Wedding Photos of Slow shutter

The following “Slow shutter” 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 “Slow shutter” 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 Save the Date in Nancy. France portrait of couple kissing, with a tram and people passing by

A Udine Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, urban portrait of this Trieste couple in front of a slow shutter moving bus

IT Engagement Photographer Trieste couple urban Italy moving bus Trieste

Epic Paris engagement session In the streets at night with a slow shutter and motion blur in Bannay Cher

Bannay streets Bannay pre wedding motion blur Night slow shutter

A romantic Doges Palace, Venice engagement picture showing that love stays and people go

urban slow shutter Venice engagement picture Venice city romantic

Cachoeira do Anel picture session for a carefree engaged couple sitting beside the waterfall at low speed making the water look like the famous wedding veil

Maceió Brazil engagement photography Cachoeira do Anel Alagoas rocks waterfall portrait slow shutter

A wedding photojournalist in Western Massachusetts captured this moment from the marriage dance party under the lights

marriage dance party dance floor MA photographer Western Massachusetts slow shutter MA

View this creative Montmartre long exposure couple shoot on wedding day, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Paris, France from the WPJA

creative Montmartre long exposure couple shoot on wedding day, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Paris, France

Montmartre wedding photography creative France streets couple shoot slow shutter

Chicago couple e-shoot in IL at night in the USA urban city scene

USA Chicago city scene Chicago couple Night slow shutter urban

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Madrid capturing a couple at Puerta de Alcala with a slow and long exposure

pre wedding portrait session Madrid bride to be landmark slow shutter couple Madrid

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Paris illustrating a couple in an urban metro train subway setting

slow shutter Paris urban Paris PreWedding Portrait city Paris couple metro train

London small indoor photo session with the couple before the wedding day with a slow-shutter subway

urban portrait London London wedding engagement public places city photos city scene Ronan Jégaden

Zhejiang Park picture of the Bride and groom on wedding day

A slow shutter captured the bridal party walking behind the Bride and Groom on their wedding day, creating a beautiful picture

beautiful picture black and white zhejiang wedding photographer Zhejiang bride and groom slow shutter wedding day

Virginia wedding photography from Lydia Mountain Lodge/Stanardsville VA showing Dancing with a slow shutter motion blur

Virginia Stanardsville Virginia Wedding Photo Jennifer Catron VA Virginia reception venue Virginia wedding venues

Fujian Hotel slow shutter image showing the Bridal makeup

hair dryer Fujian bridal photo Bridal Makeup slow shutter bride Fujian

Slow-shutter, busy city couple engagement picture session in Florence

Florence Florence engagement session dog crowds pre wedding location Florence slow shutter

black and white wedding slow-shutter portrait of the bride spinning in her dress

spinning Rio de Janeiro black and white bridal portrait motion blur Casa da Noiva Rio de Janeiro wedding dress

A nighttime wedding portrait of bride and groom with steel wool in Lincoln, NE at a private residence

Lincoln NE artistic wedding photography Lincoln NE wedding portrait steel wool silhouette Lincoln NE fine art wedding photo

Engagement session at The Pearl in San Antonio

Engagement picture session with a couple at The Pearl in San Antonio

CA dusk San Antonio pre wedding portrait formal Texas - Southern San Antonio engagement photos San Antonio

Bride and Groom on the way out of the church, St. Sofia Church, Bulgaria

Bulgaria fine art wedding photographer Bulgaria artistic wedding photographer St Sofia Church Bulgaria artistic wedding photography Bulgaria bride and groom exiting the church

Brazil indoor black and white session with a slow shutter and blur dress

indoor dress session Santa Teresa elopement photographer Santa Teresa photography blur Brazil

engagement portraits with an invisible couple in the streets with blurred and moving people

Banff Banff e shoot AB Banff pre wedding portraits slow shutter Banff engagement photos

Campinas Couple at wedding ceremony | Fine art photography detail

Artistic image of Campinas Couple at the wedding ceremony holding hands | Fine art photography detail

bride creative São Paulo slow shutter Campinas wedding photographer ceremony

Campinas Creative Couple Dancing Photo on the Wedding Day

reception São Paulo groom Campinas wedding photography first dance slow shutter bride

Kyoto, Japan Couple on the evening street. Engagement Photography at Dusk.

Couple on the evening street for Engagement Photography at Dusk

couple Kyoto engagement photographer street Japan Kyoto Engagement photography Kyoto pre wedding portraits

Mumbai slow-shutter engagement portrait at night | Back Light and Lens Zoom!

slow-shutter engagement portrait at night with a Back Light and Lens Zoom

Mumbai e session Anupa Sha Mumbai pre wedding portrait Mumbai Mumbai engagement photography engagement portrait Mumbai engagement images

Paris, France Couple Photos - Engagement portrait session - Urban photography

Engagement portrait session with some Urban street photography

slow shutter inner city Patrick Lombaert hugging engagement photo Paris Paris France

China Pre-Ceremony photography - Bride's wedding shoes

China Pre-Ceremony photography of the Bride's wedding shoes

slow shutter ceremony photography China bride China artistic wedding photography China fine art wedding photographer China fine art wedding photo

slow shutter of a Hug of bride and groom

slow shutter hug Parnay Patrick Lombaert bride and groom

Engagement Couple Session - Image contains: Southern California Couple silhouetted by the lake during sunset

Southern California Couple silhouetted by the lake during sunset engagement portraits

slow shutter sunset pre wedding location SoCal Southern California ANZA foto and film silhouette sunset engagement session

Siracusa luna park slow-shutter engagement portrait with blur

luna park slow shutter Siracusa carnival engagement portrait Siracusa engagement photos pre wedding locations Siracusa

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