Wedding Photos of Hearts

The following “Hearts” 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 “Hearts” 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.

Wedding photo captures a romantic pose at Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria. Silhouetted couple on a boat, hair blowing, against a sunset backdrop with artistic cloud reflections below.

AUSTRIAN HEARTS: Lovers Embrace in Breathtaking Twilight on Bregenz

Award-winning wedding reception detail: wedding bands rest on a wooden surface, adorned by heart-shaped confetti made of cascading leaves. The image captures the artistry of love and nature.

Nature's Love: A Cascading Tapestry of Wedding Bands and Leaves

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A creative lifestyle couple portrait at Alcsúti arborétum showcasing a cute shot of the couple's shoes, with half of a white chalk drawn heart on each shoe. The couple is seated on the grass at a picnic.

Love in Full Bloom: Our Journey Begins at Alcsúti Arborétum

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Preparing for a festive occasion, the vibrant red of the hair and hearts of St. Anastasia's robe stood out in stark contrast to the deep blue sky as the wind billowed the table cloths and drapings

At St. Anastasia's, red hair and hearts stood out against a deep blue sky as wind billowed table cloths

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Milan post proposal portraits from an Italian couple engagement session created in the studio

Italian couple Milan Milan photographer hearts Studio Engagement Session

Italy post proposal photography showing a smiling Milan couple in the love, hearts, and love studio

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Engagement Portrait from Vicosa, Brazil | Couple laying on the ground firing hearts on the camera

Vicosa Indoor Portraits hearts at home camera Brazil

London engagement shoot with street art - Yellow Hearts, with red and purple - Engagement Photographer

The engagement shoot featured colorful street art, including yellow hearts and red and purple painted sections, on an industrial building, creating a colorful and urban atmosphere

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Wedding shoot with Denver, CO couple Toasting to her late father.

A SIP FOR DAD: DENVER DUO'S WEDDING SHOOT STIRS HEARTS

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Zuid Holland wedding photojournalism image of guests hugging inside the church

Hearts Entwined: Candid Embrace Echoes Love's Symphony Inside Church

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The bride and groom are reflected in the drivers rear view mirror

black and white hearts car mirror window groom

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veil black and white gown groom bride confetti

church black and white gown hearts bride groom

hearts rings

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hearts pews guests bride groom

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Milan Wedding Photography | Image contains: church, heart confetti, couple, kiss, color, wedding guests

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London Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: color, hearts, shoes, table, papers

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Lecco wedding photographer makes a black and white image of the bride and groom being showered with confetti after the ceremony

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WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.