Wedding Photos of River

The following “River” 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 “River” 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.

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the River Seine in Paris displaying a couple having a picnic on The banks of the River

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Telluride capturing a couple who didn't mind getting soaked as the powerful waterfall sprayed them with water

Telluride mountains river Lucy Schultz Telluride Engagement spray soaked

Brno environmental engagement e-session with reflections of the Couple sitting by the river

Brno reflections Brno engagements river couple sitting Prague wedding photography Czech Republic

Brno on-location portrait e-shoot with a Couple standing under the blooming tree by the river

river couple standing Brno couple portrait Brno Czech Republic Czech Republic photographer

Rocky Mountain National Park portrait e-session - a couple shares an intimate moment near a river during sunset

Rocky Mountain National Park portrait e session as a couple shares an intimate moment near a river during sunset

intimate couple sunset river couple e session couple portrait Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park Fine Art Engagement Image for a Couple under heart umbrella on a rainy day by a river in a large valley

Mark Creery rainy RMNP RMNP Engagement Image large valley RMNP Couple Rocky Mountain National Park

Fort Collins pre-wed portraits with a Rock-climbing couple enjoying the sport they love

mountains Fort Collins river Rock Climbing Fort Collins engagement session sport adventure engagement

Stone Arch bridge couple portrait at the river in MN

MN couple portrait bridge Mississippi River Saint Anthony Falls Stone Arch Downtown

Estes Park Condos, Estes Park, Colorado creative couple wedding portrait on a huge rock to overlook the river running through their reception space

The couple posed for their wedding portrait on a huge rock overlooking the river that ran through their reception space

CO wedding portrait Lucy Schultz Estes Park river portraits huge rock overlook reception Estes Park photographer

Richmond VA Sunrise on the River pre-wed couple picture

river artistic picture VA contrast Richmond Richmond engagement photo

Vieux, Lyon photography - photo of couple by a river

river bw Lyon Vieux black and white photo bw engagement portraits Castille Alma

Great Falls National Park Engagement couple with a dog during a pre-wed photo shoot

adventure va engagement photography creek river water dog

LaSalle Street Bridge pre-wed image session with some cool Champagne Spray

buildings bridge Edward Ciesielski Champagne Spray Chicago urban portrait Downtown

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

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

Virginia outdoor pre-wedding photo session at Sunrise at Great Falls, with steam coming off the river

pre wedding image Virginia Virginia sunrise Virginia engagement shoot steam Johnny Shryock VA

Virginia pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple before A full scene of Great Falls with the wind whipping the bride-to-be's dress behind her

pre wedding portraits Virginia Virginia engagement picture creek Johnny Shryock Virginia water VA

Virginia water engagement photo shoot as A couple embraces at Great Falls

Great Falls engagement image Virginia Brittany Diliberto beach creek shore water

Virginia engagement photo shoot of The couple embracing on a high cliff at Great Falls

Virginia couple portrait session Virginia virginia engagement photography river Brittany Diliberto Great Falls adventure

California engagement photo shoot of a couple laughing together in Santa Clara, CA

creek shore Santa Clara water santa clara engagement beach

MA pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Cohasset, Massachusetts with the ocean

MA water adventure river creek Cohasset

Italy pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple riding on a boat in the waters of Venice

venice canal river Venice water taxi water canal

Italy engagement photo shoot riding a water taxi in Venice

Venice water river boat adventure venice canal

An East Riding of Yorkshire wedding photographer captured this image from The streets of York, on the way to the ceremony as groom and his best man stop by the river and are wished well by some bystanders (out of picture) - they smile, as a passing dog

bystanders dog streets yorkshire weddings East Riding groom ceremony

England pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple hanging out over the waters of Flamborough Point - A Couple together on cliff top

adventure England shore Flamborough Point river cliff top portrait UK

France pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers embracing over Island of Re - A Young Couple hugging

adventure Couple hugging france engagement photographer Island of Re Audrey Morisson shore water

Fall River Village artistic wedding portrait of a couple together at sunset

A wedding portrait of a couple, taken at sunset, with the bride's dress gracefully cascading down the rocks they are standing on, captures the beauty and artistry of the scene

dress CO river village rocks couple portrait artistic wedding portrait

Amsterdam Boat engagement photo shoot with a Couple sitting on bow of wooden boat in canal

beach adventure boat water Amsterdam Boat river Frances Morency

CO engagement photo shoot from Lair O the Bear park, Idledale as a Couple poses on the far side of a bridge

Lair O the Bear park forest Colorado Bonnie Sizer trees Colorado engagement river

CO pre wedding and engagement photography in the afternoon light at Lair O the Bear park, Idledale with a couple posing on a bridge

Colorado engagement bridge river water mountain Colorado afternoon Light

CO pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at the Rocky Mountain National Park showing a Couple enjoying coffee together in RMNP

RMNP creek Lakeside Rocky Mountain National Park Bonnie Sizer beach lake

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