Wedding Photos of Overhead

The following “Overhead” 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” 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.

Marciac, France couple e-session of the engaged stretched out to connect

Switzerland wedding couple artistic image session of the couple on a grass field

overhead Mischa Baettig Switzerland drone camera grass drone switzerland wedding

Monferrato Resort, Italy wedding couple artistic image session of the bride and groom lying on the grass

Italy Italy wedding couple lying IT bride and groom overhead Monferrato Resort

CR True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the Doka State in Alajuela, Costa Rica displaying a couple Shot from above of the couple holding hands on a garden

Alajuela couple Costa Rica couple drone Doka State holding hands overhead

Cazorla, Jaén on-location portrait e-shoot overhead with couple in white lying on backs on the grass

grass Cazorla overhead Spain photographer cazorla couple Jaén Jaén couple portrait

Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Collins on-location portrait e-shoot - a couple stands on rock as sea gulls fly overhead

Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Collins on location portrait e shoot as a couple stands on rock as sea gulls fly overhead

Mark Creery Fort Collins couple sea gulls Fort Collins portrait overhead Fort Collins e shoot Horsetooth Reservoir

Navacerrada Fine Art Pre Wedding Photography in BW with a central plane couple

Navacerrada couple overhead high angle bw Navacerrada

Etables sur Mer, France Artful Engagement Picture from a drone overhead with I love you ground sign

sign Etables sur Mer couple I love you drone France Patrick Lombaert overhead

China Town Fine Art Engagement Image in San Francisco showing the Night of the Dragons overhead

China Town China Town couple Night Fine art overhead SF Engagement Image Tyler Vu

Suleymaniye, Istanbul, Turkey mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day on the roof with birds flying overhead near the clouds

birds urban Suleymaniye pre wedding suleymaniye Suleymaniye engagement shoot Istanbul

Crested Butte mini engagement photo session before the wedding day with the Couple laying in a field

Engagement photo session Crested Butte Crested Butte pre wedding photo Edward Ciesielski drone overhead laying in a field

Downtown Los Angeles, California overhead urban photo shoot with the couple lying on the street between painted lines

painted lines Downtown Los Angeles Couple lying overhead street California LA photo shoot

Turkey sultan cave hotel engagement photo session - shot from above

drone Cappadocia Cappadocia wedding engagement Turkey high angle Cappadocia engagement photos

Marciac, Gers, France couple holding hands stretched out on the grass for a creative engagement portrait shoot

Gers France Gers engagement photos Marciac Gers wedding engagement overhead

El Jándula, Jaén, Spain Pre-wedding portrait shot from above of a couple lying on the grass and kissing

couple lying down Spain pre wedding location Jaén Jaén El Jándula kissing

Jaén, Spain overhead Pre-Wedding portrait of a couple in a tender embrace

overhead Spain Jaén engagement photos tender embrace pre wedding locations Jaén Jaén

Žalec, Slovenia Drone wedding photo of the couple almost standing on the tracks

drone Dejan Zagar airel Žalec fine art wedding picture Žalec artistic wedding photo Žalec overhead

Overhead and fun engagement image of lovebirds from Witten Ruhrgebiet

black and white portrait Witten Ruhrgebiet engagement photography overhead Witten Ruhrgebiet Witten Ruhrgebiet e session Witten Ruhrgebiet pre wedding portrait

Overhead arial couple engagement photo by drone in Rasiglia

Rasiglia engagement session photo by drone Rasiglia pre wedding location Rasiglia arial couple overhead

Villa Emma de Poitier wedding image of the bride throwing her bouquet to the awaiting women

bouquet toss French outdoor reception coronavirus overhead Villa Emma de Poitier French outdoor weddings COVID

Crozon, France Bride and groom portraits before their wedding day

Crozon overhead Patrick Lombaert Crozon pre wedding portrait engagement photos Crozon drone France

Siracusa flower power love in sicily in this overhead portrait of a couple in a field of flowers

drone flowers Sicily overhead Siracusa pre wedding session Siracusa

creative wedding day portrait with the sky and us

wedding portrait geometric shapes overhead glass dome industrial New Taipei City Taiwan creative wedding day portrait

Overhead, drone Slovenia Wedding reception venue image of the Bride and groom chilling next the pool being observed by the girls

overhead guests drone Slovenia Slovenia artistic wedding photographer Slovenia fine art wedding photo Slovenia artistic wedding photography Wedding reception venue image

Zhejiang Wedding Ceremony Image | Arial shot of the church - because of the covid-19, everyone was forced to hold a wedding outside the church.

Zhejiang Wedding Ceremony Arial shot of the church - because of the covid-19, everyone was forced to hold a wedding outside the church

Zhejiang wedding ceremony red carpet Social Distancing covid19 Zhejiang wedding photography drone Zhejiang

cappadocia pre wedding session at the sunrise with a hot air balloon taking off overhead

sunrise hot air balloon Cappadocia pre wedding shoot Cappadocia overhead Turkey Cappadocia engagement photographers

Caeté MG couple portraits while lying down on a wooden boardwalk

stairs Caeté engagement photos pre wedding session Caeté Caeté lying down overhead

Cancún México couple portraits while out floating in the waters

overhead drone water Mexico Cancun engagement photos cancun floating

A couple, top view, the girl has a strong look and a red lipstick in this Le Havre, France engagement portrait

red lipstick Le Havre overhead pre wedding locations Le Havre Le Havre engagement photos embracing France

Loving embrace by a couple from Bahia Brazil during their engagement portrait session

a Loving overhead embrace by a couple during their engagement portrait session

Bahia e session overhead Bahia portrait session a couple loving Bahia pre wedding portrait

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