Wedding Photos of Stairway

The following “Stairway” 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 “Stairway” 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.

A WPJA wedding photographer captures a couple in Palo Alto, Northern California, embracing in a back hug against a vibrant blue urban wall

Embracing Love: An Intimate Portrait in Vibrant Palo Alto

In this playful engagement session at Abbaye des Prémontrés, the couple joyfully leaps off the stairs, captured by a skilled WPJA wedding photographer

Leaps of Love: Capturing Joy at Abbaye des Prémontrés

jumping Abbaye des Prémontrés stair landing Meurthe-et-Moselle stairway leaping couple

In Hasselt, Limburg, this artistic wedding photo captures a couple at their ceremony location. The image highlights the simplicity and geometric shapes of the stairway with clean and minimalistic lines.

Limburg Love: An Artistic Wedding Photo that Puts Geometry in Focus

portrait session Limburg portrait Hasselt wedding Limburg Love artistic wedding Minimalistic Hasselt

Merrion Square, Dublin couple captured in their engagement portrait as they elegantly descend the stairs together, symbolizing the beginning of their new chapter in life

Romantic Merrion Square Engagement Portrait: A Stunning Dublin Couple Descending the Stairs to Begin Their New Chapter in Life

Dublin Engagement Photography Dublin descending stairs Merrion Square stairway

The engagement portrait was taken at Chateau de Valmy in Argelès-sur-Mer, with the couple's silhouette standing far away, on top of the white stairs

Romantic Engagement Portrait at Chateau de Valmy in Argelès-sur-Mer: Couple's Silhouette on White Stairs

low angle stairway France engagement photography top of stairs Chateau de Valmy symmetrical Pyrénées Orientales

During the engagement shoot at Atlantic Station in Atlanta, the couple shared a romantic moment by exchanging a kiss in the parking deck

Romantic Atlantic Station Engagement: Couple Shares a Kiss in Atlanta Parking Deck

romantic portrait stairway exchange a kiss Atlanta Engagement Portrait Atlantic Station Atlanta parking deck

The groom and bride in her dress were beautifully captured in a portrait from above at the Villa Acquaroli in Carvico, Italy

A wedding photographer captured a beautiful portrait of the groom and bride from above on the stairs at a Villa

Carvico Wedding Portrait stairway Carvico Villa Acquaroli overhead view couple posing

The loving couple danced along the cobblestone dock at Ile Saint-Louis, Paris, France, and made beautiful memories of their lifestyle engagement portrait session

The pro photographer captured the joy of the couple's engagement in a stunning portrait

Paris engagement session Paris stairway cobblestone dock Ile Saint Louis arched bridge waters edge

The couple strolled together down the stairs with a glowing sun radiating from behind them in their lifestyle engagement portrait session in Verona, Italy

In Verona, Italy, the sun radiated behind the couple walking down the stairs for their lifestyle portrait session

stairway brick wall radiating sun descending stairs Italy Verona Verona Lifestyle Engagement Portrait

Couple sitting at the top of some stairs in Denver, CO during engagement photoshoot

An engaged couple had a lifestyle session indoors with fancy chandeliers overhead while sitting at the top of the stairs

chandeliers Denver engagement photography sitting on stairs stairway Denver

The golden hue of the warm fall foliage provided the perfect backdrop for this intimate picture session of the embracing engaged couple

In Milan, an intimate picture session of the engaged couple was set against the golden hue of the warm fall foliage

Milan stairway Milan Engagement Portrait golden hue warm fall foliage sitting on steps

A North Cadbury, England wedding photographer has captured an idyllic scene of a bride and groom on a stairway, with reflections, illuminated by window lighting

North Cadbury Court stairways and reflections wedding photo of the bride

UK Photographer England North Cadbury Court stairway reflections uk bride

Before the ceremony in Pont Scorff, France, the bride and the groom are preparing together

The bride, seated on the couch, and the groom, coming down the stairs, shared a moment of anticipation before their wedding ceremony

Morbihan bride Patrick Lombaert Pont Scorff Morbihan photographer Brittany stairway France

Artistic London outdoor portrait shows a unique way this newly engaged couple is announcing their engagement in a picture of them looking at each other on a bridge of stairs

bridge of stairs London photographer London stairway

The bride and groom are illuminated by off-camera flash on the outdoor stairway of Airth Castle in Falkirk, Scotland

At Airth Castle in Falkirk, Scotland, the bride and groom are lit by off-camera flash on the outdoor stairway

Scotland Airth Castle off camera flash stairway Falkirk Falkirk Photographer Scotland Couple

After the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Mont Saint Helene in Normandy for a Couple kissing at top of the stairs in nature

top of stairs Normandy stairway Charly Fromentin couple kissing France Mont Saint Helene

Rugby, UK based wedding and event photography at the Bourton Hall in BW of Bride walking down the stairs

stairway Emil Boczek bw wedding image Rugby Photographer walking downstairs United Kingdom Rugby

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session at the DC National Art Gallery for a couple heading down the stairs

Washington DC DC photographer stairway Anastasiia Polyakov minimalism National Art Gallery walking downstairs

The photographer at Playa Largo Resort, Key Largo, Florida scouted the lobby for a wedding photo, and decided to use the chandelier and the groom's shadow for an element

Key Largo, Florida photographer captures wedding photo with chandelier and groom's shadow

Key Largo Photographer Key Largo shadow chandelier Florida Playa Largo Resort hotel lobby

Manchester City Centre portrait e-session of couple sitting on the stairway to a door

sitting stairway Manchester portrait door Manchester couple urban Manchester City Centre

Paris Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait in BW of a couple walking down a huge set of stairs below a church

Ronan Jégaden bw France stairway church Paris couple Paris

Castelnou Engagement couple session in small French medieval village

stairway steps French medieval village stone building Castelnou

The High Line Park urban couple portrait on city stairway

stairway stiff stairs Casey Fatchett park NY couple portrait urban

Potrero Hill, San Francisco city skyline couple portrait looking out over the city while standing on a fire escape stairway

fire escape Tyler Vu city skyline San Francisco couple portrait looking out sf Engagement photography stairway

France engagement photo shoot on concrete stairs with a Couple in Paris

FR paris couple portraits city Ronan Jégaden urban Engagement sitting on stairs concrete jungle

Slovenia pre wedding and engagement photography of a couple on stairs with a dog in Volosko, Croatia, their Best friend

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Bright sunlight couple engagement image from the Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal

Portugal Portugal engagement session Bhavna Barratt Pena Palace Palace bright sunlight Sintra

Newly engaged couple pose for a portrait on the stairway of the San Jose City Hall Rotunda

Newly engaged couple pose for a portrait on the stairway of City Hall

Tyler Vu engaged couple San Jose San Jose pre wedding portraits San Jose e shoot pose City hall

Bride and Father waiting to walk down the aisle

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Walt Disney Concert Hall Engagement Photo Session for a Couple in Los Angeles, California

Walt Disney Concert Hall stairway California Los Angeles pre wedding session Los Angeles Los Angeles engagement photographers

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