Wedding Photos of Hot

The following “Hot” 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 “Hot” 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

Capturing the intensity of a hot sunny day at La ferme des Bayettes, Mondreville, this award-winning wedding detail photo focuses on a female guest finding relief from the heat with a fan, beautifully contrasting highlights and shadows.

Mondreville's Heat and Shadows: A Wedding Fan's Relief of Intensity

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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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Orléans pre-wedding portrait-session in the inside of a Hot Camaro muscle car

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Wolwedans Namibia wedding venue outdoor photography showing a hot Wedding in the desert

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Clear Creek, Golden, Colorado pre wedding engagement session in nature embracing in the hot summer sun on this green pathway

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Netherlands wedding image of the bride getting ready during a hot summer in a small room

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Beach in Praia da Vieira, Leiria, Portugal engagement portrait with A tender look between the bride and groom, the day before the wedding

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Tung Wan Beach, Hong Kong couple having fun with each other at the beach during the hot early summer.

a couple having fun with each other at the beach during the hot early summer

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Engagement Picture Session from Rio de Janeiro, RJ - hot love

Engagement Picture Session in the beach waters with hot love

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Glamis, California Desert Couple Session | Couple in the abstract landscape of the de

Desert Couple Session with a Couple in the abstract landscape of the hot, dry desert

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Schloss Nordkirchen summer wedding photography | The bride is too hot - using small fan in back of bus

The bride is using small fan in back of bus

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Best man wipes some sweat from his brow during the middle of a hot summer wedding ceremony

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Villa Corsini Tuscany photos of the bride getting ready on a hot day with fans

Villa photos of the bride getting ready on a hot day with fans

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Hyatt Sacramento Wedding Photographer: "It was so hot that day" Bride and groom with fans in the back of the limo

Wedding Photography showing the Bride and groom with fans in the back of the limo

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Death Valley engagement session in the hot desert sand for pre-wedding portraits

A heated engagement session in the hot desert sand for pre-wedding portraits

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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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Phuket wedding shoot with a couple and umbrellas for the sun at the outdoor ceremony

Outdoor Wedding: Sunshine & Love Under Phuket Umbrellas

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France engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with low sun and orange sky | Paris photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

Very hot engagement picture of a couple silhouetted with low sun and orange sky

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Key West Florida wedding photographer captured guests fanning at a hot reception dinner party.

Key West Florida guests fanning at a hot reception dinner party

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the groom chilling his head with his beer before the ceremony

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

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

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Umbria wedding photographer captured this unique portrait of the bride and groom as fog shrouds the patio where they are standing

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Documentary Wedding Photograph in Atlanta | Image contains: fan, hair, reception, outdoors

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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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