Wedding Photos of Building Ruins

The following “Building Ruins” 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 “Building Ruins” 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.

A young couple has taken their engagement photos in an abandoned building to capture a unique, relaxed atmosphere

This stylishly casual couple stands inside a delapitated Berlin, Germany building ruins for their engagement picture

Inside building ruins in Berlin, Germany, the couple stand face to face in a decaying room

Inside building ruins, the couple stand face to face in a decaying room

building Ruins decaying room Berlin Face to face Patrick Lombaert Germany Berlin Photographer

Rotterdam photo ideas for the wedding planning photography of The grooms are showing their nice suits in building ruins

Rotterdam wedding photography of the grooms showing their nice suits in building ruins

Rotterdam building Ruins nice suits Rotterdam photographer Thomas Jongbloed

Praia de Itaúnas - ES - Brazil Pre Wedding Picture in the Ruins

a Pre Wedding Picture taken in the building Ruins

Praia de Itaúnas building Ruins Kássio Silva Espírito Santo

Christchurch Priory engagement photos | portraits of a couple at sunset shooting into the sun

Engagement photos showcase portraits of a couple kissing at sunset, with the building ruins and the sun in the background adding interest and drama

building Ruins sun Christchurch Priory engagement photo couple kissing sunset Christchurch Christchurch e session

The cross, the couple and the church - Sofia Engagement Photographs

The engagement shoot featured the couple posing with a cross in front of a church and historic building ruins

building Ruins tall cross The cross couple historic buildings Sofia engagement photography church

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