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.

China beijing overhead pre wedding shoot in her red dress

an overhead pre wedding shoot in her red dress

Engagement Sessions | Los Gatos, California - Fields of Green

Engagement Session shot from above, overhead in a Fields of Green

above green field overhead engagement session Tyler Vu drone

Drone Engagement Picture from a Siracusa love season

overhead, birds-eye Drone Engagement Picture from a love session

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Athens, Greece engagement portrait of couple laying in grass laughing.

overhead engagement portrait of couple laying in grass laughing

laughing Greece Manos Skoularikos Athens e shoot Engagement Athens couple images laying

Hong Kong Engagement Portrait Photographer | Couple Session Lit Overhead

Engagement Portrait Photography from a Couple Session Lit Overhead

couple session HK couples Hong Kong overhead HK e session HK wedding photographer

Westbury Castle, Prestatyn, UK wedding reportage photo | Groom getting his turban tied before the ceremony

overhead Westbury Castle getting ready tattoos Prestatyn uk wedding photographer Emil Boczek

Igreja Matriz de Gramado - RS wedding portrait photo of the bride from above with black background

overhead Porto Alegre portrait bride RS wedding photographer Igreja Matriz de Gramado

Utrecht Creative Portrait of wedding couple on a blanket of autumn leaves

overhead bride and groom Autumn portrait drone Zuid Holland wedding photographer

San Isidro couple portraits in-home on the floor.

engaged couple portraits in-home on the floor

Dante Ceccon San Isidro San Isidro e shoot San Isidro pre wedding portraits San Isidro engagement photographer couple portrait engaged

Hangzhou china Ceremony photo from the wedding - Overhead photography from the building

Overhead shot from the building

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the best men and bridesmaids preparing for the ceremony

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Engagement portrait in black and white from above Surrounded by history

Baltimore MD pre wedding location Baltimore Baltimore engagement session black and white Baltimore Peabody Museum

Florida Wedding Reception Portrait | Couple in the old stairs just before the dinner.

Florida Wedding Portrait of the Couple in the old stairs

Miami wedding Miami embracing stairs Miami wedding photo Florida red

Zeegse pre-wedding engagement shoot - the happiest of them all, of course.. the dog!

during a pre-wedding engagement shoot, the happiest of them all, of course, was the dog

Zeegse engagement session dog overhead pre wedding location Zeegse Zeegse pet

Arezzo, Parco Villa Severi engagement photoshoot session. A couple relaxing on the grass. Image contains: overhead, drone, fun, quirky

engagement photoshoot session with A couple relaxing on the grass with a view from overhead, drone, fun, quirky

pre wedding session Parco Villa Severi symmetry overhead lying down Parco Villa Severi Arezzo

Alentejo, Portugal Engagement Couple Session - Image contains: overhead, drone, above, looking down, boat

Alentejo, Portugal Engagement Couple Session from an overhead drone

Alentejo Portugal drone looking down boat Alentejo engagement photographers Daniel Monteiro

Jaipur, India drone photographer - Love from above | Engagement session for a couple

Jaipur, India drone photo of Love from above during an Engagement session for a couple

Jaipur Jaipur engagement photographers India drone from above overhead

Mumbai, India pre-wedding portraits - Nothing like a fun fight with your partner!

bench engagement photos Mumbai from above floor India Mumbai pre wedding portrait

Dalat, Vietnam Forest prewedding pictures with tall trees overhead

pre wedding locations Dalat blue sky Vietnam tall trees Dalat forest

Love in Woudrichem - Warm engagement shoot with couple embracing.

Love in Woudrichem during a Warm engagement shoot with couple embracing

love warm overhead Couple embracing pre wedding session Woudrichem Woudrichem

Urrugne, France Aerial pre-wedding photo session using a drone

overhead creative Urrugne pre wedding portrait Patrick Lombaert star drone engagement photos Urrugne

Ceparana Engagement Sepia Session - Overhead Portrait of a Couple

Ceparana Engagement Sepia Session resulting in an Overhead Portrait of a Couple

pre wedding locations Ceparana kissing couple Ceparana engagement photos overhead Ceparana stone

A newly-married couple enjoyed a unique wedding photo session, capturing their excitement with a drone as they rode on a boat across a picturesque lake

Lake Como, Italy wedding drone photography of the bride and groom on the back of a boat

overhead drone Lake Como Italy

Garver Feed Mill, Madison, WI engagement photographer | The future bride and groom reach over their beers for a kiss.

Garver Feed Mill, Madison, WI engagement photos of The future bride and groom reach over their beers for a kiss

Madison engagement shoot pre wedding image Madison overhead WI kissing Garver Feed Mill

wedding day drone portrait of a couple laying near the pool.

drone aerial shot pool Asia Wedding Day overhead hotel minimalistic portrait

Engagement Portrait - Couple kissing in the escalator of Toulouse in France

Engagement Portrait of a Couple kissing in the escalator of Toulouse in France

high angle above angle city portraits over top Toulouse wedding engagement city photos city scene

Edmonton, Alberta Engagement Portraits | Couple lying on the ground under a tree

lying down overhead Alberta over top Edmonton aerial shot

Couple sitting down and holding hands on the cliffs of ocean

lying down San Diego engagement photos over top above angle San Diego San Diego wedding engagement overhead

Singapore Engagement photoshoot in red and green

above angle Singapore Singapore engagement photo overhead over top Singapore pre wedding portrait high angle

LOVELY COUPLE PORTRAIT SESSION IN A SWEET AFTERNOON

Filling the frame RJ over top closer subjects lovers above angle embrace

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