Wedding Photos of Sits

The following “Sits” 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 “Sits” 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.

A charming scene at the wedding venue, a young girl peacefully sits in a row of beautifully adorned guest ceremony chairs in a picturesque Nanping, Fujian park setting.

Sacred Seat of Serenity: Young Girl Relaxing in Wedding Venue Chairs at Nanping Park

A bride sits serenely in her home in Lugano, Switzerland, as her makeup is carefully applied by a woman, their silhouettes creating a beautiful scene.

Silhouetted Beauty: Lugano Bride Embraces Makeup in Serene Wedding Prep Scene

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Surrey wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at Brookfield Park as a Child sits with chefs hat on

Waiting child Brookfield Park wedding Children sits chefs hat

Rocky Mountain National Park environmental image session showing an engaged couple sits under a colorful rainbow of aspens

sits colorful Rocky Mountain National Park engaged couple aspens rainbow CO environmental image

Berkeley City Club wedding ceremony moment photo showing the bride's childhood and lifelong friend who just gave a powerful and emotional speech. She then sits down and uses her husband's necktie to wipe her eyes

Berkeley sits eyes Club Wedding bride necktie

A Brazilian couple sits on the edge of a dock for their prewedding portrait

A couple sits on the edge of a dock for their prewedding portrait

Minas Gerais pre wedding portraits sits Minas Gerais engagement photographer edge Minas Gerais Minas Gerais e shoot Victor Ataide

A small boy gets his hair spiked on top in a hotel room. The hair dresser leans over him while he sits in a hotel conference chair.

A small boy gets his hair spiked on top in a hotel room as the hair dresser leans over him while he sits in a hotel conference chair

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Pre-wedding photoshoot of a couple holding hands on the beach as their dog sits in front of them

Kocaeli Turkey couple holding hands beach dog sits

A couple sits on the ceiling in upside down house for their pre-wedding portrait session in Chicago

portrait session Chicago IL couple upside down house ceiling Chicago

Paris bride sits on the couch in her wedding dress before the wedding

a Paris bride sits on the couch in her wedding dress

bw paris bride couch sits wedding dress Paris

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