Wedding Photos of Close up

The following “Close up” 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 “Close up” 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.

Colombo, Sri Lanka Pre-wedding portrait session in black and white

Manayunk Philadelphia Engagement Portrait At their home with their doggy

Philadelphia dog tight crop At their home Fill the frame dogs doggy

Guangdong - the couple give each other eskimo kisses in this pre-wedding portrait

Guangdong close up Shooting Tight tight crop close subject Lin Yang China

a Guangdong couple leans their foreheads against each other and close their eyes peacefully in this pre-wedding portrait session

couple Fill the frame Lin Yang tight crop posing formal Shooting Tight

A happy couple is photographed with their ice cream loving dog in this San Francisco engagement shoot

close up dogs sf engagement photo Fill the frame tight crop funny

Nai Lert Park Heritage Home, Bangkok | Wedding photo of tears of joy from the bride.

outdoor Wedding photo of tears of joy from the bride

tears of joy emotion Bangkok bride close up Thailand Nai Lert Park Heritage Home Chaiyasith Junjuerdee

London Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography - Colour image of close up with rainbow lens flare

Pre-Wedding Engagement Photo with close up and rainbow lens flare

London rainbow close up colour lens flare

London intimate engagement portrait in black and white and close up

An intimate engagement portrait in black and white and close up

black and white London close up intimate

Black and white close-up engagement portrait of a couple

close up Saint Emilion black and white France

Vertical portrait of a young newly engaged couple laughing in black-and-white

Newly engaged couple laughing black and white California e session close up vertical

At Baden-Wurttemberg, a close-up shot of the couple's wedding rings was captured on a large cactus-like flower

A photograph of the couple's wedding rings captured on a large cactus-like flower at Baden-Wurttemberg was taken on the wedding day

close up wedding details wedding rings Bride and Groom rings wedding ring marriage photo close up shot

groom getting ready with a detail of sweat coming down his face

Fuzhou detail Fuzhou wedding image Fuzhou actual day wedding fuzhou weddings Henry Xu groom

A wedding photo in Fuijan with the groom looking through his bride's veil.

wedding portrait of the bride and groom with nice light

Fuzhou artistic wedding portrait groom Fuzhou artistic wedding photographer veil bride close up Fuzhou fine art wedding portrait

Silhouette profile engagement portrait in Madrid Spain

Madrid engagement photographers landmark bridge Spain pre wedding session Madrid silhouette close up

Rio de Janeiro engagement portraits | embracing couple shot very tightly in the late afternoon sun

Rio de Janeiro embracing couple shot very tightly in the late afternoon sun for their engagement portraits

pre wedding location RJ close up smiling Rio de Janeiro hair RJ engagement session

Couple kissing in black and white portrait | São Paulo Engagement Photography

Couple kissing in black and white portrait for artistic and creative São Paulo Engagement Photography

pre wedding session Sao Paulo São Paulo Sao Paulo engagement photographers overlapping images trees close up

Seattle couple portraits - pre-wedding session cropped tight on faces

Seattle couple pre-wedding session cropped tight on faces

Seattle close up smiling lens flare pre wedding locations Seattle Seattle engagement photos

Tightly framed black-and-white portrait of a fun loving couple from Biscay - handlebar mustache photos

Tightly framed black-and-white portrait of a fun loving couple from Biscay for funny handlebar mustache photos

mustache Monika Zaldo black and white Biscay pre wedding location Biscay Biscay engagement session close up

Intimate couple portrait for pre- wedding in Federal District

Intimate couple portrait for pre-wedding images in Federal District

Brasilia engagement session Gustavo Lucena pre wedding location Brasilia close up faces Federal District engaged couple

Lima engagement photoshoot with a tight crop of faces

Omar Berr faces close up Lima pe engagement photos Peru pre wedding locations PE

New York Wedding Engagement Photo of Kissing Couple in Black and White

Emin Kuliyev nyc e shoot black and white close up New York City nyc engagement photographer nyc pre wedding portraits

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