Wedding Photos of Couple

The following “Couple” 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 “Couple” 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.

Angoulême Reception b&w wedding image of the couple embracing under a dark tree at night

A black and white wedding photo of the happy couple embracing underneath a tree lit up

Black Hawk, CO wedding couple posing for a portrait during sunset after their elopement ceremony in Colorado

The newlywed couple was lit up as they posed for this sunset portrait in a flower field after their elopement ceremony

Color Portrait adventure Colorado couple sunset newlywed Black Hawk CO

French civil wedding photography from the Town Hall of Nîmes France showing guests Embracing the couple

guests Town Hall couple civil wedding French civil wedding Town Hall of Nîmes Ludovic Lieffrig

Italy outdoor, garden wedding photography from a Ceremony at Villa Angeli, Pegognaga, Mantua With an applause and a kiss from the couple, I try to recreate the intense moment that was breathed under a beautiful sunset

Pegognaga couple intense moment Mantua Villa Angeli breathed Italy

Wedding image of the couple sharing champagne together at the Adora Venue

Adora Venue Adora Wedding image Adora couple Adora bride with groom Adora wedding couples

Montpellier, France wedding reception image of kids, dog in laughter, and the couple during a speech

Montpellier wedding kids laughter kids Montpellier wedding children speech dog

Eastern Shore Engagement On the dock photography of a couple near the water

near the water couple Eastern Shore pre wedding portrait engagement photos Eastern Shore Eastern Shore dock

Ile de France, France engagement photo of a couple against the sky with a dog

FR dogs France pre wedding locations France Patrick Lombaert dog France engagement photos

San Francisco pre-wedding photography of a couple crossing the street - You ain't heavy you're my love!

engagement photos San Francisco CA city urban couple crossing the street

San Francisco Sweet romance in transit engagement photography of a couple exiting the subway underground

CA couple underground sweet romance exiting subway

San Francisco engagement session of couple in the middle of a city street with an urban, CA sun flare

San Francisco engagement session of couple in the middle of a city street with a sunflare

California San Francisco engagement photos city street couple sunflare pre wedding locations San Francisco

Istanbul, galata pre wedding session with a couple having fun in the afternoon sunlight with buildings

Istanbul buildings couple engagement photos Istanbul afternoon sunlight having fun

Istanbul, sirkeci pre wedding session with a couple in light and shadows against a stone wall

light and shadows couple stone wall engagement photos Istanbul sirkeci

Silhouette portrait of couple on a horse and kissing in Cappadocia

Cappadocia Cappadocia engagement photographers couple kissing pre wedding session Cappadocia horse

Bursa Sunset pre-wedding photography of a couple looking at each other at the beach

Bursa pre wedding session Bursa couple beach Bursa engagement photographers sun

Vietnam Dalat pre wedding image taken under a dark storm sky with the couple holding an umbrella

Da Lat city couple Dalat umbrella storm sky Vietnam engagement photographers Nien Truong

Newly engaged couple share a kiss while in a canoe on Piney Lake during their engagement session

reflections Vail engagement photographers Piney River Ranch water canoe kiss couple

Engagement photo captured the sunset with the couple at Hawa Mahal, the tourist spot at Jaipur, India

Jaipur India Hawa Mahal couple tourist spot sunset pre wedding locations Jaipur

Humboldt Park, Chicago couple having fun during a relaxed engagement photo session

Relaxed having fun park Humboldt Park Chicago couple

Les Hauts de Pardaillan, France couple posing for a wedding Night shot during dinner

dinner Jean Baptiste Chauvin artistic wedding portrait les hauts de pardaillan France night shot FR

Engagement photo from Nérac, France with reflected clouds below the couple

France Nerac pre wedding portrait couple reflected clouds Nerac engagement photos Nerac

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

wedding day artistic enjoying last minutes couple Reception Portrait

California wedding photography from baker beach of the couples vows in fog

California California small wedding California intimate wedding SF coronavirus mist COVID

Hualian County, Taiwan wedding couple walk by the sea for this portrait

Taiwan fine art wedding image Taiwan Hualian County couple taiwan wedding photographer walk by the sea Will Tee

Tent Ridge, Kananaskis, AB, Canada wedding image of the couple Enjoying the time together in the mountains

mountains Kananaskis artistic weddings Tent Ridge Kananaskis Kananaskis wedding photographer Kananaskis fine art wedding image AB

A couple laughs together under a veil while taking wedding portraits at Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois

under a veil laughs together Lincoln Park artistic weddings wedding portraits Lincoln Park wedding photographer Chicago Lincoln Park fine art wedding image

Freshly engaged, madly in love, laughing together in the setting sun at the Columbia River Gorge in Washington

engagement photos Washington Columbia River Gorge wind Washington couple couple smiling

Bulgaria, golf club st. Sofia wedding portrait of the couple with soap bubbles

Bulgaria wedding photography Bulgaria fine art wedding picture Bulgaria artistic wedding photo bubbles Golf Club Bulgaria portrait

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

Hambacher Schloss Wedding Picture Hambacher Schloss dancing couple memories couple castle joy

Gruissan, France couple at the beach during an afternoon engagement photo shoot

Gruissan France engagement photos Gruissan wind Gruissan pre wedding portrait couple

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