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The following “Central Coast” 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 “Central Coast” 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.

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A romantic portrait of a couple embracing in a Carmel by the Sea, California, love celebration, perfectly framed in a doorway
A Captivating Embrace: A Romantic Carmel by the Sea Love Celebration
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A couple poses on the porch of a rustic cabin at Loma Vista Gardens in Big Sur, CA, capturing a cinematic ambiance.
BIG SUR WEDDING: Cinematic Love Emanates from Rustic Loma Vista
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The bride and groom steal a quiet kiss together inside a cozy trailer at Loma Vista Gardens in Big Sur, CA while their bridal party forms outside for group photos.
Romantic Moment Captured: Newlyweds Share Intimate Kiss Inside Cozy Big Sur Hideaway
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In Big Sur, CA at Loma Vista Gardens, a couple poses on the bluffs overlooking the water, sharing kisses during their sunset portrait session.
ROMANCING BIG SUR: CAPTURING LOVE AT A DREAMY WEDDING AFFAIR
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This joyful picture of two girls captures a special moment of the wedding day on California's Central Coast, showing them dancing and cartwheeling on the reception venue floor
Two girls danced and cartwheeled joyfully on the Central Coast, CA, wedding reception venue
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The couple posed for their romantic save-the-date wedding announcement picture on bluffs over a California beach
California Beach Bluffs - Romantic Couple's Wedding Announcement with Ocean View
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From Santa Barbara In the woods near a wedding venue, a groom waits for the bride to arrive
The groom, seated on a bench in the woods near a wedding venue and fixing his stylish top hat, eagerly awaited the bride's arrival
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In Ben Lomond, the bride and bridesmaids are singing and dancing in unison to the familiar song at the Waterfall Lodge and Retreat
The bride and bridesmaids are singing and dancing in unison to songs at a lodge wedding venue
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Wonderful helpers changing the bride's footwear for the dance at the Waterfall Lodge and Retreat in San Francisco
At the lodge retreat wedding venue, family and friends are changing the bride's shoes for the dancing
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An after the marriage proposal Central Coast engagement photograph in California during the Late afternoon as sun backlights an engaged couple laughing together
An after the marriage proposal Central Coast engagement photograph in California during the Late afternoon as sun backlights an engaged couple laughing together
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