Wedding Photos of Love

The following “Love” 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 “Love” 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.

San Francisco environmental engagement e-session capturing The love and happiness beyond words

Maceió, Brazil portrait e-session under the clouds showing that Love is to throw oneself into the immensity

Maceió couple Brazil portrait sunshine Maceió clouds Renner Boldrino love

Siracusa environmental engagement e-session during a pre-wedding party

Siracusa Italy couple reflections Italy Siracusa engagement party love

Castello di Cernusco Lombardone real wedding moment captured of the promises in the eyes of the bride you can see all the love she feels for what after a few moments will be her husband

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Trieste, Italy wedding photography moment showing the Father's love

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IT wedding moment photo from Trieste, Italy of the Mother and son's love

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

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Northern Virginia backyard wedding moment image showing some Sisterly love - There is nothing more beautiful then the love of a sister

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Annapolis, Maryland emotion and love wedding moment photo showing the bride After the ceremony was over she grabbed her husband and just fell into his arms and cried

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The Venue at Lenoir City wedding day moment of love image from TN created as The mother of the groom gets emotional after a dance with her son at the wedding reception

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Zweigwerk11 wedding image displaying love and affection from Germany showing Daddy´s Girl

Germany Zweigwerk wedding image affection Baden-Wurttemberg Zweigwerk11 Daddys Girl Eislingen

Torredonjimeno wedding moment in Jaen showing neighbor's daughter can feel real love for you

Jaén bride daughter neighbor Jaén bw at home Spain

Qinghai micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with some Love in light and shadows

love shadows light outdoor portraits pre wedding portraiture Qinghai

Aguilas, Spain mini beach couple photography session before the wedding day with some Love at the beach under the sun shade umbrellas

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Almeria, Spain mini couple photo session before the wedding day and some sharing of Sun and love

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Aguilas, Spain mini couple photo session before the wedding day with a lot of love in black and white

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Aguilas, Spain mini beach couple photography session before the wedding day with a beautiful Sunset and love on the dock

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Almeria, Spain mini couple photo session before the wedding day with some Fun and Love under a bright blue minimal sky

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University Botanic Garden, Sofia, Bulgaria creative couple wedding portrait showing they are Truly in love

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Moraine Lake, AB, Canada fine art wedding portrait of a Married couple in love posing over the blue lake

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Baker Beach, San Francisco, California micro outdoor photo session before the wedding day showing the Roots of love

California roots Baker Beach Tyler Vu love Baker Beach photo session Outdoor

HK wedding photo from Hotel Icon, Hong Kong of the Bride, hiding at the room, reacts as the groom reads out the 'declaration of love', before meeting the bride for the first time. The bride's brother is watching on and filming with his phone, as reflected

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La Rochelle, France mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with some concrete pillar love

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Aguilas Murcia Love and Car pre-wed engagement photo with a mirror in b&w

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Red brick art gallery Love during an engagement portrait shoot under light and shadow

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Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay, France love session close up for pre-wedding images

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Paris Engagement ring detail during an artistic engagement photo session

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

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

Domaine de Restinclières, France pre-wedding of intimate couple

intimate lovers love hugs France Domaine de Restinclières embrace

Coyote Park, Fremont, California Summer Love couple during an engagement photo session

Tyler Vu smiles California happy Coyote Park laughing love

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