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.

Engagement Portrait Session in Hong Kong - Photos on the brick steps with a couple in love

Engagement Portraits on the brick steps with a couple in love

Sofia Couple Portraits - Bulgarian National Library Engagement Photography - Image contains: steps, building, back, sitting, flags, concrete, pillars

Couple Portraits at the National Library for Engagement Photography

pillars concrete engagement photo Sofia Sofia pre wedding portraits sitting Sofia steps

Engagement Photos from Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts - Couple on steps at sunset

sunset Massachusetts Simi Rabinowitz steps Beacon Hill Boston couple

Bucharest Couple loving each other during the pre wedding photo session in the Appeal Court

urban environment urban portrait Bucharest Appeal Court city portraits Bucharest pre wedding portrait

DC National Gallery of Art Engagement Photo Session - A couple on the steps at night

Lights low light steps lighting Washington National Gallery of Art Kenneth Clapp

National Gallery of Art couple portrait on stairs

Lights DC Kenneth Clapp steps Washington low light night portrait

Couple sits on steps together for Manhattan New York Engagement Session

Couple sits on steps together for Engagement Session shot from a high angle

couple sits NY steps New York Engagement Session Manhattan nyc

On the wedding day in Istanbul, the bride was accompanied by her flowergirl as they climbed the stairs, her veil being carried by the toddler

A classic image of the bride with her flowergirl and veil was taken in Istanbul

girl steps istanbul bride veil Veil Carried bride veil train

Everyone waits in excitement before the bride arrives to the Flanders ceremony

picture of Everyone waiting in excitement before the bride arrives to the Flanders ceremony

Sven Soetens Flanders flanders wedding photographer Flanders Ceremony steps waiting for bride

A mysterious wedding photo in Romania into the step up of love

Romania couple Romania mysterious steps wedding photo romania weddings building

A Boulder bride's dress flows down the steps in an outdoor wedding photo

steps brides dress Outdoor wedding photo flows boulder Boulder bridal posing

Spiral stairs in blue are ideal for this Biscay pre-wedding portrait session

darkness prewedding image Biscay Monika Zaldo spiral stairs Blue Biscay prewedding portrait session Biscay

engagement photography at Santorini streets with painted white buildings and steps

engagement image Santorini buildings Santorini couple portrait shoot Santorini steps

Istanbul Turkey playful engagement portrait session in town with steps and a red dress

town Turkey engagement image Istanbul Istanbul couple portrait shoot red dress Erkin Agsaran Istanbul

Tropea bride and bridesmaids walking down the steps at the wedding

bride and bridesmaids in multi-colored dresses walking down the steps at the wedding

bride colorful Tropea bridesmaids steps

Prewedding photo session on stairs with umbrella by Hong Kong photographer

Prewedding photo session on stairs with umbrella by a Hong Kong photographer

Hong Kong Rico Tsui umbrella stairs hk steps

bride getting help walking down the steps

Aynhoe Park bride getting ready steps staircase England UK

chapel black and white flower petals arms steps dress

chapel veil church bride emotion stairs laughing

color black white detail priest tattoo

Atlanta Wedding Photographer | Image contains: ceremony, color, brideamaids, purple, flowers, boy

child purple kid dress bridesmaids stairs bridesmaid

NY couple getting confetti blast after church ceremony

black and white church steps bride groom rice

church chapel stone grass bouquet steps green

hairpiece steps bridesmaids flowergirl rose petals bouquet

Wedding Photographer | Image contains: iPads, bride, groom, ceremony

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steps bouquets groomsmen black and white flowers groom

Royal purple confetti rains down on the wedding couple as they move outside looking on top of the world in angled photo in Indonesia surrounded by joyful guests

purple flowers church steps color flower petals bride

bride black and white veil church steps bouquet

Tickled pink in a photo from Germany of a groom perched on outdoor cement steps with neon pink socks on display and a cheery pink wedding bouquet resting in the middle

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color steps church guests bride groom

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