Wedding Photos of Shoes

The following “Shoes” 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 “Shoes” 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.

Pierrick Roland is an artistic wedding photographer for Hauts-de-Seine (92)

Photo by: Pierrick Roland - Levallois-Perret Hauts-de-Seine (92)

BW detail pic showing the bride wrote her wishes underneath her wedding shoes at Ferme d'armenon in Les Molieres, Ile-de-France

The bride wrote her wishes underneath her wedding shoes, captured by a wedding photojournalist in a BW detail image

France wedding photo Les Molières brides details Ferme darmenon Ile-de-France bw detail image sunglasses

The couple in Budapest is lovingly connected, as their shoes come together with a heart design painted on the bottom, while they sit on the grass for a lifestyle engagement portrait

In Budapest, a couple's lifestyle engagement portrait captures their loving connection through a heart design on the bottom of their shoes

Budapest shoes Budapest Lifestyle Engagement Photography sitting on grass heart design

The bride and groom's shoes take center stage in this creative wedding image, captured in Homewood, Bath, UK

This creative wedding image features the bride and groom on a playground swing, emphasizing the soles of their feet

playground swing The Homewood Hotel England shoes Bath Photographer soles of feet bath

The bride added the final touches by carefully taping her toes before slipping on her shoes in preparation for her wedding in Paris

The bride completed her look by adhering to the meticulous details of taping her toes before donning her footwear for her special day

shoes Paris photographer France scissors tape french bride Paris

The Key West FL bride is illuminated in the warm sunlight from the window and an overhead spotlight, creating a unique layered storytelling effect as she puts on her shoes with mother behind

The bride is thoughtfully illuminated by natural and artificial light, lending a poetic atmosphere to the intimate moment of her donning her shoes with her mother's assistance

Key West photographer FL bride getting ready shoes bride natural light FL

The white beauty of the bride's shoe and veil contrasts strikingly against the dark machinery of the street motorcycle in Jaén, Spain

The stark contrast between the bride's light-hued ensemble and the dark tones of the motorcycle creates a striking visual composition

motorcycle bride Jaén dark tones black and white heels Spain

The Bride is holding her wedding shoes and flowers outdoors in bright sunlight at her parents house in Hampshire, England

Hampshire, England: Bride holds wedding shoes and flowers outdoors in bright sunlight at parents' house

England South East England English Channel Blue Hampshire shoes bright sunshine

At Tunnels Beaches wedding venue in Devon, England, a close up of the bride's wedding gown and the groom's shoes and trousers against a grey slate floor make for a beautiful wedding picture

Devon, England's Tunnels Beaches wedding venue features a stunning wedding photo of the bride's dress and groom's shoes and trousers on a grey slate floor

Tunnels Beaches slate floor Devon England devon photographer wedding gown shoes

After the Wedding Ceremony at Gradaro Church, Mantua, Italy, in the cloister, the bride and groom take out the rice in their shoes

After the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom take out the rice from their shoes that was thrown by guests during their exit

shoes bouquet Mantua Gradaro Church Mantua wedding photographer Italy cloister

This high-angle shot captures the bridesmaids' dresses hanging down with their shoes below, in Riaillé, France

Riaillé, France: Bridesmaids' dresses & shoes in a high-angle shot

dresses and shoes Loire-Atlantique Riaillé bridesmaids dresses Riaille Photographer high angle France

feet and shoes at the wedding hotel venue

bed shoes hotel room Paris Paris photographer feet Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne

At the couple's home in Vermont, a CEREMONY sign was visible under a tree, with shoes kicked off to the side in anticipation of the party

In Vermont, a CEREMONY sign was visible under a tree at the couple's home, shoes kicked off nearby

ceremony Vermont sign shoes Vermont Artistic Photographer guiding sign

The ring bearers dad helps him get his shoes on before the ceremony at The Swift House - Middlebury, Vermont

The ring bearer's father helped him put on his vibrant and ornate suit shoes before the ceremony

shoes The Swift House Middlebury VT vermont wedding photographer Vermont colorful

Best wedding image for the Pont-Saint-Martin wedding planner showing us shoes with inscription

shoes Patrick Lombaert inscribed shoes Italy photographer Pont Saint Martin Aosta Valley Italy

A child is lying on a sofa with wedding shoes on at a hotel in Nanping, Fujian, with artwork hanging on the wall

At a hotel in Nanping, Fujian, a child lies on a sofa with wedding shoes, and artwork is hung on the wall

Nanping photographer artwork sofa Nanping shoes wall hanging

Guangxi photography of bridal party women with their dresses and shoes on the green grass

dresses Guangxi Photographer Guangxi green grass Nanning Color Song shoes

An inspiring Paris wedding image from France showing the Beauty of the brides shoes

France wedding pic Paris shoes wood France rustic

An extraordinary Hesse wedding image from Germany brides home as she is getting ready and putting on her basketball shoes

at home basketball shoes Hesse Chuck Taylors Hesse wedding image shoes germany bride

A top Kent wedding photographer captured this picture at The Vines showing the Maid of Honor having her shoes put on, while Brides Sister irons the wedding dress

Kent irons The Vines The Vines venue wedding dress kent wedding photographer shoes

Best Hudson Valley documentary wedding photography from the Feast at Round Hill showing the Bride putting on shoes

New York - Upstate Feast at Round Hill New York Feast at Round Hill venue Hudson Valley photography bride Hudson Valley

A top Caminha wedding photographer captured this picture of a young girl with a door and shoes

young Girl shoes Daniel Monteiro Prep door kids Children

A top San Francisco wedding photographer captured this picture showing It rained so hard during the reception even the ground underneath a massive tent was straight up mud and Here the bride gets help removing her muddy shoes

tent reception wet raining dirty California muddy

An extraordinary Colorado wedding picture by a pro Denver photographer revealing the Bride getting makeup done with her shoes on a windowsill

makeup Colorado wedding picture denver photographer before wedding shoes bride

A France rustic wedding day detail picture showing Mickey and Minnie on the bottom of the shoes in the grass

France rustic wedding shoes Minnie France Mickey grass

A Guangdong chic wedding day detail picture in BW showing the The bride is wearing shoes

Jinqi Tan China Guangdong bride bw chic wedding shoes

A first rate wedding detail picture from a West Yorkshire marriage event at Thwaite Mills wedding venue showing the UK bride and her friends shoes and feet as they walk in the rain

Thwaite Mills wedding venue sidewalk Thwaite Mills friends feet West Yorkshire marriage event shoes

World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Fanhams Hall, UK showing the Bride puts on her shoes

Wareside Fanhams Hall uk wedding photography shoes dress uk bride Hertfordshire

World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Domaine de Verderonne, Oise of the French Brides shoes under the dress

Charly Fromentin France wedding photography shoes Domaine de Verderonne Oise french bride wood floor

World's most artistic and best wedding bridal portrait from Sheraton Hotel in Terrytown, NY of the bride Putting shoes on her feet by the window

Greenburgh NY bride Sheraton Hotel NY wedding bridal portrait shoes window Terrytown NY

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