Wedding Photos of Water

The following “Water” 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 “Water” 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.

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico on a short pier over the water at sunset

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in Montpellier with a couple kissing on a boat by the water

couple kissing Montpellier water boat Montpellier photographer

A Maceio lifestyle couple photo session at the water showing some tenderness at the beach

Maceió wind Renner Boldrino trees Maceió picture session water Maceio lifestyle couple photo

An Aracaju couple poses during a Sergipe lifestyle portrait photography beach session as they are reflecting in the water mirror

water Sergipe beach session Sergipe lifestyle portrait photography Aracaju Renner Boldrino mirror poses

St Petersburg couples portrait lifestyle sessions with some Rockside Chatter on the ocean jetty

sea water ocean St Petersburg couple portrait sunshine beach St. Petersburg

Pleneuf Val Andre couples outdoor portrait lifestyle sessions in France of the engaged pair jumping above the sea and silhouetted against the water and sky

silhouetted water Brittany outdoor portrait sea Brittany lifestyle session France engaged couple jumping Brittany

Pleneuf Van Andre lifestyle portrait photography for a Côtes-d'Armor couple who are engaged and enjoying the wind at the beach overlook with a view of the water

French couple photography Côtes-d'Armor France beach Brittany Pleneuf Van Andre lifestyle portrait French engagement

Sintra couples lifestyle portrait photography by the water in Lisbon, Portugal as the two are playing and jumping on the rocks by the water with their reflections below

playing Sintra couples lifestyle Lisbon portugal couple reflections Portugal water

A Banff couple poses during a Alberta lifestyle portrait mountain photography session during a Sunrise engagement shoot in AB

A Banff couple poses during an Alberta lifestyle portrait mountain photography session during a Sunrise engagement shoot in AB

Banff photography session trees AB pre wedding Sunrise engagement shoot water Alberta mountain

Moraine Lake couples portraits lifestyle session in Alberta, Canada with the lovers seated on a rock above the water in the mountains

seated lifestyle session Alberta Moraine Lake Moraine Lake couples Canada couple session lovers

An Istanbul couple poses at the Galata Bridge for a urban lifestyle portrait photography session above the harbor water

An Istanbul couple poses at the Galata Bridge for an urban lifestyle portrait photography session above the harbor water

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Istanbul couples portraits lifestyle session at the Galata Bridge with a lit dancing dip against the blue sky over the water

Istanbul water Turkey lifestyle session blue sky dip Galata Bridge

Penedo lifestyle portrait photography in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a Couple lying in sync with the boats

drone Brazil Couple Brazil drone portraits water dock boats

Bairro de Jaraguá couples portrait lifestyle session in Brazil while Framing the couple in the middle of the skeleton of a vessel

lifestyle session Brazil Brazil Couple Bairro de Jaraguá Fabio Melo vessel water skeleton

Italy black and white couples portrait lifestyle session at Ravenna Wild Beach with some soft kisses in the water

Italy couple portrait Ravenna Caterina Errani black and white water IT lifestyle session beach

Bulgaria lifestyle couples portraits session in Chernomorets showing the beach sunset belongs to them

Bulgaria lifestyle couple Black Sea coast Bulgaria ocean sunset ring water

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden lifestyle portrait photography for a North Carolina couple who are engaged and enjoying running on the path under the water fountain streams in the park

North Carolina couple Daniel Stowe park streams fountain garden Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Botanical

Vogel State Park lifestyle couples photography in Georgia with the duo holding hands by the water with mountain reflections

water GA couple photography Georgia Georgia lifestyle session Vogel State Park mountain holding hands

A Pennsylvania couple poses during a Caledonia State Park lifestyle portrait photography session as they are silhouetted against the water with the sky reflected below

Caledonia State Park lifestyle portrait Caledonia photography session pose Caledonia State Park Scott Josuweit reflected

Brown Mountain Beach Resort lifestyle portrait photography in Lenoir for a North Carolina couple who are engaged and standing near the water with two geese

North Carolina North Carolina couple Lenoir Brown Mountain Beach Resort Brown Mountain beach

Fairmount Water Works lifestyle photography in Philadelphia, Pennsylania showing the Reflection of an engagement couple

Philadelphia Fairmount Water Works John Ryan Pennsylania couple Fairmount Pennsylvania lifestyle photography Philadelphia

Philadelphia winter lifestyle portrait photography at Fairmount Water Works for a Pennsylvania couple who are engaged and loving the winter snow at dusk

Philadelphia couple trees winter Winter snow Pennsylvania dusk Fairmount Water Works

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this adventurous portrait of a Fort Collins couple depicting the couple embracing in the mountain view

Fort Collins Colorado co couple embracing Fort Collins couple colorado wedding photographer mountains

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this Fort Collins couple illustrating the couple sitting on a branch close to a river

Colorado couple Fort Collins couple colorado wedding photographer Fort Collins water Mark Creery branch

An Alagoas Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, adventurous portrait of this Maceio couple at a beach during the sunrise

waves Renner Boldrino sunrise Maceió couple Alagoas water beach

A Italian Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this Trieste couple at Portopiccolo Sistiana depicting them standing in the sunset at a beach

Trieste couple ocean standing Portopiccolo Sistiana beach water

A Germany Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this Witten couple embraced in the lake

Germany wedding Germany engagement photographer Germany Witten Witten couple water

A Rio de Janeiro Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this Rio das Ostras couple embracing at a beach

Rio das Ostras couple pier water beach ocean Rio de Janeiro engagement photographer

A Venice Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, seaside portrait of this San Giorgio Island couple sitting near a landmark

landmark sitting San Giorgio Island San Giorgio Island couple seaside water

An Italy Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative portrait of this Mantova couple taking a kissing selfie by water at Borghetto sul Mincio

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