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The following “Leaning” 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 “Leaning” 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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In Santa Cruz, CA, a Northern California engagement portrait shows the couple relaxing on a downed tree trunk, with her leaning onto him as they bask in the sunshine.
Engagement Portrait of a Couple Relaxing on a Tree Trunk in Santa Cruz
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In the City Centre Garden of Forlì, Italy, the bride leans gently on the groom’s shoulder, her candid gaze captured in a black and white portrait during their romantic wedding session.
Bride Leans Gently on Groom’s Shoulder in Romantic Black and White Portrait at City Centre Garden, Forlì
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At Rocca di Cetona in Tuscany, the couple shares a relaxed portrait as they lean on a long, low stone wall, surrounded by the picturesque countryside's rolling hills and timeless beauty.
Couple Leans on Stone Wall Surrounded by Rolling Hills in a Relaxed Portrait at Rocca di Cetona, Tuscany
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Engaged couple face to face in San Francisco at dusk, man leaning against car, glowing headlights illuminating background street scene.
Urban Romance: Engaged Couple Face to Face Amidst San Francisco’s Glowing Dusk Headlights
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Urban Istanbul engagement portrait: bride-to-be poses in foreground, groom-to-be leans on building in background.
Istanbul City Love Story, Bride's Radiance, Groom's Steadfast Gaze
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A Cappadocia pre-wedding portrait: groom-to-be leans on a stone wall as his bride-to-be poses in a mirror's reflection.
Cappadocia Love Story: Groom Waits, Bride Glimmers in Mirror's Embrace
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View a striking wedding portrait from the Artistic Guild of WPJA, featuring a couple leaning against a cabin at Cabanes à Gouville sur Mer. Captured with finesse and creative flair.
Rustic Romance: Striking Wedding Portrait at Cabanes à Gouville sur Mer
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Shanghai, China - A stylish couple embraces in a romantic urban portrait session on Wukang Road, nestling in the light. The back-to-back pair link shoulders and lean into each other for a bw photo marking their engagement.
A Breathtaking Engagement Session in Shanghai's Urban Oasis
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At the Botanical Gardens in Bath, the girl leans over and smiles with her man while laughing at his joke during their engagement portrait session.
Bath Botanical Gardens Engagement Portrait Session with Smiling Sweethearts
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Lifestyle couple portrait in Taormina, Sicily. The lovely couple is seen in elegant earth tones, leaning against each other and a natural rock wall formation.
Elevated Elegance: A Stunning Engagement Portrayed in Sicily's Timeless Beauty
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A wedding photojournalist captured this award-winning image in Aix en Provence, France. In the photo, a woman can be seen leaning out of a doorway, checking for rain with her hand and eyes.
Woman in Aix en Provence Leaning out of Doorway, Checking for Rain with Hand and Eyes
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A couple's wedding engagement portrait captures the beauty of Istanbul with the young couple reaching and leaning into each other while framed by two doorways covered in bars
The couple's romantic engagement portrait radiates love, capturing the beauty of Istanbul with the two embracing and framed by two doorways adorned with intricate bars
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The bride and groom in their empty reception hall in Mülheim Dusseldorf for their wedding reception are captured in a tender embrace, with the bride resting her head on his shoulder and him leaning his head into hers
In Mülheim Dusseldorf, a tender embrace captures the bride and groom in their empty reception hall on their wedding day, her head on his shoulder
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A San Francisco Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, urban portrait of this Los Gatos couple leaning against a colorful store while holding hands
A San Francisco Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, urban portrait of this Los Gatos couple leaning against a colorful store while holding hands
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A Italy Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, urban portrait of this Venice couple leaning against a lamppost in the fog
A Italy Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, urban portrait of this Venice couple leaning against a lamppost in the fog
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A France Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this urban, fun portrait of this Toulouse couple leaning against a railing
A France Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this urban, fun portrait of this Toulouse couple leaning against a railing
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Scenic Galena Park engagement image in Nevada showing a Couple snuggling up close together leaning against a tree
Scenic Galena Park engagement image in Nevada showing a Couple snuggling up close together leaning against a tree
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Villa Garavaglia creative wedding bridal portrait session with the bride leaning on the door with her back, the cut of the photo is high, more than half a bust, on the first floor an effect of lights due to the glass of an ancient chandelier
Villa Garavaglia creative wedding bridal portrait session with the bride leaning on the door with her back, the cut of the photo is high, more than half a bust, on the first floor an effect of lights due to the glass of an ancient chandelier
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Vendée, France Loving couple laughing and leaning against a wall in the french countryside
Vendée, France Loving couple laughing and leaning against a wall in the french countryside during their image session
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Porto Cesareo Engagement Photography Session - Image contains: railing, leaning, black, jackets, holding, sunlight
Porto Cesareo Engagement Photography of a couple on a railing in black jackets
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Brazil brings a wedding image of a bride and groom letting nature surround them with it's love.
The bride and groom embraced nature's embrace in a beautiful garden ceremony, lovingly leaning into each other
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