Wedding Photos of Opening

The following “Opening” 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 “Opening” 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.

Banff fun actual wedding day couple portrait at Lake Louise with a Bride and groom having fun while opening the champagne

Fujian wedding reportage photographer captured this image of phones lifted through the opening above a door

Fujian lifted fujian wedding photographer China phones Shubin Shen opening

Gotse Delchev wedding art image in Bulgaria with creative stone opening Framing of the couple

framing stone wall creative opening bulgaria couple stone Bulgaria bride and groom

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot at Pantano de El Jándula of a Jaén framed in the building window opening

framed window Jaén Jaen pre wedding Photoshoot opening building

Central Park, New York City on-location portrait e-shoot of couple framed under the opening of an overpass

arch opening Central Park NYC couple holding hands Central Park photographer nyc

Saint Cast, France Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait of The couple framed in the opening of the rocks and cliffs

Saint Cast couple framed Saint Cast France opening French Couple cliffs

Central Park mini urban pic session before the wedding shot at the Bethesda Bridge in Central Park

NY engagement photos NY Central Park opening Bethesda Bridge nyc

The High Line Park, NYC mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day created through the door to their future

New York nyc Casey Fatchett doorway framed archway opening

Aviano, Italy engagement photo session On the top of the hill

old building doorway Aviano archway Italy aviano engagement session

Grado, Italy Arches framing in creative pre-wedding photo

grado engagement photography window framing framed arches Grado opening

Turkey engagement photo session in formal dress under an arch with a light

formal dress engagement Turkey Turkey engagement photography opening framed framing

Zuni Street Brewing Couple kissing on brewery patio for a pre-wed picture session

Zuni Street Brewing patio framed framing Colorado Colorado engagement photography doorway

Castellane - Alpes de Haute Provence little shop during pre-wed engagement photo shoot

castellane engagement framing Castellane doorway little shop Jennifer Voisin framed

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Portopiccolo, Trieste, Italy with some creative Framed happiness

portopiccolo couple portraits framing Portopiccolo framed opening Trieste

England engagement portrait with a posed couple under a bridge at Rivinngton Pike

framed liverpool engagement photographer UK under bridge opening doorway framing

Slovenia engagement photo shoot from Volosko, Croatia in the Alley of Love

Slovenia engagement photo shoot from Volosko, Croatia in the Ally of Love

alley Croatia opening volosko engagement Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević framing framed

Siracusa engagement portrait with a posed couple showing their intimate love in Sicily

colorful Siracusa Sicily purple framing intimate

Pyrénées-Atlantiques pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at Jardin secret - Marrakech

opening Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées Atlantiques framed Jardin secret archway Charline Eberhardt

Xi‘an engagement photography of a couple looking out a window with tree reflections

doorway Xian engagement portrait window at home opening in house framing

Wine & Spa Complex Starosel, Bulgaria engagement portrait with a posed couple framed in an opening

Bulgaria engagement framed Wine & Spa Complex Starosel doorway posed couple

Toledo, Parana engagement portrait with a posed couple and some Beautiful Glass

opening framed window Toledo glass reflection Parana parana engagement photo

Engagement Portrait from Bangkok, Thailand - Loving in bangkok street

Engagement Portrait from Bangkok, Thailand of a Loving couple in bangkok street

bangkok engagement photo framed bangkok street framing opening Thailand

Wedding Photography at Convento dell’Annunciata, Medole, Mantova Reception / Cake. Problems of open a bottle of champagne... the bride intervenes.

Problems opening a bottle of champagne

Medole Mantova Reception bottle champagne Convento dell’Annunciata opening

the flower girls opening their gifts from the bride

the flower girls Edmonton wedding photography opening Father of the bride breaking down after seeing his daughter for the first time gifts

Netherlands backyard wedding photography | A big shed at wedding couple's home, changed in a party paradise | Confetti at the opening of the wedding party.

Confetti at the opening of the wedding party

opening the wedding party confetti Netherlands backyard wedding photography Dutch outdoor wedding

Seven Steps Canyon Brasov Portraits. Engaged Couple in the entrance of an abandoned building near the seven steps canyon In Brasov during photo shoot

doorway archway opening brasov engagement image framed

Istanbul couple shooting at Sultanahmet during photo session for new engagement

opening Istanbul sultanahmet Istanbul engagement photography Sultanahmet pre wedding portrait window sultanahmet engagement photo

Couple sitting down in bar

Stillwater stillwater engagement image framed opening window archway framing

The engaged couple were kissing in front of the incense burner of the temple

opening framing framed Xiahai archway Will Tee Xiahai engagement photo

Couple at the door, at the end of the street

street photography urban portrait archway Strasbourg urban environment public places doorway

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