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.

Switzerland artful style wedding detail picture of the brides foot as she steps into the hall

Ohio wedding photography showing A moment caught by timing and remembered forever

timing flower girl staircase OH bw stairs remembered

Ermita Virgen de la Cabeza, Cazorla, Spain portrait e-session above the steps in a lit archway

Cazorla photographer Spain couple portraits Ermita Virgen de la Cabeza Spain archway Cazorla

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

steps plaster Santa Cruz kissing sitting purple California

Rome environmental engagement e-session done early in the morning on the steps in the sunlight

Rome engagement e session morning sunlight Rome Italy steps Lazio

Brooklyn, New York City environmental engagement e-session of a moment of calm in the busy city.

NY photographer seated Casey Fatchett New York City sitting city Brooklyn

NYPL, NYC Fine Art Engagement Session with the couple Walking down the steps together

library architecture nyc NYC couple images staircasae New York Public Library

Luxembourg Fine Art Engagement Session at the Philharmony steps

Luxembourg Luxembourg engagement session low angle structure stairs kiss

Capbreton France Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style during an Engagement session on the beach

sand France engagement session ocean France beach water stairs

Val d'Orcia Fine Art Engagement Session for a couple in the city sitting On the stairs

streets city town Tuscany photographer Val dOrcia stairs

Castelnou Engagement couple session in small French medieval village

steps stone building stairway Castelnou French medieval village

San Francisco pre - wed image with a couple hanging onto love on the steep steps

stone steps red dress San Francisco SF engagement steps

Portopiccolo, Trieste, Italy urban pic shoot before the wedding day with the couple Walking down the stairs

city Trieste town Italy streets Portopiccolo wedding photographer

Guangzhou, Guangdong creative, fine art wedding photo of shoes and steps with yellow tones

creative shoes Jinqi Tan Guangdong steps Guangzhou Guangzhou fine art wedding

Central Park mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day using Lines and texture to create an artistic touch to the couple portrait

NY steps city nyc stairs urban

Sicily Church wedding photography of the bride coming up the steps for the ceremony with a large group of tourists watching

church watching ceremony tourists steps the Bride

Wedding photography from the steps of the City hall of Chapareillan, France with the Bride and groom under a rain of confetti at the end of the civil ceremony

City hall of Chapareillan confetti bride and groom steps France a rain wedding photo

Wedding photo from the steps of the Church of St Mary of the Assumption, Gavardo (Bs) showing the Throwing of confetti on the newlyweds

steps Bs newlyweds Gavardo church Throwing confetti

Florence, Tuscany artistic wedding photo from the Reception venue of the Bride and groom

Tuscany Tuscany Reception Venue artistic bride and groom steps stairs

DC Engagement portrait of a couple coming down the front steps in late afternoon light of the National City Christian Church in Washington DC

Washington DC pre wedding location Washington DC Brittany Diliberto Washington DC engagement session stairs late steps

Wedding image of Protestant Temple, Toulouse, France Guests by pair getting ready to get to the right place

Toulouse wedding photo coronavirus Toulouse Protestant Temple Toulouse wedding guests France

Puglia wedding photography showing the strong wind blowing the guests as they walk up steps

Puglia weddings walk Puglia wedding photo Wind blowing Puglia wedding image Puglia

Wedding dress hanging from a doorway at the Vila Široko, Šoštanj

steps Vila Široko Šoštanj Šoštanj fine art wedding picture wedding dress hanging Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević doorway

Indoor kids wedding photo from Chiesa delle Stimmate, Roma of the Flower Girls entering the Church

Rome church ceremony Roma kids Rome wedding photography steps girls

Engagement session with a couple sitting on the steps with their reflection on the water

engagement session sitting Venice engagement photos Venice e shoot reflection couple

University Campus Couple posed on steps in the afternoon sunlight

sunlight steps afternoon Georgia Tech University Campus posed

new orleans couple pose on the steps of a business as a street musician plays for them

a couple poses on the steps of a business as a street musician plays for them

plays street musician business New Orleans New Orleans e session steps New Orleans engagement images

engagement session at a college campus while the couple sits on steps

West Chester pa pre weddings PA couple PA elopements steps

engagement couple portrait with a round building and steps

couple China pre wedding portraits China e shoot round building Beijing China engagement photographer

Pre-wedding engagement on steps in gardens around Versailles

Pre-wedding engagement on steps in gardens shot from above

Versailles wedding photo from above Versailles shot Versailles wedding image steps Pre wedding engagements

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