Wedding Photos of Urban portrait

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.

A Campos do Jordão city night portrait with a SP couple under the trees filled with lights

Pre wedding Engagement portrait for a couple standing in San Mark square

urban portrait San Mark Square Venice photographer Venice

A couple is running behind lot of bicycles in the center of Lyon

center of Lyon Lyon urban portrait bicycles Lyon photographer

A Denver wedding photographer captured a romantic portrait session of a newlywed couple as they are about to kiss against a glowing sunset backdrop

Denver, CO, wedding portrait of the couple posing in the city during the sunset at the Mile High Station

denver photographer Colorado urban portrait Denver Mile High Station Bonnie Sizer sunset portrait

A Germany wedding photographer captured the romantic image of a bride and groom holding hands, with the bride walking atop a city wall, elevated above her husband

Düsseldorf wedding couple Portraits in the middle of the big city

dusseldorf brick building Patrycja Janik Dusseldorf Wedding Day Portrait urban portrait sunset portrait Dusseldorf Photographer

A Paris wedding photographer captured the unique moment of a bride and groom acting out their new roles on the streets

Paris, France couple picture of the bride and groom on the streets of Montmartre

Montmartre France urban portrait Paris photographer Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne Paris

An Illinois-based wedding photographer boldly captured a strong black-and-white image of a bride under an arching bridge

chicago downtown bride portraits under the arching bridge iron

urban portrait Chicago Downtown Chicago iron bridge arching bridge Chicago photographer

A couple from Brescia City stop for an urban kiss after a walk in the city

Brescia urban portrait urban kiss Lucio Zogno Brescia Photographer

An wedding photographer captured this London Couple during an urban Portrait session on the busy streets

passerby pedestrians London London photographer busy street Chaiyasith Junjuerdee urban portrait

Denver, Colorado couple stands in front of a fountain for a formal picture session

Denver formal attire Colorado denver photographer Mark Creery urban portrait fountain

Singapore couple on a mobile staircase

mobile staircase Singapore photographer Singapore Little India Singapore Charles Sng urban portrait

French engagement session in Paris with urban sunshine and sunglasses

French couple in Paris with urban sunshine and sunglasses

French photographer France Paris urban portrait Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne

dario moreno street, izmir, turkey pre wedding photography in the urban streets with a mural with a bold eye

Izmir couple pose on the urban streets with an eye mural

wall art mural İzmir Turkey Dario Moreno Street urban street urban portrait

In all black formal clothing, a couple walks Oxford Street, London for an urban portrait

In all black formal clothing, a couple walks down the street in London

formal wear London London photographer Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Black clothing urban portrait Oxford Street

The groom held onto the post with a clock at the top, a fitting backdrop for their romantic portrait in the heart of Vidin, Bulgaria

A Vidin, Bulgaria groom holding post with clock at top, romantic couple portrait backdrop

clock low angle urban portrait Vidin Photographer Bulgaria Vidin

San Francisco nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a couple enjoying some Romance in the city at night

San Francisco photographer San Francisco romance in the city urban portrait

Agen lifestyle engagement photography of a couple in France seated and kissing on an urban bench in a spotlight of sunlight

Agen Photographer spotlight of sunlight urban portrait Agen France couple sitting

An Agen, on location couple lifestyle portrait in France of two engaged lovers embracing in the urban sunlight

Agen France embracing engaged lovers Agen Photographer sunlight

An urban La Crosse lifestyle couples shoot on location in Wisconsin outside garage door

glass reflection La Crosse outside garage Jeff Wiswell urban portrait Wisconsin Wisconsin Photographer

urban portrait the brides in the streets

urban portrait West Village NY NYC photographer standing in street New York City - Metro

Valladolid engagement announcement couple photo session in front of an old business door at Calzada de los Frailes in Yucatan, MX

Yucatan Photographer Valladolid MX Calzada de los Frailes urban portrait Mexico Yucatan

Fun San Jose engagement announcement picture with a CA sunset twirl during some dancing fun

California - Northern dancing fun Tyler Vu couple dancing urban portrait sunset portrait San Jose photographer

Lisbon engagement announcement couple photo session for the Man and woman on the stairs

urban portrait Lisbon photographer Lisbon Portugal

Downtown Chicago engagement photography portfolio image with an Illinois couple walking along the river walk in downtown

Chicago photographer reflections Illinois couple Sarah Nader Chicago Riverwalk urban portrait Illinois

Lorient engagement announcement couple photo session in Brittany, France showing Lines and love in an urban, BW scene

France Brittany photographer Brittany bw portrait Lorient Elodie Gentit urban portrait

Gantry Plaza State Park engagement photography portfolio image with a NYC couple looking over the water with the city buildings behind them

city buildings New York City - Metro NYC photographer NYC couple Gantry Plaza State Park urban portrait

Bangkok casual engagement announcement photo idea using urban sunlight and shadows

sunlight and shadows Bangkok photographer Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Bangkok urban portrait

London engagement announcement couple photo session on Brick Lane for a BW Urban Streets Couple Portrait

Chaiyasith Junjuerdee bw portrait London Brick Lane urban portrait London photographer

A London couple posing for an urban engagement announcement shot on Oxford Street with crowds of people in the background

crowds of people urban portrait London photographer Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Oxford Street London

Ultra-cute London engaged couple posing during a picture session for announcing their Covent Garden engagement with some fun Ice Cream Time walking in the streets

Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Covent Garden London walking in streets urban portrait London photographer ice cream

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