Wedding Photos of Stairway

The following “Stairway” 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 “Stairway” 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.

The groom and bride in her dress were beautifully captured in a portrait from above at the Villa Acquaroli in Carvico, Italy

A wedding photographer captured a beautiful portrait of the groom and bride from above on the stairs at a Villa

The loving couple danced along the cobblestone dock at Ile Saint-Louis, Paris, France, and made beautiful memories of their lifestyle engagement portrait session

The pro photographer captured the joy of the couple's engagement in a stunning portrait

Ile Saint Louis Paris Paris engagement session stairway waters edge arched bridge cobblestone dock

The couple strolled together down the stairs with a glowing sun radiating from behind them in their lifestyle engagement portrait session in Verona, Italy

In Verona, Italy, the sun radiated behind the couple walking down the stairs for their lifestyle portrait session

radiating sun descending stairs Italy Verona Lifestyle Engagement Portrait brick wall stairway Verona

Couple sitting at the top of some stairs in Denver, CO during engagement photoshoot

An engaged couple had a lifestyle session indoors with fancy chandeliers overhead while sitting at the top of the stairs

Denver engagement photography chandeliers sitting on stairs Denver stairway

The golden hue of the warm fall foliage provided the perfect backdrop for this intimate picture session of the embracing engaged couple

In Milan, an intimate picture session of the engaged couple was set against the golden hue of the warm fall foliage

sitting on steps golden hue warm fall foliage Milan Engagement Portrait Milan stairway

A North Cadbury, England wedding photographer has captured an idyllic scene of a bride and groom on a stairway, with reflections, illuminated by window lighting

North Cadbury Court stairways and reflections wedding photo of the bride

England reflections stairway uk bride UK Photographer North Cadbury Court

Before the ceremony in Pont Scorff, France, the bride and the groom are preparing together

The bride, seated on the couch, and the groom, coming down the stairs, shared a moment of anticipation before their wedding ceremony

France Brittany Morbihan photographer stairway Patrick Lombaert Pont Scorff Morbihan bride

Artistic London outdoor portrait shows a unique way this newly engaged couple is announcing their engagement in a picture of them looking at each other on a bridge of stairs

stairway bridge of stairs London London photographer

The bride and groom are illuminated by off-camera flash on the outdoor stairway of Airth Castle in Falkirk, Scotland

At Airth Castle in Falkirk, Scotland, the bride and groom are lit by off-camera flash on the outdoor stairway

off camera flash Scotland Couple stairway Airth Castle Falkirk Photographer Scotland Falkirk

After the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Mont Saint Helene in Normandy for a Couple kissing at top of the stairs in nature

Normandy Photographer top of stairs stairway France Charly Fromentin Normandy couple kissing

Rugby, UK based wedding and event photography at the Bourton Hall in BW of Bride walking down the stairs

bw wedding image walking downstairs Bourton Hall Emil Boczek Rugby Rugby Photographer United Kingdom

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session at the DC National Art Gallery for a couple heading down the stairs

Anastasiia Polyakov walking downstairs Washington DC stairway DC photographer National Art Gallery minimalism

The photographer at Playa Largo Resort, Key Largo, Florida scouted the lobby for a wedding photo, and decided to use the chandelier and the groom's shadow for an element

Key Largo, Florida photographer captures wedding photo with chandelier and groom's shadow

Playa Largo Resort Florida shadow chandelier hotel lobby stairway Key Largo

Manchester City Centre portrait e-session of couple sitting on the stairway to a door

Manchester portrait Manchester Philip Salisbury stairway Manchester couple door sitting

Paris Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait in BW of a couple walking down a huge set of stairs below a church

bw France Paris black and white stairs stairway Paris couple

Castelnou Engagement couple session in small French medieval village

Castelnou stairway stone building steps French medieval village

The High Line Park urban couple portrait on city stairway

stairs Casey Fatchett NY couple portrait urban city park stairway

Potrero Hill, San Francisco city skyline couple portrait looking out over the city while standing on a fire escape stairway

San Francisco standing looking out Tyler Vu city San Francisco couple portrait fire escape

France engagement photo shoot on concrete stairs with a Couple in Paris

stairway Ronan Jégaden sitting on stairs city FR concrete jungle Paris

Slovenia pre wedding and engagement photography of a couple on stairs with a dog in Volosko, Croatia, their Best friend

Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević volosko couple portraits posed couple dog volosko city engagement Volosko urban portrait

Bright sunlight couple engagement image from the Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal

bright sunlight Bhavna Barratt Sintra Pena Palace Palace stairway pre wedding location Portugal

Newly engaged couple pose for a portrait on the stairway of the San Jose City Hall Rotunda

Newly engaged couple pose for a portrait on the stairway of City Hall

portrait San Jose engagement photographer San Jose City hall engaged couple San Jose e shoot San Jose engagement photos

Bride and Father waiting to walk down the aisle

Oaxaca bride oaxaca wedding photographer stairway Oaxaca City father of the bride bride

Walt Disney Concert Hall Engagement Photo Session for a Couple in Los Angeles, California

Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles California stairway Los Angeles engagement photographers pre wedding session Los Angeles

Steinway Mansion Engagement Session - Photo of a Kiss on the stairs

stairway Queens engagement photo Indoor Portraits at home Steinway Mansion staircase Denis Gostev

St Katherine's Dock, London engagement photoshoot with a young couple.

Urban engagement photoshoot with a young couple necking on the stairs

St Katherines Dock London stairway London engagement photography kiss on neck young couple

Eaves hall wedding reportage photographer | Stair way to marriage for the bride

venue hall wedding reportage photography of the Stairway to marriage for the bride

venue hall marriage UK wedding reportage photography bw Eaves hall stairway Andy Griffiths

Wedding photographer in Arlington for Virginia engagement photography

engagement photography of a couple at the top of stairs

stairway virginia engagement photos Brittany Diliberto virginia engagement photographer virginia pre wedding portraits virginia e shoot Bee Two Sweet

Rio de Janeiro engagement photos from a high creative angle on a stairway

stairway Rio de Janeiro angle pre wed shoot location Brazil RJ Brazil engagement session

Black and white photo of the bride checking herself in a mirror downstairs as another woman gets ready upstairs by a Lower Saxony, Germany wedding photographer

black and white reflecting getting ready reflection mirror stair

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