Wedding Photos of Lift

The following “Lift” 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 “Lift” 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 candid image of a bride being lifted by an all-female bridal party at Hackney Town Hall on her wedding day, showcasing unity and joy in celebration.

Unity and Joy: Bride Lifted by All-Female Bridal Party at Hackney Town Hall

Cher lifestyle couples photography in Sancerre, France with a lift and a kiss at sunset time

France couple Sancerre open fields sunset couple photography Sancerre Cher

Athens, Greece pre-wed portrait of the couple appearing to be lifted by a bunch of balloons

Greece pre wed portrait Greece couple lift Manos Skoularikos balloon lifted balloons

Corse pre - wed image of the couple in a meadow

meadow lift French Couple field trees kiss Corse

Cappadocia, Turkey micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a playful lift as the balloons are also lifting off

Cappadocia photo session playful balloons Outdoor mountain lifting off lift

Wedding photograph from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Getting into the wedding reception with a classic Dirty Dancing lift

Dirty Dancing classic Pennsylvania Philadelphia wedding reception lift Sarah V Martinez

Maharashtra wedding photography from The lalit Palace Hotel, Udaipur, India showing The strong ladies of the house lift the groom up high and surprising him

strong lift ladies Udaipur Maharashtra house India

The newlyweds riding the sky lift after there ceremony at the Sky Bridge Park in Gatlinburg, TN

The newlyweds riding the sky lift after their ceremony at the Sky Bridge Park in Gatlinburg, TN

skiing lift ski lift Gatlinburg Sky riding

Engagement Photography for Valencia - Portrait contains: sunset, colorful, couple, sky, lift

Engagement Photography for Valencia with a sunset, colorful, couple, sky, lift and some young love

colorful Valencia lift Sky Spain sunset

Guests lift up the bride during the reception at Addis Ababa in this photo by a Toronto, Ontario wedding photographer.

Guests lift up the bride during the reception in this photo

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Wedding photo shoot at a Madrid reception with guests in the air before bride and groom

Elevated Love: A Madrid Wedding Celebration

air carry Spain photographer bw photo groom bride lift

Documentary wedding photograph at Surrey ceremony of man in wheelchair getting help with flowers

A Love That Lifts: Capturing Moments of Support at a Surrey Wedding Ceremony

Surrey wedding picture wheelchair wedding ceremony help elder love captures

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