Wedding Photos of Overhead

The following “Overhead” 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 “Overhead” 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.

Cappadocia, Turkey Engagement Shoot with a Perfect Sunrise

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

above angle over top close subject Vietnam Vietnam wedding engagement overhead high angle

A couple walks along a dirt road near the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge in this engagement session with a California photographer.

overhead SF engagement photos California dirt road walks aerial shot drone

A couple lays head to head together on the grass in Ouro Preto during their engagement photoshoot by a Minas Gerais, Brazil photographer.

lying down grass aerial shot Brazil Minas Gerais Ouro Preto wedding engagement above angle

The bride and her father walk down the aisle to the altar

Daniel Monteiro overhead walking down the aisle bride aisle Brides father Quinta dos Pinheirais

Wedding Photography of Indian traditional dancing with groom

wedding photography dancing colorful groom overhead Indian traditional dancing Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort & Spa

Bursa, Turkey engaged couple portrait

Fill the frame Shooting Tight Nilufer Nalbantoglu detail overhead close subject over top

Telegraph Hill engagement shoot at a spot to frame the couple between the residences and Coit Tower in the surrounding area.

high angle residences Coit Tower Telegraph Hill wedding engagement over top frame

Alyson's Orchard, Walpole, NH | Engagement Portrait Among the candles and reflections...

above angle Walpole engagement photos Alysons Orchard reflections overhead candles

Engagement Portrait of Couple in Grass in Aachen

lying down Aachen wedding engagement overhead Aachen engagement photos Germany DE

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

anime books Fill the frame detail close up lying down Balboa Park

Fort Myers Florida Engagement Photography - Couple Fun in a Canoe

lake overhead above angle Florida Fort Myers Fort Myers wedding engagement canoe

moulin des noues wedding day photography | moment capture with drone of bride in convertible car with groom

wedding day moment captured with a drone of the bride in convertible car with groom

Paris aerial moulin des noues overhead convertible car Stefano Snaidero drone

Photo of the ceremony on Fantasy Island in Bali with blue skies and clear water framing the wedding

Fantasy Island Bali above angle drone outdoors outside Asia

fuzhou Park pre-wedding portrait photo shoot for a couple in formal wear

Cen Lin couple park China Fuzhou pre wedding portraits Fuzhou engagement photos Asia

Phuket, Thailand wedding photographer - overhead, high angle shot of the Bride's arrival

wedding photo from overhead, a high angle shot of the Bride's arrival

Thailand bride high angle shot Phuket Thailand overhead arrival

Engagement from another view, overhead drone photography | Key West engagement portrait shoot on the bridge

The engaged couple posed for their engagement portrait shoot on the bridge, with the overhead drone photography capturing a unique and sweeping view of the images

Florida Key West engagement portrait bridge view overhead Key West

Fujian, China Wedding Photojournalism overhead shot of the bridal car with flowers on the hood

China Joy Qin wedding photojournalism Fujian actual day wedding bridal car hood fujian wedding image

Couple kissing on bench

overhead bench WA Olympia park couple kissing

Creative Engagement Photo Session with beach and a blanket

Washington blanket rocks sand Olympia overhead beach

Reading love letters in Sanming hotel room on wedding day

Sanming artistic wedding photographer Sanming fine art wedding photo bride Sanming fine art wedding photography overhead Sanming artistic wedding photography

Sicilia bride before her wedding ceremony

Bella Sposa: A Sicilian Bride's Pre-Ceremony Preparations

high angle view father Sicily Sicily photographer Dad Sicily marriage venue overhead

overhead of a woman applying makeup

Venice getting ready Italy Enzo Masella makeup overhead

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

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

Atlanta Georgia engagement photography in red and yellow from above

Couple hugging pre wedding session Atlanta Atlanta engagement photographers Atlanta Georgia overhead

Prewedding portrait of couple laying in a bed of loose feathers

Miami Miami engagement photos overhead Florida symmetry pre wedding locations Miami

High angle portrait of couple during a South Bank prewedding engagement session

South Bank pre wedding shoot drone bricks overhead UK South Bank

Lazio Engagement Photographer. High angle, high contrast, high love Black and white portraits.

Lazio Engagement High angle, high contrast, high love Black and white portraits

overhead Lazio Lazio engagement photos black and white Giuseppe De Angelis pre wedding locations Lazio door

Playful portrait of a couple lying on their backs on the wood deck by a La Spezia Engagement Photographer

La Spezia drone boardwalk pre wedding session Italy overhead Italy engagement photographers

Drone Quebec Wedding Engagement Photography | Montreal Photography

Quebec Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography with a Drone over the grass and couple lying down

overhead Quebec cliff engagement photos QC drone QC pre wedding portrait

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