Wedding Photos of High above

The following “High above” 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 “High above” 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.

Alberta lifestyle portrait winter photography at Bow Lake with the couple having fun in the snow while making snow angels

Top, and timeless wedding photography from Villa Marigola, Lerici La Spezia during a portrait session from high above a labyrinth of love

Italy Villa Marigola wedding venue Lerici La Spezia high above villa marigola Lerici La Spezia portrait session

Golf du Morbihan, France couple e-session high above a curved natural walkway above the beach and water

France beach Patrick Lombaert high above water curved drone

Guangxi wedding couple artistic image session high above the Nanning spiral staircase

artistic image session Guangxi wedding couple Color Song Nanning spiral staircase Guangxi high above

Lake Maggiore wedding art couple portrait in Italy using a drone camera high above the bride and groom on a speedboat

Italy Lake Maggiore wedding Italy bride and groom Mischa Baettig Lake Maggiore Italy couple speedboat

Crozon, France portrait e-session with The couple high above the water created while shooting toward the sun

Patrick Lombaert sun Crozon wedding photography France photographer Crozon high above couple

Emerald Bay, California portrait e-session - woman posing with ring during their engagement session

Emerald Bay, California portrait with a woman and man posing high above the blue water lake

high above CA woman and man Emerald Bay posing lake blue water

Emerald Bay, California portrait e session of a couple looking at each other fondly

California portrait California mountains CA e session fondly Emerald Bay high above

Big Sur environmental engagement e-session - a couple at the beautiful coast line

ocean Big Sur couple water Big Sur engagement high above rocks

Cappadocia Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait high above Turkey

high above Turkey kiss Cappadocia pre wedding portrait Sky Turkey couple hat

Piran, Slovenija urban pic shoot before the wedding day and the couple In love with the view of the town

Piran couple Piran urban Slovenia Slovenia photographer high above

santorini, greece engagement shooting with a couple kissing high above the rest of the world

couple kissing high above Santorini Santorini engagement session pre wedding location Santorini Greece

Blackwater Falls Sunset West Virginia Engagement Portraits high above the valley

sunset engagement session Blackwater Falls pre wedding location West Virginia high above valley West Virginia sunset

Drone engagement photo in Kirchhorst, Germany

Drone engagement photo high above the grass fields

Kirchhorst e shoot engagement photo Kirchhorst pre wedding portraits Germany high above Kirchhorst engagement photos drone

Engagement Photograph of a couple high above the mountains and cliffs

Alberta Engagement Session Alberta mountain engagement red dress clouds high above mountaintop

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