Wedding Photos of Creative

The following “Creative” 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 “Creative” 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.

creative wedding day portrait of the bride and groom at the Hotel standing near a Crystal lamp

creative wedding day portrait from Before the reception of the Bride and groom outside

bride Outdoor France before reception romantic celebration post ceremony portrait groom

creative wedding day portrait using the reflection from a window

groom SoHo bride reflection wedding photography nyc romantic

Certaldo, Tuscany creative sunset Portrait of the couple in the open fields with warm lighting

sunset portrait Certaldo fine art wedding photo Tuscany couple warm lighting Certaldo artistic wedding photography

Creative wedding day silhouette portrait of a couple at Vrana Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria

Silhouette portrait Sofia fine art wedding photographer couple creative Sofia fine art wedding photo Bulgaria

creative wedding day portrait of the couple Enjoying each other behind the stage

stage Ljubljana portrait Slovenia wedding creative enjoy Ljubljana couple Slovenia

creative wedding day portrait

creative wedding portrait Europapark Rust creative Rust Wedding Europapark Wedding creative portrait portrait

Creative bokeh silhouette wedding portrait at the Lancashire Manor, Skelmersdale, England

silhouette Skelmersdale artistic wedding photographer wedding portrait Lancashire Manor Skelmersdale fine art wedding photo bokeh Skelmersdale fine art wedding photographer

A creative black and white double exposure of the couple in their woodsy engagement session at Mt. Falcon, Denver, Colorado

A creative black and white double exposure image of the couple in their woodsy engagement session at Mt. Falcon, Denver, Colorado

double exposure pre wedding locations Mt Falcon CO woodsy Colorado Lucy Schultz creative Denver engagement photos

Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL wedding couple portrait session in a colorful hallway

Chicago artistic wedding photographer hallway colorful Chicago creative couple

Baker Beach, SF wedding ceremony of couple saying their vows

Baker Beach, SF wedding ceremony picture of couple saying their vows

Baker Beach SF wedding photography COVID covid 19 Baker Beach Baker Beach SF wedding ceremony SF

an Águilas Spain ruined house serves as the backdrop for this black and white engagement couple portrait

Spain creative Aguilas engagement session Aguilas pre wedding location Aguilas Night

a creative silhouette portrait of couple

silhouette Munich engagement images couple portrait Munich engagement photography Munich

creative silhouette of these two brides incorporates the colorful graffiti of their home city

Denver e shoot Denver engagement photographer Denver Lucy Schultz brides city Denver engagement photos

Creative hard light portrait for a young engaged couple

Sofia Bulgaria Sofia e session hard light Sofia pre wedding portrait creative

Canada Engagement portrait session in Elora, Ontario

creative Canada Engagement portrait session

ontario wedding photographer Canada Engagement creative Elora portrait session ontario weddings

Engaged Couple Session | London Creative pre-wedding shoot

Creative pre-wedding shoot with a brick buiding and a wooden door

creative London wooden door pre wedding shoot UK brick buiding

Campinas - São Paulo couple portraits with trees

engagement couple portraits with trees

engagement couple portrait trees eskimo kiss Campinas couple São Paulo Campinas e shoot Campinas

Industrial Pre-Wedding Shoot in Hattingen, Germany

a creative Industrial Pre-Wedding Shoot

industrial Hattingen Patrycja Janik Hattingen engagement photos Hattingen e shoot Hattingen engagement photographer Germany

Lower Thames Street, London pre-wedding engagement photographer: Stylistic image of a couple against a wall with a cyclist cycling past creating a different type of interest.

Stylistic engagement image of a couple against a wall with a cyclist cycling past creating a different type of interest

Lower Thames Street London engagement images London engagement photography couple cyclist interest creative

Campinas Couple at wedding ceremony | Fine art photography detail

Artistic image of Campinas Couple at the wedding ceremony holding hands | Fine art photography detail

ceremony Campinas wedding photographer creative São Paulo bride slow shutter

Les Cabanes des Pêcheurs, Le Canet-en-Roussillon | Wedding couple portrait on the big day

Pyrenees Orientales portrait Le Canet en Roussillon bride and groom creative Les Cabanes des Pêcheurs

Porthilly Farm, Cornwall Couple Looking out to sea during creative portrait session.

Porthilly Farm, Cornwall, UK photo of a young Couple Looking out to sea during creative portrait session

creative Dorset sea portrait Cornwall wedding photographer ocean

In the Lavenders fields close to the reception during wedding portrait session | The Golden hour on the lavenders fields

In the Lavenders fields close to the reception during wedding portrait session - The Golden hour with the bride and groom on the lavenders fields

creative lavender embracing miami wedding photographer FL groom

Delaware campus engagement photographer: there wasnt much around so I used a puddle.

campus engagement photography using a puddle for a creative reflection

creative Delaware engagement photography campus Delaware puddle Delaware engagement images

Temecula, Ca Couple poses among the lights

bride Temecula wedding photography groom ANZA foto and film creative bokeh Lights

Castle Mierovo, Bratislava, Slovakia Bride and Groom portrait with soft, hanging lights at night

Photo by: Martin Almasi - Zvolen

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Calella de Palafrugells, Spain Engagement session in the garden of Cap Roig

creative, inverted Engagement session in the garden

engagement photo Spain reflected artistic Spain creative hands Spain pre wedding portraits

San Francisco Shot down through an old Argus camera. Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: photo, creative, artistic

Engagement Photo of a Couple in San Francisco, Shot down through an old Argus camera

San Francisco CA pre wed shoot location sf photo creative artistic

Engaged couple profile composition at Walt Disney Concert Hall for some artistic Pre wedding pictures

Walt Disney Concert Hall creative Walt Disney Concert Hall engagement photographers artistic formal Attila Iuhasz minimal

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