Wedding Photos of Wedding couple

The following “Wedding couple” 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 “Wedding couple” 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 silhouette portrait of a wedding couple at Hampden House in Buckinghamshire, capturing their love against a backdrop of a fiery sunset and warm clouds

Hampden House Buckinghamshire: Capturing the love of a wedding couple in a fiery sunset backdrop

A romantic gesture captured at the reception venue in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as a wedding couple's tender touch is reflected in a mirror

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Wedding Venue in Pictures: Romantic Reflection of a Couple's Tender Touch

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A portrait of a wedding couple at The Tinsmith in Madison, Wisconsin, captures the elegantly dressed wedding party, creating an intense and sophisticated atmosphere reminiscent of a reality TV show

The Tinsmith in Madison, Wisconsin Portraits Capture a Sophisticated Wedding Party in Reality TV Style

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Bride and groom stand in front of Saint Ferréol waterfall, wading in a pool of water at the base, for an artistic wedding couple portrait

Saint Ferréol waterfall: Artistic wedding couple portrait wading in pool of water at its base

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A wedding couple is captured in a portrait at Domaine de la Métairie du château, as the bride and groom share a kiss beneath a soaring veil

Domaine de la Métairie du château: Romantic Wedding Couple Captured in Portrait with Soaring Veil

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A spontaneous photo of a wedding couple is captured during posed shots, taken at the Chiostro di San Benedetto Po in Mantova, Italy

Wedding couple captured in a spontaneous photo at Chiostro di San Benedetto Po, Mantova, Italy

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Luna Trattoria, Mendocino CA Bride admiring her gift from her mom with the groom thanking the mom with a kiss

The bride and groom thanked the mother with a kiss at Luna Trattoria in Mendocino, CA

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The bride and groom exited Paris, Île-de-France City Hall hand-in-hand above their heads while being showered with rice in this iconic wedding image

The bride and groom left Paris City Hall, Île-de-France, hand-in-hand with rice raining down

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At Wilton's Music Hall in London, a stunning wedding celebration was commemorated with an image of the couple surrounded by confetti at the ceremony's conclusion

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The couple exchanged rings and joyfully laughed at Oaks Farm wedding venue in Croydon, Surrey, England, as captured in this wedding image

At Oaks Farm in Croydon, Surrey, England, the couple laughed joyfully as they exchanged rings

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This outdoor wedding image is from Maison de l'Amérique latine in Paris, France, featuring the Groom sandwiched in a hug with his friends

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At a Santa Barbara reception venue, a funny wedding image was created as part of a Norwegian tradition which suggests the couple will have 22 children

A Norwegian tradition of creating a funny wedding image, suggesting the couple will have 22 children, was done at a Santa Barbara reception venue

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A joyous outdoor wedding at Agra was captured in a stunning image of a couple embracing and surrounded by a flurry of yellow flower petals

The couple embraced joyfully at Agra's outdoor wedding, surrounded by yellow petals

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The newlyweds gazed at their guests before departing the church grounds in the wedding car

The newlyweds departed the wedding in a car from Church Grounds, London

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The wedding couple embraced for a romantic moment alone and away from their wedding guests at the reception location in Arizona

The wedding couple shared an intimate embrace by the night fire at their reception

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The newlyweds shared a romantic kiss as their marriage was officially sealed in the beautiful Georgia Botanical Gardens

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Maine wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at the Acadia National Park as A wedding couple gets dressed on top of a mountain

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A Poland documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at the Roman Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Czamocin of Wedding couple in the backseat of the car on their way to their wedding party

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A Heenvliet wedding photojournalist at De Hoecksack captured The wedding couple doing an exciting and fantastic wheelchair dance

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A top Heenvliet wedding photojournalist at De Hoecksack created this image showing the The wedding couple is being covered with confetti after the ceremony

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Dortmund nuptial day award-winning image of the flower confetti when the wedding couple leaves the church

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Prague wedding couple artistic image session for a Portrait in the historical corridor

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Montmartre, Paris, France wedding couple artistic image session showing the Bride standing 3-4 steps down the stairs and laughing while the groom is jumping on top of the hill

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The Landing, Estes Park, CO wedding couple artistic image session for a Sunset bride and groom portrait

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Tabernash, CO wedding couple artistic image session for a Bride and groom portrait in a mountain cabin

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Golden History Park, Golden, CO wedding couple artistic image session as the Bride and groom pose for portrait in font of old barn

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Beskydy wedding couple artistic image session in BW of the Couple walking the mountain meadow

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Villa Rocca Bruna, Rome, Italy wedding couple artistic image session in BW with tenderness and romance

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Metz wedding couple artistic image session in BW showing Love stops time

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Tenuta Pantano Borghese, Rome, Italy wedding couple artistic image session resulting in a Portrait of the bride and the groom at sunset

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