Wedding Photos of Ocean

The following “Ocean” 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” 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.

Outdoor Rockport, Massachusetts engagement photography portraits with the Couple embracing on rocks near ocean with reflection in puddle

Tunnels Beaches outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded a sunset first dance by the ocean

dorset photographer UK resort weddings uk wedding reportage sunset outdoor reception party ocean

Maragogi bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot of the couple in front of the sea

girlfriend lifted Renner Boldrino Maragogi bride and groom beach clouds ocean sea

Pleneuf Val Andre bride and groom to be, posturing for a France engagement image by the sea cliffs

FR bride France Pleneuf Val Andre France couple portrait sea sea cliffs Patrick Lombaert

Seignosse bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot as they Walk on the Water

beach Seignosse beach portrait waves Seignosse walking on beach ocean

Marseille couple e-session above the sea waters during the golden hour

ocean Marseille brides Thomas Orsatelli sunset golden hour Marseille sea waters

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco wedding couple artistic image session at a Northern California beach venue

Golden Gate Bridge ocean beach SF couple San Francisco

Sunset Cliffs, San Diego, California wedding artistic image session as Couple is walking along the ocean

ocean Sunset Cliffs beach Couple is walking San Diego San Diego couple portrait

Aguilas, Murcia couple e-session in Spain with some watery Love on the high seas

kayak Spain watery ocean Aguilas Aguilar couple portrait

Tofino couple e-session at Vancouver Island at sunset with ocean and rocks behind them

rocks Vancouver Island ocean Vancouver Island sunset portrait Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne sunset Tofino couple

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Almeria showing a couple by a boat the beach with a light for the camera

boat couple Almeria True Love Pre Wedding Portrait Session beach Almeria couple shoot

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Muggia showing an Italy couple having some Sunset love

Muggia ocean True Love Engagement Portrait Session waves Muggia bride to be Italy couple

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Marseille capturing a couple at sunrise in the creeks

Thomas Orsatelli couple Engagement Posed Portrait creeks Marseille sunrise ocean

Maceió, Alagoas environmental engagement e-session showing the Man and woman are together and holding each other on the beach at sunset

sunset Alagoas engagement Maceió photographer beach Maceió man and woman setting sun

Crozon, France portrait e-session with The couple high above the water created while shooting toward the sun

France photographer Patrick Lombaert sun beach ocean Crozon wedding photography France portrait e session

Saint Cast, France portrait e-session with the couple facing each other while standing above the ocean on the cliffs

Saint Cast wedding photographer Saint Cast Patrick Lombaert France couple France portrait e session standing cliffs

Fort Zach State Park on-location portrait e-shoot with studio lighting at a Key West beach

Key West studio lighting ocean grass Fort Zach State Park beach

Trapani portrait e-session for a nautical couple Together against the stormy sea

Trapani portrait e session clouds Trapani photographer sea Trapani couple ocean

San Vito Lo Capo Beach portrait e-session from a drone plane of a couple listening to the waves of the sea

cliffs e Session drone beach couple rocks

Tunel Guajataca, Isabela environmental engagement e-session with The couple running in front of the Beach to create action in the composition

water couple running Tunel Guajataca ocean Isabela e session tunnel Isabela

Big Sur environmental engagement e-session - a couple at the beautiful coast line

high above Big Sur cliffs rocks Big Sur couple Big Sur engagement ocean

Camburi environmental engagement e-session at a rocky beach

beach Camburi environmental engagement smiles rocky ocean water

Siracusa portrait e-session of the couple out on the water holding one another on a boat

Siracusa sicily couple boat Italy ocean Sicily

Ravenna Wild Beach environmental engagement e-session- holi powder battle on during engagement session

Ravenna Wild Beach engagement Ravenna Caterina Errani ocean beach Italy holi powder

Rio de Janeiro environmental engagement e-session nose-to-nose on a boat in a marina

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro engagement water ocean kissing nose to nose Marina

Crear, Kilberry, Scotland wedding reportage moment of the groom feeling the emotion as he takes the congratulations from his daughters after marrying Natalie

Crear, Kilberry, Scotland wedding reportage moment of the groom feeling the emotion as he takes the congratulations from his daughters after getting married

daughters getting married Scotland Scotland groom beach wedding sea

Cape Town Fine Art Engagement Image for a couple high above the sea on the rocks and cliffs

rocks seaside cliffs ocean cape town couple overlook

Maceió Fine Art Engagement Image showing the couple is standing on rocks on the beach

rocks on beach beach Maceió couple Beach Portrait waves ocean Monica Guimaraes

Capbreton France Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style during an Engagement session on the beach

clouds sand Capbreton couple beach steps ocean Capbreton

Melaka Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style in Malaysia during a sunset shooting

sunset Malaysia photographer Melaka Malaysia ocean sea

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