Wedding Photos of Turkey

The following “Turkey” 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 “Turkey” 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.

the groom coming to get the bride

Istanbul documentary wedding photography contest winning image at the Pera Palace showing the bride getting make up

the bride getting make up done

Istanbul Pera Palace Istanbul photographer make up application Turkey bw moment

A lifestyle engagement portrait session in Istanbul, Turkey for a couple enjoying a rooftop adventure with birds overhead

Turkey Istanbul Rooftop Istanbul photographer birds overhead

Istanbul nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of Turkey love birds under a blue sky with seagulls

seagulls city backdrop Turkey Istanbul photographer blue skies Istanbul

Best documentary wedding photo from Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey capturing the cake cutting at the reception

The groom ceremoniously cut the wedding cake with a giant sword, guiding the blade with his own hand as his wife helped

Ciragan Palace cake cutting Istanbul Istanbul photographer Turkey

Cappadocia engagement announcement photo idea in Turkey with arched columns and stairs

Cappadocia formal wear stairs Turkey Cappadocia Photographer arched columns

Cappadocia destination engagement shoot for a Turkey couple against a red and orange hot air balloon at night

colorful balloon Cappadocia Photographer night portrait Turkey Cappadocia hot air balloon

Tuz Golu engagement photography portfolio image with a Turkey couple against a dramatic sky lit by an epic sunset

sunset engagement dramatic sky clouds epic sunset tuz gölü Turkey

Fun Izmir engagement announcement picture outdoors at the Maya Luxury Cesme in Turkey as the couple arm wrestles on a table overlooking the sea

Turkey Maya Luxury Cesme İzmir Izmir photographer arm wrestling overlooking the sea

Istanbul engagement announcement photo idea at the Galata Bridge with the Turkey couple kissing under the sunlight

Turkey bright sunlight couple kissing Istanbul Derya Engin Galata Bridge Istanbul photographer

Istanbul destination engagement shoot for a Turkey couple at the Galata Bridge as they are both welcoming the sunrise at the water

sunrise engagement Istanbul Derya Engin Istanbul photographer Turkey Galata Bridge

A Turkish couple at the Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site, near chimney rocks during an engagement announcement portrait session

UNESCO World Heritage Site Cappadocia desert engagement Cappadocia Photographer Turkey Hot air balloons

A Turkey modern couple poses for a Cappadocia engagement portrait after hot air ballooning in Cappadocia during a night in Morocco's Agafay Desert

Turkey hot air balloon Cappadocia Photographer Morocco Agafay Desert Cappadocia

A backlit couple portrait in a museum hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey, is silhouetted in a bright orange frame, illuminated by the fire of the setting sun to the right

A silhouette couple portrait in Cappadocia, Turkey, is framed by the setting orange sun

Turkey Cappadocia Museum Hotel fire silhouetted Cappadocia Photographer setting sun

In Cappadocia, Turkey, at a museum hotel, a vintage and rustic looking detail pic of rings on an old wooden stick

A vintage-looking ring photo was taken on old wood at the museum hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey

Cappadocia Photographer wedding rings rustic Turkey Museum Hotel wood Cappadocia

A couple's portrait in the city center of Cappadocia, Turkey, with a red brick wall pattern as the backdrop, creates a beautiful setting at a wedding venue

In Cappadocia, Turkey, a red brick wall pattern makes an urban, rustic backdrop for a wedding portrait

Cappadocia Photographer Turkey Cappadocia Wedding Venue Cappadocia urban portrait Red brick

This snowy day couple session at the Lunar Hotel in Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey captures the wedding day walk between two steep cliffs

A Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey snow day couple session captures wedding day walk between cliffs

Turkey Nevsehir Lunar Hotel steep cliffs Goreme Photographer snowy day Goreme

Top wedding venue photography from the Lunar Hotel in Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey during a snowy day couple session on the wedding day

wedding day portrait snowy day Turkey photographer Nevsehir Lunar Hotel Goreme

Best Bodrum, Turkey wedding venue photography depicting Bride and her father and a picture on the wall

Turkey Bodrum Bodrum photographer father of the bride emotional Father

Best wedding photography from a Issizhan venue created during Party Time at the reception

Bursa photographer Bursa Issiz Han Turkey dance floor

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Izmir, Turkey with a Young couple in the urban streets

Izmir photographer Turkey İzmir urban Engagement urban streets Furkan Akarsu

An after the marriage proposal Izmir engagement photograph in Turkey showing the couple dancing from a low angle

couple dancing İzmir Furkan Akarsu Izmir photographer low angle shot Turkey

An after the marriage proposal Tuz Golu engagement photograph in Turkey with a sunset cloud reflection below

Turkey cloud reflection Tuz Golu Photographer sunset engagement tuz gölü silhouette

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in Cesme, Izmir, Turkey under blue painted arches

İzmir framed in arches Turkey Izmir photographer arches Cesme

A Save the Date in Cappadocia. Turkey portrait of the couple during a pre wedding desert session at the sunrise

sunrise engagement blue dress Cappadocia Photographer desert session Turkey Cappadocia

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Cappadocia, Turkey with the bride wearing a red dress at the desert cliffs

Turkey Cappadocia Cappadocia Canyon Cappadocia Photographer red dress desert cliffs

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in Cappadocia, Turkey with birds in flight overhead

Cappadocia Photographer birds overhead Cappadocia birds in flight Turkey

A romantic engagement session at Cappadocia, Turkey above the rock cliffs and below launching hot air balloons

moody sky rock cliffs Cappadocia Cappadocia Photographer Hot air balloons Turkey

Turkey Engagement Photos. Tuz Golu couple running hand in hand above their own reflections under the clouds

Tuz Golu Photographer tuz gölü reflections Hand in hand Turkey couple running

Turkey Engagement. A young Cappadocia couple posing during a pre wedding portraits created in a vendor booth with a chair

sitting in chair Cappadocia Photographer laughing Cappadocia vendor booth Turkey

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