Wedding Photos of Overlooking

The following “Overlooking” 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 “Overlooking” 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.

Big Sur portrait from the cliffs overlooking the water - silhouette black and white

The couple's bold and brave silhouette portrait was captured in stark black and white from the cliffs overlooking the water, creating a dramatic and striking image

Pondicherry engagement session | higher camera angle overlooking couple and the water

The engaged couple posed for a beautiful engagement session as seen from a higher camera angle, overlooking the calm and still waters of the quiet setting as they celebrated their love and commitment to each other

overlooking higher camera angle Pondicherry water Pondicherry engagement session

O'Donnell House Palm Springs, California | Bride and groom's first dance overlooking Palm Springs

O'Donnell House Palm Springs, California image of the Bride and groom's first dance overlooking Palm Springs

Palm Springs O donnell first dance California wedding overlooking Palm Springs wedding bride and groom

Brno Stránská skála engaged couple on a cliff overlooking a scenic filled with clouds and blue sky

An engaged couple is captured on a cliff, overlooking a scenic view of clouds and a blue sky

cliff scenic Brno e session Brno Stránská blue sky skála clouds

They just warmed up the crisp evening air - California Engagement Photos overlooking the city lights

The couple warmed up in the crisp evening air as they posed for their engagement photos overlooking the city lights and breathtaking view

city lights warmed up CA California engagement photography view evening air overlooking

couple overlooking the sun city

overlooking city backdrop San Francisco couple sf engagement portrait sun city SF silhouette

Hedsor House Bucks UK Wedding Getting Ready - Doing up the dress

dress Bucks perched United Kingdom wedding UK wedding Kerry Morgan Buckinghamshire

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