Wedding Photos of Stairs

The following “Stairs” 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 “Stairs” 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.

Pre-wedding Lake Geneva couple photo-session in Switzerland on the stairs leading to the ocean

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

Udine stairs Aria di Foto sitting IT couple On location Cividale del Friuli

An elegant Paris wedding day portrait of the France bride and groom kissing down the stairs

Pierrick Roland kissing france bride and groom Ile-de-France stairs Paris Paris wedding

View this dramatic Alblasserdam City Hall wedding image showing The bride is walking up the stairs towards the wedding venue, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Netherlands from the WPJA

Alblasserdam City Hall Dramatic nl wedding photography bride stairs walking NL wedding image

An original Pyrenees-Orientales wedding art image at Mas del Ca detailing the bride walking down the stairs outside in the sunlight

Mas del Ca stairs Mas del Ca bride Pyrenees-Orientales Pyrenees Orientales wedding image sunlight

Outdoor Coimbra couple engagement photography portrait using the stairs to put the couple with the city behind

Coimbra couple engagement portrait Nuno Lopes couple graphic city Outdoor

View this graceful Talmont sur Gironde wedding image of The bride who climbs the stairs, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France from the WPJA

graceful Talmont sur Gironde wedding image of The bride who climbs the stairs, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France

Talmont sur Gironde weddings France climbs stairs graceful wedding photography Talmont sur Gironde

View this exquisite Sofia couples wedding portrait from overhead on the stairs, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Bulgaria

Sofia photographer wedding portrait shot from above Sofia couples stairs overhead wedding photography

A sophisticated Malaga wedding portrait of the Frigilana couple in Spain as the bride stands on the stairs in sunlight and the groom is silhouetted in front of a red door

sunlight Spain spain bride stairs stands red door

An elegant Oaxaca City wedding day portrait of the Mexico bride and groom at Hotel Sin Nombre entering a white building arch and heading down the stairs while holding hand

Sin Nombre weddings Hotel Sin Nombre entering Mexico bride and groom elegant Oaxaca City wedding portrait

Raiski Zaliv, Goliama Zheliazna, Bulgaria outdoor marriage award-winning image showing The Bride on her way to the Ceremony

trees bride Raiski Zaliv Bulgaria outdoor marriage stairs steps

View this grand Four Seasons Boston wedding pic in BW with Walking and posing, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Massachusetts from the WPJA

Four Seasons Boston wedding pic in BW with Walking and posing, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Massachusetts

overhead hotel Boston MA wedding photography Massachusetts walking bw

France marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing The mother preceded by the bride descending the stairs before leaving for the ceremony

stairs France preparation time bride descending ceremony

Villa Ambra, Tulenovo, Bulgaria marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the groom waiting for the bride to get ready

bride stairs Tulenovo Bulgaria Bulgaria bride and groom marriage preparation time groom waiting

Whitchurch, UK marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the father of the bride sees his daughter in her wedding dress

UK marriage UK wedding picture preparation time daughter father of the bride Whitchurch UK documentary wedding photographer

Annecy bride and groom to be, posturing for a France engagement image created in the sunshine shadows

shadows Patrick Lombaert sunshine Annecy FR stairs France

Meuse bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot for some France sunshine love

stairs France Meuse sunshine Meuse bride to be

Costa Rica bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture at the Atlantic Railroad station in San Jose while having fun on the stairs

Mauricio Urena playful Atlantic Railroad station San Jose CR Costa Rica Costa Rica bride to be stairs

Montmartre, Paris, France wedding couple artistic image session showing the Bride standing 3-4 steps down the stairs and laughing while the groom is jumping on top of the hill

France laughing stairs Jeremie Sangare standing top of the hill steps

Modern Zeche Zollverein Essen wedding portrait of the Germany bride and groom posing on industrial stairs

DE couple portrait Germany bride and groom Zeche Zollverein Essen wedding industrial posing Zeche Zollverein Essen Germany

Black and white Tarn wedding couple photography at the Chateau du Vergnet in South of France for a wedding portrait of the groom lying down a the bottom of the stairs and his bride standing up on the stairs

Tarn couple photography South of France France Tarn wedding Chateau du Vergnet venue lying down

Best wedding photography from Paris showing a pic of the Bride coming down the stairs in BW

bw Pierrick Roland black and white silhouette France Paris stairs

Lucca artful style wedding detail picture of the the bride walking up the stairs

Lucca stairs Donatella Barbera wedding detail picture artful style bride walking Lucca artistic details

Varapodio, Reggio Calabria wedding photographer contest award-winning image sample in BW showing the bride is ready to go to church

bride Calabria bw Southern Italian stairs reggio calabria wedding photographer

Chicago, IL couple e-session while they cuddle in their home

stairs IL couple home Chicago engagement Chicago cuddle Edward Ciesielski

Seaport, Boston couple e-session kissing with reflection in window

Boston bride to be reflection stairs seaport Boston couple session kissing Simi Rabinowitz

Vieux Lyon couple e-session with a loving hug on the steps

bw lyon engagement black and white bw portrait steps loving hug stairs

Vieux Lyon couple e-session in France with playfulness below the stairs during a love session in old Lyon

stairs France Lyon couple engagement love session playfulness Vieux Castille Alma

Zurich artful style wedding detail picture of the bride descending stairs with silhouettes of rats descending alongside

silhouettes Zurich wedding picture Zurich white rats descending Switzerland

True Love picture shoot at the Hotel Chalet Tirol in San Rafael de Heredia, Costa Rica showing a Couple laughing during their engagement session

stairs laugh San Rafael de Heredia Costa Rica picture shoot Costa Rica Costa Rica couple Mauricio Urena

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