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.

Spain pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Aguilas Murcia during a Sunset at the beach

Spain engagement photo shoot by the waters of Aguilas Murcia with some Love and beach

waves ocean beach sea water Spain Aguilas

IT engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Portopiccolo, Trieste, Italy showing the lovers Sunset walking on the boardwalk

beach sunset shore portopiccolo engagement photo Italy water

Lago del Predil, Udine, Italy pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple doing some Sunset walking

sunlight beach shore afternoon waves water Udine

IT engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Venice, Italy with plenty of Laughs

sea Italy water ocean beach laughing

Turkey engagement portrait with a posed couple at the water of karakoy, istanbul

embrace ocean beach Istanbul Turkey carry sea

Greece pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in the cliff buildings of santorini, greece

buildings water bluffs ocean pool Greece

Brazilian engagement portrait with a posed couple standing on the beach sands of Niteroi - RJ Brazil When the sun kisses a backlit image

waves sea beach water Brazil RJ sand

Brazil engagement photo shoot of a couple xxploring all the rocks around the beach in Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

Niterol Exploring rocks water beach waves

Windy City pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at North Avenue Beach Chicago

beach sea Chicago north avenue beach waves sand shore

IT pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple embracing at the water in Venice

Couple embracing venice engagement portrait water sunset portrait Italy Venice shore

Aglika Palace, Zhrebchevo, Bulgaria detail picture at the outdoor wedding ceremony location

At the outdoor wedding ceremony location, there will be a detailed picture of the flowery wedding arbor, above the town and ocean

town ocean Zhrebchevo Wedding Photographer Detail Picture outdoor wedding Bulgaria flowery arbor

BR engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Niteroi - RJ - Just enjoy this amazing sky with your love, you deserve this

clouds ocean Brazil RJ Niterói amazing sky sea

BR pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Niteroi RJ Just feeling the peace

Brazil RJ monochrome Niterói birds water bw pre wedding photo

Georgia pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Virginia Beach with the notebook recreation

sea Virginia Beach ocean shore beach water sand

FR pre wedding and engagement photography at Lac de Cazaux France with a couple feet in the water

feet in the water waves beach ocean sand Audrey Morisson shore

Granada pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple hugging and showing off her ring in Almuñecar, Granada

Almuñecar hugging water beach sea engagement ring

France engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at the Espiguette beach south of France with a Couple walking along the sea

Ludovic Lieffrig shore water waves ocean sand blue sea

California pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge

sea SF couple portrait couple kissing Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco sand waves

Santa Cruz pre wedding and engagement photography at the Natural Bridges of California After sunset lit with lights

Tyler Vu sea santa cruz engagement Natural Bridges waves ocean beach

Hauts-de-France pre wedding and engagement photography from the beach sands of Fort-Mahon-Plage - Somme

Hauts de France Jean Baptiste Quillien sea shore ocean Somme footprints

Hauts-de-France engagement photoshoot with an embraced couple at the water/sea of Fort-Mahon-Plage - Somme

Jean Baptiste Quillien Hauts de France waves shore Fort Mahon Plage water ocean

Golden hour engagement session in Newport, Rhode Island at Castle Hill Lighthouse

Castle Hill Lighthouse lighthouse Newport RI Newport pre wedding portrait Rhode Island

Simonton Public Beach Pier wedding portrait of the perfect crazy Key West day...bride and groom right in the middle of the magic

Simonton Public Beach Pier Key West fine art wedding image key west wedding photographer sailboat backflip Key West artistic weddings bride and groom portrait

E-session of couple silhouetted and framed in archway by the water in positano

silhouette engagement photos Positano beach ocean Positano

Water loving couple engagement photos in St Marine, France

Water loving couple St Marine St Marine engagement session pre wedding location St Marine ocean Gaelle Le Berre France

Ocean pier couple engagement image from Long Branch, New Jersey beach

pier couple New Jersey ocean engagement photos New Jersey beach

Boating engagement portraits at Oporto - Douro River of the couple ejoying the sunset in a sailboat

boat Portugal ocean Douro River Portugal pre wedding portrait engagement photos Portugal Oporto

Rota, Spain Pre-Wedding Portrait of a couple on a porch with the ocean behind them

Spain wind sea engagement photos Rota Rota pre wedding portrait couple

An artistic wedding photo from Malibu, California of the bride and groom kissing at Sunset on the cliffs

ocean groom malibu cliffs California bride Malibu fine art wedding photographer

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