Wedding Photos of Above

The following “Above” 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 “Above” 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.

At Casale De Pasquinelli, the escorted bride gracefully walks down the aisle, viewed from above, as they pass a charming stone building, encapsulating the moment.

Elegance in Motion: Bride's Journey at Casale De Pasquinelli, Capturing Love by Stone Building

A candid moment caught on camera during a wedding in Saint-Rémy de Provence, as the newlyweds are lifted up by their guests above dance floor in a joyful celebration.

Newlyweds Elevated by Guests in Dance Celebration at Wedding in Saint-Rémy de Provence

newlyweds dance camera love wedding Saint Rémy Wedding Photography lifted

Colorado Springs: A couple lovingly embraces in a field of tall grass as the sun sets above them at Younger Ranch, creating a picturesque scene

Younger Ranch in Colorado Springs: A picturesque scene of a loving couple embracing in tall grass at sunset

sunset Colorado Springs embraces tall grass sun field above

A Pays de la Loire Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this Dolomites couple lying in a boat in a lake seen from above

above Jeremie Sangare overhead lying Dolomites couple Dolomites Pays de la Loire Engagement Photographer

Berry wedding image showing a Reverse kiss, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France

FR wedding photography France Berry wedding image above high angle lying down Reverse kiss

Cabanas Encantadas couple e-session in Goiânia above a bridge in a tree house

Goiania Brazil Couple above Cabanas Encantadas tree house bridge

Brazilian couple e-shoot at Cabanas Encantadas, Goiânia on a wooden walking bridge above from a high angle

wooden Cabanas Encantadas Goiânia weddings above Goiania walking bridge

Golf du Morbihan, France couple e-session high above a curved natural walkway above the beach and water

France drone Patrick Lombaert curved beach walkway high above

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session ay Lake Tahoe with the young lovers embracing above the water

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at Lake Tahoe with the young lovers embracing above the water

Lake Tahoe water young lovers Lake Tahoe photographer Lake Tahoe wedding photography above

Engagement Sessions | Los Gatos, California - Fields of Green

Engagement Session shot from above, overhead in a Fields of Green

overhead engagement session green Tyler Vu drone California above

Alentejo, Portugal Engagement Couple Session - Image contains: overhead, drone, above, looking down, boat

Alentejo, Portugal Engagement Couple Session from an overhead drone

drone Alentejo engagement photographers Portugal Daniel Monteiro boat Alentejo overhead

Medina de Rioseco Engagement Photographer - Portrait contains: high, above, angle, looking, down, couple

Medina de Rioseco engagement photographer high looking above down angle

Church kids entering ceremony from above - Murcia Wedding Photography

Murcia Wedding Photography of Church kids entering ceremony from above

ceremony Church wedding Murcia above high angle church photography church

Las Vegas couple during their rooftop wedding ceremony

Above the Lights: A Rooftop Wedding Romance in Las Vegas

Las Vegas marriage venue above Lights romance Nevada couple ceremony Las Vegas bride

Minneapolis winter Snow angel engagement portrait of this couple shots from above

pre wedding locations MN winter overhead MN engagement photos above Joe Szurszewski Snow angel

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