Wedding Photos of Vintage

The following “Vintage” 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 “Vintage” 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.

Valley View Farm, MA couple e-session while together standing on old Chevy pickup

Artistic Lac de la Vingeanne wedding portrait in Pays de Langres, Haute Marne, France for a Couple inside an old VW Van

Lac de la Vingeanne wedding portrait old Volkswagen bus vintage Oliver Saillard VW van

Tarn wedding art couple portrait at Domaine les Tables de Crespin, South of France showing The couple in an old MG 1600 car having a good time driving the convertible on the streets

streets convertible Loin Bourniquel MG 1600 South of France auto vintage

San Demetrio Church area, Cesena, Italy wedding couple artistic image session with the bride and groom, just married, in their renewed old vintage grandpa italian car Cinquecento

Italy wedding couple Cesena couple vintage artistic image session bride and groom old just married

Veneto wedding couple artistic image session - a portrait of the newlyweds while driving through a beautiful landscape

Veneto wedding couple beautiful landscape Veneto countryside portrait vw portrait driving newlyweds

Black and white Paris wedding picture of a France bride eager to join the car at the end of the ceremony

France bw Paris wedding picture after ceremony car Paris black and white

Church of Saints Cyricus and Julitta wedding couple artistic session of the the bride and groom get out of the roof of an old mini, are located on the edge of the lake of morcote, the sail of the bride is pushed up by the veil and stretches in the air

sail wedding couple veil air lake of morcote old mini

Sovicille Town Hall, La Sosta del Cavaliere, Rosia wedding couple artistic image session of the bride and groom are embraced inside an old 500 with legs stretched out, the legs of the bride come out of the car and fire is right on the red converse

stretched out vintage legs fire Rosia wedding couple image embraced car

A wedding photographer in Limburg created this image of the couple waiting inside a vintage van outside the building

Limburg wedding image clouds outside van reflection Kobe Vanderzande vintage

Hasselt mini photo session before the wedding day for a couple with a vintage background of wood slats

Hasselt photo slats wood Kobe Vanderzande Hasselt couple background vintage

Tuscany artistic wedding detail image of the groom helping the bride exit the backseat of the car

backseat vintage Tuscany bride bride exit car old auto Tuscany

Trieste wedding photo from Italy showing the happy Bride in the red car

bride Trieste wedding photo happy auto car Trieste bride image

Paris couple posing for a wedding picture with a bw reflection on a vintage auto side mirror

A wedding picture of a couple is being taken with a reflection of them in a vintage car's side mirror in black and white

black and white mirror vintage Paris couple Paris couple auto

Occitanie wedding image of the bride and groom in a VW van as it was rolling on the turn road, hard to stay straight

bus road vw Occitanie wedding vintage Occitanie

WI wedding photo from a reception party in Wisconsin with some Kids playing vintage board games

vintage reception party kids board games Wisconsin WI wedding photo Earl McCoy

Wedding photography from braga, portugal - menino conhece menina scene with an umbrella, vintage bridal car and some fog

Daniel Monteiro haze Portugal Portugal wedding menina vintage fog

IT wedding photography from Church of SS Ippolito e Cassiano, Luvinate of Herbie the love bug vw car

italy wedding image vintage italy weddings vw car Luvinate automobile vw

Recoleta, Buenos Aires engagement session in a vintage, red phone booth on the city streets

Buenos Aires pre wedding portrait engagement photos Recoleta Recoleta vintage City streets Buenos Aires

Bride and groom portrait standing next to a vintage UK red phone booth

portrait UK fine art wedding photo bride UK artistic wedding photography bike groom Anna Mikulich

wedding detail photography picture of The groom driving a very old Lancia

wedding detail Lancia vintage Perugia fine art wedding photography Umbria wedding photography Perugia wedding photography

A nice couple in front of an old vintage car in Provence

A nice couple portrait in front of an old vintage car

Provence e shoot car Provence pre wedding portraits Provence engagement photographer Provence engagement photos Provence couple portrait

Engagement Photographer | In a field in Belgium - the couple who will marry this year. Shot with a vintage tilt lens.

Engagement Photography In a field with a vintage tilt lens

black and white belgium wedding photographer Belgium belgium bride vintage Engagement photography Belgium Weddings

Dumbo rooftop, NYC Couple Braving the cold for the view | Engagement Couple Photography - Portrait contains: bridge, art, square, format, vintage, antique, Holga

Dumbo rooftop, NYC Couple Braving the cold for the view during some Engagement Photography

Dumbo Dumbo pre wedding portrait art vintage nyc engagement photos Dumbo antique

Porto, PT Engagement Couple Session - Image contains: red, phone, booth, vintage, telephone, payphone

Porto, PT Engagement Couple Session indide a red phone booth

phone Portugal booth payphone Daniel Monteiro red Porto

Taiwan, Hualien pre-wedding Session Photography - Portrait contains: vintage, lighting, light bulbs, glass, windows, indoors, outdoors

Taiwan, Hualien pre-wedding Session Photography with vintage lighting

Taiwan engagement photographers lighting glass vintage indoors outdoors

Cappadocia, Turkey Early morning engagement portraits with hot air balloons and vintage convertible car

Cappadocia morning vintage pre wedding locations Cappadocia Hot air balloons Turkey

kissing couple in canoe during engagment photoshoot on the water

lake Maryland engagement session Maryland boat vintage pre wedding location Maryland

The Peninsula Hotel, Shanghai Pre-Wedding Portrait Shoot | The couple were standing in front of the window of their suite. The famous Shanghai landmark "Oriental Pearl TV Tower" happened to be seen in this scene.

The Peninsula Hotel, Shanghai Pre-Wedding Portrait Shoot as The couple were standing in front of the window of their suite

The Peninsula Hotel Shanghai camera Shanghai engagement session artistic Will Tee vintage

Engagement Photography in Santa Monica - Stylish couple chilling in an 'old' house in Santa Monica

Engagement Photography in Santa Monica with a Stylish couple chilling in an 'old' house in Santa Monica

vintage Santa Monica pre wedding session Santa Monica couch home Santa Monica engagement photographers

Yorkshire wedding photography with bridal car. Joining his wife for the trip to reception

groom entering the bridal car - Joining his wife for the trip to reception

Richard Galloway yorkshire weddings car Yorkshire yorkshire wedding photographer vintage Yorkshire bride

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