Wedding Photos of Historic

The following “Historic” 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 “Historic” 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.

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Two adorable ringboys in suits walking down the aisle at Villa Medicea di Lilliano in Florence, Tuscany, holding the precious wedding rings. A beautiful black and white shot capturing this sweet moment.
Ringbearers of Love: A Tale from Villa Medicea di Lilliano
Lifestyle couple portrait at Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey captures a pre-wedding photo session in Cappadocia. The couple poses like statues in a historic arched foyer, with the woman's flowing yellow dress cascading down to the man below.
Captivating Cappadocian Couple: Timeless Tale of Love and History
Lifestyle couple portrait beautifully composed at Château du Haut Barr - Saverne. Silhouette of a couple in a castle, with a red spotlight accentuating them, near a stacked square stone wall against a deep blue sky.
Beautifully Composed and Lit Engagement Shoot | Château du Haut Barr - Saverne
A Miami Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative portrait of this Florida couple dancing in the stairwell of The Historic Cruz Building
A Miami Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative portrait of this Florida couple dancing in the stairwell of The Historic Cruz Building
Miami artistic wedding photography portrait at an ancient Spanish Monastery of the Bride and Groom in this beautiful historic church
Miami artistic wedding photography portrait at an ancient Spanish Monastery of the Bride and Groom in this beautiful historic church
View this fine example of the best in the world wedding photography from Paris showing the Reflection on a car of the bride and groom
View this fine example of the best in the world wedding photography from Paris showing the Reflection on a car of the bride and groom
Pre-wedding portrait-session in Old City Tbilisi Abanotubani in the historic scenic background
Pre-wedding portrait-session in Old City Tbilisi Abanotubani in the historic scenic background
Fort Zach State Park portrait session at the beach with some Seagulls in the way
Ocean portrait session at the beach with some Seagulls in the way
Engagement session on the historic Old North Bridge of Concord MA
Engagement session on the historic Old North Bridge of Concord MA
Engagement session in the historic South End area of Boston
Engagement session in the historic South End area of Boston
Taken at Harare's (Zimbabwe) private airport, Charles Prins Airport, this couple loves flying and historic airplanes which made for a beautiful backdrop.
this couple loves flying and historic airplanes which made for a beautiful Airport backdrop
Papago Park- Phoenix, AZ engagemement session at night in black and white
Papago Park- Phoenix, AZ engagemement session at night in black and white
San Diego, Marston House wedding photography - The bride writes her vows in the attic of a historic victorian mansion
wedding photography of The bride writing her vows in the attic of a historic victorian mansion
A wedding photo taken at Fattoria Mottava in Siracusa, Italy, captures the bride and groom in a  historic structure
The bride and groom were captured in a historic Fattoria Mottava, Siracusa, Italy wedding photo
A BW image of a bride leaving her house in Cadaques for her wedding ceremony was taken
Cadaques wedding ceremony: Bride captured in black-and-white leaving her home
Emotional moment between the bride and her father at the Historic John P Furber Farm
image from an Emotional moment between the bride and her father at the Historic John P Furber Farm