Wedding Photos of Stairs

The following “Stairs” 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 “Stairs” 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.

Father addresses his daughter to come down the stairs during the ceremony

Belgium Portrait Photographer for Pre-Wedding - Loveshoot, in front of the castle

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Guests watch as the bride descends the stairs at Estalagem Alter Real in Pirenópolis in this wedding photo captured by a Goias, Brazil documentary photographer.

Guests watch as the bride descends the stairs at her outdoor wedding ceremony

Pirenopolis wedding photographer Pirenopolis bridal image Goiás Brazil Pirenopolis Estalagem Alter Real

The groom is seen descending the stairs to join his bride, who is seated with her bouquet, for a beautiful wedding portrait

A wedding portrait of an Istanbul couple is featured with the groom descending stairs

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Torreglia Wedding Photographer - The bride before getting into the church

Wedding Photography of The bride before getting into the church

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The bridesmaid looks timidly out before entering the scene

Reggio Calabria marriage stairs bridesmaid Reggio Calabria marriage photo father Reggio Calabria Villa Tramontana

Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga Engagement Portrait at the stairs with trees

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The bride walks up a flight of stairs into the light in Caracas in this image created by a documentary-style Venezuela wedding photographer.

The bride walks up a flight of stairs into the light in this image

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Engagement Portrait on the stairs at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London

Sharron Gibson stairs St Pancras Renaissance London hotel London documentary wedding photographer UK

This photo captures a moment in time of the groom and groomsmen making their way to the wedding ceremony, descending the green stairs at The Biltmore in Coral Gables, Florida

The groom and groomsmen walked down the green stairs of The Biltmore in Coral Gables, Florida for the wedding ceremony

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China Beijing Engagement Photo Session on Stairs

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Nonsuch Mansion Wedding Photographer | Image of the bride walking to the ceremony down the stairs

Mansion Wedding Image of the bride walking to the ceremony down the stairs

bride Nonsuch Mansion wedding image stairs walking to the ceremony

Chicago Engagement Portrait Photographer: "I asked the couple to walk down the street. and the light and shadow accentuated the two of them."

Engagement Portrait Photo of the couple walking down the street with the light and shadows accentuated the two

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During this engagement shoot, a couple is framed by two sets of large arches while they embrace on the Bethesda Terrace stairs in New York City

During this engagement shoot, a couple is framed by two sets of large arches while they embrace on the Terrace stairs in the City

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Bride walking down the stairs before she walks down the aisle at Colony Club, Detroit

walks stairs Colony Club bride Ray Iavasile Detroit aisle

Timisoara, Romania Wedding Photo taken during bride's preparation. They were carrying the wedding dress to the room

Wedding Photo taken during bride's preparation as They were carrying the wedding dress to the room

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Villa infinito mare, Brucoli (SR) wedding photo showing a moment of happiness as the bride and groom walk upstairs.

Villa wedding photo showing a moment of happiness as the bride and groom walk upstairs

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St Giles House, Dorset Photography of the Grand Bridal entrance down the stairs.

wedding venue Photography of the Grand Bridal entrance down the stairs

staircase UK Dorset sunlight painting on wall stairs

Engagement Portrait with the couple kissing on the top of the stairs

Cyprus Kyrenia engagement photography top of stairs couple kissing stairs Kyrenia Bellapais Monastery

Pré-wedding portrait photo shoot with a couple coming down on the indoor stairs

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Bagpipes at Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh - the Bride comes down the stairs before the ceremony

wedding image of Bagpipes at Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh as the Bride comes down the stairs before the ceremony

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Summer prewedding portrait photo shoot session on the stairs with hand rails

China stairs summer Tianjin hand rails TianJin prewedding portrait photo

stanbrook abbey wedding photograph of a happy bridesmaide dancing down the stairs

stanbrook abbey wedding image of a happy bridesmaide dancing down the stairs

Cambrai abbey North Yorkshire womens Benedictine getting ready

London engagement shoot St Pancras station stairs in black and white

The black and white engagement shoot at the station stairs captured the couple as they posed for the camera

stairs St Pancras station London black and white London engagement

This is another cadre from musical theater. I took the picture when the technician tried the smoking system before the spectacle. We used the moment, I set a young couple on the stairs during a pre-wedding engagement.

This engagement photo was taken at a musical theater during a technical rehearsal, and shows a young couple on the stairs, as the technician is testing the smoking system in the background and the photo was taken as part of a pre-wedding engagement

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Couple Sitting on the Stairs - London Engagement Session

The couple sitting on stairs engagement session was captured on concrete stairs in a symmetrical composition and is in black and white

concrete stairs couple sitting London engagement session London stairs UK

engagement shooting at the streets of istanbul with blue stairs and red dress

engagement shooting at the streets the city with blue stairs and red dress

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A bride in Key West, Florida was photographed descending a stairwell indoors to create a unique bridal image

A bride in Key West was photographed indoors in a stairwell

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wedding photo of bride, dad and bridesmaids walking up steps

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Wedding photo shoot in Waterford Castle - Bride and the Downward Spiral stairs

Wedding photo shoot in Waterford Castle of the Bride and the Downward Spiral stairs

Waterford Castle bride Ireland Waterford castle stairs Shane O Neill

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