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.

Hawaii Engagement Photographer: Splashing waves with couple on the rocks at Makena, Maui

Hawaii Engagement Photo with Splashing waves on a couple on the rocks at Makena, Maui

Newport Beach Engagement Photographer | Kiss in the water, couple during photo session

Newport Beach Engagement Photo with a Kiss in the water, couple during photo session

Newport Beach engagement picture Newport Beach pre wedding portraits Newport Beach ocean water

Avalon, New Jersey Wedding and Couple Portrait Photographer — Asbury Park New Jersey Beach Engagement Session

Avalon, New Jersey Wedding and Couple Portraits at Asbury Park New Jersey Beach Engagement Session

Beach Portrait new jersey engagement photography ocean Avalon New Jersey couple portrait session New Jersey

Kerala, India Infinity couple portrait by the water

Anupa Shah Mumbai couple portrait shoot ocean engagement image Mumbai overlook Mumbai

Engagement Photos from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario - Portrait contains: gazebo, beach, water, couple, hug, embrace, ocean

Engagement Photos from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario at the gazebo and beach

pre wedding portraits Ontario ocean Ontario engagement picture Ontario hug water Niagara on the Lake

Engagement Photography for Yeu island, France - Image contains: beach, sand, trees, silhouette, couple, engaged

Engagement Photography for Yeu island, France with the beach, sand, trees, silhouette, and an engaged couple

Patrick Lombaert France Yeu island water couple ocean sand

Engagement Portrait from Whitstable Harbour, Kent, UK | The couple embrase at the end of the pier at sunset

Engagement Portrait from Whitstable Harbour, Kent, UK as The couple embrases at the end of the pier at sunset

sea sand water waves sunset UK

Engagement Photography for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil | Take your beloved and run to the sea, live now.

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil said: Take your beloved and run to the sea, live now

waves Barra da Tijuca shore water sea barra da tijuca engagement

Engagement Portrait from Brighton Beach - Couple celebrating their engagement at the beach street where they both happened to grow up, without knowing one another!

ocean sea shore beach sand Brighton Beach water

Engagement Portrait from Fort Zach, Key West - Photography contains: silhouette, couple, bicycles, water, clouds

couple Fort Zach bicycles clouds water sea Key West

Engagement Photography during Sunset at Fort Zach

sea waves ocean Fort Zach shore FL sand

Engagement Photographer for Willard Beach South Portland Maine - Portrait contains: silhouette, couple, buildings, water

Corey Butler buildings couple water waves beach shore

Engagement Photos from Bali, Indonesia | Blue sky and white clouds, coconut leaves leave everything beautiful

water coconut leaves Bali Indonesia shore white clouds ocean

A couple on a pier looking at the camera during engagement portrait shoot at Lacanau, south west of France

beach shore pier France Lacanau ocean lacanau engagement image

Couple is playing in the evening by the sea, a dog runs happily

shoreline Hangzhou City engagement photos dog ocean pup puppy sand

Peniscola Beach couple enjoying the sunshine just minutes before the proposal

Peniscola Beach engagement photo Peniscola Beach pre wedding portrait Peniscola Beach Marlous Nijholt shoreline Oceanside sea

A couple embracing on the salt flats for a portrait

Salt Lake City shore sea UT Oceanside water slc pre wedding portrait

Hawaii, United States engagement shoot over the beach at dusk

Hawaii pre wedding portrait shoreline Hawaii sea Hawaii engagement photo USA United States

England Beach Sunset Engagement Session with Couple's Reflection in the Water

shoreline waves sea beach Andy Griffiths water ocean

Details of wedding dress and shoes at the beach at Cozumel, Mexico

beach wedding dress ocean shoes Mexico bride Cozumel

Portugal Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at Cascais by the Water

ocean Cascais shoreline sea Cascais pre wed shore Cascais wedding couple

Miami, Florida couple and lightning during engagement shoot in the water

submerged Oceanside Miami shore FL Florida ocean

Cabo de Gata - Almeria pre-wedding photo shoot of a couple on the beach with boats.

boats shoreline shore embrace Almeria Almeria engagement session

Popowo Beach engagement photo of a couple laying in the water with goggles and fins.

Popowo engagement session Popowo pre wed Popowo wedding couple mask beach shoreline

Switzerland engagement portrait of a couple at the end of a boardwalk extending out into the water.

ocean Andre Furtado Oceanside Switzerland boardwalk sea beach

Camboinhas - Niterói/RJ Engagement Portrait Shoot | couple on the side, into the sea and enjoying each other at the water.

Niterói engagement session Niterói pre wed Niterói RJ Oceanside waves

Krabi beach sand pre-wedding photo shoot

ocean sand shoreline Krabi Krabi wedding couple Wasan Chirdchom Krabi pre wed

Ísland pre wedding photos at the beach with arch cave and red dress

Hangzhou City engagement photo pre wedding photos ocean island cave Hangzhou City pre wedding portrait

Key West, FL Engagement Shoot at the Beach with Sail Boat

FL engagement session ocean Sail Boat beach FL pre wed FL wedding couple

The beautiful bride and groom lie down on the dock in Cancun, Mexico, from a drone camera

Under the clear blue skies of Cancun, Mexico, the blissful newlyweds lie peacefully on the dock, bathed in a loving embrace that the drone camera captures with perfect clarity

drone camera ocean dock Mumbai Mumbai Wedding Portrait aerial image Mumbai Groom and bride

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