Wedding Photos of Intense

The following “Intense” 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 “Intense” 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 black and white shot capturing the intense emotions after the bride throws her bouquet at Kyrenia The House and The Garden in Cyprus.

KYRENIA CATCHER IN BLACK AND WHITE, EMOTIONAL BOUQUET TOSS WEDDING VIBES

A captivating wedding photo captured at Pieve di San Lorenzo in Pegognaga, Mantua, Italy. The intense moment of the blessing beautifully narrated through the illuminating light shining on the priest.

ILLUMINATED BLESSING: Captivating Wedding Photo at Pieve di San Lorenzo, Mantua, Italy

ceremony close up photography tight detail shot illuminated Mantua weddings blessing Pegognaga wedding

Fiumara Beach, Grosseto fine art wedding portrait as the groom embraces from behind his bride, the embrace is intense, the groom closes his eyes expressing passion while the bride smiles

groom Fiumara Beach intense groom embraces embrace Grosseto wedding portrait Passion

Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano, Taormina wedding photography showing The moment in which these spouses meet for the ceremony is intimate and intense

ceremony Taormina wedding photo the moment intense spouses meet Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano Salvo Moroni

Wedding photography from Bourges of smiling time after intense church moment

Bourges bride and groom smiling time confetti Henri Deroche Bourges church moment intense

when the emotions get really big before the wedding ceremony | Huizen - Netherlands Photographers

Huizen, Netherlands Photo from when the emotions get really big before the wedding ceremony

wedding before ceremony Huizen wedding picture raw groom NL bride candid

Devon documentary wedding photography of a man writing a mechanical bull outside in the sun

Riding Rings of Love: A Devon Bull in the Sun

adrenaline riding Devon Bull rider western sun UK Photographer

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