Wedding Photos of Pillars

The following “Pillars” 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 “Pillars” 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.

The couple, gazing into each other's eyes, walk away from the camera, arm-in-arm, in Amsterdam Noord Holland, surrounded by industrial pillars

The couple walk arm-in-arm away from the camera, their gaze locked in mutual admiration amidst the industrial architecture

The happy couple posed for their engagement photos in front of an ancient courtyard, surrounded by centuries-old architecture

In Berlin, Germany, a couple standing in front of pillars and columns in a courtyard, surrounded by historic architecture

historic architecture courtyard Berlin Germany pillars Berlin Engagement Session framed between pillars

This romantic engagement photo, taken in a regal palace and captured in black and white, conveys the couple's passionate embrace

The passionate hug captured in this black and white, vertical engagement picture taken in San Francisco amidst the pillars of the Palace of Fine Arts, symbolizes the couple's deep connection and love

pillars San Francisco bw portrait Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco engagement photography

This bold and strong engagement portrait of a couple in Venice, Italy, makes a powerful statement about the strength of their love

A bold and strong engagement portrait of a couple, illuminated by the photographer at night, is captured standing between pillars

Italy Venice engagement photography pillars Venice light and shadows

Cappadocia engagement announcement couple photo session with her red dress and pillars

Cappadocia Photographer columns Cappadocia pillars Cappadocia engagement red dress

Epic Musée Lyon, Rhône Couple photo session before the wedding in BW

black and white Rhône Couple photo session before wedding bw Lyon bride and groom columns pillars

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

photoshoot San Francisco couple SF bride to be SF CA bride pillars Tyler Vu Rained out

Palace of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA environmental engagement e-session Amongst Giant pillars on the grass with soft light

soft light pillars San Francisco photographer lighting Palace of fine Art San Francisco CA engagement e session

Black and white couple engagement photos from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, as they lean against the column and he looks at her

Florence pre wedding location Florence Uffizi Gallery formal wear Florence engagement session pillars

UK seated couple engagement photography in the City of London, England sitting upon some architecture

England sitting couple pillars pre wedding session London laughing London engagement photographers

Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, Canada engagement portrait of a couple reflecteds using a phone

yellow couple Hamilton Dundurn Castle engagement session Aniket Sananse Canada pre wedding location Dundurn Castle

Bursa, Turkey engagement pre-wedding shoot of hugging lovers

engagement pre-wedding shoot of hugging lovers next to white columns

Turkey couple Bursa pre wedding portraits pillars engagement photo Bursa Nilufer Nalbantoglu posing

Sofia, Bulgaria engagement photoshoot - Black and white portrait of the couple with concrete pillars

engagement photoshoot, a Black and white portrait of the couple with concrete pillars

black and white pillars Sofia Bulgaria pre wedding shoot Sofia Sofia engagement photographers

Autumn engagement session in Sofia centre with a young couple

engagement session in centre with a young couple

smiling pillars pre wedding shoot Sofia couple Sofia Sofia engagement photographers

Sofia Couple Portraits - Bulgarian National Library Engagement Photography - Image contains: steps, building, back, sitting, flags, concrete, pillars

Couple Portraits at the National Library for Engagement Photography

back concrete Sofia pre wedding portraits Sofia sitting pillars

Painted Hall, London - Pre Bride and Pre Groom engagement portrait

Painted Hall London pillars symmetrical columns pre wedding location London London engagement session

Portrait of engaged couple messing round in London

pre wedding locations London archways London symmetry pillars London engagement photos

St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire - I took this in the Temple of Venus, a folly within the grounds of the Parker-Bowels estate, where the couple live. I wanted a very natural shot of two people who didn't much like the camera but they loved this image

Tenderness hugs pillars intimate love Hertfordshire pre wedding portrait Neil Pleasants

Wiltons Music Hall weddings | First Dance for the bride and groom

Wiltons Music Hall wedding venue image of the First Dance for the bride and groom

United Kingdom Wiltons Music Hall first dance London bride and groom music hall decor

London UK Pre-Wedding Shoot with Couple in the City

This pre-wedding shoot captures the couple in the city, surrounded by bold pillars and towering buildings, highlighting their love and connection

towering building London engagement session pillars London UK city portrait

Pillar engagement shoot with a couple | Paris photographer pre-wedding session

The pillar engagement shoot features a couple standing far from the camera down a long hall in black and white

black and white portrait Paris engagement photography Paris long hall pillars

San Jose California Wedding Engagement Photograph of a Couple Reflected with Pillars

A Creative Wedding Engagement Photograph of a Couple Reflected with Pillars

California San Jose reflected pillars columns San Jose Engagement Photography pillars

District of Columbia monumental portrait session in a red dress

DC architecture pillars red dress columms formal wear

Maryland Monumental Wedding Engagement Photo

Baltimore engagement photographer Baltimore Baltimore e shoot Baltimore pre wedding portraits sitting Baltimore engagement photos

bride pillars black and white veil

black and white statue pillars

altar pews black and white flowers child lighting pillars

groom bride color fireworks candles pillars

chandeliers pillars groom bw dancing bride

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