Wedding Photos of Urban

The following “Urban” 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” 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.

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot at the Calle Recreo in San Miguel de Allende of a couple with The intention to capture the church in the background with a fun dancing pose

PR True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Cascavel showing a couple can have love anywhere

parking lot sunset Heloisa Todescatt Cascavel couple city PR PreWedding Portrait Session streets

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Paris showing a couple in the streets of France

Paris couple urban Tatyana Chohadjieva bikes Paris PreWedding street France

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Paris illustrating a couple in an urban metro train subway setting

Paris couple Ronan Jégaden slow shutter metro train Paris subway Paris PreWedding Portrait

Napoli True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Naples showing a couple enjoying the urban city sunshine

shadows Naples Napoli PreWedding Portrait graffiti Naples couple sunshine

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Naples showing a couple in an urban concrete parking structure

city car park urban Naples Naples Engagement Portrait Naples couple

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the Columbia University in New York City displaying a couple sitting on The bench where they met

city urban New York City sitting Casey Fatchett Columbia University park NY

CA True Love pre wedding Photoshoot on Potrero Hill in San Francisco of a couple with a Lady in harsh red

Potrero Hill skyline city harsh urban lady blue sky

Brno portrait e-session during the evening on the train station

clouds dusk Brno photographer Brno portrait Train station evening

San Francisco environmental engagement e-session with a Juxtaposition of holding hands couple in the city

streets Juxtaposition SF couple reflections windows glass San Francisco portrait e shoot

Old Montreal, Canada environmental engagement e-session with the couple holding hands in the city

Old Montreal photographer Canada concrete urban Canada engagement e session Montreal couple

Downtown Chicago environmental engagement e-session while a Couple kisses in a dipping pose during golden hour

Downtown Chicago IL couple buildings Downtown Engagement IL urban

Illinois wedding photographer created this image of the Groom holding bride as they trudge through the winter snow back to their apartment for their reception

urban streets illinois wedding photographer apartment winter groom

São Paulo, Brazil portrait e-session with urban dark tones

dark tones Night sitting São Paulo e session urban Brazil portrait

Dalat portrait e-session in the evening overlooking the city

evening urban Nien Truong Vietnam dusk Dalat evening portraits

Manchester City Centre portrait e-session of couple sitting on the stairway to a door

urban Manchester portrait sitting Philip Salisbury Manchester Manchester City Centre door

Manchester City Centre environmental engagement e-session in black and white

streets black and white Manchester bw city Manchester City Centre Philip Salisbury

Los Angeles environmental engagement e-session of couple getting cozy in the Arts District

Los Angeles arts district streets LA couple LA engagement red wall S CA photographer

Downtown Houston environmental engagement e-session

sunlight Downtown Texas couple Houston urban city Jill Goehring

Siracusa environmental engagement e-session of couple hugging

Sicily hugging Siracusa engagement Italy couple Sicily photographer Siracusa

Paris portrait e-session on a set of stairs with art murals behind them on the wall

Paris wall art murals urban paris engagement image city

SoHo, Manhattan, New York City environmental engagement e-session of a couple surrounded with graffiti

Manhattan couple New York City photographer SoHo urban Casey Fatchett nyc engagement

Cleveland on-location portrait e-shoot with reflected light on glass wall

Ohio glass wall reflected Cleveland couple portrait city sunlight

La Salle Bridge, Chicago Illinois Pre Wedding Fine Art Style Photoshoot with a couple walking in the street

Chicago engagement urban couple walking Chicago Illinois La Salle Bridge city street

San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Photos with some Slow dancing by the pier in the evening

darkness evening San Francisco couple Lights Night urban

Capitol Hill Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait in DC while The couple is looking at the bride's ring

Capitol Hill city ring DC couple housing Washington DC

Ho Chi Minh Artful Engagement Picture showing how In the middle of the crowded city they found each other

Huy Che Hoang town evening Lights Night Ho Chi Minh urban

Piazza dei Miracoli Pre Wedding Photoshoot w Fine Art Style at the the location of Piazza dei Miracoli with the background of the Leaning Tower was perfect for a kiss

Leaning Tower streets town Piazza dei Miracoli city urban

Paris Montmartre Fine Art Pre Wedding Portraits while walking through town past La Maison Rose

holding hands La Maison Rose city Henri Deroche urban Paris couple couple walking

Decatur Square Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait in Georgia with a Playful couple leaning

Georgia Decatur Square town city decatur couple urban

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