Wedding Photos of Stairs

The following “Stairs” 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 “Stairs” 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 of bride, dad and bridesmaids walking up steps

Wedding photo shoot in Waterford Castle - Bride and the Downward Spiral stairs

Wedding photo shoot in Waterford Castle of the Bride and the Downward Spiral stairs

Shane O Neill Ireland Waterford castle Waterford Castle stairs bride

Wedding picture of groom carrying bride down stairs by Guangdong wedding photographer

Wedding picture of groom carrying bride down stairs the by Guangdong wedding photographer

Guangdong weddings Guangdong actual day wedding groom carrying bride confetti cannons Guangdong wedding image stairs

Canton, Mass wedding photographer captures bride walking down stairs before the ceremony

this Canton, Mass wedding image captures bride walking down stairs before the ceremony

Canton MA photographer walking Canton MA wedding picture Massachusetts Canton MA ceremony bride

Portrait of engaged couple on stairs by London Engagement Photographer

Portrait of engaged couple on stairs with red runners, shot from above

overhead shot stairs red stair runners London London engagement photography

Fujian couple brave the smoke during their wedding

Photo of Fujian couple braving the smoke during their wedding

Kai Xiao stairs bride fujian wedding image smoke groom Fujian actual day wedding

Yakima, WA wedding photojournalism image of a couple walking down church stairs after ceremony

Sacred Steps: A Yakima Wedding Journey

Sacred Steps bouquets Yakima couple flowers church exit Yakima wedding photographer

Milan black and white engagement photos of a couple about to kiss on the stairs, shot from overhead | Lombardy photographer pre-wedding portrait session

Playful black and white engagement photo of a couple about to kiss on the stairs, shot from overhead

bw portrait about to kiss Milan Milan Engagement Portrait stairs shot overhead

Australia pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple hugging near stairs and rails | Melbourne couple photography session

The couple's engagement photo is a bold composition, with strong lines and contrasty rails and stairs providing the perfect backdrop for their fun embrace

bold composition embrace Melbourne Engagement Photography contrasty fun rails strong lines

China pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple having fun in stairs with bouquet of flowers | Fujian portrait shoot

China pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple having fun in stairs with bouquet of flowers in Fujian

bouquet couple Fujian pre wedding portrait bouquet of flowers Fujian Fujian e session

Baltimore Country Club wedding photograph of the bride and groom climbing steps with their shadows on a brick wall

Baltimore photography Bee Two Sweet Johnny Shryock Baltimore Country Club Country Club stairs Baltimore wedding image

A couple in Offenburg winds up an enclosed stairwell to their newly found eternity.

The black and white photo of a couple ascending a stairwell creates an artistic and unique composition

enclosed stairwell offenburg wedding artistic spiral staircase unique Offenburg composition

Little girls on the stairs - Eglise Saint Laud wedding photographer

the Little girls on the stairs of the church

Eglise Saint Laud little girls Jeremy Fiori church stairs

Museum of Contemporary Art Engagement Portrait Session | Chicago IL Weddings

Museum of Contemporary Art Engagement Portrait Session in Chicago IL

IL Museum of Contemporary Art couple portrait session Chicago Chicago Chicago engagement photography stairs

Part of the bridal party walking up the stairs

Rencurel Rencurel wedding party Marine Poron stairs bridal party bw

Guests reach for the bouquet at the wedding reception in Armeni Island - Venice - Italy

Guests reach for the bouquet at the reception

reception stairs Venice Italy bouquet venice wedding San Lazzaro degli Armeni

Bride walks down the steps in front of the flower girls

stairs ceremony flower girls South Lake Tahoe Nevada shadows bride

The bride put her shoes on as others help with getting ready preparations in this wedding day photo from Meath, Ireland

Dublin bride Meath getting ready Ireland shoes stairs

The bride's mother and father wait downstairs as she makes her way

Morbihan MOB bride stairs staircase France FOB

Bride walks down the stairs with her bridesmaids in Italy

the Bride walks down the stairs with her bridesmaids

Italy bride staircase bridesmaids stairs

bridal party helping guests walk down the stairs

Argentina Rosario stairs bridal party guests

Prewedding photo session on stairs with umbrella by Hong Kong photographer

Prewedding photo session on stairs with umbrella by a Hong Kong photographer

umbrella Rico Tsui Hong Kong hk steps stairs

Baden-Wurttemberg bride to be watches as her fiancé jumps off a very high stone wall during engagement portrait session

pre wedding locations BW stone wall Baden Wurttemberg jumping stairs BW engagement photos

NY Bride walks down the steps while holding her dress at The Roundhouse

a Bride walks down the steps while holding her dress

New York stairs The Roundhouse bride

Edinburgh bride walks down the stairs in her dress before the wedding ceremony

the bride walks down the stairs in her dress

Scotland Edinburgh dress bride stairs

UK pre- wedding portraits - a couple poses in the afternoon sun on concrete steps

UK pre- wedding portrait of a couple posing in the afternoon sun on concrete steps

concrete steps stairs sitting couple pre wedding locations UK UK UK engagement photos

bride and groom walk down the stairs at the wedding

mural bride and groom Mexico City stairs

Brazil engagement portraits | sitting on the steps in the forest at the ruins

Brazil engagement portraits of a couple sitting on the steps in the forest at the ruins

in nature forest Brazil stairs sitting engagement photos Brazil

Football fun during this Rio de Janeiro pre-wedding portrait on the stairs

pre wedding session Rio de Janeiro art mural sport black and white Rio de Janeiro funny

Idaho Couple is jubilant during their engagement portrait on the stairs

Idaho engagement photographers funny Idaho stairs pre wedding session Idaho couple sitting Jerome Pollos

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