Wedding Photos of Iowa

The following “Iowa” 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 “Iowa” 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.

Ring bearer scratching himself before walking down the aisle at Fountains Ballroom, Iowa, capturing the relatable discomfort of kids in formal clothes

Iowa's Unconventional Ring Bearer: Capturing the Discomfort of Kids in Formal Attire at Fountains Ballroom

In Iowa, at the ceremony/reception venue, a flower girl prepares to push the bride and groom's baby in a quaint vintage carriage down the aisle

A Whimsical Journey: Flower Girl Pushes Bride and Groom's Baby in Charming Vintage Carriage at Iowa Venue

down the aisle Iowa Iowa Documentary Wedding Photography vintage carriage couples baby flower girl

The groomsman's parents are attempting to fix his tie at a wedding venue in Iowa, while he appears disinterested

Distracted Groomsman's Parents Struggle to Tie the Knot in Iowa Wedding Venue

fixing tie parents attempting to help groomsman Iowa Iowa Documentary Wedding Photography

Inside a Countrylife limousine, the bridal party partying and singing on party bus

The bridal party gleefully celebrated inside the luxurious Countrylife limousine, singing and partying as if they were on a party bus

singing Country Life Limousine limo party Carson Iowa party bus Iowa Photographer

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, urban portrait of this Des Moine couple sitting on some stairs in formal wear

stairs urban IA Des Moine formal wear Shea McGrath Iowa

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, carefree portrait of this Des Moines couple laying down below tree in the fall at Ashworth Park

Shea McGrath Des Moines couple tree Iowa fall Iowa Engagement Photographer laying down

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