Wedding Photos of Sea

The following “Sea” 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 “Sea” 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 groom and his groomsmen run into the sea for a morning swim before the day gets underway in Ballygalley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Levanzo - Egadi Island - Italy engagement portraits of a couple walking next to the sea

Sicily roadway Italy island engagement cliffs Levanzo sea

Outdoor wedding photo from Brighton Bandstand, Brighton, England created as a Couple signs the register at their small outdoor wedding with views of the sea beyond

views signs the register England sea Brighton Jenny Rutterford small outdoor wedding

Crozon, France couple are walking near the sea for pictures

pre wedding locations Crozon walking pictures Patrick Lombaert Crozon sea Crozon engagement photos

Grado, Italy couple showing off their Love by the sea during portrait session at the water

Grado water sea love Italy engagement session Italy

Rota, Spain Pre-Wedding Portrait of a couple on a porch with the ocean behind them

porch couple water wind Rota pre wedding portrait Rota

Positano couple pose for a portrait during their engagement session by the waters edge in Italy

tree engagement photos Positano boats waters edge Positano Italy

Bari engagement photo session under the blue skies of Apulia, with boats on the water

sea blue skies pre wedding locations Bari boats water Bari engagement photos Apulia

Istanbul engagement portrait by the sea with rocks and waves

Istanbul e shoot Istanbul engagement photos Istanbul waves Istanbul engagement photographer engagement portrait

San Francisco intimate couple portrait session by the sea for engagement photos

portrait session San Francisco CA San Francisco e shoot sea San Francisco engagement photos

Saint Jean de Luz France Love & passion during a pre-wedding photo session by the sea

water Saint Jean de Luz engagement photos sea France Saint Jean de Luz pre wedding session Saint Jean de Luz

engagement portrait session at the sea with love, Wind and hugs

session Italy love hugs Trieste pre wedding portraits Trieste engagement photographer wind

Pre-Wedding Photo from İzmir, Turkey by the sea with lanterns

Pre-Wedding Photo by the sea with lanterns

sea İzmir Pre Wedding Photo İzmir engagement photography Turkey İzmir pre wedding portrait İzmir engagement images

PRE WEDDING PORTRAITS - A couple on sunset in front of the sea

sea Bassin d Arcachon France sunset

A couple on sunset nearby the sea

sea France sunset france wedding France wedding photography

Engagement Picture Session from Chalkidiki, Greece - A couple hugging by the sea

Engagement Picture Session with A couple hugging by the sea

Greece pre wedding Greece couple Greece brides hugging Engagement Picture Session Manos Skoularikos

Key West Harbor engagement shoot at Macs Sea Garden

Harbor engagement shoot at the sea Garden

sea Harbor engagement Key West garden

A future bride and groom posing in front of their future wedding chapel Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Island, Portugal

A future bride and groom posing in front of their future wedding chapel on the hill by the sea

Madeira Island bride and groom Portugal portugal bride sea wedding chapel Portugal couple photo

Couple is standing behind the dog at the seaside in Badavut, Ayvalık, Balıkesir

Couple is standing behind the dog at the seaside for engagement portraits

Ayvalık Ayvalık engagement photography sea Balıkesir Badavut Badavut e session Ayvalık engagement images

Porthilly Farm, Cornwall Couple Looking out to sea during creative portrait session.

Porthilly Farm, Cornwall, UK photo of a young Couple Looking out to sea during creative portrait session

ocean creative sea Porthilly Farm Cornwall wedding photographer Dorset

Santa Monica, Los Angeles Engagement Photography | Couple by the sea in the evening.

Engagement Photography of a Couple by the sea in the evening by the pier and boardwalk

pier Santa Monica evening boardwalk Santa Monica engagement photography Santa Monica e session Santa Monica engagement images

Sunset Silhouette portrait session at sea with children fishing

Lyndah Wells portrait session silhouette Jamaica engagement photographer Jamaica pre wedding portraits Jamaica e shoot Negril

Biarritz, France Couple at the Atlantic Ocean for Engagement Portraits by the Sea

Biarritz e shoot Biarritz pre wedding portraits Biarritz engagement photos Atlantic Ocean France Biarritz

Bali, Indonesia Couple at sunset by the sea during pre-wedding portrait shoot

Bali Bali couple portrait shoot engagement image Bali Indonesia silhouette Beach Portrait

Engagement Photography for Yeu island, France - Image contains: beach, sand, trees, silhouette, couple, engaged

Engagement Photography for Yeu island, France with the beach, sand, trees, silhouette, and an engaged couple

sea couple silhouette beach ocean Patrick Lombaert shore

Engagement Portrait from Whitstable Harbour, Kent, UK | The couple embrase at the end of the pier at sunset

Engagement Portrait from Whitstable Harbour, Kent, UK as The couple embrases at the end of the pier at sunset

waves sunset ocean Kent beach Whitstable Harbour

Engagement Photography for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil | Take your beloved and run to the sea, live now.

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil said: Take your beloved and run to the sea, live now

Barra da Tijuca beach barra da tijuca engagement waves RJ Brazil

Engagement Portrait from Brighton Beach - Couple celebrating their engagement at the beach street where they both happened to grow up, without knowing one another!

beach Brighton Beach ocean sea sand waves water

Engagement Portrait from Fort Zach, Key West - Photography contains: silhouette, couple, bicycles, water, clouds

waves water clouds Key West sand beach

Engagement Photography during Sunset at Fort Zach

Key West FL waves ocean water beach Fort Zach

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