Wedding Photos of Wedding portrait

The following “Wedding portrait” 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 portrait” 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 couple poses for a BW wedding portrait in Bodrum, Turkey, with the hotel nearby, beautifully framed by palm trees

Bodrum, Turkey: Beautifully Framed BW Wedding Portrait with Nearby Hotel and Palm Trees

A couple embraces on a rooftop garden in Roswell, Georgia for a creative wedding portrait, with green foliage providing a scenic backdrop

Romantic Rooftop Garden Wedding Portrait in Roswell, Georgia - Green Foliage Scenic Backdrop

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Artistic wedding portrait captured at La Torre Eventos in Martos, Jaen, Spain showcases the bride and groom standing on the steps, with the bride's veil gracefully flowing around them in black and white

Wedding portrait at La Torre Eventos in Martos, Jaen, Spain with bride & groom beautifully framed

La Torre Eventos brides veil wedding portrait beautifully framed Martos black and white Spain

The Florence couple chose to capture their love in a picturesque countryside wedding portrait, embraced in the tall grasses, creating a breathtaking memory of their special day

Countryside Wedding Portrait in Florence: A Breathtaking Memory for this Florence Couple

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In a timeless black and white wedding portrait taken in Italy, a bridesmaid gracefully assists the bride in adjusting her dress, capturing a moment of beauty and friendship that will forever be cherished

Italy Wedding Portrait: Bridesmaid Assists Bride in Timeless Black and White Moment of Beauty and Friendship

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The couple pose for a wedding portrait, as the trees of Redwoods National Park in California transform them into a stunning silhouette of intertwined ferns

Redwoods National Park, California: Wedding portrait captured amidst stunning silhouette of intertwined ferns

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In their wedding portrait, the couple proudly showcases their shoes, capturing their vibrant personalities and adding a unique touch to their special day

Wedding Portrait in Chicago Features Vibrant Couple's Unique Shoe Showcase

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In their wedding portrait, the brides exude pure bliss as they lovingly embrace in the serene setting of Grateful Woods near Garvan's Gastropub, set against the breathtaking lily pond in New Paltz, NY's beautiful Hudson Valley

New Paltz, NY Wedding at Grateful Woods: Breathtaking Lily Pond Setting near Garvan's Gastropub

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In their wedding portrait captured in Portland, Oregon, the groom is comfortably lounging on a low couch while the radiant bride stands gracefully by his side, creating a beautiful image

Portland, Oregon Wedding Portrait: Groom lounging on low couch, radiant bride standing gracefully by

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In the enchanting night portrait at a castle in Brittany, France, a couple stands elegantly framed within an archway, immortalizing their love in a breathtaking wedding portrait

Brittany, France: Enchanting Castle Wedding Portrait Immortalizes Couple's Love in Breathtaking Night Scene

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In their wedding portrait, they stood on the breakwater at The Colony Hotel Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine, the last remaining patch of sunlight before the storm

Kennebunkport, Maine: Wedding Portrait Captures Last Patch of Sunlight on The Colony Hotel Beach

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The black and white wedding portrait captured the couple standing on a rock at Anse Sourse d´Argent beach in La Digue, Seychelles, with dramatic clouds in the background

La Digue, Seychelles: Couple's Stunning Black and White Wedding Portrait at Anse Sourse d´Argent Beach

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The couple had a dramatic portrait taken in the Thompson Hotel in Washington DC, with graphic lines filling the frame

The couple had a wedding portrait taken at the Hotel with strong graphical elements

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The newlyweds at Mount Vernon Canyon Club in Golden, Colorado were artistically captured through a window

The wedding portrait of the newlyweds was photographed through a window of the Canyon Club

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The bride and groom posed for their wedding portrait near the ceremony location in Colorado on a cold Spring day, surrounded by the majestic mountains

The couple posed for their wedding portrait on a chilly spring day in the foothills of majestic mountains

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A wedding portrait in front of the bride's home in the North of France to forever commemorate the moment they returned as husband and wife

The couple posed for a wedding portrait outside the bride's home to mark their marriage

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The couple posed for a wedding portrait outside the bride's home to mark their marriage

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The couple getting married near Switzerland enjoy a picturesque backdrop of a rainbow for their wedding portrait

The couple got married and had a rainbow in the background for their wedding portrait

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The radiant sunlight beamed through the veil of the bride at Lake Lanier Islands Venetian Pier in Buford, Georgia, creating a perfect backdrop for the couple's wedding portrait

The bride and groom took a stunning wedding portrait with the sunbeams glowing through the bride's veil

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The newly married couple posed for their timeless wedding portrait in front of a stunning backdrop of Edison style lights at the Wheeler House in Atlanta, Georgia

The newlywed couple posed for their wedding portrait with Edison style lights all around them

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In Schloss Borbeck, Essen, Germany, the couple in front of a carousel with sunlight coming from behind them, looking very romantic for their wedding portrait

The couple posed for a romantic wedding portrait in front of a carousel with sunlight behind them

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The couple's wedding day portrait at Briza on the Bay in Miami is dramatically framed by dark clouds in the background as they cross the road

The couple's wedding day portrait is poetically composed against a backdrop of ominous storm clouds as they traverse the thoroughfare

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This romantic wedding image captures the couple in a drone shot over the ocean at Help Beach in Fethiye, Turkey, with driftwood

This bird's-eye view of a romantic wedding over the ocean, featuring driftwood, is captured in this image

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The bride and groom embraced in a clearing near the La Favellina reception venue in Vicenza, Italy

The newlyweds celebrated their union with an embrace in a clearing, signifying the beginning of their journey as a married couple

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In the soft blue sky above Shanghai, China, a loving couple kiss under a sweeping white veil that gets lost in the clouds

Amidst a gentle azure sky, the couple embraced tenderly beneath a billowing white veil that seemed to blend into the clouds

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The couple enjoyed a joke in an art deco doorway of Beverly Hills City Hall, surrounded by a turquoise color palette, for their wedding picture

Beverly Hills City Hall's art deco doorway, surrounded by turquoise hues, was the backdrop for a wedding portrait

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The couple danced on a painted red arch bridge in Duke Gardens, with the groom singing to his bride in a portrait of them as they are, as it is a place they visit often

At Duke Gardens, they danced on a red-painted arch bridge, the groom singing to his bride, a portrait of their love

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The newlyweds at Buchs Ottenbach embraced in a romantic kiss, each holding a smoke bomb

The newlyweds shared a romantic kiss, each holding a smoke bomb

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Romrod wedding planning - photography of bride and groom with Wind in the hair

Romrod photography of bride and groom with Wind in the hair

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Nièvre photography showing the Billiard couple posing on the pool table

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