Wedding Photos of Urban portrait

The following “Urban portrait” 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 “Urban portrait” 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.

Napa engaged couple nightfall portrait session with just the two of us

San Francisco Romance pre-wed portrait session on a steep city street with awesome view of the bay

SF buildings cars San Francisco bridge roadway water

San Francisco city's night view is romantic and mesmerizing during this pre-wed portrait photo shoot

Downtown skyscrapers buildings city lights SF roadway

Jaén, Spain Pre-Wedding portrait shoot with escalator glass reflections

dusk evening Jaén wedding engagement city photos lighting city scene Spain

LaSalle Street Chicago City Oasis creative pre-wedding photo in the park under trees

Chicago city Oasis Downtown urban portrait LaSalle Street park e session Chicago couple portraits

millenium park chicago engagement session with a couple in the sunshine during a creative pre-wed portrait shoot

buildings skyscrapers Chicago urban portrait Downtown Millenium Park Chicago couple portraits

chicago riverwalk engagement session near sunset by the edge of the water

Millenium Park public places sunset engagement Chicago wedding engagement street photography city scene

Istanbul, Turkey couple portrait with reflection during a pre-wed photo session

Turkey street photography public places urban environment city portraits urban portrait city scene

Turkey wedding portrait image of the groom inside and the bride outside waiting for him at the İstanbul Hilton Hotel

A portrait of the groom inside with window frame shadows, and the bride outside on the streets, awaits him before their wedding

Istanbul photographer sunlight and shadows Turkey Istanbul urban portrait

Michigan Ave pre-wed image session with a couple Laughing in Snow and Traffic

Chicago Chicago couple portraits Edward Ciesielski laughing traffic skyscrapers urban portrait

LaSalle Street Bridge pre-wed image session with some cool Champagne Spray

Champagne Spray LaSalle Street Bridge river Downtown urban portrait Chicago couple portraits buildings

Florida wedding couple posing for a portrait in downtown Orlando showing the darkness of a parking garage across the street, for an Abbey Road type of image, positioning the couple in the walkway in direct sun with shadows

The wedding couple posed for a portrait in downtown with the darkness of a parking garage across the street providing a striking contrast. They were positioned in the walkway in direct sunlight, with shadows and architecture framing them.

Florida Orlando direct sunlight parking garage urban portrait Orlando Wedding Photographer

Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont artistic wedding photo with graffiti and True Love

He picks her up and they kiss in front of an artistic wedding photo, with graffiti and "True Love" painted on the wall

wall art true love urban portrait graffiti couple kiss Verbano Cusio Ossola Piedmont wedding photographer

Vietnam urban city engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session high above the nightlife of Dalat

Nien Truong Downtown nightlife pre wedding portraits Dalat Dalat engagement picture Vietnam Dalat

SF pre wedding and engagement photography with a San Francisco Lovers reflection in the city

reflection CA SF downtown NoCal SF couple portraits urban portrait San Francisco

Illinois engagement portrait with a posed couple amongst the tall skyscrapers of Michigan Ave in Chicago

chicago buildings Downtown urban portrait Chicago couple portraits skyscrapers Chicago

Illinois engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session of a couple spraying champagne at Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago

Downtown urban portrait skyscrapers Chicago couple portraits champagne spraying Kinzie Street Bridge

PL engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session on Piotrkowska Street as the two hold hands in Lodz, Poland

roadway buildings Lodz city street Poland Piotrkowska Street

Italy engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session with a couple in the fog of Venice

city IT venice couple portraits Venice urban portrait Italy

Italy engagement photo shoot from a low angle with a formally dressed couple in Venice

IT formal dress urban portrait Italy venice couple portraits Venice

CO engagement portrait with a couple posed for a dramatic portrait in front of Denver's most recognizable building, Union Station

Lucy Schultz Colorado urban portrait Denver couple portraits Union Station Denver dramatic portrait Denver

BG pre wedding and engagement photography in Sofia, Bulgaria of a couple walking the city streets

Bulgaria downtown sofia buildings sofia couple portraits Sofia Winter portrait scarves

UK pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple inside vintage red phone booths in London

red phone booths Ronan Jégaden London vintage phone booths urban portrait city UK

France engagement photo shoot with the Eiffel Tower of Paris

city engagement urban portrait rooftop portrait paris couple portraits eiffel tower Paris France

United Kingdom engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Cambridge with a kiss in the back streets

cambridge couple portraits urban portrait UK city Cambridge alleyway

Slovenia pre wedding and engagement photography in Volosko, Croatia with a dog and some cool graffiti

Volosko graffiti volosko couple portraits wall art city engagement urban portrait Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević

Slovenia pre wedding and engagement photography of a couple on stairs with a dog in Volosko, Croatia, their Best friend

volosko couple portraits posed couple urban portrait Volosko Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević dog stairway

CA engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Oakland, California with a Quick stop at Graffiti Alley

oakland couple portraits oakland city engagement concrete jungle graffiti Oakland urban portrait Tyler Vu

Toronto pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Ontario showing the Old and new Toronto

skyscrapers Ontario Toronto Frances Morency toronto Downtown urban portrait buildings toronto couple portraits

Sofia engagement photo shoot from Bulgaria with urban/industrial Silhouettes

industrial Sofia engagement session sofia couple portraits urban portrait Bulgaria lit portrait Sofia

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