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.

Paris wedding documentary photographer created this image of the Bride embracing and dancing with her father during reception venue party outside

Great wedding photography of the bride and groom at Highley Manor in West Sussez, England as the couple are embracing under their ceremony arch at sunset

Highley Manor weddings UK Bride and groom embracing England uk wedding photography ceremony arch West Sussez bride and groom

A beautiful West Sussex couple portrait for the Bride and groom embracing in the cornfields at sunset

West Sussez England Jenny Rutterford UK couple portrait farm sunset rural

Top, and timeless wedding photography at Tunnels Beach in Devon, England during a portrait session for the Bride and groom embracing on rocks surrounded by the sea at sunset

Devon Tunnels Beach Devon Tunnels Beach sea England UK Bride and groom Devon wedding photography

A Devon bridal portrait at Tunnels Beach in the UK embracing by the sea, surrounding by cliffs lit by a beautiful sunset

England lit UK couple Tunnels Beach portraits UK Devon portrait Tunnels Beach wedding session sea

A great wedding day portrait from a Tenuta Berroni wedding venue showing the couple embracing outdoors in nature in this BW image

Italian couple Tenuta Berroni wedding venue bw outdoors embracing Tenuta Berroni

A Tuscany Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic portrait of this Lucca couple embracing at at Forte dei Marmi

embracing shadows Tuscany engagement photographer sunlight Tuscany Lucca couple

Easthampton, Massachusetts wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at The Boylston Rooms showing the bride and her mother embracing

mother Boylston Rooms wedding venue The Boylston Rooms embracing Massachusetts MA bride

A Herault Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this carefree portrait of this Montpellier couple embracing one another at sunset

Herault embracing Montpellier couple Herault Engagement Photographer France France couple portrait

A France Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this sweet portrait of this Montpellier couple embracing by the sea

sea beach Sky French portraits france wedding photographer Montpellier couple portrait

An exceptional Ferme des Oiseaux wedding image by a pro Frévent photographer exhibiting the Parents embracing the couple after the speeches

French Couple Ferme des Oiseaux parents after speeches Pas de Calais embracing Oliver Saillard

Epic Alexandria, VA engagement image of a couple embracing in a romantic way at night

embracing VA virginia engagement photographer Johnny Shryock Virginia romantic Night

A beautiful Bellvue, Colorado engagement photo of a Couple embracing while sitting near a scenic lake

Colorado scenic Mark Creery sitting Colorado engagement lake embracing

Scenic Indian Peaks, Wilderness, Colorado engagement picture with the Engaged couple embracing in the glow of the setting sun

scenic Colorado engaged couple embracing wilderness glow setting sun Indian Peaks

A romantic and sweet Central Park, NYC engagement photo of a couple enjoying a smile while embracing in the Park in late Autumn

romantic Central Park Kayla Rice nyc NYC couple nyc engagement smile

Scenic Annecy engagement photography for a couple embracing below the clouds at sunset

Annecy Annecy couple embracing Annecy engagement photography Haute-Savoie sun flare

A beautiful Parc du Pilat engagement photo in BW of the couple embracing and touching noses

Parc du Pilat Parc du Pilat engagement photo French Couple Jessica Evrard touching noses France bw

A pre-wedding Bellvue, Colorado engagement session with a couple that knows how to have a good time as they embracing in front of a lake

Colorado engagement photography lake Colorado Mark Creery embracing Colorado engagement Bellvue

Dolomites pre-wedding engagement session capturing the Loving couple embracing in front of a lake and mountains

Dolomites embracing lake Vendee Dolomites wedding couple Dolomites engagement session mountains

World's top and most original Charlottesville, VA wedding portrait photography at Mt. Ida Farm of the couple embracing in front of their neon sign

neon sign Mt Ida Farm Brittany Diliberto embracing Charlottesville couple VA wedding portrait photography

World's most innovative and best Shenandoah National Park wedding day portraits of The couple embracing under the stars at night by a tree

Brittany Diliberto tree Virginia couple Shenandoah National Park Night stars VA wedding

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Istanbul of the bride and groom embracing and kissing by the water in BW

kissing embracing Turkey wedding couple portrait Istanbul bride and groom Istanbul bw

A pre-wedding Ramonville, France engagement session with a couple embracing and sharing romance in bw

France engagement session Ramonville photographer France couple France Ramonville romance

Niteroi picture session for a carefree engaged couple that is embracing by the crashing waves of the beach

Brazil Niterói couple crashing waves Rio de Janeiro embracing engaged in Niteroi

Sobótka, Poland playful engagement image of a couple embracing in BW

Sobótka Poland engagements Sobótka couple Poland embracing bw Joanna Figarska

Jardin de Coursiana, La Romieu couple engagement portraits with a couple embracing in love in a garden

France france engagement portrait Jardin de Coursiana La Romieu wedding photography La Romieu garden

Jardin de Coursiana, La Romieu playful engagement image of a couple embracing in a garden

Jardin de Coursiana La Romieu embracing garden La Romieu wedding photography French Couple

Pre-wedding Perth couple engagement image-session from Western Australia with the couple embracing together in the outback brush

Perth engagement image embracing australia Pre wedding brush perth couple Western Australia couple outback

Pre-wedding photo-session in Île d'Yeu, France with the couple embracing in the sunlight next to the trees of the woods

Ile d Yeu woods France embracing France couple sunlight Ile d Yeu Pre wedding

Pre-wedding portrait-session at the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Massachusetts with the Couple embracing under big tree

embracing Massachusetts big tree Simi Rabinowitz Boston photographer Boston Arnold Arboretum

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