Wedding Photos of Embracing

The following “Embracing” 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” 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.

At Château de Barbegal in Arles en Provence, the mother embraces the bride in her arms after a touching ceremony, while the groom looks on.

Embracing Love: A Mother's Blessing at Château de Barbegal

Creative couple portrait by a Székesfehérvár wedding photographer, capturing a special love embrace for the couple behind geometric netting in Hungary.

Capturing Caged Love: Creative Engagement Portrait in Székesfehérvár, Hungary

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Portrait of a couple taken by a Bath wedding photographer in Somerset. The image features the silhouettes of two lovers embracing, facing each other against a dark blue sunset sky. They are standing on a knoll, creating a romantic and intimate scene.

Embracing Love: Silhouetted Couple on Knoll at Sunset in Somerset

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Intimate engagement portrait in Maceió, Brazil captures a couple's love in a picturesque setting. Embracing tightly, they stand before a majestic historic building, surrounded by symmetrical white columns.

A Picture of Love: Captivating Couple's Engagement Portrait in Maceió, Brazil

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California Santa Cruz lifestyle couple portrait. Embraced by the ocean and bird rock, the couple shares a tender embrace at the flat water's edge, capturing the beauty of their love.

CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ | Embracing the Ocean: A Stunning Couple Portrait at Bird Rock

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Lifestyle couple portrait in Estes Park, Co. A newly engaged couple captured beneath towering trees, sharing a tender portrait session in the picturesque mountainous surroundings.

ESTES PARK ENGAGED COUPLE PORTRAIT | Captured beneath towering trees, tender session in picturesque surroundings

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Lifestyle couple portrait at Haughley Park, Suffolk. An engagement shoot in the early summer evening. The couple stands facing each other, embracing gently. She playfully lifts one leg, captured by the photographer.

Engaging Elegance | Haughley Park Couple's Enchanting Early Summer Shoot

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Sweeping the picturesque Colorado landscape, this award-winning wedding portrait captures two grooms embracing in a modern and stylish pose during a serene sunrise, creating a contemporary and heartfelt image.

Embracing Serene Sunrise: Stylish Colorado Grooms Capture Contemporary, Heartfelt Image

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A captivating black-and-white portrait captures the bride embracing her groom from behind, in an outdoor setting at Maria's Garten, Araquari, Santa Catarina.

Unforgettable Embrace: A Breathtaking Portrait at Maria's Garten, Araquari, Santa Catarina

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An award-winning wedding photographer captures love at the serene Nomade Lodge in Seine-et-Marne. This romantic portrait showcases an intimate couple under a veil and trees, radiating happiness and affection.

Serene Nomade Lodge: A Captivating Portrait of Love and Affection

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Charente-Maritime domaine de Puyrigaud: A heartwarming moment captured during the outdoor marriage certificate signing ceremony, as the couple embraces witnesses.

Charente-Maritime Domaine de Puyrigaud: Embrace of Love at Wedding Ceremony

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In a picturesque setting at Cerrada del Utrero, Cazorla, Jaén, Spain, the engaged couple is embraced in a pre-wedding portrait. He tenderly wraps his arms around her from behind, with rocky cliffs and trees creating a stunning backdrop.

Cerrada del Utrero: A Captivating Pre-Wedding Embrace

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An award-winning wedding photo captured at Villa Semenza in Lecco, Italy. The picture highlights the beautiful details of the imperial table, with the bride and groom embracing in the background.

Imperial Splendor: Embracing Love at Villa Semenza, Lecco, Italy

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Captured during the Tuscan Winter in Casole d'Elsa, Siena, Tuscany, this engagement portrait beautifully showcases the couple sitting, embracing, and holding hands in the warm winter sunshine, creating a tender and romantic scene.

Tuscan Winter Romance: A Tender Engagement Portrait in Casole d'Elsa

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At Rambouillet, a couple is embracing in the natural surroundings, captured in a close-up black and white shot, sharing an intimate kiss

Embraced in Rambouillet's Splendor: A Close-Up Black and White Portrait of Love

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The couple poses in front of a mountain lake, surrounded by autumn leaves in Switzerland

Enchanting Bliss: Embracing Love amid Autumn's Tapestry

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In this picture taken by a WPJA wedding photographer, a couple embraces each other while standing on the stairs overlooking the Charles River Esplanade in Boston, MA

Enchanting Love on the Charles: A Captivating Engagement Portrait

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A couple at Batchwood Golf Club in St Albans, embrace each other while standing under beautiful autumn leaves

Autumn Embrace at Batchwood Golf Club: A Joyful Engagement Portrait

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In a stunning black and white photograph taken by a wedding photographer from the WPJA, a couple in Baeza, Jaén, Spain, can be seen embracing as the man effortlessly lifts the woman and carries her next to the imposing stone walls

Portraits of Passion: Embracing Love in the Heart of Baeza

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At a private residence in Burlington, VT, the groom joyfully howls on the dance floor as he tightly embraces his bride

Burlington's Blissful Howl: Groom's Enthusiastic Embrace Ignites the Dance Floor with Joy

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At the Dormont Rec Center in Dormont, PA, a touching moment unfolds as the groom embraces his emotional daughter during their special dance at the wedding reception party

Dormont, PA: A Heartwarming Dance as a Groom Embraces His Emotional Daughter at the Wedding Reception

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In Provence, the bride embraces her aunt beneath the shade of the trees, exchanging warm congratulations on her wedding day

Romantic Reunion in Provence: A Bride's Heartwarming Embrace with her Beloved Aunt on Her Special Day

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The couple is seen embracing each other between two tree trunks in a photograph taken by a WPJA wedding photographer

Enchanted Love: Embracing Blissfully Amidst Towering Tree Trunks, Captured by WPJA Wedding Photographer

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The couple stands in front of a modern glass building in Luxembourg, for a beautiful and artistic engagement portrait

Luxembourg's Luminescent Love: A Captivating Engagement Portrait Embraced by Modern Glass

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A couple embraces outdoors in Amneville - enveloped in their deep affection for one another

Amneville's Natural Love: A Couple Captivatingly Embraced in the Great Outdoors

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Next to the fields of bright yellow Rapeseed flowers in Ouistréham, the engaged couple lovingly embraces and poses for their pre-wedding portrait captured by a creative wedding photographer.

Love Blooms in the Rapeseed Fields: A Captivating Engagement Portrait in Ouistréham

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At Dreux, a couple embraces in the city, showcasing their love and excitement before their wedding day, captured beautifully by a top Dreux engagement photographer.

Amidst the Charms of Dreux: A Heartfelt Embrace, Moments Before 'I Do

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In Chartres, an affectionate couple embraces and snuggles in the forest during the beautiful autumn season, captured by a talented engagement photographer from Chartres.

Enchanting Autumn Embrace: Capturing Love in Chartres' Forest Splendor with a Talented Engagement Photographer

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Engagement portrait of a couple at the edge of a picturesque forest in Tarvisio, Udine, Italy. Bathed in warm afternoon sunlight, beautifully captured by the top Udine wedding photographer.

A Captivating Journey of Love: Embracing Happiness in Tarvisio's Enchanting Forest Glade

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Engaged couple embrace in a field of golden grasses at Verulamium Park, captured beautifully by a talented St Albans wedding photographer.

Verulamium Park's Engaged Embrace: A Stunning Portrait by St Albans' Finest Wedding Photographer

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