Wedding Photos of Fun portrait

The following “Fun portrait” 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 “Fun portrait” 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.

Couple portrait by a Porto Alegre wedding photographer, sitting inside the plane Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil, ready to take off.

HIGH FLYING LOVE - Engagement Portrait in a Plane at Porto Alegre, Brazil

A bride playfully captures a portrait of her bridesmaids at Rivervale Barn in the UK, resulting in a WPJA Purple award-winning photograph

Bridal Bliss: A Captivating Bridesmaid Portrait at Rivervale Barn Earns Prestigious WPJA Purple Award

Rivervale Barn United Kingdom bridesmaids fun portrait Hampshire wedding photography Hampshire

The couple had a fun pre-wedding session in New Delhi, which was captured in a lifestyle engagement portrait, with them hanging upside down on children's playground swings

New Delhi: A fun couple captured in playful swings lifestyle portrait

fun portrait hanging India upside down playground new delhi New Delhi PreWedding Photography

At the Washington DC Wharf, a 3D-like colored light display of the spectrum of love was projected onto the wall, casting dramatic shadows of a couple embracing

A chromatic light show depicting the breadth of love was projected onto the wall, creating a romantic image of an embracing couple

DC photographer 3D colored light Washington DC fun portrait shadows

A laughing couple embraced near the cliffs of Cafayate, Salta, Argentina is captured in an image of a lifestyle portrait

An image of a laughing couple embracing near the water's edge was captured in a lifestyle portrait

laughing big smiles Salta fun portrait Cafayate Argentina Engagement Photography Argentina

The groom and groomsmen joyfully threw their hats in the air after the wedding ceremony for this fun portrait in Armação dos Búzios, Brazil

After the wedding ceremony, the groom and groomsmen celebrated with a jubilant display of hat-throwing for a commemorative photograph

Brazil photographer Beach Portrait jubilant throwing hats Groom and groomsmen Brazil fun portrait

A couple in Bangkok share an ice cream treat on the porch of a cozy store, enjoying a minute together of relaxation and fun

The engaged couple enjoyed a fun ice cream treat on the cozy porch of the store

Bangkok fun portrait ice cream Bangkok PreWedding Photography

The bride joyfully pushed her groom in a garden trolley outside Crimple Garden Centre in Pannal, Yorkshire UK, their wedding venue

Pannal, Yorkshire UK's Crimple Garden Centre, the wedding venue, saw the bride happily push her groom in a garden trolley

North Yorkshire Pannal North Yorkshire photographer Crimple Garden Centre garden trolley fun portrait

Fun photo session after the ceremony in Downtown Las Vegas

fun, urban portrait session

downtown LV Las Vegas Photographer fun portrait Tiago Pinheiro Las Vegas

Fun Wisconsin engagement announcement picture outdoors in Delevan created after he was prompted to snuggle towards her face and give her kisses, but he decided he had other plans that made for a great shot to show off their goofy personalities

Taber Hespe Photographer tongue fun portrait Delevan Wisconsin Photographer Wisconsin

Fun Lake George engagement announcement picture outside from when the couple are jumping off the dock into the water

water inflatable jumping New York - Upstate jumping off dock fun portrait Lake George Photographer

Bordeaux couple poses for fun portraits to announce their France engagement in an Abandoned or urbex bathroom

Bordeaux photographer Bordeaux fun portrait france engagement urbex bathroom

A newly engaged Vosges Lovely couple just enjoying the sunset outdoors for a Lac de Bouzey Epinal engagement announcement portrait

Vosges sunset portrait fun portrait Lac de Bouzey Epinal Vosges photographer

A Turkey Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, fun portrait of this Cappadocia couple having a fun photo shoot surrounded by flying birds

Cappadocia couple flying fun Cappadocia birds fun portrait

A France Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this urban, fun portrait of this Toulouse couple leaning against a railing

Toulouse couple railing fun portrait urban leaning Toulouse

A New York Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, fun portrait of this Long Island couple under a clear umbrella at a Japanese Garden

Long Island New York Japanese garden New York photographer fun portrait Long Island couple New York - Long Island

An Italy Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, fun portrait of this Lucca couple sitting on boat at a beach at Forte dei Marmi

Italy beach fun portrait boat Forte dei Marmi sitting

Cappadocia, Turkey couple photo session before the wedding day with some humor and clouds

A couple photo session before the wedding day with some humor and clouds

Turkey fun portrait clouds humor Cappadocia Photographer Cappadocia

Engagement portrait shoot captured couple laughing in front of a serious looking gravity man as captured in Ljubljana

Engagement portrait shoot captured couple laughing in front of a serious looking graffiti man

Ljubljana engagement photography fun portrait graffiti art wall art mural Ljubljana

London | UK pre-wedding engagement Photography session with a couple against a white wall

BW pre-wedding engagement Photography session with a couple against a white wall

London engagement session fun portrait UK London white wall bw portrait

Newly engaged Couple in the cornfields near Lyon, France for their pre-wedding portraits

A newly engaged couple laughs and has fun in the cornfields for their pre-wedding portraits, surrounded by natural beauty

lauching France newly engaged couple cornfields natural beauty Lyon Lyon engagement photography

Legion of Honor engagement session - fun with couple

The engagement session featured the couple having fun in formal black clothes as they peered around tall white columns

white columns California e session fun portrait formal black clothing Legion of Honor formal wear CA engagement

In Atlanta, Georgia, this couple's portrait session was enlivened by the presence of koi fish

A playful couple is surrounded by koi fish, filling the frame of this fun portrait session

koi fish Atlanta Atlanta engagement photography fun portrait Georgia

A Calabria engagement photo shoot session of a couple piggy back in the wind | Reggio Calabria wedding photographer

Playful smiles and a windy day make for a fun and memorable engagement photo shoot session as the couple playfully piggybacks on each other

piggback ride fun portrait Calabria engagement photography windy day playful Reggio Calabria

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