holland Engagement Portrait Zuid Holland field of flowers Strijensas nature reserve embracing couple yellow flowers

A couple embraces in Gerberoy, France as they share a romantic kiss under an umbrella during their engagement photo shoot

Love Blossoms in Gerberoy: Couple Immortalizes Their Passionate Engagement Amidst a Picturesque French Village

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Emily and Vittorio embrace in front of a rustic door in the enchanting alleyways of Cortona, Italy, during their dreamy engagement photo shoot

Romantic Love Blooms in the Charming Streets of Cortona, Italy: Emily and Vittorio's Enchanting Engagement

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A couple in an embrace at Városliget, the Budapest City Park, during their engagement photo shoot

Love Blooms in Budapest: A Captivating Engagement at Városliget

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A couple in Fort Collins, Colorado, are seen embracing in a snowy field for their engagement portrait

Romantic Winter Engagement Portrait of Couple in Snowy Field, Fort Collins

Romantic Winter embracing couple snowy field Colorado Fort Collins engagement portrait

A couple in a rural area near Chartres is captured embracing in an engagement portrait, with a large round bale of hay serving as the backdrop

Rustic Engagement Portraits: Embracing Couple Captured with Hay Bale Backdrop near Chartres

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A couple sits in front of a stunning mountain range in an engagement portrait taken at Belalp

Captivating Engagement Portrait: A Love Story Unfolds Against the Breathtaking Belalp Mountain Range

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A couple in Nantucket Island, MA, shares an embrace while posing for their engagement portrait on Old North Wharf

Nantucket Island Engagement Portrait: Couple's Embrace on Old North Wharf

Old North Wharf Nantucket Nantucket Island embracing couple Nantucket Island Engagement Session

A humorous moment ensued at Riverlands, Yorkshire, UK, when the bride and groom donned King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla masks before a wedding guest captured the kiss on their phone

The bride and groom kissed at Riverlands, Yorkshire, UK, wearing King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla masks

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A joyous outdoor wedding at Agra was captured in a stunning image of a couple embracing and surrounded by a flurry of yellow flower petals

The couple embraced joyfully at Agra's outdoor wedding, surrounded by yellow petals

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Colorado: A bride and groom share a warm embrace amidst a snowy backdrop on their wedding day

Snowy Serenity: Embracing Love in Colorado's Winter Wonderland

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Jeremy Sauterel is an artistic wedding photographer for Fribourg

Photo by: Jeremy Sauterel - Villaz-Saint-Pierre Fribourg

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As the gorgeous dusk light helped to softly illuminated the embracing couple, the stunning view of Rio de Janeiro from the Círculo Militar - Urca created the perfect backdrop for a creative wedding image

The romantic dusk light provided an ideal atmosphere for capturing a timeless wedding photograph of the embracing couple

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Silhouette portrait for embracing couple touching heads

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Near Downtown Las Vegas, the couple are posing for some Love and fun portraits near some low trees

Near Downtown, the couple are posing for some Love and fun portraits near some low trees

Downtown Las Vegas embracing couple Las Vegas Photographer Las Vegas Tiago Pinheiro

A Toulouse prewedding photo shoot for an embracing, engaged couple in the town square

Toulouse photographer embracing couple Toulouse town square

Agen lifestyle couples photography session in France showing the engaged couple embraced and leaning against an urban shop window display glass

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Melaka pre-wedding engagement photoshoot with the sweet couple interaction by the rural dirt road

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World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from a Lyon, France park during a Portrait session with the bride and groom embracing in BW

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San Miguel de Allende bride and groom to be, posturing for an engagement image at Calle del Chorro with the gestures in this photo look totally natural

Ritrae Studio Mexico bride to be Jorge Alcala Goded San Miguel de Allende Mexico embracing couple ivy

Rome wedding portrait taken in the Montorio Church in Italy

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FR pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers embracing at The dune of Pyla, France

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Playful beach embracing couple engagement photography at Ronce-les-Bains France

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Town square couple engagement photos in Florence

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Pre-Wedding Photo with embracing couple in the trees

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An embracing couple enjoy a portrait session at Como Lake, Italy

A loving couple are captured in a romantic portrait session, basking in the warmth of a sunny courtyard

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Engagement Photography in Naples standing on a path surrounded by trees

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