Wedding Photos of Urban

The following “Urban” 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” 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.

World's best creative portrait photography from Walden, Chicago of the wedding party on a roof in the city

Bangkok pre-wed portraits for a fun couple playing with the building spaces by the steps

streets building Bangkok wedding photography Bangkok photographer steps Bangkok couple Bangkok pre wed portrait

Sevilla fun-loving couple modeling for a pre-wedding session in an urban street scene against a painted brick wall

painted street scene pre wedding session urban brick wall Spain Sevilla couple

World's top and most original Newark, Nottingham wedding portrait photography of the Bride and Groom sitting outside colorful shop front

Newark Bride and Groom outside Newark UK sitting Newark photography city Nottinghamshire

Montreal, Quebec couple engagement portraits with a couple enjoying a stroll through the old city

streets Montreal walking Montreal couple urban Montreal engagement portrait

Old Montreal, Canada playful engagement image of a Newly engaged couple excited about ring, in front of blue wall

newly engaged couple ring urban Canada Old Montreal excited

A top London wedding photojournalism example from an urban Greenwich wedding event on the streets with the Bride kissing her grandma

streets grandma urban Greenwich wedding event Greenwich kissing

Chinatown, Singapore urban engagement image of a couple kissing

Chinatown Singapore buildings couple kissing Singapore photographer urban Singaporeengagement image

Singapore prewed portraits for a fun couple in Chinatown marching towards the lift lobby

Singapore couple sign Singapore Singapore prewed portrait urban Chinatown walking

Trieste pre-wedding portrait-session in Italy for an urban Sunset street portrait of the engaged couple

urban Italy trieste photographer Trieste pre wedding portrait street portrait sunset Trieste

Pre-wedding photo-session in San Francisco showing us that He always makes her laugh

San Francisco California photographer CA laugh urban Pre Wedding Photo

Pre-wedding engagement image-session in Argenton sur Creuse at Mignonnerie

prewedding image urban smiles seated kiss Mignonnerie steps

Sancerre pre-wedding photo-session with an urban shadow on the street walls in the afternoon

street urban Piranga Studio Sancerre shadow cher photographer

On location Florence couple engagement portrait shoot on the busy city streets

busy centered urban City streets buildings portrait shoot Florence

View this stylish Downtown Chicago wedding image during some urban bride and groom portraits, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

Downtown Chicago urban portraits Chicago wedding image Chicago wedding photography Illinois bride and groom

A creative Paris wedding detail picture showing The brides dress recreates the French flag with a red and blue vintage car behind her

sidewalk brides dress automobile French flag Pierrick Roland urban vintage car

View this imaginative Sichuan wedding image showing a newspaper display column near the ceremony site and on the column are recent social and realistic news

Sichuan wedding image showing a newspaper display column near the ceremony site and on the column are recent social and realistic news

display column streets urban newspaper Sichuan photographer ceremony site column

View this grand Chicago wedding image of bridesmaids posing in an urban street crosswalk, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois from the WPJA

Chicago wedding image of bridesmaids posing in an urban street crosswalk, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Illinois

IL crosswalk Illinois Chicago wedding image posing urban Chicago photographer

View this dramatic Baden Baden wedding image of a bride and groom with sun and shadows, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

dramatic Baden Baden wedding image of a bride and groom with sun and shadows, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

urban Baden-Baden Dramatic germany wedding photography sun shadows city

Paris environmental couple pre wedding image session under a metropolitan sign

city metropolitan urban Paris couple lovers Paris photographer embrace

Chicago nuptial day award-winning image of the couple crossing the street while the groom holds the bouquet and fixes the bride's hair

urban Chicago crossing IL street IL wedding photographer brides hair

The Illinois WPJA is proud to award this non traditional, urban Chicago wedding image of the IL Couple and bridesmaids walking across a street in downtown while on the way to their ceremony

bridesmaids Chicago walking Downtown Illinois street

Buckingham Fountain couple e-shoot in Chicago on a bench with the urban city skyline behind them

IL couple Buckingham Fountain Chicago IL weddings city skyline bench

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

slow shutter Chicago Night urban IL city scene

Detroit couple e-session in the urban MI streets of the USA

skyline MI streets Detroit couple Michigan urban Detroit

Deidesheim wedding couple artistic image session for a dramatic, urban night time portrait

Dramatic Night Time Portrait Deidesheim wedding couple artistic image session Deidesheim urban

Norfolk couple e-session in the streets of Norwich

Norfolk couple streets bw urban Norwich Norfolk engagement portrait Rob Dodsworth

La Defense, Paris couple e-shoot of them kissing through glass

Paris Engagement La Defense couple glass urban kissing

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Boston Public Garden illustrating a MA couple enjoying a blanket lunch together

Boston bride to be urban MA couple blanket lunch pre wedding portrait session Boston Boston Public Garden

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Detroit illustrating a couple with the urban city skyline behind them

urban Detroit Portrait Session city Detroit Pre Wedding image skyline Detroit couple

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