Wedding Photos of Ocean backdrop

The following “Ocean backdrop” 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 “Ocean backdrop” 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.

Captured in Rosemary Beach, Florida, moments after a wedding proposal, this excited couple stands on the sandy shore, with ocean waves in the background, in a romantic portrait session.

A Seaside Engagement in Rosemary Beach

A couple portrait in the cypress forest by the ocean captured by a North California wedding photographer.

Love Amidst the Cypress: A California Engagement Portrait

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A mesmerizing pre-wedding engagement portrait at Maceió, Brazil. This captivating image showcases a couple by the beach, locked in a loving embrace beneath the enchanting pier pilons, with the majestic ocean as their backdrop.

Brazilian Beach Love: Pre-Wedding Portrait Showcasing Maceió Embrace

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In San Francisco, the lovely couple shares a kiss inside the historic Sutro Bath ruins, framed against an old concrete wall grid with a breathtaking ocean backdrop. - Ruins of Love by Sea

San Francisco: Ruins of Love by Sea

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Romantic pre-wedding portrait of a couple at Ponta do Araçá, Porto Belo - SC. The cliffside view with the ocean backdrop creates a stunning canvas for the artistic Araçá wedding photographer.

Love's Eternal View: Capturing Romance at Ponta do Araçá, Porto Belo - SC

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At Baie des singes, Marseille, France, the couple is about to seal their commitment to each other with a kiss against the backdrop of the blue ocean

At Baie des singes, Marseille, France, the engaged couple lovingly embrace before the sea, ready to celebrate their love

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British Columbia couple e-session at Tofino, Vancouver Island kissing with a ocean backdrop with rocks and waves

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