Wedding Photos of Stands

The following “Stands” 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 “Stands” 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.

Lifestyle couple portrait at Haughley Park, Suffolk. An engagement shoot in the early summer evening. The couple stands facing each other, embracing gently. She playfully lifts one leg, captured by the photographer.

Engaging Elegance | Haughley Park Couple's Enchanting Early Summer Shoot

Lifestyle couple portrait taken at Kasteeltuin Geldrop showcasing a beautifully composed scene. The couple stands in a small ray of sun with their eyes closed, against a dark background of trees and a hint of dark blue sky.

Glamorous Love | Kasteeltuin Geldrop Showcases Couple's Spellbinding Engagement Portrait

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Best wedding photography of the bride from Siena, Tuscany as she stands in the doorway holding her bouquet of flowers

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A Belgium documentary wedding photographer at the Kasteel Ooidonk captured this picture of The bride and groom creating a lot of joy among the guests after entering the dinner venue, as everybody stands on their chairs

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A sophisticated Malaga wedding portrait of the Frigilana couple in Spain as the bride stands on the stairs in sunlight and the groom is silhouetted in front of a red door

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An elegant Colorado wedding day portrait of the Colorado Springs bride and groom at The Broadmoor Hotel created as the couple stands in the lobby of the hotel and a patron passes outside with an umbrella

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The bride stands waiting for her groom as a brass band plays behind her on the street outside of the Chelsea Town Hall

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A couple laughs as they stand together in Ouro Preto by a green bush with pink flowers in this engagement session by a Minas Gerais, Brazil photographer.

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In Vitoria, a woman holds her fiance's hand as he stands behind her in this black and white pre-wedding portrait by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

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In Vitoria, half of a woman's face can be seen as her fiance stands in the foreground in this black and white engagement photo by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

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In Alvito, France, a couple can be seen standing in a field in the distance beyond a horse that stands in the foreground in this engagement photo captured by a Lazio photographer.

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A couple stands with a horse in a sunny field in Alvito, France in this engagement photo by a Lazio photographer.

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A couple stands in front of a tower in Spoleto and kisses as the sun sets during their engagement photo session by Perugia, Umbria photographer.

A couple stands in front of a tower and kisses as the sun sets during their engagement photo session

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A couple stands silhouetted by a small light on Hawk Hill during their engagement photoshoot by a San Francisco, CA photographer.

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A couple stands face to face beneath a large, pink-flowered tree during their Middelheim pre-wedding photo session by an Antwerpen, Flanders photographer.

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A woman stands holding the large shadow of a man's chin on Orgigia Island during their engagement photoshoot by a Syracuse, Sicily photographer.

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A couple stands back to back as the sun sets in this Arlesey engagement session by a Bedfordshire, England photographer.

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London, UK engagement photo session. Couple stands holding hands on stone steps leading up to a large gray building

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A small girl in a white dress stands on a bar while guests celebrate around her

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