Wedding Photos of Intimate

The following “Intimate” 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 “Intimate” 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.

Aiguebelette, France Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style showing the couple face to face

Trieste couple pre-wed portrait showing their intimate Love and devotion

italy engagement portrait intimate love Trieste

Asilomar State Beach intimate couple portrait

California Monterey Peninsula State Beach Tyler Vu rocky coast Dune intimate

Cuba mini intimate couple photo session before the wedding day in the wind against a blue painted wall

Cuba pre wedding Cuba wind Blue painted wall Cuba couple photo

Ballenger Farm, Leesburg VA wedding photography showing the couple toasting to their friends and family at their intimate wedding reception

wedding reception couple toasting Leesburg friends VA wedding photography family intimate

California outdoor beach wedding photo from Carpinteria as A groom laughs during his vows on his intimate beach ceremony

garden weddings groom laughs open air wedding nature weddings outdoor beach wedding

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

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

Italy wedding image captured of the bride's father as he freezes at the church entrance and their gazes meet for an intimate moment at the Basilica di Santa Caterina Alessandrina

Basilica di Santa Caterina Alessandrina intimate italy wedding image gazes Italy meet freezes

Paris Engagement ring detail during an artistic engagement photo session

hugs love Ronan Jégaden Tenderness Paris paris love session intimate

Poleymieux au Mont D'Or Love session for a pre-wed picture

embrace hugs Castille Alma french engagement portrait Poleymieux au Mont DOr intimate Tenderness

Domaine de Restinclières, France pre-wedding of intimate couple

Ludovic Lieffrig love france engagement portrait intimate hugs Domaine de Restinclières embrace

Montpellier France Couple embrace near a boat during a creative pre-wed session

lovers hugs boat Montpellier couple France Tenderness embrace

Montpellier France embracing couple in warm light during a pre-wed portrait shoot

Montpellier love Tenderness hugs embrace warm light intimate

Incline Village, NV image of bride, groom and their family toasting together after an intimate elopement ceremony at the top of a mountain overlook shrouded in wildfire smoke

smoke elopement ceremony intimate Incline Village groom mountain overlook

Goias engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session using artistic flares in Pirenópolis

love intimate Engagement photography Pirenopolis embrace pirenopolis engagement

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Grado, Italy showing their Love and tenderness

embrace intimate grado engagement image Italy lovers love Tenderness

FR engagement photo shoot in the afternoon with a Montpellier France Couple on a bridge

intimate love bridge France montpellier engagement image Montpellier

Australia engagement portrait with a posed couple in Perth who are Always laughing and smiling

perth engagement photo love Jacob Gordon smiling laughing Australia embrace

Australia engagement photo shoot at sunset in Perth with a soft kiss

Tenderness love lovers Australia intimate hugs perth engagement

IT pre wedding and engagement photography at the lake in Forlì-Cesena, Italy

lovers Italy embrace Caterina Errani Tenderness love intimate

RI engagement photo shoot of a couple in front of brick wall and window iin Newport, Rhode Island

hugs love intimate Tenderness Newport RI couple posed Rhode Island

California beach wedding photography from Cupertino, CA showing A guest looking on as a bride and groom are wed in an intimate beach ceremony

California lakeshore ceremony intimate beach ceremony beach wedding guest

New Jersey wedding photography from a backyard reception of a little girl spinning around in bubbles as the sun sets during an intimate backyard wedding

little girl NJ New Jersey wedding children sun sets backyard wedding backyard reception New Jersey wedding kids

Italy pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Spoleto - Italy illuminated from the spots of sun

Spoleto spoleto engagement image embrace hugs love lovers

UK engagement photo shoot at Selwicks Bay, Flamborough Point with a Couple smiling in front of a white cliff

smiling Tenderness uk engagement photography Flamborough Point intimate love England

UK engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session inside Lyme Park, Manchester of a couple lying in leaves

love lovers Tenderness Manchester couple lying down embrace Manchester UK engagement

FR pre wedding and engagement photography in Island of Re with A couple embracing each other

France lovers Island of Re intimate Audrey Morisson Tenderness love

CA engagement portrait with a posed couple eating at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda with some Sweet Donut Love

San Jose City Hall lovers CA intimate Tyler Vu Rotunda embrace

Siracusa engagement portrait with a posed couple showing their intimate love in Sicily

colorful posed couple opening intimate Siracusa purple framing

Tuscany engagement photo shoot at Laticastelli Country Relais, Tuscany showing a dream of love

lovers love intimate Laticastelli Country Relais lying down embrace Tenderness

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