Wedding Photos of Heat

The following “Heat” 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 “Heat” 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.

On a scorching wedding day at Cape Fahn Hotel in Surat Thani, Thailand, the groom opens his jacket while standing next to a cooling fan on the outdoor deck.

Chill Groom Steals Cool Air at Cape Fahn Hotel, Thailand

A France documentary wedding photographer captured this picture of the The bride and her best friends playing together during the cocktail hour in a water fountain

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The bride is fighting against the extreme heat

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guests stand in the marquee to escape the heat outside

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Rome wedding shoot with a couple leaving their reception party under a gauntlet of guests with flaming torches

Eternal Flames: A Roman Wedding Celebration

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Waldorf Astoria Dubai wedding photo of groom getting headwear fashioned.

ROYAL RED: GROOM GETTING CROWNED IN THE DESERT HEAT

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Bridesmaid trying to cool down in Malibu - California wedding photographer

a Bridesmaid trying to cool down in Malibu

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the groom chilling his head with his beer before the ceremony

Lake Tahoe ironing heat groom drink black and white iron

Madrid wedding photographer seized the moment in this black and white photo of the groom wiping his brow before the ceremony

Madrid hot black and white suspenders bowtie heat sweat

New South Wales, Australia church wedding photography in documentary-style on a hot day with fans

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Sofia Wedding Photography | Image contains: ceremony, hot, groom, bride, crown, indoors, candles, bridesmaid

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Madison Documentary Wedding Photography | Image contains: bride, black and white, dress, getting ready, bouquet, flowers

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Charleston groom trying to cool down before the wedding | South Carolina wedding photojournalism

Charleston groom trying to cool down before the wedding in South Carolina

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WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.