Wedding Photos of Married couple

The following “Married couple” 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 “Married couple” 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.

Wedding photo taken at Hacienda Sitio de Mata in Costa Rica, showing the Bride and Groom gazing at each other inside a beautiful gazebo, with the stunning view as a background.

Romantic Vista: Bride and Groom Lock Eyes in Costa Rican Paradise

In Tuscany, at Villa Medicea di Lilliano, the bride and groom celebrated their wedding day by toasting after cutting the cake. The photographer captured the moment from a high angle, recording the artistic scene in BW

Villa Medicea di Lilliano: A Toast to Forever, Captured in BW

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Bride and groom embraced in a passionate rain-kissed scene against the stunning backdrop of Philadelphia City Hall. The urban setting, with its towering buildings, added a gritty and vibrant touch to this award-winning wedding day portrait.

Love Among Skyscrapers: A Rain-Kissed Portrait of Philadelphia City Hall

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Photographer captures a stunning black and white portrait of the bride, groom, and priest at the Church of Beaulon, Allier, France, as they face towards Christ, creating an award-winning wedding day image.

Church of Beaulon Unites Trio Before Christ with Award-Winning Black-and-White

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The Indre wedding photographer captured the bride and groom in a stunning family salon at their wedding reception venue. The image is a work of art and has won an award.

Indre Wedding: Capturing Artistry at a Stunning Reception Salon

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Wedding photograph taken in Metz, Moselle, in a park. The bride and groom hold hands, intertwining their fingers while showing the rings on the groom's chest.

Eternal Vow: Mesmerizing Metz Park Pairs Passionately Display Ties that Bind

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This award-winning portrait captures the bride and groom at 1C Barn in Colorado Springs. The photographer used beautiful lighting during golden hour to create a stunning black and white image.

Golden Hour Bliss: A Timeless Black and White Portrait in Colorado Springs

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A wedding photographer artistically capture a beautiful portrait of a couple in Bar le Duc, Meuse. The captivating black and white silhouette showcases their love, surrounded by enchanting Chinese shadows.

Enchanting Shadows: Bar le Duc's Captivating Black and White Silhouette

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Award-winning wedding portrait captures couple's joy and nature's power as they laugh in the wind at Budir, Iceland. Veil dances with the approaching storm, giving a touch of drama to their wedding day.

Windswept Bliss: A Captivating Wedding Portrait Amidst Icelandic Nature's Power

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In Cape Neddick, Maine, a couple shares a loving kiss at Arrowhead Estate. This award-winning black and white portrait captures their joy amidst lush foliage.

Joyful Kiss at Arrowhead Estate: Award-Winning Love in Cape Neddick

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Capturing the whimsical spirit of the couple's wedding day, the artistically skilled photographer captured a stunning image as the couple playfully tossed their rings into the air, only for them to land back in their hands.

Whimsical Rings in Flight: Artistic Wedding Photography at its Finest

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Artistic wedding couple portrait from Ferme du Coudray: A married couple poses in the middle of the night at a round shaped building with a door

Ferme du Coudray Wedding: Unique artistic portrait of a couple posing at a round building at night

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The bride and groom embraced in a clearing near the La Favellina reception venue in Vicenza, Italy

The newlyweds celebrated their union with an embrace in a clearing, signifying the beginning of their journey as a married couple

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This authentic and emotional Buenos Aires wedding day moment outside the San Isidro Cathedral in Argentina was recorded by a documentary wedding photographer showing The married couple going to the venue in the back of a vintage car

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A beautiful, dusk Colorado couple portrait at the Sanctuary Golf Course while A married couple poses on the waterfall near the 18th hole

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Best Piru, California documentary wedding photojournalism image from the Newhall Mansion showing The bride and groom kiss for the first time as a married couple

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World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait image from Castel d'Ombrone with The flare being the subject of this photo, the married couple are face to face, while the flare that comes from their shoulders illuminates the contours of the faces

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West Peckham, Kent marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The married couple's pet dog joining them on the dance floor at the end of their first dance

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Piazza Sordello - Mantova nuptial day award-winning image of a Casual meeting with another married couple during reportage shots in the city

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Los Angeles wedding photographer contest award winning image sample at The Lombardi House outdoor venue showing The newlyweds dancing together for the first time as a married couple

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DE artistic wedding photo from Winterthur, in Delaware with a Sunlit, lovely happily married couple

A sunlit, happily married couple posed for a wedding photo with tree leaves in the background

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Moraine Lake, AB, Canada fine art wedding portrait of a Married couple in love posing over the blue lake

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Vermilion Lakes, AB, Canada fine art wedding portrait of the Rain and sunset and a married couple

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St. Nedelya Church, Sofia bride and groom posing during a portrait session next to the church during the blue hour

The bride and groom posed for a portrait next to the church during the blue hour, standing side by side

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Coronavirus, COVID, Madison backyard wedding image of the groom and bride talking through zoom with their parents after getting married

Madison backyard wedding image of the groom and bride talking through a zoom video conference call with their parents after getting married

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The newlyweds, bride and groom, posed for a beautiful Pirenópolis wedding image outside in nature at Estalagem Alter Real, Pirenópolis, celebrating their marriage as a married couple

The bride and groom posed for a stunning outdoor photo to mark their union as husband and wife

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The newlyweds, a bride and groom, stood in silhouette against the backdrop of the Atlanta city skyline at nightfall, their contours illuminated by the contrast of the red inner city lights and the darkness of the night at the Upstairs Atlanta

The bride and groom, newly married, were framed by the Atlanta skyline at night, lit up by the red city lights against the dark sky

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The newlyweds, a bride and groom, posed for a beautiful wedding photo in the backwoods of Bremerton, Washington, surrounded by the natural beauty of the woods, trees, and wilderness at the Brown Family Homestead

The bride and groom posed for a stunning wedding photo in Bremerton, WA, surrounded by nature's beauty

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The newlyweds posed for a beautiful wedding photo outside a rural chapel in the countryside of Madrid, surrounded by the stunning natural landscape and scenery, celebrating their union at the Hacienda San Rafael

The couple celebrated their marriage in a rural chapel in Madrid, taking a photo in the beautiful countryside scenery

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The newlyweds, a married couple from Hacienda de San Rafael, Spain posed for a beautiful wedding photo outside in nature at sunset, just as the late afternoon turned to dusk and nightfall

The couple, wed in Wolverhampton, smiled for a stunning photo outdoors as the sun set and night began

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