Wedding Photos of Virginia

The following “Virginia” 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 “Virginia” 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.

Virginia wedding photography of the choir singing at the wedding ceremony at the church

Virginia engagement portrait with a posed couple at Great Falls VA with a kiss in front of a large rock, lens flare accents the upper left corner

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Virginia outdoor pre-wedding photo session at Sunrise at Great Falls, with steam coming off the river

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Virginia pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple before A full scene of Great Falls with the wind whipping the bride-to-be's dress behind her

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Virginia water engagement photo shoot as A couple embraces at Great Falls

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Virginia engagement photo shoot of The couple embracing on a high cliff at Great Falls

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Virginia pre wedding and engagement photography of The couple sitting by the raging river at Great Falls

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DC wedding photographer taking pictures at the L'auberge Chez François in Falls Church, Virginia of The bride laughing with her best friend after the wedding ceremony

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A Virginia wedding photographer captured this District Winery bride and groom first kiss under baby's breath floral clouds

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Virginia wedding photography from Arlington showing Mom helping the bride getting ready with her shoes

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Virginia wedding photography from Lydia Mountain Lodge/Stanardsville VA showing Dancing with a slow shutter motion blur

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Great Falls, Virginia engagement portrait of a couple embracing in early morning light, with the raging river behind them

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The couple kiss in silhouette with the early morning light and fog down river from them at their Great Falls, Virginia engagement portrait session

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The couple stand on the rocky coast near Great Falls for their Virginia engagement e-session

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Shenandoah National Park wedding image of a couple laughing at their dog during their vows at Point Overlook

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The bride is escorted down the aisle by her father, perspective is from the officiant, the groom holds his hand over his face in awe at their Falls Church, Virginia backyard wedding

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Ritz Carlton, Tyson's Corner in Virginia wedding image of the bride searching for the groom during the butt-touching game

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Sky Meadows State Park engagement shoot in a field of flowers that were Yellow

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Relaxed engagement photography at Sky Meadows, Virginia of couple laying in a field

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Image of some Virginia Backyard Wedding Reception Sister Love

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wedding photo from Virginia, Ireland showing the Bride and dad arriving in great light to a near empty country church for a 14 person wedding

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Old Town Alexandria, Virginia | A couple engagement session on the waterfront

A couple engagement session on the waterfront dock, shot from above

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Wedding photographer for the Bluemont Vineyard, Virginia, USA | A talented bridesmaid sings a moving song to the bride and groom

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Groom dancing with his mother showing the band and venue

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The bride and the groom raging on the dance floor

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The bride is surrounded by her friends on the dance floor

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A bridesmaid shares an emotional toast to the bride

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couple embraces each other after a lively sunrise hike up Hawksbill mountain

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A bride prepares for her ceremony

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Couple's apartment building elevator hallway - Silhouette engagement portrait in Arlington Virginia

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