Wedding Photos of Highlight

The following “Highlight” 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 “Highlight” 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.

A beautiful Atlanta, Georgia bridal portrait at Bishop Station using Off camera flash behind couple to highlight vines and silhouette them

Great wedding photography of the Atlanta couple at Bishop Station in Georgia using hardlight to highlight bride while semi silhouetting groom in the shadows

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Modern Arlington, Virginia wedding picture showing the ray of light highlights the amethyst engagement ring in the brides bouquet

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Casalpusterlengo wedding art image in the Lodi, Lombardy region of Italy highlighting the Rings

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Western Cape outdoor wedding Ceremony image showing The bride and her father 'walking down the isle' while a sun streak perfectly highlight the bride

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San Francisco pre-wedding image - The highlight in the woods

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Couple in highlight on street - Rhode Island Pre Wedding Photographer

The couple was highlighted in a window in the Pre Wedding Photo taken on the street, creating a unique and striking image

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