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.

Engagement shooting in Venezia with water and gondolas

Engagement shooting with water and gondolas

Engagement Photography | Brant Point Lighthouse, Nantucket Island, MA - Sunset engagement session.

Lighthouse Sunset engagement session by the water

ocean Brant Point Lighthouse sunset lighthouse Nantucket couple image Nantucket Island engagement session

Engagement Photography Session at Beg Meil, France

Engagement Photography Session at the beach on the rocks by the water

Maelle Bernard Beg Meil wedding photography ocean Beg Meil beach Beg Meil brides engagement photography session

Engagement Photographer | Penha Beach, SC - Brazil drone portrait - Unbreakable heart

Engagement drone portrait of an Unbreakable heart

Penha Beach drone SC engagement SC couple image waves SC couple photo

Okanagan Lake Wedding Photo - Couple strolling back to the limo from the beach

ocean clouds sand bride and groom Okanagan Lake Kelowna wedding photographer Jessica Schlamp

Picture of Istanbul lovers in the magical sunset | Bride and groom creative light portrait Istanbul lovers in the magical sunset | Bride and groom creative light portrait

beach Istanbul wedding photography bride wind waves lens flare groom

Italy como lake wedding day photography | Couple Portrait from a drone on a boat on the water

A couple was captured in a moody portrait taken from a high drone, moving on a boat over a majestic lake

ocean boats Como Florence lake boat italy wedding images

Porthilly Farm, Cornwall Couple Looking out to sea during creative portrait session.

Porthilly Farm, Cornwall, UK photo of a young Couple Looking out to sea during creative portrait session

sea creative portrait Cornwall wedding photographer ocean Dorset

San Diego Marriot Marquis wedding venue portrait photography | Bride above the San Diego skyline

San Diego Marriot Marquis wedding venue portrait of the bride above the San Diego skyline

city skyline San Diego Marriot Marquis ANZA foto and film ocean CA wedding venue san diego bride low angle

Storm on the horizon with a couple below

silhouette ocean Cliffs of Mohr water Ireland pre wedding portraits engagement photo Ireland

portraits of a couple during a stunning sunset at the lake

Italy pre wedding location Bolsena sunset Bolsena engagement session Bolsena silhouette

Walking on the wood bridge - A couple posing for engagement portraits in Zakynthos, Greece

Walking on the wood bridge by A couple posing for engagement portraits

warm light bridge ocean water Zakynthos engagement photographers Greece

Pachino Tafuri Castle couple portrait of tenderness - Engagement Photography by the Pool

a Castle couple portrait of tenderness during Engagement Photo session by the Pool

Pachino ocean Tafuri Castle pre wedding session Pachino couple kissing Pachino engagement photos

Buzios - RJ - Brasil Engagement portrait at sunset with my love and the beach

Engagement portrait at sunset with real love and the beach

RJ Brazil Buzios engaged couple engagement photo Buzios ocean

Silhouette picture of a couple walking on rocks on a cliff above the ocean at sunset

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North Rhine-Westphalia Engagement Photography - Image contains: couple, field, grass, ocean, water, beach, trees, holding, hands

Engagement Photography with a couple in an open field

holding trees hands water couple grass field

Rhode Island Couple Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: man, woman, sand, ocean, sitting on beach

Rhode Island Couple Engagement Portrait of a man, woman, sand, ocean, sitting on beach

man ocean sitting on beach sand Rhode Island pre wedding shoot Rhode Island woman

Annecy Film photo of a engaged couple at the water

hugging Annecy engagement photos water pre wedding session Annecy Annecy ocean

San Diego, California Engagement Couple Portrait - Image contains: beach, water, ocean, sunset, silhouette

San Diego, California Engagement Couple Portrait at the beach, water

silhouette beach ocean California sunset water San Diego

Paracas Peru Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: Couple Jumping in front of the ocean and desert

Paracas Peru Engagement Photography of a Couple Jumping in front of the ocean and desert

Peru Paracas jumping ocean couple desert

Chorillos, Lima, Peru Couple Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: at the beach, huts, umbrellas, ocean

Chorillos, Lima, Peru Couple Engagement Photo Session at the beach near huts

Peru umbrellas Lima at the beach ocean Chorillos

New England engagement portrait - Picture Session - Portrait contains: lighthouse, rocks, jetty, couple, water

New England engagement portrait at the beach lighthouse

jetty couple water lighthouse rocks engagement photos New England

Samujana Villas, Koh Samui Engagement Shoot on the wood deck in bathing suits | The couple were embracing the nature surrounding and waiting for the sunset.

Samujana Villas, Koh Samui Engagement Shoot on the wood deck in bathing suits while The couple were embracing the nature surrounding and waiting for the sunset

deck symmetry Samujana Villas sunset Samujana Villas engagement photos ocean Koh Samui

Tainan, Taiwan PreWedding Photographer: The couple were holding hands and walking by the embankment.

Tainan, Taiwan PreWedding Photo of The couple holding hands and walking by the embankment

Will Tee Tainan walking engagement photos Tainan wall Tainan pre wedding portrait Taiwan

Baden-Wurttemberg pre wedding portraits - Immenstaad am Bodensee - silhouettes of love

Baden-Wurttemberg pre wedding portraits with silhouettes of love

sunset Baden Wurttemberg sihouette Baden-Wurttemberg ocean pre wedding location Baden Wurttemberg

Trasimeno Lake Love Portrait Session - Couple on the Dock at the Water.

Trasimeno Lake Love Portrait Session with a Couple on the Dock at the Water.

Trasimeno Lake engagement session docks water Trasimeno Lake pre wedding location Trasimeno Lake ocean

$Del Mar, Ca Wedding Photographer \ Flower girls and bride are enjoying sunset on the beach before the reception$

Flower girls and bride are enjoying sunset on the beach before the reception

sunset Del Mar weddings kids ANZA foto and film flower girls beach Del Mar

San Diego, Ca engagement shoot session | Couple lit creatively in front of the ocean background

San Diego, Ca engagement shoot session with a Couple lit creatively in front of the ocean background

waves Kristina Cazares Neri pre wedding session San Diego sunset San Diego engagement photographers San Diego ocean

Le grazie - La Spezia Engagement session with a couple holding hands at the water

Le Grazie La Spezia holding hands Le Grazie engagement photos water pre wedding locations Le Grazie

Couple on black sands beach kissing during engagement portrait session in Iceland

pre wedding location Iceland Iceland engagement session couple portrait beach ocean Iceland

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