Wedding Photos of California

The following “California” 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 “California” 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.

Backyard Indian wedding of the bride's father and mother in full laughter

CA pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple standing back to back under the arch of Rainbow Bridge in California

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San Francisco engagement image of Spotting the lovers in the store window from outside

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San Francisco pre-wedding photo of an engaged couple so in love

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San Francisco Romance in the cypress forest during a nature engagement portrait session

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San Francisco engagement session of couple in the middle of a city street with an urban, CA sun flare

San Francisco engagement session of couple in the middle of a city street with a sunflare

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San Francisco Urban Engagement Photo session with - Two persons. Two trees.

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Los Angeles, California couple posing for a straight forward engagement photo with some Fall feels

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Los Angeles, California engagement photographer Messing around with light and prisms during a couple engagement photo session

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Los Angeles, California pre wedding photography of a couple sitting in an open field in the afternoon sunlight

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Northern California wedding image of a bride as she puts on lipstick in her robe as her friends watch on via a Zoom call on a laptop

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California wedding photography from baker beach of the couples vows in fog

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California wedding photo from the palm event center of speeches during the reception at the venue

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Wedding photography from a reception in San Jose, California of Guests partying before Pandemic

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San Jose, California wedding image of the groom eating the last piece of cake on bride's nose

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Wedding photo from San Jose, California showing the Mother of the bride and bottle of Hennessy

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Oakland, California wedding detail image of childhood pictures used to decorate the backyard wedding

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Artistic wedding photo from California, Napa - Finally a relaxing time for the newlywed

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artistic wedding couple portrait for the Bride and Groom in a Pool Hall at the Wedding Venue

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San Francisco, California bride getting ready with curlers and makeup on

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Bride and Groom night Portrait with Jar lights in Antioch, California

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black and white wedding portrait of the Bride and grooms last walk

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Palace of Fine Arts, San Franciso, California engagement portrait shot at a low-angle

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Moss Beach, California e-session of couple in the woods for this portrait

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E-portrait of couple at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk in California

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Santana Row, San Jose, California couple during their engagement shoot with Love in the Ivy

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E-session of couple in the sunlight amongst flowers in Livermore, California

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Big trees and sunset engagement image of a silhouetted couple at the top of the hill from Los Gatos, California

Big trees and sunset engagement image from Los Gatos, California

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Leal Vineyard, California wedding reception photo of guests dancing very low

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