Wedding Photos of Harbor

The following “Harbor” 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 “Harbor” 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.

Newly wed couple in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit Maine, celebrating their elopement with champagne popping after sailing on the ocean.

POP THE CORK! NEWLYWED DUO IN OGUNQUIT TOAST AFTER SAILING ELOPEMENT OCEAN LOVE

A couple takes a walk along the waterfront in Portland, Maine, with a floating wooden boat dock as the backdrop for their engagement picture, captured by a professional WPJA wedding photographer

Love on the Waterfront: Capturing the Magic of Engagement in Portland, Maine

floating dock waterfront boats Maine engagement photography boat dock Portland-ME Marina

The happy couple shared a warm embrace and kiss, basking in the sun's rays while posing next to the flat harbor waters of Trieste, Italy

Trieste, Italy: Couple share warm embrace and kiss next to flat harbor waters

warm embrace black and white portrait Trieste harbor Sun rays Trieste PreWedding Portrait

The couple cuddled while posing for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture at Jack London Square in Oakland's waterfront

Oakland's Jack London Square waterfront: Couple cuddling by harbor for wedding announcement picture

Oakland Oakland engagement photography California - Northern couple cuddling harbor Jack London Square

The couple posed for a romantic save-the-date wedding announcement near the docks in California, USA with a beautiful harbor behind them

California Harbor - Couple Announcement Image Session at the Docks

California Save the Date sailboats California engagement photography docks Marina California harbor

Best wedding image for the Rotterdam wedding planner at the harbor After a stormy day a big splash of water was laying on the concrete floor

Thomas Jongbloed water reflections puddle harbor Rotterdam Rotterdam photographer puffy clouds

An Istanbul couple poses at the Galata Bridge for a urban lifestyle portrait photography session above the harbor water

An Istanbul couple poses at the Galata Bridge for an urban lifestyle portrait photography session above the harbor water

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Breathtaking Brittany wedding image of a France couple wading into the water as a small boat approaches the harbor

Brittany France weddings wading Brittany Brittany wedding image French Couple France small boat

View this creative Bodrum Villamaçakızı Hotel wedding image during a group portrait, drone shot, with meaningful shadows, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Turkey from the WPJA

drone shot group portrait boardwalk Turkey drone wedding image shadows Bodrum Villamaçakızı Hotel

Urla Fine Art Engagement Session in Izmir, Turkey at sunset by the boats on the water

sunset Sky contrast urla silhouette boats harbor

Osterville, MA creative New England wedding portrait of the Bride and groom by the harbor water and fishing village

water harbor creative fishing village bride and groom Osterville

Bolsena Italy engagement session - Couple having a magic moment in the harbor

Bolsena Italy engagement session with a Couple having a magic minute in the harbor

Bolsena harbor pre wedding session Bolsena magic minute afternoon Italy

Sydney engagement images of a couple near the Opera House | NSW photographer pre-wedding session for portraits

The couple's love shone brightly in the backlit engagement image, illuminated against the dark night sky and majestic Opera House, with the still waters of the harbor stretching out in the background

love Sydney illuminated Opera House backlit NSW dark

Boston, Massachusetts Engagement Portrait with Couple and Tall Ships

Engaged couple poses near tall ships in the harbor for their engagement portrait, channeling the iconic Titanic movie scene

Titanic Movie Scene Boston Boston engagement session Massachusetts tall ships harbor

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