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.

Palatéia pre-wedding portrait-session with the the couple in a wooden boat just before heading to the final destination for the rehearsal photos

BW pre-wedding photo-session in Cividale del Friuli, Udine, Italy of a Couple in love by the water

Udine Udine Couple in love Italy water Cividale del Friuli Udine photographer

Pre-wedding engagement image-session in Karakoy, Istanbul near the edge of the water by the boats while showing off their formal attire and her red dress

formal attire karakoy Istanbul Karakoy engagement image water

Pre-wedding engagement image-session in Noirmoutier, France with the couple embracing in the wind by the water under the clouds

Noirmoutier couple Noirmoutier FR Pre wedding image clouds France Patrick Lombaert water

Pre-wedding engagement image-session in Mártély, Hungary resulting in beautiful Photo of a lovely couple

Mártély Pre wedding image water Hungary Martely Hungary couple session lake dock

Castanet pre-wedding engagement image-session in France with the couple sitting on a wood dock At the waters edge near a boat

Nautical France engagement image session France wood Dock couple sitting waters edge

Pre-wedding portrait-session at Olive Park, Chicago as the Couple kisses with the IL skyline at sunset behind them

Olive Park Chicago photographer sunset IL pre wedding portrait IL skyline water

Pre-wedding Capodimonte couple portrait-session at Bolsana Lake while The couple is sitting on the pebble beach

beach water couple sitting Bolsana Lake Capodimonte couple portrait Capodimonte Pre wedding

Pre-wedding photo-session in Duluth, Minnesota by the water as the Couple skips rocks

water Duluth couple portrait Duluth Pre wedding photo beach splash

Pre-wedding engagement image-session at the Mediterranean Sea, Wild Beach, Ravenna with a candid kiss in the sea at sunrise

swimming Caterina Errani submerged Ravenna Pre wedding image ocean water Mediterranean sea

Black and white pre-wedding photo-session at Perpignan beach in France with the couple Dancing in the sea

Perpignan Perpignan beach prewedding photo dancing bw black and white

Pre-wedding Arraial do Cabo couple photo-session in Rio de Janeiro with crashing waves on the rocks by the ocean behind them

Arraial do Cabo couple photo sea Arraial do Cabo ocean crashing waves Rio de Janeiro wave

Pre-wedding Mártély couple portrait-session in Hungary with the groom to be kneeling on the wooden boat dock and presenting an engagement ring

bw wooden Hungar boat dock Szilveszter Szabados water groom to be

Pre-wedding Montpellier couple photo-session while sitting by the water on a boat dock made from wood

boat boats water Montpellier dock Montpellier couple photo session sunset

Pre-wedding Singapore couple engagement image-session at the Lower Pierce Reservoir as they pose with sparklers

Timothy Sim Singapore couple dusk sparklers water sunset Lower Pierce Reservoir

Waterbury pre-wedding portrait-session on Mount Hunger, Vermont with a water reflection and an embrace

Vermont VT couple Oliver Parini Mount Hunger water mountains Waterbury

Venice pre-wedding engagement image-session resulting in a portrait of a couple in a scenic venetian location at dusk

dusk portrait venetian Venice engagement image water lamp post

Pre-wedding engagement image-session in Venice, Italy for a couple kissing in Venice across docked gondolas

boats Venice engagement image gondolas Italy water Venice

San Jose CR Couple kissing in the middle of a river inside the Tabacon Hot Springs Resort during their engagement session

san jose couple kissing water river CR weddings Photo by MAUG engagement session

View this ornamental Budapest wedding image of ring blessings, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Mátyás templom from the WPJA

Budapest photographer water wedding photography Mátyás templom ceremony Budapest wedding image ring blessings

A creative Primorsko wedding detail picture in Bulgaria showing the Bridal dress getting dirty at the shore of the beach

shore dirty Primorsko wedding picture bridal dress beach sand Primorsko

Outdoor Adirondack Park, New York couple engagement photography portraits as he splashes his fiance with his canoe paddle

lake ny engagement portrait new york couple Outdoor Adirondack Park water splashes

Meschers sur Gironde, France outside environmental pre wedding photoshoot with A couple embracing each other

outside Pre wedding Photoshoot sea France water Couple embracing ocean

An eccentric Ely wedding portrait of the Minnesota couple playing in the water at night

Night Minnesota water Ely wedding portrait Minnesota couple playing Ely MN

An elegant Pier B wedding day portrait of the Duluth bride and groom in Minnesota as they dance and dip near the water at night

Pier B dance Night Duluth bride and groom water Duluth MN

View this grand Ely portrait of a Couple among the rocks by the water, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Minnesota from the WPJA

Ely portrait of a Couple among the rocks by the water in Minnesota

rocks Ely weddings clouds blue sky Minnesota photographer MN portrait of a Couple Minnesota

View this picturesque Chicago Plantarium Couple poses for a portrait with city skyline reflected in the building glass by the water, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

Chicago Plantarium Couple poses for a portrait with city skyline reflected in the building glass by the water in Illinois

glass chicago wedding portrait Chicago Couple poses sunset reflected Illinois IL photographer

On location Ravenna Wild Beach couple engagement portrait shoot at Sunrise deep in the water

engagement portrait shoot water deep Ravenna photographer sunrise Ravenna couples Ravenna Wild Beach

An elegant Key West wedding day portrait of the Florida bride and groom at Fort Zach Taylor resulting in a creative silhouette Sunset photo of elopement couple by the water with sailboats

Florida ocean sailboats FL elopement couple Key West water Florida Bride and Groom

Montpellier environmental couple pre wedding image session seated on the boardwalk

seated boardwalk sunlight water Montpellier photography pre wedding session couple

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