Wedding Photos of Portrait session

The following “Portrait session” 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 “Portrait session” 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.

flowers and couple under them during engagement portrait session

a young engaged couple standing by the art work at Philadelphia Museum of Art during a portrait session

a young engaged couple standing by the art work during a portrait session

art work Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia e session Philadelphia engagement images Philadelphia engagement photography Philadelphia pre wedding portrait

ice cream truck engagement portrait session in Passaic Falls

an ice cream truck engagement portrait session

Passaic Falls engagement photos Engagement ice cream Passaic Falls pre wedding portraits Passaic Falls e shoot Passaic Falls engagement photographer

Love down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass during a portrait session in DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York City

Love down under the Bridge overpass during a portrait session

bridge Brooklyn pre wedding portraits New York City Brooklyn engagement photographer Brooklyn Brooklyn engagement photos portrait session

Canada engagement portrait session with a Hug by the lake

Banff National Park pre wedding portraits portrait session Lake Louise Banff National Park Engagement AB

college Sweeheart couple portrait session indoors

portrait session indoors CA Berkeley e session College Berkeley Tyler Vu

Speak Easy Love portrait session at the bar

San Francisco engagement photography San Francisco pre wedding portrait bar Tyler Vu love San Francisco engagement images San Francisco

San Francisco, California Treat of a trolly portrait session

SF Treat of a trolly portrait session

San Francisco engagement photos San Francisco engagement photographer San Francisco e shoot California portrait session Tyler Vu San Francisco pre wedding portraits

Forest Light portrait session in the tall trees on the grass

California San Francisco Tyler Vu grass Forest Light San Francisco engagement photos tall trees

Morning Bliss portrait session for a couple on the docks with a light

Lake Tahoe engagement photography light Morning Bliss Tyler Vu docks Lake Tahoe engagement images a couple

chicago couple engagement portrait session under the tall, dark trees

a couple engagement portrait session under the tall, dark trees

couple engagement Chicago pre wedding portrait Chicago e session Chicago engagement images Chicago engagement photography tall

chicago couple pose in a field of flowers during their engagement portrait session

a young couple pose in a field of flowers during their engagement portrait session

Chicago portrait session field of flowers Chicago engagement photographer Chicago engagement photos Chicago pre wedding portraits pose

engaged couple enjoying the gorgeous hills of Cusco and the Sacred Valley during their portrait session

engaged couple enjoying the gorgeous hills during their portrait session

hills Cusco e shoot Cusco gorgeous engaged couple Cusco engagement photographer

prewedding engagement portrait session at the water in Espírito Santo, Brazil

BR prewedding engagement portrait session at the water

Kássio Silva Brazil elopement photographer Brazil elopement Brazil photography Brazil Espírito Santo portrait session

Sunrise smoke bomb portrait session for engaged couple

Stone Bridge sunrise engaged couple moscow engagement photos moscow engagement photographer moscow moscow e shoot

engagement portrait session love story with motorbike before sunrise

scooter bike moscow engagement photography Russia sunrise Sasha Dzyubchuk portrait session

engagement kissing portrait session On the hill

Malhostovicka kissing pecka Malhostovicka engagement photography Malhostovicka pre wedding portrait hill

engagement portrait session at the beach - closer backlight faces

Maui engagement photography Engagement Hawaii closer Maui beach Maui e session

engaged couple portrait session with Love in the fall color

portrait session Redwood City love fall color engaged

summer love indoors during intimate engagement portrait session

Marzamemi engagement images Marzamemi engagement photography summer love portrait session Engagement Marzamemi pre wedding portrait intimate

England engagement photographer in a portrait session in Plymouth

engagement portrait session in the Plymouth woods

Plymouth pre wedding portrait Engagement woods portrait session Plymouth engagement photography Plymouth Plymouth engagement images

Dancing engaged couple in the shadows during portrait session

Aguilas engagement photos Aguilas engagement photographer Aguilas pre wedding portraits Aguilas engaged couple shadows Aguilas e shoot

Engagement portrait session of a couple framed within an arch

Italy Rome engagement images portrait session Rome pre wedding portrait couple framed Rome engagement photography

Western Australia Fremantle couple Walking together during engagement portrait session.

a couple Walking together during engagement portrait session

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Mojacar - Spain couple portrait session - The Kiss under the lattice framework

couple portrait session with a Kiss under the lattice framework

framework kiss Spain Mojacar brides lattice couple

Mojacar - Spain couple Strolling down the road next to the painted line during engagement portrait session

a couple Strolling down the road next to the painted line during engagement portrait session

spain weddings spain wedding photographer Engagement Spain road painted line couple Strolling

pre-wedding portrait session in a barn window

Ho Chi Minh City bride window Ho Chi Minh City weddings country Nien Truong farm portrait session

engagement portrait Session in the fall colored trees

Kássio Silva Brazil wedding photography Pedra Azul fall colored trees portrait session Espírito Santo

Canada Engagement portrait session in Elora, Ontario

creative Canada Engagement portrait session

creative Ontario portrait session Elora ontario weddings Canada Engagement

An embracing couple enjoy a portrait session at Como Lake, Italy

A loving couple are captured in a romantic portrait session, basking in the warmth of a sunny courtyard

Como Lake wedding photo enjoy Italy Como Lake engagement embracing couple Como Lake

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