Wedding Photos of Sitting

The following “Sitting” 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 “Sitting” 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.

On location Cividale del Friuli, Udine, IT couple engagement portrait shoot while Sitting on the stairs

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 sitting groom wedding photography outdoors butterfly Hungary wedding image

Outdoor Jequiá da Praia, Alagoas couple engagement photography portrait showing the man and woman are sitting on the sand and a wave arrives near the bride's feet

Alagoas Jequiá da Praia Outdoor sand sitting Alagoas couple engagement wave

Deadvlei Namibia Desert portrait of the bride and groom in BW

desert portrait bride and groom Deadvlei sitting sand Deadvlei Namibia Desert trees

View this grand Lincoln Memorial Wedding couple portrait in the rain which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Washington DC from the WPJA

Lincoln Memorial Wedding couple portrait in the rain which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Washington DC

steps sitting reflection Washington DC Lincoln Memorial Wedding DC couple portrait in the rain

Auvergne outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the Groom crying during the ceremony

flowers Auvergne sitting Auvergne weddings ceremony outdoor marriage ceremony

An eccentric Lille wedding portrait of the France bride and groom sitting on an old second war blockhaus under a blue sky

Lille wedding portrait france bride and groom second war blockhaus France Lille blue sky

Sao Paulo nuptial day award-winning image of the groom and his father in an emotional hug

couch Brazil brazil wedding photographer father emotional sitting

Cajueiro bride and groom to be, sitting for a Brazil pre-wedding engagement session of the couple together on the grass and beside a fire, lighting up the night

sitting night engagement portrait fire Monica Guimaraes Cajueiro smoke Cajueiro bride

North Carolina bride and groom to be, sitting for an Asheville pre-wedding engagement session of the couple sitting along waterfall after a surprise proposal where she said yes

sitting Asheville North Carolina tree leaves proposal portraits North Carolina bride Asheville bride

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

sitting trees Marseille Thomas Orsatelli roadway Luberon couple Luberon

Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Collins, Colorado couple e-shoot while sitting on rocks surrounded by pine trees

Colorado couple rocks Mark Creery Fort Collins sitting colorado weddings Horsetooth Reservoir

Brown Palace Hotel, Denver couple e-session sitting on the floor after a pillow fight

Bonnie Sizer Denver pillow fight sitting Denver brides Denver couple Brown Palace Hotel

Officers Gulch couple e-session in Colorado share a laugh while sitting on a bridge

couple Officers Gulch laugh Officers Gulch engagement bridge sitting

Murcia Countryside couple e-shoot in Spain sitting on a horse on a sunny day

Murcia Countryside couple e-shoot in Spain sitting on a horse on a sunn day

Murcia couple portrait Spain Murcia sitting horse Sunny day countryside

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Lake Tahoe, NV capturing a couple embraces while sitting on a rock with the expanse of the water in the background

background sitting embraces NV Posed Portrait Lake Tahoe beach NV engagement

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Lotus Hacienda in La Guácima de Alajuela capturing a couple having fun during a cheers toast

Mauricio Urena engaged couple Lotus Hacienda La Guácima de Alajuela glasses toast

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Garden of Palais Royal in Paris capturing a couple reading books in France

Paris PreWedding Portrait flowers reading Paris couple Session Tatyana Chohadjieva bench Palais Royal

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the River Seine in Paris displaying a couple having a picnic on The banks of the River

Paris Engagement Portrait river toasting River Seine Paris couple picnic Paris

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot in Siracusa of a couple showing off a funny style

Siracusa pre wedding jumping sitting Siracusa couple funny showing off Siracusa Photoshoot

California pre wedding photography from Alviso Reserve showing Peach is the new Blue

CA Blue CA couple California pre wedding photography flowers peach California

Maceió, Alagoas portrait e-session with a man and woman at a country house, sitting on a swing and smiling

swing country house man and woman Alagoas laughing sitting Maceió photographer

Gulf du Morbihan, France environmental engagement e-session with the young couple sitting on a large round hay bale in the open field

open field young couple Morbihan Patrick Lombaert farming Gulf du Morbihan hay bale

Riverwalk/San Antonio, TX portrait e-session with a couple sitting at a table surrounded by colorful sun umbrellas

TX portrait Riverwalk sun umbrellas sitting Texas couple olorful

Rio Cerezuelo, Cazorla, Spain portrait e-session with a couple sitting by a small waterfall

sitting Cazorla Rio Cerezuelo creek cazorla couple Spain portrait

Ermita Virgen de la Cabeza, Cazorla, Spain on-location portrait e-shoot at a view location with a stone wall

Cazorla Ermita Virgen de la Cabeza Spain photographer mountains sitting stone wall

Fort Zach State Park portrait e-session with a couple sitting on rocks at the beach with a sailboat at the horizon

horizon sitting Fort Zach State Park beach Florida rocks

São Paulo, Brazil portrait e-session with urban dark tones

dark tones Night São Paulo couple Brazil portrait sitting urban São Paulo e session

Jaén, Spain environmental engagement e-session with a couple relaxing in a soft embrace above the city

embrace Jaén sitting Jaen photographer couple city

Santa Cruz, California portrait e-session - Violet you're it

pink Tyler Vu California CA couple purple California portrait session kissing

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