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.

Couple Sitting on the Stairs - London Engagement Session

The couple sitting on stairs engagement session was captured on concrete stairs in a symmetrical composition and is in black and white

concrete stairs London UK stairs London engagement session couple sitting

engagement shooting at the streets of istanbul with blue stairs and red dress

engagement shooting at the streets the city with blue stairs and red dress

red dress stairs Istanbul engagement photography Blue Istanbul Istanbul photographer City streets

A bride in Key West, Florida was photographed descending a stairwell indoors to create a unique bridal image

A bride in Key West was photographed indoors in a stairwell

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wedding photo of bride, dad and bridesmaids walking up steps

Como Lake wedding family photo Villa Pizzo wedding bridesmaids bride documentary wedding beautiful bride

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

castle bride Waterford Castle stairs Shane O Neill Ireland Waterford

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

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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

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Portrait of engaged couple on stairs by London Engagement Photographer

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

London overhead shot London engagement photography stairs red stair runners

Fujian couple brave the smoke during their wedding

Photo of Fujian couple braving the smoke during their wedding

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

Sacred Steps: A Yakima Wedding Journey

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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

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

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

Melbourne Engagement Photography fun embrace rails strong lines Melbourne Australia

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

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

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

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

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Little girls on the stairs - Eglise Saint Laud wedding photographer

the Little girls on the stairs of the church

Eglise Saint Laud Jeremy Fiori church little girls stairs

Museum of Contemporary Art Engagement Portrait Session | Chicago IL Weddings

Museum of Contemporary Art Engagement Portrait Session in Chicago IL

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

Part of the bridal party walking up the stairs

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

Guests reach for the bouquet at the reception

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Bride walks down the steps in front of the flower girls

shadows stairs bride South Lake Tahoe Nevada ceremony flower girls

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

stairs County Meath Dublin getting ready shoes Ireland bride

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

stairs staircase Morbihan France MOB FOB bride

Bride walks down the stairs with her bridesmaids in Italy

the Bride walks down the stairs with her bridesmaids

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bridal party helping guests walk down the stairs

bridal party Argentina guests Rosario stairs

Prewedding photo session on stairs with umbrella by Hong Kong photographer

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

Hong Kong steps hk umbrella Rico Tsui stairs

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

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

a Bride walks down the steps while holding her dress

bride The Roundhouse New York stairs

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

the bride walks down the stairs in her dress

Edinburgh dress stairs bride Scotland

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

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bride and groom walk down the stairs at the wedding

bride and groom stairs Mexico City mural

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