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.

Epic Santa Cruz pre wedding portrait showing A warm kiss by the cold seashore

A romantic and sweet Rio de Janeiro engagement picture for a couple holding hands on a beach in Brazil

ocean Brazil Rio de Janeiro waves beach water

Scenic Fartura engagement picture at sunset with walking on water silhouettes

Fartura engagement beach silhouettes Brazil São Paulo Fartura

Scenic Lincoln Park, Chicago engagement photography created while A couple poses under a tree in Illinois

Chicago engagement photography water IL couple Illinois bride to be reflections tree Sarah Nader

Scenic Sirmione, Garda Lake pre wedding photo shoot in Italy for A smiling couple against the sunset

Garda Verona couple Garda Lake pre wedding photo wind Eastern Lombard smiling

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Istanbul of the bride and groom embracing and kissing by the water in BW

bw Istanbul bride and groom Istanbul water embracing kissing

A distinguished Turkey wedding image from a Bodrum couple photo session as the couple have a glass of wine together at sunset by the water

Turkey outdoors glass water Bodrum trees Bodrum couple session

World's most visionary and best wedding couple images from Frankfurt Roemer during Portraits at night by the water under the bridge

bridge Germany wedding images Frankfurt Romer weddings dusk water wedding Portraits at night

High quality Downtown Chicago wedding portrait session with this Illinois bride and groom on the boardwalk next to a handrail near the water with the city skyline behind it all

boardwalk water Illinois bride and groom Downtown Chicago city Chicago wedding portrait session

World's top and most original Zurich wedding drone photography of the couple pretending to run Together on the boat dock

Zurich Drone photography water couple boat dock docks Switzerland

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Ruderclub Germania showing the Bridal couple relaxes before the wedding ceremony

dock before ceremony dusseldorf wedding couple Patrycja Janik dusseldorf portrait images couple relaxes dusseldorf

Cloudland Canyon State Park, GA pre-wedding engagement session capturing the water bokeh in BW at the Waterfall

GA engagement session Cloudland Canyon State Park bokeh waterfall Shannon Cain Georgia wedding photography bw

World's top and most original Glacier, MT wedding portrait photography of a couple lit at dusy overlooking the water

World's top and most original Glacier, MT wedding portrait photography of a couple lit at dusk overlooking the water

lit MT couple MT wedding Montana dusk glacier

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Switzerland during Sunset by the water with a light and dramatic clouds

Sky light Switzerland weddings sunset Mischa Baettig Zurich wedding couple portraits Switzerland

Forest Lake pre-wedding engagement photoshoot for a couple who paddle across a lake

Colorado adventure engagement water co pre wedding mountain engagement canoe paddle Lucy Schultz

Szeged, Hungary playful engagement image near a local river with a young couple

Szilveszter Szabados Hungary photographer path Hungary wedding photography river HU engagement image water

Holt-Maros Sétány, Szeged, Hungary pre-wedding engagement picture taken near one of the local rivers

sunset Hungary engagement picture Hungary Szilveszter Szabados rivers bridge Szeged wedding photography

Torrevieja pre-wedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple walking through the salt lake

walking Torrevieja wedding photographer Torrevieja Spain Torrevieja couple nature

World's most innovative and best Raiski Zaliv, Troyan, Bulgaria wedding day portrait of the couple in the beautiful summer sunset

Bulgaria dock summer Troyan bride and groom mist Bulgaria wedding portrait water

A pre-wedding Wollaton Park, Nottingham engagement session with a couple embrace and a kiss

Wollaton Park water Nottingham kiss Nottingham couple Nottingham wedding photography Nottingham engagement session

A top Illinois wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Chicago hotel overlooking the water and city skyline as the bride is geting ready

skyline Illinois wedding photojournalism bride IL bride Chicago hotel wedding Illinois overlooking

View this important moment in Hyderabad wedding picture of The brides reaction caught in the moment as water is being splashed on her by her family and friends during her Mangalsnanam ceremony

Mangalsnanam ceremony Mohamed Jameer friends Hyderabad wedding photographer splashing water splashed water

A India documentary-style wedding image showing a moment during an Event of the Groom Shower, a Traditional Ritual in a South Indian Wedding where the groom or the bride are splashed with water on their prewedding ritual ceremony

An India documentary style wedding image showing a moment during an Event of the Groom Shower, a Traditional Ritual in a South Indian Wedding where the groom or the bride are splashed with water on their prewedding ritual ceremony

Traditional Ritual South Indian Wedding splashed groom Sougata Mishra event ceremony

A pre wedding session in Montpellier, France highlighting the fun that they are having together sitting on the dock at a quiet and still lake

sitting lake dock Montpellier water quiet

Magny Cours couple pre wed portrait of a couple that was truly enjoying themselves soaking in water

Magny Cours couple Magny Cours Magny Cours pre wed portrait bath water pool

Bourges fun-loving couple modeling for a pre-wedding session of them reflected in a puddle of water in front of them

A Bourges fun couple modeling for a prewedding session of them reflected in a puddle of water in front of them

modeling water puddle Bourges reflected Bourges prewedding session

A top Nevada wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Zephyr Cove wedding location at Logan Shoals showcasing the bride and groom holding hands during their ceremony

NV bride and groom outdoor ceremony Nevada nature Logan Shoals elopement Nevada wedding photojournalism

Vogel State Park couple prewed portrait of a couple that was truly enjoying themselves during a walk beside the lake

Georgia engagement session water Georgia walking walk Georgia couple portraits Union County

Vogel State Park picture session for a carefree engaged couple that is evident as they kiss beside the lake

engagement session Georgia kiss reflections fall colors Vogel State Park Georgia GA pre wedding State Park

San Francisco prewedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple as they embrace on the beach with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

San Francisco prewedding beach sand California couple CA engagement session Kate Hampson embrace

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