Wedding Photos of Shoulder

The following “Shoulder” 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 “Shoulder” 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.

Groom sheds a tear on his dad's shoulder at Thorpe Garden wedding venue in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, as emotions of the day overwhelm him, signaling a heartwarming moment of love and happiness.

Groom's Dad Brings the Waterworks at Thorpe Garden Wedding in Staffordshire

A groom standing outside The Crab and Lobster venue in Yorkshire, England, with colorful round confetti dots resting on his shoulder

Love and Celebration in the Yorkshire Air: Groom Embraces Vibrant Confetti at The Crab and Lobster

coat confetti dots North Yorkshire England wedding photography England The Crab and Lobster shoulder

Eric Corbacho is an artistic wedding photographer for São Paulo

Photo by: Eric Corbacho - São Caetano do Sul São Paulo

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An India Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, romantic portrait of this Chennai couple sitting on a bench as the groom to be kissing the shoulder of his future bride

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A beautiful Monticiano Resort couple portrait showing The bride and groom are tight in front of each other, her head is tilted towards his shoulder, in the intimacy of this snap the fire on her lips while her gaze hides behind him

Italy Italy couple portrait Monticiano Resort lips Monticiano bride and groom gaze shoulder

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Monticiano resort in Italy as the bridegroom looks ahead, the dense forest opens in the background as the bride clasps with him leaning her face on his shoulder, closes her eyes, feeling protected

Italy wedding portrait Italy bridegroom closed eyes Monticiano resort venue dense forest face clasps

This France wedding photojournalism picture is a prime example of what candid, nontraditional Chateau de Biscay wedding photography looks like, as the bride tosses many bouquets over her shoulder to the waiting ladies

France waiting ladies many bouquets Chateau de Biscay wedding photography french bride France wedding photojournalism

View this ornamental Hungary wedding image of a butterfly sitting on the grooms shoulder, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Detail Shot butterfly wedding photography Hungary photographer Hungary wedding image shoulder groom

Paris artful style wedding detail picture of A heart-shaped confetti on the brides shoulder

paris wedding detail shoulder paris bride France confetti Pierrick Roland Paris

A wedding photographer in Spring, TX created this image at the Addison Woods Wedding and Event Venue of a baby taking a nap on Grandmas shoulder during reception

TX Event Venue baby nap Texas wedding photography shoulder spring

Manoir de Boisvilliers, Indre, France artistic wedding photo

In this wedding photo, the bride is looking over her shoulder with a statue visible in the right side of the frame

Indre Manoir de Boisvilliers bride France wedding photo shoulder France statue

A Lodzkie wedding photographer created this image at the Monastery of the Bernardine Fathers in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland - A shot over the shoulder of the wedding guest's phone filming the bride cutting a cake

phone filming bride Trybunalski wedding guest Poland Monastery of the Bernardine Fathers

A bride takes a moment while getting ready before her Meson Sabika wedding in Naperville, Illinois

Meson Sabika Naperville fine art wedding picture Naperville wedding photography getting ready Illinois Bride Portrait shoulder

Cake cutting photo over the shoulder of another photographer

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The groom flips the bride over his shoulder on the dance floor

floor groom Bulgaria Sofia NDK park Sofia photographer

The bride turns toward her reflection as she tosses her bouquet over her shoulder in front of the Villa

bouquet reflection tosses bride Villa Blanche villa

Image of a wedding guest as he carries his baby son on his shoulder to the tent

baby son wedding guest De Casteleer shoulder tent Antwerpen wedding kids kids

Chateau Rigaud Wedding Photo - Brides mother shedding a few tears as the bride gently puts her hand on her shoulder.

Wedding Photo showing the Brides mother shedding a few tears as the bride gently puts her hand on her shoulder

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A man and woman smile as he leans over her shoulder in this black and white engagement portrait by a Siracusa, Sicily photographer.

black and white shoulder man and woman wind Sicily Siracusa

Black and white photo of a woman carrying the bride's wedding gown upstairs over her shoulder

upstairs black and white photo brides wedding gown woman shoulder italy wedding photographer

Udaipur, India Wedding Photo - When the groom lifted his bride on his shoulder during the after party! Everyone was cheering him, adding to the energy of this photograph.

Wedding Photo from When the groom lifted his bride on his shoulder during the after party and Everyone was cheering him

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A Brazil marriage photo with the bride caressing the shoulder.

An artistic black and white photo of a married couple playfully embracing for a dramatic look

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A San Francisco, California wedding photograph of two little girls in pink dresses walking down the aisle while the girl on the left is putting her hand on the other's shoulder

two little girls in pink dresses walking down the aisle while the girl on the left is putting her hand on the other's shoulder

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