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.

Essen, Germany artistic wedding couple portrait from Margaretenhöhe during a Wedding Couple Shoot

artistic wedding couple portrait during a Wedding Couple Shoot

Maceió, Alagoas couple portrait using the green to frame them

couple Alagoas engagement session Monica Guimaraes embracing Alagoas Maceió vines

Maceió, Alagoas engagement portrait with the theme of Faith

Maceió Monica Guimaraes Alagoas statue shadows engagement photos Alagoas

Palace of Fine Arts, San Franciso, California engagement portrait shot at a low-angle

San Franciso engagement photos Tyler Vu pre wedding locations San Franciso California architecture San Franciso Palace of Fine Arts

Santana Row, San Jose, California couple during their engagement shoot with Love in the Ivy

Santana Row California engagement photos San Jose San Jose pre wedding portrait couple vine wall San Jose

creative wedding day Photo from the shoot we did with the couple, right after the ceremony on the beach boardwalk over the sand

boardwalk Sozopol wedding picture Bulgaria wedding sand creative beach Bulgaria

A Madison wi couple rings church bells after their wedding ceremony

WI Madison WI wedding couple Madison WI wedding photographer Ilana Bar av church bell Madison

Sítio da Figueira, Porto Alegre, Brasil wedding photo of the couple and guests on the dance floor under purple dj lights

Brasil wedding photo Porto Alegre couple dance floor purple Lights

Villa Morgana Garden Reception image from Rome Italy of the couple during the wedding fireworks

wedding fireworks Italy Villa Morgana Garden bride with groom couple reception image Villa Morgana Garden wedding couples

Outdoor wedding photo from Brighton Bandstand, Brighton, England created as a Couple signs the register at their small outdoor wedding with views of the sea beyond

Brighton signs the register Jenny Rutterford Outdoor wedding photo Brighton Bandstand England views

Wisconsin wedding photo from the outdoor Reception at the couple's home of the Bridesmaid's son looking for attention

attention couple Wisconsin wedding photo Joshua Kozlowski Wisconsin wedding children son Wisconsin outdoor Reception

Portrait of the bride sitting outside a old building in Cabo de Gata

Cabo de Gata fine art wedding picture couple rustic Cabo de Gata wedding photography Cabo de Gata Cabo de Gata artistic wedding photo

Creative couple engagement photos in Puglia

pre wedding image Puglia wall Puglia couple clouds Puglia engagement shoot

Sunset water kissing couple engagement picture session in Puglia

Puglia engagement photography kissing Puglia couple portrait session Puglia Warm sunlight couple

Artistic fashion couple engagement portraits in Puglia

red dress wall Puglia engagement shoot couple pre wedding image Puglia Puglia

Rocky Mountain National Park, After the wedding ceremony a couple at a scenic spots nearby for some views of the mountains

grass field Colorado fine art wedding image mountains colorado wedding photographer Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado artistic weddings

Ancient stonework couple engagement picture session at Château de Ferrette - France

black and white France couple France engagement session pre wedding location France Château de Ferrette

Intimate kissing couple engagement image from Roma, Italy

Italy Roma engagement photos Roma couple minimal

CO artistic couple engagement photos at Lost Gulch, Boulder, Colorado, a colorful portrait of the couple's ring and their silhouette taken the day they got engaged

Lucy Schultz pre wedding session Boulder Lost Gulch couple ring detail Boulder engagement photographers

Wedding Reception Reportage Image from Brookfield Barn, West Sussex created as the Couple bursts out laughing while cutting cake

Jenny Rutterford Brookfield Barn cutting cake couple laughing West Sussex reportage weddings cake cutting

Afternoon sunlit engagement picture session in Ponte Vecchio, Florence of couple kissing

sunlight Ponte Vecchio couple pre wedding session Florence Florence engagement photographers Florence

Walking and hugging couple engagement photography at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

pre wedding location Florence Uffizi Gallery Florence black and white couple street

Sunlit engagement photos at Piazzale Michelangelo of the couple coming down the stairs in Florence

Florence stairs couple Piazzale Michelangelo pre wedding locations Florence Florence engagement photos shadows

Passionate couple engagement picture session at the Santa Trinita bridge closeup shot in Florence

black and white minimalism engagement photos Florence Florence pre wedding portrait Florence Santa Trinita bridge

Outdoor, garden wedding photo from São Paulo Brazil Covadonga of an Emotional couple hug

São Paulo wedding photographer couple covid19 São Paulo São Paulo wedding hugging

beijing Love couple portrait under the walls of the Forbidden City

Beijing engagement photographer wall love Beijing pre wedding portraits Beijing e shoot couple

Outdoor wedding photography from Osterville MA - Dowses Beach of the Bride and Groom walking down the isle and greeting their virtual guests

coronavirus Osterville Dowses Beach couple virtual Osterville MA wedding photographer beach covid19

China couple give a Kiss in light and shadow during e-shoot in Beijing

China Beijing engagement images Beijing engagement photography shadow couple light

bursa couple pre-wed portraits in the sunlight under the tree branches

pre wed couple Turkey pre wedding session Bursa sunlight Bursa

Portrait session in Heather near Eindhoven of a Couple in blooming fields with trees

Eindhoven engagement session Elke Teurlings blooming fields couple Heather trees pre wedding location Eindhoven

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