Wedding Photos of Relationship

The following “Relationship” 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 “Relationship” 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 tender moment between a bride and her father at Basalt Golf Club, captured as they share a heartfelt gaze before walking down the aisle on her wedding day.

Heartfelt Gaze: Bride and Father Share Tender Moment at Basalt Golf Club Before Aisle Walk

A romantic silhouetted wedding photo of a couple embracing at sunset in Mexico, with palm fronds beside them.

Romantic Sunset Embrace: Couple Silhouetted in Mexico with Palm Fronds at Wedding Reception

relationship romantic happiness Mexico Sunset Portrait love Mexico embracing

Sichuan artful style wedding detail picture of the bride preparing to take the wine cup in red clothes and the red cloth on the tray formed a color relationship with good light

Cheng Guo red cloth artful style Sichuan bride preparing tray red clothes

Artistic wedding photo from Little Stoneyman, Shenandoah National Park showing Hand in hand, the couple is proud of their relationship

The couple is proudly hand-in-hand in their wedding photo, surrounded by the majestic blue mountains and sky of the National Park

Shenandoah National Park Brittany Diliberto the couple artistic wedding photo Little Stoneyman Hand in hand proud

Solvang, California wedding photojournalism image of a couple riding the bus - kissing hand while blindfolded

Whispers of Love: Riding the Bus to Forever in Solvang

Solvang wedding photographer relationship marriage affection love California couple ride

Boston wedding photojournalism image of a couple during their Uber drive

Love on the Move: A Boston Wedding Journey

Boston photographer uber groom transport couple love Boston uber

Bucuresti wedding photograph of an elderly woman in a wheelchair receiving a hug and a kiss from a man behind her

Unconditional Love: A Bucuresti Wedding Story

elderly hug bucuresti kiss Romania wedding picture celebration moment

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.