Wedding Photos of Smoke

The following “Smoke” 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 “Smoke” 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.

Black and white Zhejiang wedding portrait in China showing The groom and the best man were going to pick up the bride

Artistic San Francisco wedding portrait in California - Southern at the park with smoke bombs

California couple park smoke San Francisco wedding portrait grenade Southern CA wedding

Jaén True Love Engagement Picture Session at Pantano de El Jándula showing a couple holding colorful smoke grenade bombs

bombs Embalse del Jándula colorful El Jándula Jaen Engagement Picture Session grenade

Gelderland, Netherlands creative couple wedding portrait special effects like green smoke

NL photographer special effects Netherlands smoke NL bride and groom creative couple

Heuchelberg fine art wedding detail pic of the rings with fire flames and smoke

fine art weddings rings flames Heuchelberg fire ring

Villa Caproni, Vizzola Ticino, Italy wedding photography of a smoke-filled frame as the cook barbecues at the grill

Vizzola Ticino grill Villa Caproni barbecues cook Italy wedding photo

Fujian wedding image of the groom playing by blowing smoke into the darkened room with a splash of light

Fujian fujian wedding image smoke Junxin Zeng groom splash of light darkened room

Incline Village, NV image of bride, groom and their family toasting together after an intimate elopement ceremony at the top of a mountain overlook shrouded in wildfire smoke

mountain overlook toasting smoke family elopement ceremony NV bride

Chengdu wedding photography from Sichuan of The bride and her parents are waiting for the ceremony to begin. On the left, the bride's sister is tidying up her wedding dress. On the right, the father of the bride spits out smoke. On the far

Sichuan Chengdu wedding photo Cheng Guo Chengdu parents ceremony Waiting

White Mountain engagement photography of couple with orange smoke - This was a day that the weather couldn't be fresher. A perfect day for the couple tell their happiness

Nam Trinh grenade smoke White Mountain engagement photos orange smoke weather White Mountain

Águilas - Spain Colors of love with purple smoke bombs by the water

water Aguilas smoke bomb grenade pre wedding locations Aguilas smoke Spain

A cigar is lit for the bride at her Castello di Pomerio wedding in Italy

cigar Castello di Pomerio reception lit smoke Castello di Pomerio wedding venue bride

Wedding photography from Sofia, Bulgaria of the First dance with fog and purple lights

Sofia wedding venue Bulgaria purple lights fog Sofia first dance smoke

Bad Dürkheim artistic wedding image of the bride and groom hugging

Night Bad Dürkheim artistic wedding photographer artistic wedding image Bad Dürkheim fine art wedding photographer Bad Dürkheim artistic wedding photography fog

Stekene Church Wedding Image of the bride and groom leaving the area with a huge amount of black smoke exiting a tractor

COVID Sven Soetens Stekene wedding couples Stekene Social Distancing bride kid

Kasteel Splederholt wedding portrait of a couple on the stairs with smoke

Beekbergen artistic wedding photography veil smoke couple Beekbergen artistic wedding photographer Kasteel Splederholt

humboldt park, chicago engagement portraits at dusk with a light, a couple and smoke

light smoke grenade USA Humboldt Park pre wedding location Humboldt Park smoke bomb

Aguilas - Spain engagement photographer - Beautiful sunset between smoke from flares and an unforgettable kiss

engagement photography with a Beautiful sunset between smoke from flares and an unforgettable kiss

flares Spain smoke bomb Murcia wedding smoke Engagement photography

engagement photography - Kiss me in the smoke of our fireworks

fireworks Vietnam engagement photography Kiss Mui Ne wedding photographer Mui Ne weddings smoke

AGUILAS MURCIA engagement photography - A sunset between colored smoke

engagement photography using A sunset between colored smoke

smoke MURCIA couple smoke bomb AGUILAS MURCIA sunset Murcia couple images

Santa Maria - Rio Grande do Sul bride and groom portrait of them smoking cigars at night

cigars Rio Grande do Sul porto alegre bride portrait Santa Maria smoking

Smoke and Love wedding portrait in the sunshine and trees with the bride and groom

Kıyıköy sunshine bride and groom smoke smoke bomb haze Love wedding portrait

Wishaw County Sports, Birmingham, England wedding venue photo | Creative Night Shot of a Bride and Groom | Purple Smoke Bomb with Lights

Wishaw County Sports, Birmingham, England wedding venue photo in a Creative Night Shot of a Bride and Groom with a Purple Smoke Bomb and Lights

Lights UK smoke bomb england wedding venue England Night Birmingham-UK

the bride's ears being covered as firecrackers explode and smoke fills the air

Fujian actual day wedding fujian weddings Fujian bridal photo China Fujian Fujian bride

Engagement Photos from Ceparana - Portrait contains: couple, silhouette, warehouse, abandoned, smoke, kiss, industrial

green Ceparana abandoned kiss couple yellow silhouette

wedding image of a couple in black and white with smoke surrounding them.

black and white groom couple smoke Baserri Maitea wedding grenade portrait

get some smoke in here

fog Caracas Wedding Photos smoke

Trilhas do Araçari, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro Wedding Photograph from outdoor reception

outdoor reception image at night with smoke

Rio de Janeiro outdoor reception Nova Friburgo Rio de Janeiro outdoor weddings Rio de Janeiro wedding photography Rio de Janeiro Night

Bride's house wedding day photography - The bride and groom are going out, and the guests are lighting fireworks.

Bride's house wedding day photography as The bride and groom are going out, and the guests are lighting fireworks.

Quanzhou wedding outdoor wedding outside outdoors smoke outside reception

Taiwan Lanyu Engagement Photo Shoot with sparklers, fire and smoke at night.

The engagement photo shoot featured sparklers, fire and smoke at night, with the man picking the woman up off the ground and the couple kissing.

lifting bride to be night engagement Taiwan Lanyu kissing smoke sparklers

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