Wedding Photos of Portrait

The following “Portrait” 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” 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.

Veneto wedding couple artistic image session - a portrait of the newlyweds while driving through a beautiful landscape

Crete Senesi pre-wedding shoot with The couple posing for a portrait

shoot Crete Senesi posing prewedding portrait couple Siena bride to be

Tenuta Carretta, Italy wedding couple artistic image session - a portrait of the couple kissing at the sunset with smoke bombs

artistic image session Italian wedding portrait Tenuta Carretta kissing sunset couple

Guangxi wedding bride artistic image session of the bride and her dress

portrait Guangxi wedding bride Color Song dress Guangxi bride artistic image session bride

The Paint Mines, Calhan lit portrait in this darkened canyon

Paint Mines canyon silhouette lit portrait lit canyon Calhan

St Paul reflection portrait by the water in MN with a Couple walking near the water in the city

city water St PaulSt Paul reflection St Paul engagement MN couple walking

China Home Portrait of the bride and groom in blue and black

A portrait of the bride and groom in blue and black was taken at home

blue and black China home bride and groom portrait

Natural Bridge, Field, BC, Canada fine art wedding couple portrait with a sweet Romantic kiss

Canada Natural Bridge BC kiss portrait Canada wedding couple Fine art

Bow Lake , AB, Canada creative couple wedding portrait with a beautiful sunrise before the ceremony begins

Canada wedding Canada Couple before ceremony Bow Lake portrait Canada

Benedensas in the Heen creative couple wedding portrait while having fun, groom is lifting the bride

NB NB couple wedding groom North Brabant lifting the bride portrait

A Detroit Lakes, Minnesota high five during the sunset in this artistic wedding photo

MN Minnesota Detroit Lakes portrait sunset artistic high five

Alberta couple hold each other in this portrait at Moraine Lake

reflection portrait hold water mountains Alberta AB

Haarlem, Netherlands groom posing for a wedding picture standing in front of the Amsterdamse Poort and checking his suit for a cool portrait

posing wedding picture groom Amsterdamse Poort suit Haarlem Thomas Jongbloed

Slovenia wedding photographer captured this portrait of a couple standing in a wheat field near Radovljica

Slovenia wedding couple Radovljica Slovenia standing portrait wheat field Dejan Zagar

Siena wedding portrait of a bride and groom walking under the moon at their wedding reception in Tuscany

portrait walking wedding reception Tuscany Siena wedding couple moon

Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, WY wedding couple posing for a portrait while walking on the lakeshore under the bright sun and blue sky

WY wedding couple WY blue sky Jackson bright sun Grand Teton National Park

Della Terra Mountain Chateau, Estes Park, CO minimalistic portrait of bride and groom at night

Minimalistic Estes Park Night Della Terra Mountain Chateau portrait CO

Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, WY blue hour portrait of bride and groom by a barn

Jackson WY wedding couple bride and groom WY blue hour barn

Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, WY bride and groom portrait at sunset

portrait mountains Grand Teton National Park Jackson sunset orange WY

Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO bride and groom portrait by mountain river

RMNP portrait Estes Park CO bride and groom Rocky Mountain National Park RMNP wedding couple

Siena wedding photographer captured this couple in a portrait with a bike at sunset in the Borgo

The photographer at this wedding took a portrait of this couple with a bike at sunset, creating a bokeh and lens flare effect

lens flare Siena Italy siena wedding photographer bokeh wedding portrait

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes wedding bride posing for a portrait next to a window opening with natural lighting

A bride is posing for a portrait next to a window with natural lighting

france wedding photographer getting ready Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes natural lighting window bride curtains

Aglika Palace, Zhrebchevo, Bulgaria artistic wedding image of The Bride and the Light

A portrait of the bride getting ready for her wedding while opening the curtains of the windows

Zhrebchevo Aglika Palace portrait curtains bride windows Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria Creative environment portrait of the newlyweds

A portrait of the newlyweds in a creative industrial environment inside a sunroofed building in the city

sofia wedding photographer Sofia city creative industrial sun roofed portrait Sofia Newlyweds

Sofia, Bulgaria couple posing for a wedding Night portrait with a giant lit sign reading, LOVE

A giant lit sign reading "LOVE" illuminated a wedding night portrait of a couple seated across from each other

Bulgaria illuminated love wedding Night portrait couple

Lake Tahoe, CA wedding bride and groom dance on a private waterfront pier during an outdoor portrait session under the clouds

The bride and groom danced on a private waterfront pier during an outdoor portrait session under the clouds, in a vertical image, for their wedding

Northern California session CA groom Lake Tahoe CA wedding clouds private dance

Black Falls, WV wedding bride posing for a portrait in the tall trees of the wooded forest

WV wedding Black Falls tall trees wooded forest wv WV bride posing

Central Park artistic wedding photos with a beautiful water reflection

reflections portrait Water reflection Central Park wedding photos Central Park

Bokeh wedding portrait of a Beijing couple standing amongst decorations

bokeh portrait Beijing artistic wedding photo Beijing wedding photography Beijing couple standing Beijing fine art wedding picture

England wedding Reception venue portrait of the Couple shot on the stairs

portrait England Patrick Mateer kiss England artistic weddings UK reception venue

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