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.

Pre-wedding portrait-session in Montpellier, France in BW and Vert of the couple embracing

View this grand Ashcroft Ghost Town wedding image of The groom embracing and lifting the bride up at the end of their ceremony in front of an abandoned building which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Aspen, Colorado

Aspen wedding photography embracing Colorado Aspen ceremony Aspen wedding image lifting the bride

View this poetic Meyzieu wedding image from An indian wedding, of bride embracing her man while looking at the camera, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Meyzieu wedding image from An indian wedding, of bride embracing her man while looking at the camera, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

Meyzieu wedding image looking at the camera bride Meyzieu photographer Meyzieu man indian wedding

A sophisticated Mexico wedding portrait of the Oaxaca City bride and groom embracing on the streets under flags

tissue Oaxaca Oaxaca City Papel picado streets flags Mexico

VA bride and groom to be, posing for a Great Falls pre-wedding engagement photo shoot in silhouette, the couple embrace, and a reflection of water fills their silhouette in a single capture

Virginia silhouette VA Brittany Diliberto Great Falls Virginia Bride Bee Two Sweet

Cappadocia bride and groom to be, embracing under a tree for a Turkey engagement image

Cappadocia bride Cappadocia engagement Turkey under a tree cloudy skies embracing

Crozon bride and groom to be, posturing for a France engagement image embracing one another

Crozon Patrick Lombaert embracing France Crozon brides crozon bride to be rustic portrait

Urca couple to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot showing that Life is too short to live in fear

embracing mountains Urca bright sunlight Urca couple shoot

Chicago bride and groom to be, posing for a Garfield Park Conservatory pre-wedding engagement photo shoot

Garfield Park Conservatory embracing Chicago Sarah Nader Chicago bride to be greenery

Perth bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture before a beautiful sunset in AUS

perth Western Australia red dress embracing Perth sunset portrait perth bride to be Jacob Gordon

Perth bride and groom to be, posing for a sunset Western Australia pre-wedding engagement photo shoot

perth perth bride to be Perth sunset portrait Jacob Gordon embracing Western Australian

Pont des Arts, Paris couple e-session while embracing next to a Parisian lamppost at sunset

embracing lamppost Pont des Arts paris weddings Jeremie Sangare Parisian sunset

Georgetown, CO couple e-session at Guanella Pass while embracing in the mountain sun light

co couple Georgetown mountain sun light embracing Guanella Pass

Guanella Pass, Georgetown, Colorado couple e-shoot with some embracing in the mountain sunset

CO bride embracing Guanella Pass mountain sunset Georgetown Colorado couple

Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado couple e-session while embracing and about to kiss as it starts to rain

Indian Peaks Wilderness rain Colorado couple bw embracing kiss

Siena, Tuscany couple e-session embracing and kissing with blue skies

Siena love session tuscany couple Siena blue skies kissing embracing

Willow River Falls couple e-session in Wisconsin embracing by a waterfall

Wisconsin engagement portrait waterfall embracing Wisconsin Willow River Falls couple

Rio Grande do Sul wedding photography of women and men embracing at the event

Rio Grande do Sul wedding venue brazilian wedding embracing emotion

United Kingdom wedding photographer contest award winning image sample at East Yorkshire Barns wedding venue of The bride and groom embracing after an emotional speech

speech bride and groom embracing United Kingdom Wedding Photographer east yorkshire Patrick Mateer emotional

A Hertfordshire wedding photographer at Knebworth Church created this image of A mum and son embracing

mum and son hertfordshire wedding photographer Knebworth Church Hertfordshire groom embracing Hertfordshire

North Ave Beach couple e-session in Chicago embracing by the water's edge

waters edge North Ave Beach Chicago bride to be couple Edward Ciesielski embracing Chicago

Montpellier, France couple e-session in the afternoon sunshine

France couple Montpellier embracing sunshine Montpellier bride to be Engagement

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Marechal Deodoro showing a couple embracing at sunset

Marechal Deodoro sunset portrait sunset Marechal Deodoro Renner Boldrino couple engagement portrait session embracing

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot in Almeria of a couple embracing under a tree with bright Colors

embracing Pre wedding Photoshoot Almeria couple tree Almeria couple shoot

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Slovenia showing a couple in BW with some great Hugs and smiles

smiles embracing bw Slovenia couple engagement portrait session hugs

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot at Giardino Viatori in Gorizia with young lovers under the big trees in their shadows

Gorizia bride to be Giardino Viatori Gorizia embracing Pre wedding Photoshoot shadows big trees

Aix-les-Bains wedding couple artistic image session of the couple embracing near the sea

Castille Alma couple artistic image session sea Savoie weddings embracing thermal spa town

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot in Pavlov of a High contrast couple lying on their backs in all black

couple Pavlov embracing lying down prague weddings Pre wedding Photoshoot

Modern Estes Park wedding portrait at Black Canyon Inn of Colorado newlyweds embracing in a mountain wedding venue with a view

Colorado mountain Black Canyon Inn wedding venue Estes Park wedding portrait view Estes Park

Spring wedding art TX couple portrait at the Addison Woods Wedding and Event venue in Texas - Southern showing the TX bride and groom embracing during sunset

Texas couple Addison Woods Addison Woods Weddings embracing sunset Texas - Southern Spring TX

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