Wedding Photos of Overhead view

The following “Overhead view” 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 “Overhead view” 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.

Photograph of the wedding couple's first dance at Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, CA. The shot captures the mood with the colorful lighting illuminating the dance floor from above.

Captivating Wedding Dance at Kohl Mansion, Burlingame CA

A groom and his witnesses drinking coffee while waiting for the civil ceremony on wedding day in Poitiers

Groom and Witnesses Sip Coffee, Eagerly Awaiting Poitiers' Civil Ceremony on Wedding Day

Poitiers overhead view Poitiers Wedding Photography table pre ceremony coffee

Portrait of the bride and her bridesmaid spinning around in their dresses near a large LOVE sign at Domaine des rives, Gaillac, France

Spinning in Elegance: A Captivating Portrait of the Bride and Bridesmaid, Dancing Amidst Love's Embrace at Domaine des Rives, Gaillac, France

France spinning dresses Gaillac Bride and Bridesmaids LOVE sign Domaine des Rives Tarn wedding photography

A couple shares their first dance at Woolas Barn in York, UK. The photo captures the dance from an overhead balcony perspective, showcasing the couple's movements in a romantic setting.

Capturing Love in Motion: A Stunning Overhead Perspective of a Couple's First Dance at Woolas Barn, York

York UK dance floor balcony perspective romantic setting overhead view North Yorkshire North Yorkshire Wedding Photography

In this wedding photo taken at the State Room Boston, the bride gracefully descends the stairs, making her way towards the eagerly awaiting guests.

The Breathtaking Bridal Descent: A Serene Staircase Stroll Unveiled at State Room Boston

descending stairs awaiting guests boston wedding photography Massachusetts Boston State Room Boston bride entering ceremony

A wedding photo taken at Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, featuring a rustic scene with the bride and groom embracing on stone steps, looking up at the camera.

Capturing Eternal Love: Majestic Wedding Portrait Unveiling Rustic Splendor in Torres, Rio Grande do Sul

overhead view Rio Grande do Sul embracing Torres Wedding Portrait stairs Torres stop steps

At Oaklands Grand Lodge in Yorkshire, UK, a groom is captured in a detail shot, writing his speech amidst canapés, sweets, and the bride's bouquet, providing a glimpse of the wedding day preparations.

Yorkshire's Grand Lodge: Groom's Moment of Reflection - A Wedding Speech in the Making

sweets Preparations overhead view canapes bouquet Oaklands Grand Lodge East Yorkshire Artistic Details

The groom and bride in her dress were beautifully captured in a portrait from above at the Villa Acquaroli in Carvico, Italy

A wedding photographer captured a beautiful portrait of the groom and bride from above on the stairs at a Villa

Villa Acquaroli couple posing Carvico overhead view stairway Carvico Wedding Portrait

This couple's love is "from above" as they pose for a drone portrait in a vintage convertible car on a private farm in Royal Wooton Basset

This couple posed for a picturesque drone portrait in a vintage convertible car on a private farm

England Royal Wooton Basset Wootton Bassett drone portrait Wiltshire vintage car Wiltshire photographer

The bride and groom of Tiendschuur Herkenrode can be seen sitting at the head table with a view from above of the huge chandeliers

At Tiendschuur Herkenrode, the couple sit at the head table below the large warm chandeliers

Belgium warm light Limburg huge chandelier Tiendschuur Herkenrode Hasselt Belgium photographer

Guanajuato Engagement. A Mexico couple posing during a pre wedding portrait taken from a terrace

Guanajuato overhead view couple walking Mexico Guanajuato Photographer Jorge Alcala Goded

Engagement Photos Bangkok. A Thailand couple take a walk on the grass and are viewed from above

Thailand Bangkok couple walking Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Bangkok photographer overhead view

An astonishing scene during an Badia d'Ombrone wedding in Berardenga, Siena, Italy showing the moment after leaving the church is a gathering, in which guests exchange greetings and finally get in touch with the bride, and hear the church bells

Berardenga Badia dOmbrone drone shot siena wedding photographer Italy Siena

A wedding photojournalist in Chicago captured this moment showing an overhead view of the processional of the bride

Chicago Chicago wedding photojournalist bride overhead view IL photographer processional

View this dramatic wedding image taken at the Crest Center in Asheville, NC of the Bride and Groom making their grand entrance lit by natural light coming in through the windows

bride and groom natural light windows overhead view NC dance

A Larkspur documentary wedding photographer captured this moment of the bride Walking to the ceremony up spiral stairs

Larkspur overhead view flowers steps walking spiral stairs

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