Wedding Photos of Church steps

The following “Church steps” 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 “Church steps” 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 couple posed for a romantic wedding portrait in front of the church arches at Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany

The couple posed for a beautiful, timeless wedding portrait in front of the church arches

The wedding of the bride and groom in Trieste, Italy was a magical moment with confetti cannons blasting overhead as they walked down the church steps for a confetti moment

The bride and groom's magical exit from the church, arm in arm, was marked by a flurry of confetti from the erupting cannons

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Chicago couple exiting their downtown wedding ceremony at the Fourth Presbyterian Church under a storm of bubbles

As the couple exited their wedding ceremony at a church, their family and friends joyfully blew bubbles over them

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Wedding shoot with Mielec couple celebrating on the church steps

Wedding image with the couple celebrating on the church steps

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Manhattan bride and groom walking up the church steps with an umbrella | New York City wedding photography

Manhattan bride and groom walking up the church steps with an umbrella at their New York City wedding

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