Wedding Photos of Steps

The following “Steps” 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 “Steps” 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.

Captured at the Old Town Hall Hotel in London, UK, this wedding photo showcases a joyful bride holding hands with her groom amid confetti on the Town Hall steps.

London Love Story: Bride and Groom Embrace Amongst Confetti on Town Hall Steps

Wedding photo taken at a castle in Gelderland, Netherlands, capturing a couple standing on the steps indoors.

Romantic Castle Wedding in Gelderland: Couple Stands on Steps in Dutch Castle

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A breathtaking night portrait of a stylish couple walking down the front steps of the Library of Congress in Washington DC on their wedding day. The elegant pair is beautifully illuminated by soft lighting, creating a romantic and memorable scene.

Romantic Night Portrait: Stylish Couple Descending Library of Congress Steps, Washington DC Wedding Day

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A beautiful detail shot was captured on the wedding day as the bride descends a staircase at her home venue in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, showcasing a delicate and intimate scene.

The Bride's Graceful Descent: A Stunning Detail at a Turin Home Venue in Italy

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An enchanting portrayal of a soon-to-be-wed couple in Mylapore, Chennai, India. They share a serene session on stoop steps by grand blue doors.

Mylapore Couple Portraits: Serenity and Soon-to-Be-Wed Smiles on Stoop Steps

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Engaging black and white lifestyle couple portrait taken in the town of Albi, France. The photo showcases the couple sitting on steps, framed symmetrically, amidst repeating lines, expertly captured by the photographer.

ALBI, FRANCE | Engaging Portrait: Symmetry, Lines and Black & White Glamour

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In Sofia, Bulgaria, a bride and groom have a playful session outside their wedding venue. The groom slides down a metal handrail while the bride stands beside him on concrete steps.

Joyful Moments: Sofia, Bulgaria Embraces Playful Love Outside Wedding Venue

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In Kerfany, Finistère, a wedding photographer captured this award-winning image of a couple joining hands on a cliff overhang. The dramatic Breton cloudy sky adds to the emotion of the scene.

Cliffside Love: A Breathtaking Wedding Moment in Kerfany, Finistère

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Sunny, pre-wedding engagement portrait of a couple embracing in a loving hug on the sun drenched steps by the water of the Grand Canal in Venice, captured by an artistic Venice wedding photographer.

Venice's Grand Canal Embrace: A Sun-Kissed Pre-Wedding Engagement captured by an Artistic Photographer

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In Washington, DC, a couple in love poses for an engagement photoshoot at the Lincoln Memorial. They stand at the center, ready to kiss, while the symmetrical building serves as a beautiful backdrop.

Love's Embrace at the Lincoln: A Stunning Engagement Portrait in Washington, DC

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In Mayenne, at the reception venue, the newlyweds receive advice from their grandmother, as captured in this heartwarming moment

Cherished Wisdom: Grandmother's Endearing Words Embraces Newlyweds in Mayenne

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The Baeza couple strikes a romantic pose as they dance on the steps of an old building, capturing the essence of their love in their engagement portrait

Capturing the Essence of Love: Baeza Couple's Romantic Engagement Portrait Dance

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A couple from Siena was seen dancing in front of the Duomo during their engagement shoot, capturing their joy and love for each other

Dancing Couple from Siena Express Their Joy and Love in Enchanting Engagement Shoot in Front of Duomo

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The couple walks down the ornate steps of a picturesque Italian archway in Udine, Italy, a stroll to be treasured in their engagement journey

Udine, Italy: A Stroll to Treasure - Couple's Engagement Journey on Ornate Archway Steps

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Artistic wedding portrait captured at La Torre Eventos in Martos, Jaen, Spain showcases the bride and groom standing on the steps, with the bride's veil gracefully flowing around them in black and white

Wedding portrait at La Torre Eventos in Martos, Jaen, Spain with bride & groom beautifully framed

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The couple posed happily for their engagement shoot in the scenic location of the former church in San Lorenzo, Venice

The couple smiled for their engagement shoot in San Lorenzo, Venice

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Urban wedding photo showcases guests walking down steps at Ashridge House in Hertfordshire, England, with a unique focus on beautiful, varied shoe colors.

Steps of Style: A Vibrant Journey at Ashridge House, Hertfordshire

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This loving couple had a beautiful and unique engagement photo session in the stone structures of Göreme, Nevsehir, Turkey, with the bride's long red dress gracefully flowing down the steps

The couple's romantic Göreme engagement portrait captured the bride's beauty, with her long red dress gracefully cascading down the ancient stone steps

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The Caprigliola-Massa couple happily posed for their save-the-date engagement portrait in an urban, concrete setting, sitting back to back on steps and smiling

Rome, Italy: Caprigliola-Massa Couple Engagement Portrait on Urban Steps

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In Brabant Wallon, Wallonie, a local fanfare girl is bringing balloons into the church for a special ceremony

A wedding photographer captured the local fanfare girl bringing balloons into the church

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On their special day, newlyweds were captured posing beneath a white umbrella with a glow emanating around them outside 2nd Bank of the US in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The newlyweds glowed beneath a white umbrella outside the big buildings on their wedding day

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A back-lit couple stands nose-to-nose in an intimate pose, capturing a lifestyle engagement portrait in front of Legislature Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a couple poses for a lifestyle engagement portrait in front of Legislature Building

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The couple in a lifestyle portrait session in Budaörs, looking into each other's eyes at the top of a long stretch of steps leading down to the village below

In Budaörs, the couple gazed into each other's eyes atop a long stairway during an outdoor engagement photoshoot

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The bride and groom shared a passionate kiss at the base of the steps in Île-de-France, Paris, surrounded by their guests

The bride and groom tenderly embraced and shared a loving kiss at the bottom of the stairs, as their friends and family surrounding

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As the couple exited the Cathedrale de Langres, they were showered on the sunlit steps by rice flying overhead

As they stepped out into the sun, the couple were celebrated with a flurry of rice raining down on them from above

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A couple sit on steps at Lincoln Park in Chicago, IL during a lifestyle portrait session

A high camera angle looking down captures a couple sitting on steps in a park for a lifestyle portrait

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The couple smiled and sat together on the stairs outside the Reception Hall in Vertou, Nantes

The couple posed for a portrait as they sat together on the steps outside the Reception Hall

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Vizcaya Miami Engagement Session at this historic property with stone walls and steps under a canopy of trees

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After the marriage proposal Metz engagement photography with the couple Just laughing and loving

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Best wedding photography from The Equinox Resort in Vermont created as the The grooms father spreads salt on the steps to prevent guests from slipping on the ice

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