Wedding Photos of Vertical format

The following “Vertical format” 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 “Vertical format” 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.

In Bellvue, Colorado, a couple of lovers hug and smile in the sunshine as they stand close together, surrounded by the beauty of nature, while posing for their engagement portraits.

A Sunlit Embrace: Bellvue, Colorado Couple Radiates Love and Happiness in Natural Setting

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At Harkness Park in Waterford, CT USA, a couple stands in a daffodil field, holding hands with lots of plants all around them. The photo is in black and white.

Black and White Engagement Portrait at Harkness Park, Waterford, CT USA Daffodil Field Bliss

black and white daffodil field park engagement Harkness Park holding hands vertical format Waterford CT Engagement Portrait

In Gorizia, Italy, a couple was sitting on a bench, cuddling and hugging under a large tree during sunset, with warm light illuminating the scene beautifully.

Gorizia, Italy: Romantic Couple's Sunset Cuddle Captured Perfectly Under Majestic Tree in Engagement Portrait

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At Magic Gardens in Philadelphia, a happy couple posed for engagement photos, smiling and laughing as a photographer captured their love before their wedding.

Smiling Couple in Philadelphia's Magic Gardens Capturing Love Before Wedding

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In Venice, Italy, a loving couple getting married poses for pictures by kissing off the beaten path while a gondola operator glides by in the background.

Romantic Kisses in Venice: A Gondola's Serenade for the Newlyweds-to-Be

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At the Botanical Gardens in Bath, the girl leans over and smiles with her man while laughing at his joke during their engagement portrait session.

Bath Botanical Gardens Engagement Portrait Session with Smiling Sweethearts

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At Samujana Thailand, the couple posed for an engagement portrait session, their silhouettes capturing the love and anticipation of their upcoming wedding, set against the sunset below the plant leaf art installation outside.

Silhouetted Couple at Samujana Thailand Embracing Anticipation for Their Wedding Sunset

Samujana Thailand leaf art silhouettes art installation vertical format sunset sky Thailand PreWedding Portrait

During their engagement portrait session in Downtown Kansas City, the couple found themselves in an alleyway, sharing an intimate embrace that perfectly captured their urban romance.

Urban Romance in Downtown Kansas City Engagement Portrait Session

Kansas City Engagement Portrait alleyway Downtown Kansas City intimate embrace Missouri vertical format urban romance

At St. Mark Square in Venice, Italy, a couple poses under the romantic arcade in sunset lighting for their engagement portraits before their upcoming wedding.

Romantic Sunset Stroll: Engaged Couple Captured Under St. Mark's Arcade in Venice, Italy

afternoon Light venice engagement portrait Italy romantic Arcade vertical format St Mark Square

Photographer captured a bride and groom at home in Pays Basque, France. A couple stands in front of an old rustic wooden and stone farm. Relive the beauty captured at this wedding.

Romantic Wedding Bliss: Bride and Groom Embrace in Historic Pays Basque Farm Setting

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At Orvis property in Manchester, Vermont during their engagement session, the couple paused for a cuddle, standing tall together under tall trees, sharing a tender and warm embrace.

Tall Trees, Tender Embrace: Engaged Couple Cuddles at Orvis Property in Vermont

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Walking hand in hand in the shallow waters at Praia de Itapuâ in Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, their love is beautifully captured in a minimalistic framing that exudes peace, tranquility, and pure romance as they prepare for their upcoming wedding.

Tranquil Waters: Love Blossoms in Minimalistic Frame at Praia de Itapuâ Engagement Portrait

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At the heart of a plant garden in Basque Country, France, a seated couple holds hands on a stone wall, sharing a tender and warm embrace before their upcoming wedding.

A Seated Couple Embraces in Basque Country Plant Garden for Engagement Portrait

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At Lac de la Gimone, France, the madly in love couple pose intimately, face to face, on the verge of a kiss, capturing their excitement before exchanging vows.

Engaged Couple Embraces at Lac de la Gimone, Moments Before Vows

Lake Gimone Haute-Garonne close shot vertical format Gers Face to face couple in love

At Lac de la Gimone in France, the soon-to-be-wed couple shared a tender and warm embrace while lying in the grass together during their engagement portrait session.

