Wedding Photos of Shore

The following “Shore” 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 “Shore” 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.

Great Falls National Park - Engagement Portrait Session with a Couple Above the falls

Sao Pedro da Serra engagement photography at the water - to be home

Sao Pedro da Serra water Lakeside shore sao pedro da serra engagement lake

A couple on a pier looking at the camera during engagement portrait shoot at Lacanau, south west of France

water France Lacanau shore pier ocean

SENTOSA PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY

adventure water Sentosa wedding couple Lakeside lake docks

Couple is playing in the evening by the sea, a dog runs happily

Hangzhou City engagement photos dog water ocean shore Hangzhou City wedding engagement

I waited for these birds that kept flying by to get the perfect shot

sand boat Ventnor City Beach shoreline beach New Jersey

SC Sunset Portraits with Engaged Couple in Brasil at the Water

beach Laguna engagement photo sunset Laguna pre wedding portrait lake Brazil SC

Love couple beside the waterfall

creek beach waterfall Allerheiliger shore river water

Couple is sitting on a bench next to a big fountain

Ankara Ankara pre wedding portrait river shore Ankara engagement photo water

A couple embracing on the salt flats for a portrait

Oceanside UT beach Salt Lake City Utah shoreline shore

Hawaii, United States engagement shoot over the beach at dusk

water shoreline Oceanside ocean Hawaii engagement photo beach

England Beach Sunset Engagement Session with Couple's Reflection in the Water

England engagement photo waves ocean England pre wedding portrait water sand low angle

Azur France engagement photo shoot - slowly on the lake with a couple on a dock

beach lake Lakeside Azur pre wedding portrait water shore

como lake portraits for a couple at the water

A couple posed for romantic portraits on a wooden dock overlooking Como Lake, captured from a high angle

dock Lake Como engagement session Como Lake lake Lakeside Lake Como wedding couple

Portugal Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at Cascais by the Water

Cascais engagement session beach shore Cascais pre wed ocean Oceanside

Miami, Florida couple and lightning during engagement shoot in the water

submerged Florida ocean water Oceanside sea

Cabo de Gata - Almeria pre-wedding photo shoot of a couple on the beach with boats.

Almeria Cabo de Gata sea Almeria pre wed sunset shore Almeria wedding couple

Popowo Beach engagement photo of a couple laying in the water with goggles and fins.

Popowo engagement session shoreline Popowo Beach beach sea mask fins

Switzerland engagement portrait of a couple at the end of a boardwalk extending out into the water.

beach Andre Furtado ocean Switzerland shoreline boardwalk shore

Camboinhas - Niterói/RJ Engagement Portrait Shoot | couple on the side, into the sea and enjoying each other at the water.

beach Niterói wedding couple ocean Camboinhas RJ shoreline Niterói pre wed

Haras Qualité Pré-wedding Engagement Photo Shoot on the water with couple in canoe/boat.

clouds lake shore Haras Qualité lake wedding couple Lakeside reflection

Pirenópolis Pré-wedding Portrait Photography at the beach during sunset

river adventure Pirenopolis pre wed water shore Brazil

Izmir, Turkey Wedding Photographer - Turkish couple at beach sunset during engagement shoot

Turkey İzmir sunset shore shoreline beach

Krabi beach sand pre-wedding photo shoot

Oceanside Krabi wedding couple shoreline Wasan Chirdchom shore Krabi engagement session beach

Ísland Photo Session for Couple at the Waterfall

Hangzhou City island river waterfall shore Hangzhou City pre wed

Cenote Buho Playa del Carmen Water Pre Wedding Shoot - Engagement photo session at the cenote

Water Pre Wedding Shoot shore adventure Playa del Carmen pre wed Playa del Carmen wedding couple lake

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