Wedding Photos of Photoshoot

The following “Photoshoot” 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 “Photoshoot” 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.

Photographer captured a sweet picture at a wedding in Le Porge, Gironde, France. The lovely couple takes a walk together on the beach during their wedding session.

Breathtaking Moment: Couple Strolls Beach in Le Porge for Dreamy Wedding Photoshoot in France

Lifestyle couple portrait at Albi, France. Couple posing in a graphic industrial scene, wearing formal clothes, with blue and red lights beautifully highlighting the entire frame.

STUNNING GLAMOUR: INDUSTRIAL CHIC ENGAGEMENT SHOOT | ALBI, FRANCE

couple portraits French photographer engagement session industrial France photoshoot red

Lifestyle couple portrait showcasing a creative and artistically shot pre-wedding engagement in Albi, France. The image features a couple posing indoors, with golden tones and the man walking past a window.

GLAMOROUS ALBI AFFAIR | Artistically Captured Engagement Shoot Showcasing a Stylish Couple

Albi engagement lines yellow indoor poses Tarn France tones

Arapaho National Forest, CO: Lifestyle couple portrait showcasing the serene beauty of nature. The couple poses before a tranquil alpine lake, with the majestic mountains perfectly mirrored in the water.

Colorado Captivating Couple Portrait Amidst Majestic Mountains

lake Arapaho National Forest photographer water Alpine lake engagements reflections Colorado photography Arapaho National Forest

A picturesque coastal scene in Porto Venere, Italy, sets the backdrop for a charming couple's engagement portrait. The bride and groom-to-be share a tender kiss amidst the rocky path and stone wall, leading to a scenic beach.

AT PORTO VENERE: A Captivating Coastal Engagement Portrait

romantic Ligurian Coast beach portraits Porto Venere portraits stone wall couple photography Porto Venere Charming Couple

A loving couple poses for a lifestyle portrait in Cornwall, UK. The tight shot captures their joyful smiles against a white background, beautifully composed by the photographer.

Celestial Love: Capturing Joyful Smiles in a Cornwall Lifestyle Couple Portrait

Cornwall lifestyle photography engaged couple joyful Cornwall photographer loving couple portrait Cornwall intimate

A couple walks away from a solitary tree during their wedding photoshoot in Tarn, France, capturing a picturesque stroll amidst vast open fields

Wedding Photoshoot in Tarn, France: A Couple's Picturesque Stroll Amidst Vast Open Fields

Tarn France stroll couple Tarn France Tarn wedding photoshoot picturesque

Bolquère outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot at dusk near a cabin

dusk cabin couple photoshoot Bolquère prewedding

Cividale del Friuli, Udine outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot for a creative Night portrait

creative couple prewedding dusk Aria di Foto Cividale del Friuli photoshoot

Legion of Honor, San Francisco couple e-session behind the pillars during a Rained out photoshoot

San Francisco couple Legion of Honor photoshoot Tyler Vu SF CA bride pillars Rained out

Modern Netherlands wedding portrait from Inside an old barn during the photoshoot as the Utrecht bride is showing her dress to the groom

old barn utrecht bride Netherlands Netherlands wedding portrait groom Utrecht Thomas Jongbloed

Galata Istanbul Turkey Reflection of the engaged couple under the Galata bridge during photoshoot

Turkey pre wedding portraits Turkey engagement photos reflection Istanbul Turkey Turkey e shoot photoshoot

Couple play cooking in a kitchen during a photoshoot in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

a Couple plays cooking in a kitchen during a photoshoot

cooking photoshoot couple Belo Horizonte engagement photos Belo Horizonte e shoot Belo Horizonte Victor Ataide

a photoshoot with a couple at the beach

Teramo Teramo engagement images Teramo e session beach Teramo pre wedding portrait photoshoot

At the beach after Netherlands ceremony | Sunset photoshoot on wedding day

NL wedding portrait of the couple in black and white

photoshoot Dutch Artistic Wedding Portrait NL Netherlands wedding photographer wedding day portraits NL wedding portrait Natalja van Ommeren

wedding images: Groomsmen shoot with light before the ceremony

destination weddings Groomsmen shoot Light before ceremony Maui weddings photoshoot Maui wedding images

Germany wedding photographer at the venue Maisenburg taking pictures during the first dance

wedding photographer at the venue taking pictures during the first dance

Maisenburg wedding photos germany wedding photographer Germany pink Maisenburg colorful lights first dance

At the Hotel Weiand in Lajeado, Brazil, a unique portrait was taken of the bride, with half her face in window light and the other half in darkness

At Hotel Weiand in Lajeado, Brazil, the bride had a memorable photoshoot with contrasting lighting

Hotel Weiand photoshoot darkness Brazil window light Lajeado portrait

Poland, Gdansk wedding photograph of bride in the car with her flowers

photoshoot bride at home flowers ceremony Gdansk wedding day bride

Bruisyard Hall, Suffolk, UK | Bride and her party getting ready

Unveiling Elegance: A Bride's Journey at Bruisyard Hall

beauty Bruisyard Hall bridal Suffolk wedding picture Bruisyard Hall marriage venue makeup Suffolk bride

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.