Romantic Lakeside Embrace: A French Engagement Portrait at Lac de la Gimone

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Venice, Italy provides a romantic backdrop for an engagement photoshoot at sunset. The couple stands embracing by the water’s edge, sharing big smiles in this vertical image.

Engagement Bliss by the Venetian Sunset

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In this enchanting engagement portrait, a couple in Old Town, Fort Collins, Colorado, pose under the twinkling market lights of downtown at night.

Enchanted Evening in Old Town: Engaged Couple Poses under Twinkling Market Lights in Downtown Fort Collins

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A couple poses for their engagement portrait against the backdrop of the iconic Bund in Shanghai, China. A pink "I DO" balloon adds a whimsical touch to the romantic scene.

Iconic Bund: Capturing Love with a Whimsical Touch

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In a romantic setting by the pool overlooking the ocean, a newly engaged couple holds each other closely, exuding relaxed energy during their portrait session.

Oceanfront Embrace: Newly Engaged Couple Radiating Serenity by the Pool

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A serene engagement portrait captures the essence of a newly engaged couple standing together in front of a tall, simple wall, radiating a peaceful and romantic vibe.

Capturing the Quiet Promise: A Serene Engagement Portrait Displaying Peaceful Togetherness in Front of a Simple Wall

French Riviera Nice Engagement Photography romantic portrait vertical format standing together

Three adorable flower girls in matching dresses stand in a row at a window in Bressingham Hall, Suffolk, England, watching guests arrive for a wedding ceremony.

Blooms of Innocence: Flower Girls at Bressingham Hall

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Romantic wedding portrait captured at a picturesque mountain lodge in Colorado. Stunning backdrop of a peak as a couple shares a tender gaze.

Peak of Love: A Romantic Wedding Portrait in the Colorado Mountains

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Set in the charming Beijing Wudaoying Hutong, this engagement photo captures the essence of champagne love with the couple close together holding a bottle with ring hands, exuding relaxed energy.

Champagne Love in the Beijing Hutong: A Toast to Forever

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A couple embraces in the warm winter sun in Beijing's Wudaoying Hutong, with urban buildings in the background. A romantic engagement portrait session.

Sunny Serenity: Embracing Love in Beijing's Wudaoying Hutong

Wudaoying Hutong China urban building Beijing framed in doorway vertical format Beijing PreWedding Portrait

In the picturesque town of Lunel-Viel, a couple shares stolen kisses in a park. He tenderly holds her face, in this romantic setting for their engagement portrait session.

Romantic Rendezvous: Stolen Kisses in Lunel-Viel Park

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Surrounded by lush nature at Mont Brouilly, the couple share a tender embrace in their wedding engagement portrait in the woods on a trail.

Enchanted Embrace: Couple Captured at Mont Brouilly for Pre-Wedding Portrait

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In the picturesque Jardín Eden, Tulum, Mexico, this stunning engagement portrait captures a couple's romantic session, locked in a passionate kiss and embrace within a cenote.

Eternal Love in Eden: A Romantic Cenote Kiss in Tulum

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A couple portrait taken by a Pittsburgh wedding photographer in Highland Park, PA. The serene session captures the couple enjoying the evening as the sun sets in the park. The image showcases a creative portrait session in privacy amidst nature.

EMBRACING DUSK: ENCHANTED HIGHLAND PARK PA, ENGAGEMENT PORTRAIT BY PITTSBURGH PHOTOGRAPHER

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Creative portrait of a couple snuggling in a field of flowers by a Reykjavik wedding photographer in Iceland - intimate posing, tight shot.

Love in Bloom: Couple Embrace in Reykjavik Field - Iceland Engagement Portrait

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A romantic and artistic couple engagement portrait captured by a Brazil wedding photographer at Lago Negro in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, showcasing the beauty of love in the lush tropical city.

EMBRACING LOVE: ENGAGEMENT PORTRAIT, LAGO NEGRO, GRAMADO, RIO GRANDE DO SUL

light fixture tropical setting vertical format Lago Negro black and white romantic Gramado engagement photographer

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