Wedding Photos of Artistic

The following “Artistic” 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 “Artistic” 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.

Artistic Rome sunet portrait of the couple at Giardino dei Aranci

Artistic Orvieto wedding close up portrait of the bride and groom with sun flares at Borgo San Faustino

Orvieto bride and groom Borgo San Faustino Orvieto wedding portrait sun flares artistic

Siena, Tuscany artistic wedding photo at Home with the veil and the bride

artistic Tuscany bride at home Tuscany wedding photo veil

Fort Collins, CO artistic wedding photo created After the ceremony with the bride hiking this ridge in her stilettos and wedding dress so we could capture this gorgeous sunset

Fort Collins bride hiking CO wedding photo stilettos artistic wedding dress

Florence, Tuscany artistic wedding photo of the couple Walking in town with a puddle Reflection

artistic couple walking Florence puddle Tuscany reflection

Florence, Tuscany artistic wedding photo from the Reception venue of the Bride and groom

stairs Florence Tuscany Tuscany Reception Venue steps Tuscany wedding photo artistic

The Line, DC artistic wedding photo showing the groom is touching the shooting star

groom shooting star DC wedding photo touching The Line artistic

Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO artistic wedding photo of the bride and groom kissing with fall foliage

kissing bride and groom RMNP Rocky Mountain National Park CO wedding photo fall foliage

Ca Mau City artistic wedding photo displaying the custom of offering wine on an Asian wedding day

This wedding photo displays the traditional offering of wine during the ceremony in an artistic, bold design with stark contrasts, captured from above

Vietnam artistic wedding photo Traditional stark contrasts Ca Mau City Photographer Asia

Paris Reception artistic wedding bokeh image

A silhouetted couple framed in a doorway is captured in an artistic wedding bokeh image with blue tones and candles

bokeh Paris candles Paris couple Blue Creative Wedding Image framed

Duomo San Giorgio, Modica bride and groom posing during a drone camera portrait session

The bride and groom are posing for an artistic and fun portrait session, captured by a drone camera

Duomo San Giorgio fun drone wedding posing drone camera Sicily bride groom

Artistic wedding image of the couple with bokeh lights from Villa Anna - Ispica

A wedding image with an artistic flair, featuring bokeh lights and the silhouetted couple

Villa Anna wedding venue silhouette sicily wedding image artistic sicily couple romantic bokeh

Virginia engagement portrait with a posed couple at the Gulf Branch Park & Nature Center, Arlington, VA showing a Shadow of kiss

artistic silhouette VA Arlington-VA light Gulf Branch Park & Nature Center shadow of kiss

Xi'an Shaanxi artistic wedding photo showing Details of the bride walking the streets with painted yellow lines

A wedding photo with artistic flair, depicting the bride strolling down a street lined with yellow paint

bride artistic Shaanxi pre ceremony yellow lines Xian painted marriage

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

California Los Angeles Los Angeles prewedding portrait engagement photos Los Angeles light and prisms black and white

Tuscany Reception Venue, Podere il Pendolino artistic Bride and groom portrait at the sunset

sunset Podere il Pendolino Tuscany Reception Venue Tuscany Tuscany wedding couple artistic

Marseille Bouches-du-Rhone artistic wedding photo of the sneakers on stairs and a cat

kitten Marseille Bouches du Rhone shoes Daniel Pelcat sneakers wedding photo cat

Chicago Illinois artistic wedding picture from the Transportation of the Bride waiting to leave in the limo

artistic leave Waiting transportation Chicago wedding picture chicago bride Illinois

Shanghai China artistic wedding photo of the brides boots and dress on the walk to hotel

artistic walk hotel brides boots dress Moana Wu Shanghai wedding photo

Baltimore artistic After Reception portrait of the Couple enjoying the last minutes of their wedding day

couple wedding day Baltimore artistic enjoying Reception Portrait

Birmingham, UK Dress and confetti artistic wedding detail image on the grass

on the grass Birmingham artistic weddings artistic Birmingham wedding photographer wedding detail Birmingham Dress and confetti

artistic wedding couple portrait with some fun Dancing against the towering buildings

memories Hambacher Schloss Wedding Picture towering buildings couple dancing couple castle dancing

Essen, Germany artistic wedding couple portrait from Margaretenhöhe during a Wedding Couple Shoot

artistic wedding couple portrait during a Wedding Couple Shoot

portrait Wedding Photo Session shoot couple picture Photo. Wedding Couple Shoot bride and groom photo

artistic wedding couple portrait with many bokeh lights against a black background

Bangkok wedding photography Rosewood luxurious black background wedding picture wedding couple portrait creative

artistic wedding couple image from in front of the reception venue with flash and color

Blue bride and groom silhouettes artistic flash Keepsake red

Artistic and creative couple engagement portraits at Yosemite National Park

Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević Yosemite National Park engagement session creative couple artistic Yosemite National Park pre wedding location Yosemite National Park

wedding couple Photo shoot for a wedding

picturesque Tonnara di Scopello mediterranean Tonnara di Scopello Sicily Scopello Sicily wedding couple romantic

wedding portrait created as the Bride poses in an old army shelter

artistic wedding portrait Bride poses Shaanxi Shaanxi Shaanxi artistic wedding portrait Shaanxi wedding portrait bride poses wedding portrait

China couple give a Kiss in light and shadow during e-shoot in Beijing

light China Beijing engagement photography shadow couple Beijing

China artistic wedding portrait of a couple kissing in Beijing

Beijing artistic wedding photography Beijing fine art wedding photo wedding portrait Beijing artistic wedding photographer Beijing fine art wedding photographer artistic Beijing

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