Wedding Photos of Beautiful

The following “Beautiful” 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 “Beautiful” 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.

View this stylish Yorkshire wedding detail shot the brides engagement ring and extravagantly beautiful dressing gown, captured during the getting ready stage, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in England from the WPJA

Fujian wedding couple artistic image session illustrating The woods in the park are very beautiful

beautiful fujian wedding Fujian portrait woods couple artistic image

Aguilas, Spain mini beach couple photography session before the wedding day with a beautiful Sunset and love on the dock

Aguilas love Aguilas pre wedding session beach dock

Perth, Western Australia mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a beautiful minute together on a Triumph motorcycle

beautiful Jacob Gordon Triumph perth pre wedding motorcycle urban pic perth

Prainha - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil mini couple photo session before the wedding day with A beautiful silhouette in the morning lights

Prainha morning light Prainha pre wedding Brazil silhouette RJ engagement photo session Rio de Janeiro

Seviervile, TN mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with A beautiful dip in front of a city mural

dip Bryan Aleman city TN engagement shoot Seviervile TN urban

Tent Ridge, Kananaskis, AB, Canada creative wedding day portrait of a beautiful Bride and Groom on the top of the mountain

wedding day portrait AB mountain Kananaskis creative Canada

Chengdu, Sichuan creative wedding detail image showing the bride's wedding dress is very beautiful, the pattern on the skirt is dynamic, and the petals on the ground are a good imagination

ground skirt Chengdu Sichuan Sichuan bride Cheng Guo gown

Kaomai Lanna Resort Chiangmai small indoor photo session with the light shining through the windows on both sides of the building as a cafe atmosphere. It looks beautiful and outstanding

Vutiporn Supanish indoor photo session beautiful atmosphere Chiangmai building windows

Napa wedding detail photography of A beautiful floral display in the middle of an empty reception room

beautiful Napa CA empty reception room display Napa wedding detail

Bulgaria wedding photo from Terra Residence, Sofia showing the Beautiful natural light during the ceremony

Bulgaria wedding photo beautiful outdoor ceremony Terra Residence natural light Sofia

Shaanxi wedding photo showing Petals and newcomers are beautiful at this outdoor marriage ceremony under the clouds

outside wedding petals clouds newcomers beautiful outdoor ceremony

artistic wedding couple portrait of the B&G backlit under tree

wedding couple under tree backlit wedding photography beautiful Scotland backlit wedding Scotland romantic portrait Scotland BG under tree

fine art wedding portrait image of the bride and groom using multiple exposures

beautiful timeless romantic Valladolid wedding photography multiple exposures Fine art bride and groom

a Portugal Bride and groom playing on the top of a hillside overlooking a beautiful beach in Vale Furado, Nazaré

Nazaré engagement session pre wedding location Nazaré Nazaré playing Vale Furado beautiful hillside

Beautiful engagement photo session at the sunrise in Florence

a warm, Beautiful engagement photo session at sunrise

warm beautiful Duomo Florence engagement images Florence pre wedding portrait photo session

engagement photo in Milano, Italy with a young, beautiful couple

engagement photo with a young, beautiful couple

Milano e session Milano engagement photography Milano engagement images beautiful Milano pre wedding portrait couple Milano

a Couple enjoying a beautiful morning and the views

Canada AB Jasper National Park morning couple beautiful Pyramid Island

Love in hugs of this beautiful engagement session in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Love in hugs of this beautiful and warm engagement session

Rio de Janeiro e shoot Rio de Janeiro engagement photographer Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portraits engagement session warm Rio de Janeiro engagement photos

The light illuminates the engagement afternoon of this beautiful and beloved couple

Rio de Janeiro engagement images Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portrait Brazil light Engagement

sunset beautiful backlight couple sweet kissing for engagement portrait

beautiful Madrid engagement photos sunset sweet couple Madrid Madrid engagement photographer

Liberty State Park engagement portrait | PreWed Photographer: " It was a beautiful sunset with soft pink and blue hue and I asked my couple to just relax on the lawn."

It was a beautiful sunset with soft pink and blue hue and I asked my couple to just relax on the lawn

Liberty State Park Liberty State Park engagement photography relax Liberty State Park pre wedding portrait beautiful Liberty State Park e session soft pink

Taken at Harare's (Zimbabwe) private airport, Charles Prins Airport, this couple loves flying and historic airplanes which made for a beautiful backdrop.

this couple loves flying and historic airplanes which made for a beautiful Airport backdrop

beautiful Charles Prins Airport backdrop zimbabwe airplanes zimbabwe engagement photographer

Irene Farm engagement photoshoot - This was shot in Autumn and the beautiful colours of the leaves with the soft late afternoon light made for a beautiful aesthetic.

This was shot in Autumn and the beautiful colours of the leaves with the soft late afternoon light made for a beautiful aesthetic

late afternoon light beautiful colours South Africa pre wedding portrait South Africa engagement images aesthetic soft

An engaged couple hold each other in a street scene with puddle reflections in the beautiful city

puddle street scene hold engaged couple reflections Lucca engagement photos Lucca engagement photographer

Baltimore Maryland Photographer: We saw a heart on top of a building pulled over for a beautiful silhouette.

heart on top of a building for a beautiful silhouette

Baltimore elopement photography silhouette beautiful Baltimore engagement photography Baltimore e session heart Maryland elopement Photographer

Engagement photos in Lucca - a beautiful city in Tuscany, it offer many wonderful spots

Engagement photos in Lucca - a beautiful city, it offer many wonderful spots

Lucca Tuscany beautiful spots city Lucca pre wedding portrait wonderful

Western Australia pre wedding image from Perth - A beautiful couple shoot

pre wedding image from A beautiful forest couple shoot

beautiful Jacob Gordon forest Australia couple shoot

Couple image from Cabo de Gata Almeria - Beautiful day for pre wedding pictures

Couple image from a Beautiful blue sky day for pre wedding pictures

Murcia wedding photographer Murcia e session blue sky beautiful Murcia Bride Cabo de Gata Almeria

Manhattan Central Park pre wedding picture - Central Park couple kissing silhouette at the sunset. Winter sun gives this define long beautiful shadows. Neverending

pre wedding picture at the Park of a couple kissing silhouette at the sunset. Winter sun gives this define long beautiful shadows. Neverending

shadows sun Manhattan pre wedding beautiful nyc Manhattan Manhattan brides

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