Wedding Photos of Vintage feel

The following “Vintage feel” 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 “Vintage feel” 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 Corvallis, Montana, the bride gets into her wedding dress in a softly lit room, the black-and-white photo giving the moment a timeless, vintage feel.

Corvallis, Montana Wedding: Bride Dresses In Soft Light In A Timeless Black-And-White Photo

Capturing the essence of romance in Venice, Italy, this engagement portrait focuses on the intricate detail of the engagement ring, with profiled faces on the verge of a kiss. The high key, high contrast monochromatic tones exude a vintage feel.

Essence of Love: Venice Engagement Portrait with Intricate Details

verge of kiss Italy engagement ring high contrast close up vintage feel profiled faces

In a monochromatic portrait session in Rosemary Beach, Florida, the bride proudly displays her new engagement ring, evoking a vintage feel.

Elegance in Monochrome: Capturing the Moment in Rosemary Beach

Florida Engagement Photography Florida Rosemary Beach black and white portrait vintage feel monochromatic engagement ring

In Phalsbourg, France, a couple embracing and laughing, captured in a black and white portrait session with a vintage feel.

French Flair: Couple's Embrace Captured in Phalsbourg Pre-Wedding Portrait

Moselle black and white embracing brick building Phalsbourg Engagement Session laughing vintage feel

Wedding photo taken at the Groom's family home in Arbonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The photo features the couple playing with a Basque pediment and a projector, captured in black and white with a vintage feel.

GRAND ELEGANCE: Amorous Charm Unveiled in Arbonne's Timeless Family Estate

couple portrait grand elegance Arbonne family estate timeless bw vintage feel

The couple in Fleurance, Gers, France, nostalgically posed in front of the old train station's boarded up building, holding hands and reflecting on times gone past

The couple posed hand-in-hand in front of an old train station in the sunlight, creating a romantic, vintage feel for their engagement portrait

Fleurance Gers old train station vintage feel sunlight Gers engagement session

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