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.

Free Photo Session - Chianti, Tuscany - ITALY | Portrait of the newlyweds in the wheat fields of the Tuscan Chianti

Bride and Groom Photo Session - Chianti, Tuscany - ITALY | Portrait of the newlyweds in the wheat fields of the Tuscan Chianti

Chicago Illinois bride portrait against the blue sky with clouds

Chicago Illinois bride portrait with her white dress flowing against the blue sky with clouds

blue sky Chicago wedding photography clouds portrait Illinois bride

Chicago limo bride portrait on wedding day | Creative black and white photography inside the bridal car

portrait limo Illinois bride chicago bride

board of trade chicago bride and groom portraits | OCF lit photography on wedding day in the streets with tall buildings and the direct sun

Illinois portrait chicago wedding board of trade ocf

Mersin Hilton Hotel /Turkey Groom's portrait from a mirror reflection | Black and white photography on wedding day.

Mersin Hilton Hotel /Turkey Groom's portrait from a mirror reflection | Black and white creative photography on wedding day

portrait mirror groom reflection istanbul weddings Mersin Hilton Hotel

Porthilly Farm, Cornwall Couple Looking out to sea during creative portrait session.

Porthilly Farm, Cornwall, UK photo of a young Couple Looking out to sea during creative portrait session

ocean Dorset Porthilly Farm Cornwall wedding photographer portrait sea

Priston Mill, Bath wedding venue photography | Sunset kiss portrait of the bride and groom under a silhouetted tree

portrait Priston Mill bride and groom sunset silhouetted tree kiss

Somerley House, Hampshire wedding portrait of the couple Amongst the masters paintings indoors

Hampshire wedding venue Somerley House portrait couple uk wedding photography

Stirlingshire Scotland Reception Venue Portrait Photography | Bride & groom sillhouetted against uplighters and downlighters

Bride & groom Mike Cook sillhouetted Stirlingshire wedding photography portrait Scotland

Scotland Botanic gardens portrait photo. Bride & groom in front of glasshouse in black and white photography.

Scotland Botanic gardens wedding portrait photo - Bride & groom in front of glasshouse in black and white photography

glasshouse Scotland wedding portrait Mike Cook Botanic gardens Bride & groom portrait

Scotland Reception Venue Portrait | Bride & groom backlit in the woods early evening.

Scotland Wedding Reception Venue Portrait - Bride & groom backlit in the woods early evening

Bride & groom portrait Stirlingshire backlit Scotland wedding photography Mike Cook

Parnay, France wedding day portrait photo of The couple

Parnay, France wedding day portrait photo of the bride and groom standing in arched doorway

Parnay wedding photography couple Patrick Lombaert portrait France

Bruz, France portrait of The couple on wedding day

Bruz, France indoor portrait of The couple on wedding day

portrait France Patrick Lombaert wedding couple Bruz Cotes dArmor wedding photographer

Bruz, France Portrait of the groom and the bride with warm afternoon sunlight on their faces.

Bruz, France Wedding Portrait of the groom and the bride with warm afternoon sunlight on their faces

warm groom bride Patrick Lombaert afternoon sunlight france wedding photographer

Fujian Wedding Photo at the Hotel - Evening sun portrait of couple

Fujian artistic wedding portrait Fujian fine art wedding photo Fujian fine art wedding portrait sun Fujian portrait evening

Lodz, Poland Wedding Portrait of A couple at an empty station on the escalator

Lodz portrait station escalator Poland Cologne wedding photographer

Niedernberg Colorful Wedding Day Portrait with colorful smoke bombs

Niedernberg Hesse colorful portrait

Portrait of the couple After the dinner on Bovendonk, Hoeven - Outside, with lovely evening light, at the wedding venue location

venue dinner light portrait outside Hoeven wedding image

Czech Republic wedding photography - Rudolec dark forest portrait of the bride and groom

Czech Republic forest prague wedding photographer portrait bride and groom

Pelhrimov classical horseback portrait of the bride and groom in black and white

Pelhrimov classical and humor horseback portrait of the bride and groom in black and white

Pelhrimov portrait classical black and white bride and groom prague wedding photographer horseback

reggio calabria reflexes | bride and groom portrait on wedding day with the city lights at night and a mirror for reflection

reggio calabria wedding photographer reflection city lights Night mirror bride and groom

Reggio Calabria wedding portrait of the couple in the rain with an umbrella

couple umbrella raining reggio calabria wedding photographer portrait rain

Reggio Calabria bride and groom portrait in black and white with her flowing white gown

portrait black and white Reggio Calabria wedding photography bride and groom

Wedding Reception Venue - France | The look of the Bride with her sisters | Portrait Photography

Wedding Reception Venue in France - The look of the Bride with her sisters during a group Portrait

France portrait Paris sunglasses bride Sisters

Wedding Reception France | Couple shoot on the wedding day

bottle portrait Paris France couple drinking

Wedding Day Portrait at the Reception - France | Son of the bride and groom

Wedding Day Portrait at the Reception in France of the Son of the bride and groom

portrait Paris France son bride and groom

Germany wedding day photography | Darmstadt Portrait of the Bride and Groom and the Reflection

Germany reflection Baden Wurttemberg wedding photographer bride and groom portrait

Germany wedding photographer at Stuttgart | Silhouette portrait of the bride and groom with a light

Germany wedding photo at Stuttgart | Silhouette portrait of the bride and groom with a light

portrait Baden Wurttemberg germany wedding photographer light silhouette bride and groom

Germany Ravensburg Sunset portrait of the couple with flower girl

Germany Ravensburg Sunset portrait of the couple with a jumping flower girl

Germany couple Baden Wurttemberg wedding photographer sunset portrait flower girl

Germany photographer at the wedding venue Schlosshotel Michelfeld - Silhouette portrait of the couple with spot light

couple spot light portrait silhouette Baden Wurttemberg Germany wedding photo

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