Wedding Photos of Bench

The following “Bench” 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 “Bench” 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.

The photographer captured a serene image of the couple sitting on a bench under lush greenery at a wedding in Budapest, Hungary.

Budapest Wedding Couple Embraces Tranquility on Bench Amid Lush Greenery

A romantic engagement portrait captured in Cappadocia, Turkey. The couple is relaxed on a bench in a carpet vendor marketplace.

Enchanting Love Story Unfolds in Cappadocia Carpet Vendor Plaza

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A beautiful couple on their wedding day in Colorado, sharing a romantic kiss at their Wedgewood Mountain View ceremony area with stunning mountains in the background. An image captured in this picturesque setting.

High Altitude Love: A Romantic Wedding Kiss in Colorado

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A beautiful wedding image of a newlywed couple in Dublin. The bride and groom sit on a small bench, gazing out at the breathtaking Irish landscape. This image captures the love and joy of their special day against a backdrop of lush green grass and a s

Dublin Newlyweds: Love and Joy Amidst Breathtaking Irish Landscape and Stunning Green Grass Backdrop

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This pre-wedding engagement portrait captures a couple in a comforting embrace on a bench amidst the fall leaves of Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield. The serene forest forms a picturesque backdrop.

ROMANTIC EMBRACE AMIDST FALL LEAVES | ECCLESALL WOODS ENGAGEMENT PORTRAIT

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Capturing the essence of love among the bustling streets of Istanbul, this award-winning wedding portrait depicts the blissful couple sitting on a bench as a passing motor scooter adds a touch of whimsical dynamism.

Istanbul Love: Whimsical Bliss on a Bench Amidst the Bustle

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Wedding photo in Metz Moselle, with couple seated on a bench near the water's edge. Surrounded by a metallic heart, they pose back-to-back in stylish stances.

METALLIC EMBRACE: Captivating Love Story Whispers on the Water's Edge in Metz

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In the cozy lounge area of Logan Inn, New Hope, Pennsylvania, the newlyweds share a tender embrace on a vibrant red bench framed by a rustic stone wall backdrop.

Logan Inn Wedding: Intimate Embrace in Vibrant Red Tones

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At Château de la Barbelinière in Thuré, two men carry a bench while raising their glasses for a toast

Capturing the Essence: Two Gents Toasting on Antique Wedding Bench

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The couple posed for a pre-wedding photo session while sitting close together on a bench outside the walls of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

Pre-Wedding Photoshoot on Bench Outside Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

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A couple in Shanghai, China, happily kissed, laughed and cuddled while posing for their engagement announcement portrait on a bench near a street

Shanghai, China: Couple's Engagement Announcement Portrait on a Street Bench

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A wedding picture captured the moment of a couple standing in a doorway at Mezin, France, with a man resting on a bench outside

In Mezin, France, a couple stood in a doorway, with a man resting on a bench nearby in a wedding photo

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A couple in Lyon, France, are smiling back to back on a bench in their engagement announcement portrait for their save-the-date

Lyon, France: Engagement Announcement Portrait of Smiling Couple on Bench

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The couple posed for their save-the-date wedding announcement photo in Ridley Creek State Park, cozied up on a bench surrounded by tree branches

Ridley Creek State Park: Couple posed on bench, surrounded by tree branches for wedding announcement image

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The couple at the prewedding photoshoot in Grillenparz, 4560 Oberschlierbach, Austria often frequent this hill, sitting on the bench under the big tree to reflect on their future life together and discuss their aspirations

In Grillenparz, Austria, the couple reflected on their future life together with joy during a portrait session under a large tree

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The couple in Bolehills, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK embraced their Wes Anderson love with a lifestyle pre wedding portrait

In Bolehills, Sheffield, a couple embraced their prewedding portrait session

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From Santa Barbara In the woods near a wedding venue, a groom waits for the bride to arrive

The groom, seated on a bench in the woods near a wedding venue and fixing his stylish top hat, eagerly awaited the bride's arrival

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At the Baltimore Museum of Art, a couple laughed joyfully while seated on a small garden bench outdoors

The couple's joyful laughter filled the air as they sat together on a garden bench

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A couple posed for a portrait at the Cheney Mansion in Oak Park, their wedding venue, from a high angle view looking down as they sat on a bench below the stairs

The couple posed for a portrait at their wedding venue, the Cheney Mansion in Oak Park, from a high angle view on a bench below the stairs

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An India Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, romantic portrait of this Chennai couple sitting on a bench as the groom to be kissing the shoulder of his future bride

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A top featured image from Villa Marsi in Italy among the best wedding photography showing the bride emotional during ceremony

Villa Marsi wedding venue bride Leonard Walpot Italy Villa Marsi during ceremony IT

A beautiful Venice engagement photo at Palazzo Ducale at Doges Palace with the Italy couple sitting on a bench

Venice engagement photo bench Venice Michele Agostinis Italy couple Doges Palace Palazzo Ducale

World's most innovative and best New York wedding day portraits at Falkirk Estate & Country Club in Central Valley during An intimate few minutes on the bench

Woodbury New York - Upstate Falkirk Estate & Country Club intimate Central Valley weddings Falkirk Estate Country Club

Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany outside environmental prewedding photoshoot as The couple cuddles on the bench

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Couches, France nuptial day award-winning image of a Funny scene

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Cabanas Encantadas couple e-shoot in Goiânia on a bench surrounded by flowers and drenched in sunlight

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Buckingham Fountain couple e-shoot in Chicago on a bench with the urban city skyline behind them

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True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Garden of Palais Royal in Paris capturing a couple reading books in France

flowers Paris couple Session bench Tatyana Chohadjieva France Paris PreWedding Portrait Palais Royal

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the Columbia University in New York City displaying a couple sitting on The bench where they met

urban city bench Columbia University trees NY Engagement Portrait Casey Fatchett

Colline de Sion on-location portrait e-shoot for a couple sitting on a rustic farm bench in the tall rural grass

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