Wedding Photos of France

The following “France” 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 “France” 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 wedding photo of a couple sharing a kiss in Valle ell'Aquila, Settefrati, France, with the bride wearing her veil over them

The couple shared a romantic kiss in Valle ell'Aquila, Settefrati, France

The bride and groom comfort a young man who gets emotional during the ceremony in this photo

outdoor wedding emotion Ronan Jégaden France outdoors young man Paris

wedding photographer has captured a photo of the bride through a bubble as she walks with her groom

Rouffach outside ceremony bride and groom outside outdoors bubbles

Black and white engagement photo of a couple standing outside

France outside Louvre in Paris black and white couple standing

Engagement photo of a couple standing in a white building with large, vertical beams

France building vertical beams white Agen Agen engagement photography

Black and white engagement photo of a couple about to kiss in a narrow street surrounded by old stone buildings

kiss narrow street Agen engagement photography France stone buildings black and white Agen

Engagement photo of a couple dancing during their session as the sun sets

Ile de Ré sunlight France France engagement session dancing dance shadows

Black and white engagement portrait of a couple holding each other

Agen black and white couple holding France

Black and white close-up engagement portrait of a couple

France Saint Emilion close up black and white

Walk in the old town of Albi in the south of France - Albi France engagement portrait session

Walk in the old town during a BW engagement portrait session

Old Town walk urban portrait Albi Albi Engagement Photography South of France France

SERRIS wedding photographer - family love

wedding photography showing family love in black and white hug

hug France wedding photography family love France black and white SERRIS

Bourges wedding photography - Bride's turn next for getting ready

wedding photography showing it's the Bride's turn next for getting ready

Bourges Bride French wedding photography Henri Deroche France window light Cher Bourges

Engagement portrait Adèle Guillaume - Agen France pre-wedding photography session in black-and-white

The Engagement portrait session featured graphic, bold lines in black and white, perfectly capturing the couple's love and connection

France black and white off center engagement portrait Agen engagement photography Agen graphic

Agen, France Engagement portrait between parked automobiles

The engaged couple posed for their portrait amidst the parked cars in the garage, surrounded by the industrial setting

Agen parked Agen engagement photography automobiles France france engagement portrait

Agen, France pre-wedding photographer - Engagement portrait - Severine Jo

The engaged couple shared a romantic moment amidst the concrete parking structure, with cars in the background as the pre-wedding photographer captured their black and white engagement portrait

romantic engagement Agen engagement photography France Severine Jo concrete parking Agen parking structure

Agen, France Engagement Portrait with the tall yellow flowers

The engaged couple sat amidst the tall, yellow flowers, surrounded by the beauty of nature as their engagement portrait was taken, their romance on full display

Agen off center posed romantic yellow flowers Agen engagement photography France

Metz First dance Wedding Photograph from a France reception

first dance french wedding bw Metz France reception France

Epinal France reflection of many guests in this Wedding Photograph

guests bw France Epinal reflection window

Newly engaged Couple in the cornfields near Lyon, France for their pre-wedding portraits

A newly engaged couple laughs and has fun in the cornfields for their pre-wedding portraits, surrounded by natural beauty

fun portrait France cornfields Lyon lauching natural beauty newly engaged couple

Lyon Couple on the floor - pre-wedding portraits in black-and-white and vertical

A couple lies on the floor for pre-wedding portraits in black-and-white and vertical, their smiles shining bright

Lyon engagement photography overhead shot vertical floor Lyon France black and white

A run of love after his wedding engagement proposal - Do you want to marry me?

A run of love after his wedding engagement proposal captures the moment he asks, "Do you want to marry me?" The crosswalk painted lines and tree shadows on the roadway add depth and interest to the scene.

France proposal Paris overhead shot bw portrait Marry me France engagement photography

Pre-wedding portraits in black-and-white of a couple hugging closely

closely Amiens Couple hugging black and white France Amiens Engagement Photography

engagement portrait of a couple standing square shouldered holding hands on a small Dock in the fog

couple standing holding hands fog France Amiens e session Amiens france engagement portrait

France engagement portrait with a woman closing her eyes as she is kissed on the neck by her fiancé

Loving engagement portrait with a woman closing her eyes as she is kissed on the neck by her fiancé

France e session france engagement portrait France kissed on the neck woman closing her eyes fiance

Amiens France newly engaged couple framed in tall city buildings in black-and-white

A newly engaged couple framed in tall city buildings in black-and-white

framed Amiens newly engaged couple city black and white Amiens e session France

Paris France Engagement Photography Session with Couple and Rings

During their engagement photography session at a gritty cafe, this couple proudly shows off their rings, celebrating their love and commitment

Paris engagement photography France engagement rings Paris

Paris Bokeh Pre-Wedding Shoot with Couple at Night with Lights

This stunning bokeh pre-wedding shoot captures the couple in an intimate indoor setting, surrounded by soft night lights, perfectly capturing the romance and love between them

bokeh colorful Paris intimate portrait soft night lights Paris engagement photography France

Florensac, France Church ceremony photograph of a young flower girl pulling on the brides Vail

France church ceremony Florensac bride France church bw Laurent Piccolillo

socoa France - joy and happiness in black and white for this couple at the water

The black and white Engagement Photos captured the joy and happiness of the couple at the water, with the breakwall jetty to the left and the couple laughing in the photograph

bw portrait break wall jetty France engagement photography couple laughing Socoa France

Azur France engagement portraits of a couple at the beach

The engagement portraits featured a couple at the beach, with the woman riding on the man's shoulders as they walked in the photograph

beach engagement sitting on shoulders Azur Azur Engagement Photography France

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