Wedding Photos of Sands

The following “Sands” 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 “Sands” 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.

In the beautiful setting of Almería, Spain, this award-winning wedding photographer captured a romantic kiss. The bride and groom stand on the beach, under a veil, in a symmetrical pose, face-to-face.

Symmetrical Sands: Award-winning Wedding Photographer Captures Romantic Kiss in Almería

Los Angeles beach couple engagement photography portraits on the sands of the CA shoreline by a pier

Los Angeles beach sands couple engagement Vinh Vo portrait pier CA shoreline

Buzio couple e-shoot in Rio de Janeiro while walking hand in hand on the beach sands by the sea

Rio de Janeiro walking Hand in hand sands sea Buzio couple engagement

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Marriott Resort Puerto Vallarta in Mexico illustrating a couple having a carefree stroll on the sands of the beach

stroll Puerto Vallarta Mexico PreWedding Portrait dancing sands Marriott Resort

Dubai Desert environmental engagement e-session for prewedding portraits in the desert

sand dunes Dubai Desert Engagement Dubai photographer sands desert Prewedding Portraits

Dubai Desert wedding photography of the couple walking the sands on Returning to the desert reception

couple walking sands desert reception Dubai Desert wedding photo

Massachusetts wedding photography in the sands of a private estate - Yarmouth, MA during the preparation for the ceremony on the beach

Massachusetts wedding photo MA preparation Private Estate ceremony on the beach Yarmouth sands

UAE engagement portrait with a posed couple in the hot Dubai sands while Desert dancing

engagement image Dubai UAE black & white pics monochrome dance Dubai couple portrait shoot

Praia de Regência engagement shoot in the sands of Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Linhares beach sunset Espírito Santo Espírito Santo engagement photos sands Brazil

The power of a love portrait on the sands of Falmouth Beach, Cape Cod. MA

a love portrait on the sands of the Beach

Cape Cod Falmouth Beach love portrait sands MA Cape Cod engagement images

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