Wedding Photos of Posing

The following “Posing” 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 “Posing” 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.

Sodafabriek, Schiedam, Netherlands bride and groom posing during a portrait session at an old factory as the groom is looking at his beautiful bride, catching the nice window light

Domaine de la Gerberie, Vendée, France wedding couple posing for a Backlit photo touching heads at sunset

touching heads backlit photo posing France wedding couple Jeremie Sangare Domaine de la Gerberie France

Grotniki, Lodzkie, Poland couple posing for a wedding picture over a small river with big trees and clouds

clouds Poland wedding couple posing Grotniki big trees creek

Postojna Cave, Slovenia bride and groom posing during a portrait session showing the Couple in the big cave

big cave posing portrait session Slovenia bride and groom Slovenia Postojna Cave couple

Cappadocia, Kapadokya, Turkey couple posing in fantastic afternoon sun light for a wedding picture

posing Cappadocia Cappadocia wedding picture Kapadokya Cappadocia couple sun light

Kadıköy Artistic wedding portrait of the bride and groom posing in front of a lighthouse

Kadıköy artistic bride and groom Kadıköy wedding portrait lighthouse posing

Skyview at Fall River, Estes Park, CO bride and groom posing during a portrait session as they share a kiss before dinner

kiss CO bride and groom CO portrait session Fall River before dinner Estes Park

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

walking bright sun posing Jackson lakeshore Grand Teton National Park blue sky

Black Canyon Inn, Estes Park, CO bride and groom dancing in fall foliage with mountains in background while posing for a wedding picture

CO bride and groom fall foliage background mountains posing Estes Park Black Canyon Inn

Jura bride and groom posing during a portrait session standing on a stone wall in the countryside under dark clouds

The bride and groom stood on a stone wall in the countryside, posing for a portrait session beneath dark clouds

rural Jura portrait countryside romantic dark clouds wedding posing

Duomo San Giorgio, Modica bride and groom posing during a drone camera portrait session

The bride and groom are posing for an artistic and fun portrait session, captured by a drone camera

Ragusa Duomo San Giorgio portrait session fun aerial photography drone camera Modica drone wedding

Piotrkowska Street, Lodz, Poland engagement shot of a young couple from behind the gate

Lodz engagement photos Piotrkowska Street Lodz posing hallway Poland

Italy Couple in front of a building posing for their pre-wed portraits in Rome

Italy pre wedding location Rome Rome engagement session Vatican building Emil Boczek posing

Bouches-du-Rhone couple posing for a wedding picture using a flash at night inside a lit van

lit van Night posing lit wedding picture Daniel Pelcat Bouches du Rhone couple

Domaine bride and groom posing during a portrait session using a flash at night on the balcony

Domaine bride and groom posing Domaine Daniel Pelcat balcony Night Domaine portrait session

Artistic wedding photo from Oporow Castle, Poland of a Young couple on the background of large green flowers

Poland Oporow Castle wedding photography Oporow Castle fine art wedding picture posing background green flowers

Domaine de la Butte Ronde wedding image showing the bride's bouquet

Domaine de la Butte Ronde Domaine de la Butte Ronde wedding photography Domaine de la Butte Ronde fine art wedding picture brides bouquet posing couple portrait

At the Carrara marble quarries, Italy artistic wedding photo from a Destination Wedding in Italy

Carrara Marble Quarries fine art wedding picture Destination Wedding Carrara marble quarries Carrara Marble Quarries artistic wedding photo Carrara Marble Quarries wedding photography posing sunset

a France couple is posing in an embrace in the grass surrounded by water in Noirmoutiers

a France couple is posing for images in an embrace in the grass surrounded by water in Noirmoutiers

grass France couple Patrick Lombaert embrace posing pre wedding location Noirmoutiers water

Trieste, Italy engaged couple posing with their Love in a theater for portraits

theater posing Trieste Italy engagement photos love pre wedding locations Trieste Italy

Lago di Cavazzo, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy Hugs from a couple posing for engagement portraits

FVG engagement photographers pre wedding session FVG Lago di Cavazzo Friuli-Venezia Giulia hugs black and white

wedding photo from Ferme de Drumare - Normandie 76 of a kid with a camera who looks like someone

kids posing Normandie Ferme de Drumare Normandie photographer girls

A newly engaged couple posing for a portrait on the streets of Trastevere, Roma

Roma portrait pre wedding session Trastevere Trastevere streets posing Roma engagement photographers

The bride and groom pose together for a wedding portrait near Brainard Lake during their Colorado mountain elopement

Brainard Lake artistic wedding photography Colorado Brainard Lake fine art wedding photo bride mountain elopement

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

posed Antwerp Sven Soetens architecture building posing Antwerp engagement photographers

a Rosice Hugging couple are posing for black and white engagement portraits

black and white Rosice Rosice engagement photographers hugging couple pre wedding session Rosice posing

France engagement Portrait session with the sun between the trees behind them with sunshine just on them in Parc de Sceaux

pre wedding session France couple posing lens flare France France engagement photos

Holding his fiance close to him in a very romantic engagement portrait at Founder's Park, Farragut, TN

Farragut TN engagement session TN Farragut Engagement park pre wedding location Farragut TN posing

a Sofia, Bulgaria Rooftop portrait of a couple during an outdoor engagement photoshoot

Sofia Bulgaria lying down posing pre wedding shoot Sofia framing

Sofia, Bulgaria photoshoot - Framing the couple in the light

Sofia pre wedding portraits posing Bulgaria sitting Sofia engagement photo Sofia

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