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The following “Urban portrait” 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 “Urban portrait” 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.

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The couple embraced in the sunlight of Lyon, France beneath a sign reading "studio photo" for their pre-wedding portrait
In Lyon, France, the couple posed for their pre-wedding portrait beneath a Studio Photo sign
Studio Photo SignLyonurban portraitLyon engagement photographer
The engaged couple can be seen passionately embracing in the middle of a street in Lyon, France, with the sun illuminating them from behind and tall buildings on either side
In Lyon, France, the sun illuminates an embracing engaged couple in the middle of the street during a lifestyle portrait session
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The engaged couple happily shared a kiss in Lyon, France, over a row of bicycles parked on the sidewalk
In Lyon, France, the engaged couple kissed amid a row of bicycles on the sidewalk
Lyonurban portraitsharing a kisssidewalkLyon engagement photographybicycles
The couple posed in an urban setting before a Street Art Love mural for a lifestyle engagement portrait in Bourges
In Bourges, France, the couple posed for a lifestyle engagement portrait in front of a street mural
street muralBourgesBourges engagement photographycolorful backdropwall muralstreet artFrance
The engaged couple, with their beautiful eyes, tenderly embrace in the city of Dallas, TX, for a pre-wedding portrait, facing the camera
The couple tenderly embrace in Dallas, TX for a pre-wedding portrait
facing cameracityDallas-Fort Worthurban portraitDallas Engagement Photographer
The couple can be seen embracing and kissing atop the Constellation sculpture by Santiago Calatrava in River Point Park, Chicago, Illinois in a lifestyle engagement portrait
Chicago, IL: Couple embracing atop Constellation sculpture in River Point Park
Chicago skylineSantiago Calatrava SculptureRiver Point ParkChicagoChicago Lifestyle Engagement PhotographyConstellation Sculptureurban portrait
Random street spot for a prewedding photo in a Los Angeles Street
A silhouetted bride and groom-to-be stand at a city crosswalk, basking in the shade of a nearby building
bw portraitLA StreetLos AngelessilhouettecityLos Angeles engagement photographyintersection
A couple is kissing in the West Village of New York City with buildings reflected in the glass behind them in a lifestyle portrait
The soon-to-be-married couple are sharing a kiss, with the city's buildings reflected in the glass behind them
New York engagement photographerNew York City - Metrosharing a kissWest Villagereflected glassurban portrait
The couple stand together against a piece of street art, the colours echoing the dress Amy chose to get married in at Belfast City Centre, Northern Ireland
The vibrant hues of the brides's attire harmonize with a nearby wall mural in the cityscape
Belfast City CentreBelfast photographerNorthern Irelandstreet artwall muralVictoria Squarecityscape
The bride and groom posed for their portraits in the streets of downtown Chicago, with tall buildings in the background and the bride's veil blowing in the wind towards the sky
The bride and groom posed for their lit portraits in the cityscape to capture its beauty
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France couple is kissing with romance between buildings of Toulouse
A black and white photo of an engaged couple about to kiss in an urban street setting with a tilted camera angle is captured during a lifestyle session
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A couple standing on a street corner in Cukurcuma, Istanbul, Turkey in front of a historic building, with the woman dressed in a red dress, were photographed during an engaged couple lifestyle session
A prewedding portrait session featuring a couple dressed in formal clothing and standing on a street corner with a historic building in an urban city
Istanbulstreet cornerCukurcumaurban portraitformal clothingTurkeyCukurcuma Engagement Photographer
A couple was photographed in a Kansas City parking garage doorway with the skyline in the background
A couple posed for a lifestyle engagement portrait in front of a parking garage doorway with the skyline in the background
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A lifestyle portrait of an engaged couple in front of a wall with a graffiti-style painting in Chicago
A couple posed for a lifestyle engagement portrait in front of a graffiti-style art wall
urban portraitgraffiti artChicagowall muralChicago engagement photographer
During their engagement session, the Paris couple went for a walk on the ballad of old Parisian rails, a very romantic place
The couple had a romantic lifestyle engagement portrait taken while walking on old tracks
ParisParis engagement photographerOld Parisian Railsbirdsurban portraitold tracks
The bride's veil is kissed by the wind, adding a romantic touch to the urban skyline portrait at Chicago Riverwalk
The bride's veil is lifted by the wind, creating a romantic atmosphere in the urban landscape
Chicago Riverwalkwindurban portraiturban skylineChicago skylineveilChicago
This couple marked their engagement with a romantic photo shoot at the rustic 'Timeout Market', a popular city brick building
This couple's engagement picture at the Brooklyn New York 'Timeout Market' captures a timeless moment in the rustic charm of the city
red brick buildingurban portraitBrooklynTimeout MarketBrooklyn engagement sessionNew York City - Metrorustic portrait
A young couple posed atop a sun-drenched parking garage roof with a blue sports car, creating a unique engagement photo
Engagement picture in San Jose, CA captures couple posing with a blue sports car on a concrete parking garage roof with sunlight shining
urban portraitblue sports carsunlightSan Jose engagement sessionSan Joseconcrete parking garageCalifornia - Northern
The couple said their love was forever as they sealed it with a kiss during an urban-style engagement photoshoot with a subway setting
The loving couple ascend a San Francisco subway, embracing in a tender kiss for their BW engagement picture
tender kissurban portraitSF subwaySan Franciscobw portraitSan Francisco e shoot
The looming Williamsburg water tower creates an eclectic backdrop for engagement portraits amidst the vibrant street art
This engagement portrait features a looming water tower as an eclectic backdrop, surrounded by vibrant street art and adding a unique touch to the image
urban portraitWilliamsburgvibrant street artWilliamsburg Engagement Portrait
BW portraits from Bourges, In the streets during a pre wedding photoshoot
BW portraits from Bourges, In the streets during a pre wedding photoshoot
BourgesBourges Photographerurban portraitCherbw portrait
A Collioure couple laughing on stairs during an urban BW portrait session
couple laughing on stairs during an urban BW portrait session
Colliourebw portraitcouple laughingurban portraitsitting on stairsCollioure Photographer
Urban portraits for a couple from Rio de Janeiro posing on stairs of a brick building in Brazil
Urban portraits for a couple from Rio de Janeiro posing on stairs of a brick building
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An urban Agen, France pre wedding photo with a couple posing by a painted wall mural
An urban Agen, France pre wedding photo with a couple posing by a painted wall mural
silhouetteurban portraitmural artAgen PhotographerFrancewall mural
The couple stand amongst a bustling crowd, captured with motion blur to emphasis movement at the Shambles, York
couple stand amongst a bustling crowd, captured with motion blur to emphasis movement
motion blurYork photographerShamblesurban portraitYorkbustling crowd
A Lodz, Poland couple are walking the urban streets of the red city
The couple are walking the urban streets of the red city
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An urban industrial portrait in Lodz Poland for a couple getting married soon
An urban industrial portrait for a couple getting married soon
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Urban industrial portrait from Lodz, Poland of the Kissing couple near a wall of graffiti
Urban industrial portrait of the Kissing couple near a wall of graffiti
Polandurban industrialurban graffiti wallurban portraitLodzkissing couple
An urban bench portrait for an engaged couple on the streets of Agen, France
An urban bench portrait for an engaged couple on the streets of Agen, France
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A wedding photographer from France captured this kissing Bordeaux couple in the streets of the city
A wedding photographer from France captured this kissing Bordeaux couple in the streets of the city
Bordeaux photographerFranceBordeauxcouple kissingurban portraitstreet

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