Wedding Photos of Roadway

The following “Roadway” 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 “Roadway” 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.

An artistic wedding photographer captures an award-winning image in Asheville, North Carolina. The image shows the groom walking on a cracked asphalt roadway, holding the bride's red shoes with his own shoes visible.

Cracked Path: Groom Walks Beside Bride's Red Shoes, Asheville, NC

Embracing Love: In the heart of Túnel Verde, Rio Grande do Sul, a couple shares a passionate kiss in the middle of a car roadway, encapsulating the essence of love and togetherness on their wedding day.

Tunnel of Love: A Fiery Kiss in Rio Grande do Sul

bride and groom Rio Grande do Sul Photographer road trees timeless Túnel Verde Newlywed portrait

In Matera, Italy, a gymnast bride performs a handstand on the roadway. With a low camera angle, the photo captures her graceful strength and adds a unique touch to the wedding festivities

Capturing Unforgettable Moments: Italian Gymnast Bride Defies Gravity on Wedding Day in Matera

roadway Basilicata gymnast bride Matera Documentary Wedding Photography Matera unique touch low camera angle

Newlyweds take off on a Harley Davidson motorbike following their wedding in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France, with their bridal party in tow on bikes, ready for an adventurous ride down a picturesque road

Newlyweds Embrace Adventure: Harley-Davidson Takes Center Stage in Toulouse Wedding

Toulouse motorbikes Haute-Garonne Toulouse Documentary Wedding Photography roadway Harley Davidson bouquet

A happy couple from London, UK, strolls hand in hand down a bustling city street, savoring a refreshing summer treat together

Romantic Londoners embrace summer with a stroll and a sweet treat

roadway bustling city United Kingdom summer treat city street London engagement session London

In Lyon, France, the couple's engagement portrait captured a tender moment as they kissed in the street surrounded by a vibrant array of bicycles

Capturing a Tender Moment: A Vibrant Lyon Engagement Portrait in the Heart of France

tender kiss urban portrait Lyon PreWedding Portrait Lyon street bicycles roadway

The essence of Old Hollywood with a vintage car, as a man sits on the ground and a woman poses inside the car during an engagement wedding photography session

Engagement Wedding Photography in Old Hollywood: Vintage Car Shoot with a Man and Woman

vintage car Rio de Janeiro Engaged Couple roadway Rio de Janeiro posing with car

This engagement aerial photograph captures a couple lying on a picturesque road surrounded by beautiful fields in the charming countryside of Cham, Switzerland through the creative lens of a drone camera

Cham, Switzerland: Aerial Engagement Photography of Couple on Picturesque Road in Charming Countryside

aerial portrait laying in road Cham roadway Zug Engaged Couple countryside drone camera shot

The couple is snuggling close inside a vintage Mercedes, parked on a roadway in trees at İstanbul, captured in a engagement portrait

The couple's special moment is artistically immortalized in this romantic engagement portrait from a pro photographer in İstanbul

roadway couple snuggling trees Istanbul engagement photography vintage Mercedes Istanbul

On the way to the wedding in Gelderland, Netherlands, a drone captures a beautiful shot from up high of the horse drawn carriage on the roadway below

In Gelderland, Netherlands, a drone captures a stunning aerial view of a horse-drawn carriage on the road

horse drawn carriage Gelderland Photographer Netherlands Gelderland drone shot roadway

A French wedding photographer created this portrait from a low angle of a couple on the roadway of Agen

Agen Lot-et-Garonne low angle roadway couple walking French photographer

A Macau City Couple Portrait Session in a Crosswalk of the Urban Streets

Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Macau urban streets Macau Photographer tall apartment buildings roadway

São Paulo Brazil bicycle love portrait session for a couple kissing on Paulista Avenue

sao paulo photographer roadway couple kissing bicycle Paulista Avenue São Paulo Thiago Gimenes

Illinois couple portrait in the middle of the street with yellow painted lines of the roadway

couple in the middle of the street with yellow painted lines of the roadway

roadway yellow painted lines Illinois photographer middle of street couple portrait Chicago

On the wedding day at Hanbury Manor Maarriott Hotel, London, UK, the couple had a creative photo session on the streets with Speed Bumps and repeated graphic shadow lines in the roadway

London, UK: Creative photo session at Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel, with street speed bumps and graphic shadow lines

streets Hanbury Manor London speed bump London photographer sunlight and shadows roadway

A pre wedding photoshoot from Thomas Creek, Nevada showing a Couple with umbrella and crazy rain on roadway

umbrella roadway lit portrait Thomas Creek Silhouette portrait Nevada Nevada photographer

A Huntersville NC lifestyle couple photo session at Lake Norman State Park as they are lying down on their backs on the roadway with painted directional arrows

North Carolina Huntersville NC Lake Norman State Park street State Park Lake Norman

Best Los Angeles documentary wedding photography showing the Bride and groom have a cigarette break after the ceremony

LA cigarette Kate Hampson Los Angeles break street California

On location Szeged, Hungary couple engagement portrait shoot as they Play with a line in the roadway

Hungary couple Szeged roadway Line Szeged wedding photography engagement portrait shoot

Luberon couple e-shoot sitting in the roadway below the tall forest trees

roadway Luberon Luberon bride to be below Marseille forest trees

San Francisco Romance pre-wed portrait session on a steep city street with awesome view of the bay

SF couple portraits cars Downtown urban portrait CA Bay Area roadway

San Francisco city's night view is romantic and mesmerizing during this pre-wed portrait photo shoot

skyscrapers Downtown SF couple portraits buildings night engagement portrait SF

PL engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session on Piotrkowska Street as the two hold hands in Lodz, Poland

Lodz couple portraits Downtown roadway urban portrait Piotrkowska Street city street

Istanbul couples portraits taken In The Middle of the street during engagement session

Istanbul engagement photographers pre wedding session Istanbul Middle of the street Istanbul roadway

Levanzo - Egadi Island - Italy engagement portraits of a couple walking next to the sea

island engagement Levanzo roadway Sicily pre wedding portrait Italy sea Sicily

Mt. San Marco Engagement Session Photography - Portrait contains: couple, snow, winter, roadway, street, trees, clouds

Mt. San Marco Engagement Session Photography with a couple in the snow, winter

couple trees clouds pre wedding session Mt San Marco Mt San Marco engagement photos snow Mt San Marco

Engagement Photographer for Providence, RI - Couple laying in road

Engagement Photos for Providence, RI of a Couple laying in road

RI pre wedding session Providence couple laying street roadway Providence Providence engagement photographers

Poiso, Madeira Island, Portugal Engagement Photography Session - The couple jumping for joy in a road in the middle of the forest

Poiso, Madeira Island, Portugal Engagement Photography Session with The couple jumping for joy in a road in the middle of the forest

Poiso Portugal engagement photography black and white portrait roadway Madeira Island Portugal

Engagement Photos | Couple kissing in the middle of the Toulouse street in France

French Engagement Photos of Couple kissing in the middle of the Toulouse street in France

couple kissing France roadway street crosswalks urban portrait Toulouse

Cape Cod, MA Engagement Photographer - wide portrait of the soon to be bride and groom

Cape Cod pre wedding portrait blue sky grass field rural countryside picturesque roadway

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