Wedding Photos of Pier

The following “Pier” 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 “Pier” 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.

Captured in San Francisco, CA, this engagement portrait features a couple sharing a sweet kiss under an umbrella by the pier, amidst a rainy day with men fishing nearby.

Rainy Romance: Couple's Kiss at San Francisco Pier

A mesmerizing pre-wedding engagement portrait at Maceió, Brazil. This captivating image showcases a couple by the beach, locked in a loving embrace beneath the enchanting pier pilons, with the majestic ocean as their backdrop.

Brazilian Beach Love: Pre-Wedding Portrait Showcasing Maceió Embrace

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Radiant Beach Embrace: A Captivating Couple Portrait Session in Maceió, Brazil

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In this stunning image captured at Garda Lake, Italy, a couple is beautifully framed by pilons on a short pier, creating a symmetrical composition

Love and Serenity: A Captivating Engagement Portrait at Garda Lake, Italy

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This is a stunning engagement photograph capturing a couple in Bournemouth Pier, Dorset UK, with a visually striking high contrast silhouette effect created by the pier framing them

Engagement Photography: Bournemouth Pier, Dorset UK captures couple in stunning contrast silhouette

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A beautiful engagement wedding photo session took place on Bournemouth Pier in Dorset, UK, capturing this enchanting portrait of a couple surrounded by the stunning beach architecture

Dorset, UK: Enchanting Wedding Photo Session at Bournemouth Pier Captures Couple's Love Amidst Stunning Beach Architecture

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The couple posed for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture while walking down the pier at Valhalla Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe CA, with snow on the ground in the winter

Valhalla Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe CA: Couple posed for winter wedding announcement on snow-covered pier

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A couple is getting ready to tie the knot in Lisbon, Portugal, as they pose for a black and white portrait amidst the city's diagonal cable lines

Lisbon, Portugal: A couple, ready to tie the knot, pose for a black and white portrait on the boardwalk

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Couple on a bridge standing face to face in Cap Ferret

A couple is standing face to face on a short pier, framed symmetrically under an overcast sky

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The engaged couple cuddle up under the pier

Channel Island Photographer Havre des Pas Jersey Channel Islands pier

A Ouddorp wedding photographer captured a stunning scene as the newlyweds strolled below, their photo taken from the sky by a drone high above the docks

High above the venue Brasserie 7 in Ouddorp, a wedding couple walks and a picture is taken with a drone, and scholekster is flying in that way

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Pompano Beach Elegant Engagement Session at the beach with a red dress, clouds, and a pier

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A couple under a pontoon sitting in the shade at the beach of Ile d'Aix, France

French couple under a pontoon sitting in the shade at the beach

Audrey Morisson Ile dAix France photographer beach engagement pier sitting in shad

dance rehearsal by the water

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An Oakland couple has fun by the water and pier and poses for California wedding engagement announcement portraits

Oakland Photographer Tyler Vu California - Northern Oakland pier by the water

A newlywed couple poses for a walking wedding portrait on a pier over the waters at Hotel Vitznau in Switzerland

At Hotel Vitznau, Switzerland, a newlywed couple poses for a walking wedding portrait on a pier over the waters

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She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session at Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois for a couple walking along the lakefront near Montrose Beach

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An after the marriage proposal Washington DC engagement photograph created by the water at The Pier

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She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico on a short pier over the water at sunset

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An after the marriage proposal Los Angeles engagement photograph created during a cool sunset right under a pier for a silhouette image

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Manhattan lifestyle couples portrait session in New York City created as they stand on a pier by the Hudson River as the sun sets behind them

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A Rio de Janeiro Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this Rio das Ostras couple embracing at a beach

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An Annecy couple portrait of the bride and groom as they walk on the pier at sunset over the water

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South Lake Tahoe at Valhalla Estates pre-wed portraits for a Newly engaged couple taking a walk down the pier

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Rio das Ostras pre-wedding engagement photoshoot for a couple / bride and groom to be, on the beach by the pier

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Malcesine, Lake Garda pre-wedding engagement session capturing the couple Walking on the Pier

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A pre-wedding session in Rio das Ostras, RJ highlighting the cloudy afternoon lovebirds

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Los Angeles beach couple engagement photography portraits on the sands of the CA shoreline by a pier

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View this picturesque Lerici wedding day Veiled portrait of the couple by the lake, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Golfo dei Poeti in La Spezia from the WPJA

picturesque Lerici wedding day Veiled portrait of the couple by the lake, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Golfo dei Poeti in La Spezia

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View this picturesque Lake Of Zug wedding image from a drone of the Bride, Groom and Kayak, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Switzerland from the WPJA

picturesque Lake Of Zug wedding image from a drone of the Bride, Groom and Kayak, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Switzerland

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