Wedding Photos of Urban

The following “Urban” 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 “Urban” 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.

San Francisco, California mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day while Romancing in the city

Piazza Duomo, Florence mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day while The couple is jumping

jumping Florence Piazza Duomo pre wedding the couple urban Piazza Duomo engagement shoot

Piazza Duomo, Florence mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day while the couple is hugging in the sunlight by the buildings

Piazza Duomo pre wedding hugging couple Piazza Duomo engagement shoot Piazza Duomo buildings

Lungarno Corsini, Florence mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day in the rain while The couple is kissing under the umbrella

umbrella couple Florence rain Lungarno Corsini engagement shoot Lungarno Corsini pre wedding

Ivančice mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a view of the city from above

Ivančice engagement shoot overlook Ivančice Ivančice pre wedding urban city view

Sevierville, TN mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day as The couple looks at each other as they stand in a set of stairs in downtown Sevierville

urban downtown Sevierville Bryan Aleman stand Sevierville wedding couple Sevierville Sevierville engagement shoot

Seviervile, TN mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with A beautiful dip in front of a city mural

city Bryan Aleman TN engagement shoot Seviervile dip mural TN pre wedding

Seviervile, TN mini urban pic before the wedding day created as The couple smiles at each other as they stand in front of an old brick building in downtown Sevierville

TN TN pre wedding old brick building Seviervile Bryan Aleman urban stand

Seviervile, TN mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day while The couple holds hands in the middle of downtown Sevierville as they look at opposite sides of the street

Seviervile engagement shoot holds hands downtown Sevierville urban Seviervile Bryan Aleman opposite sides

Florence, Tuscany creative urban sunlight wedding pic of the Bride and groom

sunlight Tuscany photographer bride and groom tuscany couple Tuscany Florence

Trastevere District mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a couple Enjoying the cold winter sun of 7 am

Trastevere District winter sun Francesca Vitulano Trastevere District wedding photo couple Trastevere District pic shoot cold

Pantheon, Rome mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day while walking in the Early morning

Rome wedding photo Francesca Vitulano Rome pic shoot Pantheon early morning urban walking

Chicago mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a couple sitting on a truck loading dock and playing

Chicago pic shoot Chicago Chicago pre wedding photo playing truck Edward Ciesielski couple sitting

Jaén, Spain mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day at night under an umbrella with blue lights

umbrella Jaén urban Spain blue lights Jaén pre wedding photo

Breda mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day showing the couple is posing on the background you see a graffiti wall

Breda graffiti couple posing urban Breda pre wedding photo background

South Congress, Austin mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with an urban/street vibe

urban Austin weddings Austin pic shoot street vibe Austin pre wedding photo Austin photographer Austin

South Congress, Austin mini urban/street photo session with a sweet kiss and a glass reflection

Iris Hu sweet kiss street Austin weddings Austin Austin photographer glass reflection

Los Angeles, California urban photo shoot before the wedding day in an underground parking structure

Los Angeles LA pre wedding photo LA photographer LA photo shoot urban California

Downtown Los Angeles, California overhead urban photo shoot with the couple lying on the street between painted lines

Couple lying overhead urban LA photo shoot street California

Cirencester Park mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day under a black and white brick arch

Cirencester Park pic shoot Cirencester Park pre wedding photo Cirencester Park black and white brick arch urban

Pier 7, San Francisco, California mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of an evening stroll on a lovely night

Tyler Vu Night urban SF wedding photo SF pic shoot Pier 7 San Francisco

Under Chao Phraya Sky Park, Bangkok, Thailand mini urban pic shoot with a view of the bride and groom with the atmosphere, the colors of the capital as a background.It makes the image interesting

atmosphere overpass urban Bangkok colors drinks background

National Theater of Sofia mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a couple kissing

Tatyana Chohadjieva Sofia Sofia pre wedding photo couple kissing urban National Theater of Sofia Sofia pic shoot

Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA fine art wedding portrait of The bride and groom enjoying a private moment together at dusk on the rooftop where they got married

Rooftop Pittsburgh urban private dusk Lawrenceville PA Pittsburgh photographer

Canal Walk, Cape Town mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with The majestic building making for a unique backdrop for this engagement shoot

majestic Canal Walk Cape Town photographer Cape Town pic shoot building urban

La Rochelle, France mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with some concrete pillar love

France La Rochelle pic shoot urban concrete pillar La Rochelle engagements La Rochelle

Orpheus Brewing Atlanta, Georgia urban cafe shoot before the wedding day with the couple Sharing a minute after the proposal

cafe shoot proposal Georgia Orpheus Brewing Atlanta pre wedding session Atlanta

Orpheus Brewing Atlanta, Georgia mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day - mintutes after the proposal

Atlanta photography urban Atlanta weddings proposal Atlanta pic shoot Georgia

Venice, Italy mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple sitting by a canal

Black & White Venice Italy black and white photo bw engagement portrait urban

South End, Boston, Massachusetts mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple in an alley with fresh snow and setting sun

winter engagement session winter cold Boston Massachusetts snow snowy

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