Wedding Photos of Close up

The following “Close up” 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 “Close up” 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.

Pine Lake, GA Couple about to kiss

Engagement Photo Shooting in Aachen with Copule in trees and shadows

Shoot Tight Filling the frame details Aachen tightly cropped DE

Shot from the engagement session with wedding clients

closer subjects Sofia Shoot Tight Boris Hristov details Bulgaria tightly cropped

Rushden Lakes, Northamptonshire Engagement Shoot in the Afternoon Sun

tightly cropped Shoot Tight Filling the frame Northamptonshire wedding engagement close up afternoon sun

Snow is gently falling around the happy couple portrait by an Apulia engagement photographer

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Marina di Scarlino Photo Session with Engaged Couple - love is more than a kiss

kiss closer subjects Filling the frame tightly cropped Shoot Tight love

Overjissel engagment photographer created this prewedding portrait in a sunny meadow in Enschede

tightly cropped scenic closer subjects close up countryside Jola Mulder sunny meadow

Salt Lake City, Utah Engagement PhotoShoot - A Couple kisses passionately next to pond

Salt Lake City close up kiss pond closer subjects Shoot Tight

Enagaged couple silhoutted in cappadocia, turkey for their engagement photo session

Filling the frame Cappadocia wedding engagement close up Shoot Tight closer subjects tightly cropped details

Engaged couple smile and laugh as they embrace during their pre-wedding shoot on West St

Shoot Tight Lin Yang couple details close up tightly cropped Quanzhou engagement photos

Los Angeles - A couple embracing during a sunset for their engagement photo shoot

Filling the frame LA wedding engagement tightly cropped details LA closer subjects CA

A woman in Edmonton holds a frog as she and her fiance kiss in this black and white engagement portrait by an Alberta, Canada photographer.

kiss close up Alberta Edmonton bw engagement portrait holds tightly cropped

An Enaged couple during their Pre-wedding shoot in nature

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An Engaged couple during their Pre-wedding session in Pirenópolis

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This Enagaged couple share a moment as he carries her around the Old Town Square at sunrise

Old Town Square tight crop close up prague engagement photos Shooting Tight close subject

This couple smiles outside during their pre-wedding session in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

tight crop Vietnam Fill the frame Shooting Tight smiles close subject close up

The Waterworks Philadelphia - Photographer the sun setting and the opportunity to frame this.

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A couple in Paraia do Rosa, Santa Catarina hold hands by the water in this pre-wedding portrait by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

Brazil photographer wind hold hands tight crop Santa Catarina close up

A couple in Saigon can be seen smiling through shadows in this engagement portrait by a Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam photographer.

Fill the frame Ho Chi Minh wedding engagement tight crop close subject Shooting Tight smiling

Bursa, Turkey engaged couple portrait

Bursa Turkey Bursa engagement photos over top high angle Shooting Tight tight crop

A woman watches her fiance as he kisses a small crucifix at the Forte dei Marmi during their engagement session by a Liguria photographer.

Fill the frame tight crop close up crucifix detail fiance Shooting Tight

A man and woman hold their heads together as sun shines between them during their Laguna engagement session by a Santa Catarina, Brazil photographer.

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Gaiola natural reserve, Napoli - An intimate photo session taken in the wildest part of Napoli

wildest Napoli Luigi Reccia tight crop close up Shooting Tight natural reserve

In San Francisco, a man kisses his fiance's hand during their engagement session by a Sacramento, CA photographer.

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A woman peeks out from behind her fiance in this pre-wedding portrait in Milan, Italy. Taken by a Lombardy photographer.

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San Diego Engaged Couple has a playful minuted during portrait session.

Kristina Cazares Neri San Diego close subject ANZA foto and film playful San Diego engagement photos San Diego wedding engagement

Couple lays among anime and graphic novels during engagement portrait session in Balboa Park, San Diego

Kristina Cazares Neri Balboa Park wedding engagement Fill the frame close up anime lying down San Diego

Ruse, Bulgaria engagement shoot - Love through the sunglasses

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A couple stands together in a cafe in Ruse in this nighttime engagement portrait by a Bulgaria photographer.

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Beacon Hill pre-wedding portrait session with engagement ring

MA engagement photos close subject tight crop detail MA wedding engagement engagement ring

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