Wedding Photos of Posed

The following “Posed” 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 “Posed” 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.

A black and white engagement photo from Baeza, Jaén, Spain shows a captivating couple as they pose in different directions, creating a sense of intrigue and allure

Magnetic Echoes: Unveiling the Enigma of a Captivating Couple in Baeza, Spain

World's most artistic and best bridal portraits from Rocky Mountain National Park resulting in beautiful bride posed for a photo on top of a rock in the mountains

posed top of a rock Colorado CO bridal portraits CO bride CO bridal photo

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait at Les Serres d'Auteuil in Paris capturing a Couple embracing in front of the greenhouses

glass Paris Les Serres d Auteuil green house Lorene Serfati posed embracing

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Muscat capturing a couple in a serious BW posed situation

Muscat bw formal Muscat PreWedding Portrait posed serious

Brewery Gulch Inn, Mendocino, CA wedding couple posed portrait session in a glowing sunset light

The wedding couple posed for a portrait session in the beautiful light of a glowing sunset

portrait session CA wedding couple Mendocino glowing Brewery Gulch Inn posed sunset light

Hotel Quilombo, União dos Palmares, AL wedding couple posed portrait session

The wedding couple posed for a portrait session at nighttime, gazing into each other's eyes with a ring of flowers over them

portrait session posed AL wedding couple Hotel Quilombo União dos Palmares

Garden of the Gods Club & Resort, Colorado Springs, Colorado wedding couple posed portrait session after their sunrise wedding ceremony

Garden of the Gods Club Colorado Springs sunrise wedding ceremony posed portrait session Resort Colorado wedding couple

Villa Bria, Torino, Italy wedding couple posed portrait session silhouetted at sunset

clouds Torino portrait session sunset posed Villa Bria Italy wedding couple

Lazio wedding couple posed portrait session of a silhouettes of the newlyweds looking at each other on the background of windows with beach umbrellas

Lazio wedding windows beach umbrellas Lazio couple posed silhouettes newlyweds

Newbay House Wexford wedding couple posed portrait session in a flower tunnel

County Wexford Wexford wedding couple Wexford bride posed flower tunnel Wexford portrait session

Bas-Rhin wedding couple posed portrait session of the newlyweds kissing in a vineyard

Bas Rhin wedding couple portrait session kissing Bas Rhin posed vineyard Bas Rhin bride

Fredericksburg, MD wedding couple posed portrait session catching some breath through the rustic window after the ceremony

Fredericksburg couple ceremony catching breath Fredericksburg window posed rustic

Borken, Germany wedding couple posed portrait session in the middle of the forest

sunlight Germany wedding couple portrait session trees posed germany bride Germany

Château de Nolet, Aucamville, France wedding couple posed portrait session of the silhouetted bride and groom and fireworks in front of the castle

Château de Nolet France couple bride and groom Aucamville castle portrait session wedding France

Walton Castle, Somerset, England wedding couple posed portrait session of the bride and groom dancing in castle courtyard, captured from above

dancing England courtyard castle posed Somerset wedding couple from above

Arezzo, Tuscany creative detail image showing the age of Weddings and Covid

masks Arezzo lockdown Tuscany Tuscany bride and groom weddings COVID

Agriturismo Il Pendolino, Tuscany wedding couple posed portrait session at sunset

sunset posed portrait session Tuscany bride Agriturismo Il Pendolino Tuscany wedding couple Tuscany

China wedding bride posed portrait session with the lights on both sides of the aisle, one cold and one warm, respectively illuminate the dining table and the bride

Lights cold China warm posed China wedding bride bride

Hacienda Chekul Tulum wedding couple posed portrait session

The wedding couple posed for a portrait session at a low angle on stairs with the sky and clouds behind them

Tulum Quintana Roo Sky Hacienda Chekul Tulum framing Mexico

VA artistic wedding portrait from Arlington of the posed couple at the church

VA wedding portrait stained glass lit Arlington-VA VA couple spot light

FL engagement portrait with a posed couple at Fort Zach Key West with some Sunset Foliage

posed contrast Key West couple portrait shoot sunset engagement silhouettes creative portrait

BG engagement portrait with a posed couple at Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria with Two lovers in front of the library columns

Bulgaria silhouette Sofia posed Lubomir Jiponov creative portrait Sts Cyril

Les Hauts de Pardaillan, France couple posing for a wedding Night shot during dinner

artistic wedding portrait FR night shot les hauts de pardaillan couple France posed

Artistic wedding photography - A posed wedding shoot in a hotel in Bruges

shot from above Bruges stairs Bruges fine art wedding picture Carolina Mosquera Bruges wedding photography hotel

antwerp city couple posing for engagement photo session with a cool building

Sven Soetens Antwerp pre wedding session Antwerp building posed architecture Antwerp engagement photographers

University Campus Couple posed on steps in the afternoon sunlight

afternoon sunlight posed Georgia Tech University Campus steps

Central London Engagement Photographer: Couple posed in/near foliage with a mirror causing the negative space.

Engagement Photo of a Couple posed near foliage with a mirror causing the negative space

London pre wedding portraits posed London engagement photos foliage engagement photo UK

posed portraits at sunset during engagement session

Aracruz engagement photography Espírito Santo Aracruz e session Aracruz engagement images engagement session portrait

Bride and groom pose for wedding portrait at night with lights

wedding portrait Night Australia Melbourne posed Victoria wedding venue Melbourne Bride and groom

Red Rock Nevada Engagement Photo Session - A Couple posed on top of car and in the background the exact moment of lightning

posed lightning Nevada pre wed Nevada background nature top of car

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