Wedding Photos of WA

The following “WA” 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 “WA” 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.

Yakima, WA Portrait Session - Engaged couple looking up a canyon in Eastern Washington

Outdoor Portrait Session for Engaged couple looking up a canyon

Tacoma, Washington engagement portraits of a Couple holding hands on dock | shadows and lines frame this engaged couple showing the light and darkness they came through to be together

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WA Creative Engagement Couple Shoot - Happy couple holding hands and balloons

A creative engagement couple shoot captures the happy couple holding hands and blue and yellow balloons, with very tall trees in the background

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Beautiful couple in trees

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Creative Engagement Session Puget Sound - Couple kissing in front of large colored target

The Creative Engagement Session featured the couple kissing in front of a large colored target, with a colorful circle background in the photograph

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Couple kissing on bench

Washington bench WA couple kissing posing park overhead

Bright colored trains surrounding kissing couple

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Couple kissing on picnic table in water

Puget Sound Engagement Portrait couple kissing picnic table water boy Seattle WA

Couple laying down kissing on dock in marina

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Newly engaged couple kissing behind wall

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Creative Wedding Photojournalist Seattle | South Seattle College

Creative Wedding Photojournalist shooting at South Seattle College

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Wedding photo of bride getting tears wiped in St Augustine Catholic Church, Oak Harbor WA - Creative Wedding Photojournalist Seattle San Juan Islands

Wedding photo of bride getting tears wiped in St Augustine Catholic Church, Oak Harbor WA - Seattle San Juan Islands

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Wedding reception picture of bride and groom lifted in chairs by Seattle, Washington wedding photographer

Wedding reception picture of bride and groom lifted in chairs during hora in Seattle, Washington

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Washington Pre-Wedding Portrait Photographer | Seattle Photography

Portrait of a couple with backs against a telephone pole, hosting huge smiles with an urban grit feel captured in the image

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Seattle Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography Session with a Couple in a Convertible with their Dog - WA Photographers

Engagement photo of couple in vintage convertible with their dog, capturing their love for classic cars and their furry companion

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Bridesmaids singing into a microphone at the reception

Seattle Logan Westom WA

WA wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple in the trees | Seattle pre-wedding pictures

A couple is captured in an intimate embrace among the trees in this stunning engagement portrait taken by a skilled wedding photographer

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Wedding Photojournalist captured bridesmaids getting ready at Thornewood Seattle.

Seattle Thornewood WA

bride and groom walking out of the ceremony

WA Logan Westom

Spokane, WA Wedding Photojournalism | the groom is hugged by his mother as he prepares to enter the ceremony

Spokane, WA Wedding Photojournalism of the groom getting hugged by his mother as he prepares to enter the ceremony

Jerome Pollos WA Spokane

Forest wedding engagement shoot with a couple in the woods | Seattle pre-wedding photographer session

Forest wedding engagement shoot with a couple sitting on a log in the woods

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The bride and groom hold hands in front of a large tent in

party gathering pavilion reception newlyweds after party Leavenworth

The bride, groom, and guests toast one another in this black and white photo taken in Leavenworth, WA by a Seattle wedding photographer.

The bride, groom, and guests toast one another in this black and white picture

eating food snacks black and white WA wedding couple Leavenworth

bridesmaids laugh along with the bride

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Seattle in-home engagement photography of couple jumping on bed

Seattle in-home engagement photography of couple jumping on the bed

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Discovery Park engagement photos | WA wedding photography

Discovery Park engagement photos in WA with warm hugs and lighting

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Seattle, WA Pioneer Square engagement session in the streets

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Extremely fun Seattle pre-wedding portraits in the public water fountain

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Seattle silhouette engagement portrait of a couple dancing against the sky

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Tacoma wedding photographer captured this image of the wedding rings resting on the hand of a cherub statue

Tacoma wedding rings resting on the hand of a cherub statue

Tacoma Washington WA

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