Wedding Photos of Waves

The following “Waves” 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 “Waves” 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.

A beautiful San Jose couple portrait of the couple on a cliff by the waves of the Pacific Ocean in California

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

ocean Rio de Janeiro water beach Brazil holding hands

A romantic Le Pouldu, Finistère engagement picture in France while the couple is kissing over the Sea

Finistère Finistère engagement romantic Le Pouldu Sky Le Pouldu bride and groom France couple

Praia do Patacho engagement photo showcasing the Couple between two coconut trees on the beach having fun

Brazil engagement photography Alagoas palm trees Fabio Melo waves beach fun coconut trees

Porto de Pedras engagement photo showcasing a Wet kiss at the beach for the couple

kisses on the beach waves Maceió shoreline portrait Maceio engagement photographer Porto de Pedras Alagoas

World's most innovative and best Turkey wedding photography of Bodrum Villamaçakızı Hotel of the Bridal gown hanging on an a iron stick in a rainy day

Bodrum Villamaçakızı Hotel waves Turkey wedding photography raining rain iron stick

View this pivotal moment at Sanderling Resort in Duck NC wedding picture showing the Best man wipes tears and sweat for the groom at the beach ceremony on the sand by the waves

NC wedding picture sand Neil Thurston best man sweat tears waves

Laguna Beach fun-loving couple play in the waves as the sunset turns the sky behind them orange for a pre-wedding session at Thousand Steps Beach

Laguna Beach couple play in the waves as the sunset turns the sky behind them orange for a pre-wedding session at Thousand Steps Beach

waves orange Thousand Steps Beach Sky setting sun Southern California Laguna beach

Pre-wedding Ipioca, Maceió couple photo-session exposing the tide that discovered these stones that served as protection against the waves, it served as a beautiful composition for this record

Ipioca Pre wedding Ipioca waves Gustavo Sarmento Maceió couple beach stones

On location Tropea, italy couple session by the sea

couple session sunshine beach sea Tropea Tropea photographer waves

Tropea, italy environmental couple pre wedding image session while walking along the sea shore

beach Italy couple Tropea wedding photographer Tropea Pre Wedding Image shore ocean

View this picturesque Benajarafe Playa wedding drone portrait of the couple on the beach getting washed up on the sand by the ocean waves, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga from the WPJA

Benajarafe Playa wedding drone portrait of the couple on the beach getting washed up on the sand by the ocean waves, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga

ocean Malaga wedding photography waves washed up sand drone portrait couple

Seignosse bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot as they Walk on the Water

water Seignosse beach portrait walking on beach ocean Seignosse beach

British Columbia couple e-session at Tofino, Vancouver Island kissing with a ocean backdrop with rocks and waves

sunset British Columbia couple e session at Tofino waves Vancouver Island ocean backdrop Vancouver Island engagement portrait rocks

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in San Francisco capturing Lovers by the beach, with a veil of fog covering Golden Gate Bridge as backdrop

waves fog Golden Gate Bridge Bay area couple shoot Engagement Posed Portrait lovers

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Muggia showing an Italy couple having some Sunset love

Muggia ocean Muggia sunset portrait waves sunset love True Love Engagement Portrait Session Muggia bride to be

San Francisco on-location portrait e-shoot - I'm so glad to be walking through this journey together with you

CA Photographer holding hands San Francisco beach waves walking

San Vito Lo Capo Beach portrait e-session from a drone plane of a couple listening to the waves of the sea

waves ocean rocks plane San Vito Lo Capo sea Beach Portrait

Siracusa portrait e-session of the couple out on the water holding one another on a boat

water Italy Siracusa photographer Sicily sicily couple ocean

Ravenna Wild Beach on-location portrait e-shoot - candid funny kiss during a love session

Ravenna Wild Beach portrait beach Ravenna bw kiss Ravenna Wild Beach love session

Maceió Fine Art Engagement Image showing the couple is standing on rocks on the beach

Alagoas ocean rocks on beach Maceió Monica Guimaraes Beach Portrait beach

Moss Beach, California Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style with some Dancing on the beach

Moss Beach couple kissing California photographer California - Northern waves sandy beach Tyler Vu

Sunset Cliffs Artful Engagement Picture in San Diego, CA with the beach and waves in the background

sunlight Sunset Cliffs Engagement Picture Sunset Cliffs Pacific Ocean San Diego CA beach

Knysna Fine Art Engagement Image showing The spray of the ocean waves in the wind makes for great aesthetics in this engagement photo

standing on rocks ocean spray Knysna Knysna photographer waves

Dorset couple pre-wed portrait at the waters edge with the gigantic natural arch

waves Durdle Door Dorset waters edge by the sea Dorset engagement photographer natural arch

Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica couple engagement pic session set it up so I was there to capture the moment he proposed

waves Manuel Antonio Costa Rica Engagement Photographer beach Costa Rica

Vendee couple pre-wed portrait at the oceanside with wind

Vendee Photographer Audrey Morisson Vendee oceanside engagement windy waves

Ho Tram beach, Vietnam beach couple photography session before the wedding day with a dog lying in the sand

A beach couple photography session before the wedding day with a dog lying in the sand

Vietnam Photographer couple kissing Vietnam Huy Che Hoang dog waves sand and water

French sea mini beach photography session before the wedding day of a couple on a beach

water waves French Couple french wedding photographer sea sand

Marzamemi mini beach couple photography session before the wedding showing off their love in sicily

waves Sicily sea Marzamemi engagement photo water sand Sicily couple portraits

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