Wedding Photos of Water

The following “Water” 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 “Water” 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 at the water and enjoying the feeling that is forever

dance rehearsal by the water

water pier bw portrait Kınalıada Princes Islands Turkey Turkey photographer

bride and groom lit by off camera flash

stirlingshire photographer couple portrait Mike Cook bridge camera flash water bride and groom

A NYC, on location couple lifestyle portrait in Central Park with some wind and the city skyline over the water

NYC photographer water city skyline Central Park NYC nyc

New York couple posing for an urban engagement announcement shot in DUMBO with the bridge and water in the background

urban Engagement Dumbo NYC couple water bridge NYC photographer

A newlywed couple poses for a walking wedding portrait on a pier over the waters at Hotel Vitznau in Switzerland

At Hotel Vitznau, Switzerland, a newlywed couple poses for a walking wedding portrait on a pier over the waters

Hotel Vitznau Switzerland photographer pier Switzerland water

A newly engaged Montpellier couple poses at the water by boat docks for a France engagement announcement portrait

boat docks Montpellier water Montpellier photographer

A Save the Date in Trieste, Portopiccolo Sistiana portrait of a couple Walking by the pool

Portopiccolo Sistiana water sunset portrait Italy couple walking trieste photographer

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Zephyr Cove, Tahoe for the couple holding hands on the beach

Lake Tahoe sand Lake Tahoe photographer beach engagement Zephyr Cove water

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico on a short pier over the water at sunset

water sunset engagement pier Puerto Rico Old San Juan Puerto Rico Photographer

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in Montpellier with a couple kissing on a boat by the water

boat couple kissing Montpellier photographer water Montpellier

A Maceio lifestyle couple photo session at the water showing some tenderness at the beach

beach trees Tenderness sand Maceió picture session wind Maceió

An Aracaju couple poses during a Sergipe lifestyle portrait photography beach session as they are reflecting in the water mirror

poses mirror Aracaju Sergipe Brazil reflecting Sergipe beach session

St Petersburg couples portrait lifestyle sessions with some Rockside Chatter on the ocean jetty

rocks jetty sunshine water St. Petersburg sea beach

Pleneuf Val Andre couples outdoor portrait lifestyle sessions in France of the engaged pair jumping above the sea and silhouetted against the water and sky

Pleneuf Val Andre Brittany lifestyle session water sea France Brittany Pleneuf Val Andre couple

Pleneuf Van Andre lifestyle portrait photography for a Côtes-d'Armor couple who are engaged and enjoying the wind at the beach overlook with a view of the water

Côtes-d'Armor wind Pleneuf Van Andre France view beach Brittany

Sintra couples lifestyle portrait photography by the water in Lisbon, Portugal as the two are playing and jumping on the rocks by the water with their reflections below

reflections portugal couple Portugal jumping playing water

A Banff couple poses during a Alberta lifestyle portrait mountain photography session during a Sunrise engagement shoot in AB

A Banff couple poses during an Alberta lifestyle portrait mountain photography session during a Sunrise engagement shoot in AB

Alberta mountain Banff Banff couple trees Alberta lifestyle portrait lake

Moraine Lake couples portraits lifestyle session in Alberta, Canada with the lovers seated on a rock above the water in the mountains

lifestyle session Alberta AB pre wed portrait Alberta Canada lovers Canada couple session

An Istanbul couple poses at the Galata Bridge for a urban lifestyle portrait photography session above the harbor water

An Istanbul couple poses at the Galata Bridge for an urban lifestyle portrait photography session above the harbor water

poses istanbul couple harbor photography session urban water urban lifestyle portrait Istanbul

Istanbul couples portraits lifestyle session at the Galata Bridge with a lit dancing dip against the blue sky over the water

water Galata Bridge portraits Turkey dancing Istanbul couple portrait lit blue sky

Penedo lifestyle portrait photography in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a Couple lying in sync with the boats

Fabio Melo Rio de Janeiro Brazil Couple photography Rio de Janeiro boats lying down Penedo lifestyle portrait

Bairro de Jaraguá couples portrait lifestyle session in Brazil while Framing the couple in the middle of the skeleton of a vessel

Brazil Bairro de Jaraguá couple portrait Fabio Melo framing boat vessel lifestyle session Brazil

Italy black and white couples portrait lifestyle session at Ravenna Wild Beach with some soft kisses in the water

Italy couple portrait water IT lifestyle session Ravenna Wild Beach beach Italy black and white

Bulgaria lifestyle couples portraits session in Chernomorets showing the beach sunset belongs to them

Chernomorets Sozopol sunset Bulgaria lifestyle couple water Violeta Pefticheva ring

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden lifestyle portrait photography for a North Carolina couple who are engaged and enjoying running on the path under the water fountain streams in the park

NC lifestyle Gaston County streams Charlotte Botanical path running

Vogel State Park lifestyle couples photography in Georgia with the duo holding hands by the water with mountain reflections

Georgia couple Georgia mountain reflections holding hands Georgia lifestyle session Vogel State Park

A Pennsylvania couple poses during a Caledonia State Park lifestyle portrait photography session as they are silhouetted against the water with the sky reflected below

pose reflected Caledonia photography session Pennsylvania couple water silhouetted State Park lifestyle portrait

Brown Mountain Beach Resort lifestyle portrait photography in Lenoir for a North Carolina couple who are engaged and standing near the water with two geese

beach Resort couple lifestyle geese standing Lenoir North Carolina water

Fairmount Water Works lifestyle photography in Philadelphia, Pennsylania showing the Reflection of an engagement couple

Pennsylania couple Philadelphia water reflection John Ryan PA engagement couple Pennsylvania

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