Wedding Photos of Wide shot

The following “Wide shot” 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 “Wide shot” 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.

In beautiful Sevilla, Spain, this pre-wedding portrait captures a couple running and holding hands amidst stunning architecture in a wide shot.

Sevillian Splendor: Couple Running Hand in Hand Amidst Stunning Architecture

A couple walking hand in hand beside the iconic Pemaquid Point lighthouse in Maine on their wedding day. The black and white wide shot captures the essence of their elopement.

Romantic Elopement: Love Amidst Pemaquid's Majestic Light

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Black Canyon Inn Estes Park, CO wedding photography using a wide shot of the indoor wedding ceremony

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Lombardy wedding photographer captures the couple kissing in the back of the car, "I get into the car with the spouses towards the ceremony, the spouses, now accustomed to my presence, exchange affection. Seeking a wide shot to document the full scene"

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photography shot of bride and her girlfriends

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Cambridge, Massachusetts Engagement Couple Shoot - Wide shot with cherry blossoms and brick wall

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Cambridge, Massachusetts Engagement Portraits | Wide shot under bridge

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