Wedding Photos of Background

The following “Background” 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 “Background” 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.

Wedding day shot at a Private Home in San Francisco, CA: the groom assisting the bride's father in getting ready, with the background wall pictures featuring the father, a photographer.

Groom Assisting Bride's Father: Tender Moment Captured at San Francisco Private Home Wedding

A romantic wedding photo captured in Torredonjimeno, Jaén, Spain. The bride and groom stand apart, reaching out to each other's hands, with a small dog curiously looking on in the background.

Romantic Wedding Moment in Torredonjimeno: Bride, Groom, and Curious Dog Share Connection

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A breathtaking silhouette portrait of a couple on their wedding day in Blue Hill, Maine. The stunning sunset creates a dramatic sky background behind the couple, adding a touch of romance to the scene.

Graceful Silhouette: A Romantic Sunset Wedding in Blue Hill, Maine

background scene Sky romance Blue Hill Maine Dramatic

A romantic couple embracing in a beautiful silhouette on their wedding day at a stunning wedding venue in Gelderland, Netherlands. The background is illuminated with a soft blue gel, creating a dreamy and enchanting atmosphere.

Enchanting Silhouette: Romantic Couple Embracing at Stunning Wedding Venue in Gelderland, Netherlands

embracing enchanting Gelderland silhouette wedding Blue Gel atmosphere

Detail image of wedding rings with a 'BRIDE' purse in the background at The Refinery at Perona Farms in Sparta, New Jersey

Sparta, New Jersey: Wedding rings with a 'BRIDE' purse at The Refinery at Perona Farms

New Jersey Sparta bride purse The Refinery wedding rings detail image New Jersey Wedding Details

Maceio lifestyle outdoor photography with an engaged Couple facing each other with a cross in background

Outdoor Maceio photography cross Alagoas pre wedding Renner Boldrino Maceio engagement session background

Lisbon couples portraits lifestyle session in Sintra City Center, Portugal with relaxed posing for the picture with fog in the background

Lisbon couples portrait Sintra city center Sintra City Center pre wedding background fog posing

A France Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, mountainous portrait of this Dolomites couple in front of mountains compressed in the background

france engagement photographer mountains Dolomites background Jeremie Sangare Dolomites couple mountainous portrait

A beautiful Virginia wedding portrait of the groom lifting his bride in the air with a beautiful mountain background at the Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah bride lifting groom Virginia Virginia wedding portrait Shenandoah National Park

A beautiful Kananaskis bride and groom portrait at Grizzly Peak in Alberta, Canada with the Bride and Groom and majestic mountain in the background

majestic Alberta bride groom portrait Grizzly Peak portraits Alberta bridal Kananaskis background

An outstanding Pigeon Forge wedding picture of this Tennessee bride with the trees and sky in the background

gown background trees Tennessee bride Pigeon Forge wedding picture Tennessee Pigeon Forge

Victoria Sprung is an artistic wedding photographer for this Illinois couple in the rain at night with buildings in the background

Artistic wedding photography for this Illinois couple in the rain at night with buildings in the background

rain IL wedding photography Night buildings Illinois Illinois couple

Birmingham, UK wedding documentary photographer created this image of a Muslim bride saying goodbye to her family, crying father in the background

family Emil Boczek uk wedding photographer Birmingham bride Birmingham background father

Estes Park artistic wedding photography style in an image at Black Canyon Inn for the bride and groom in a wedding venue with a snowy mountain background

a snowy Colorado bride and groom Black Canyon Inn inn Black Canyon mountain Estes Park

A Massachusetts Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, urban portrait of this Boston couple framed in an archway at The Boston Seaport with the cityscape in the background

framed Boston couple Boston Seaport couple portraits background creative Massachusetts Boston

Adventurous and scenic Rio Tatuiamunha engagement session using Contra light on the couple with the mangrove being illuminated and causing it to attract the couple to the background

Rio Tatuiamunha mangrove illuminated Rio Tatuiamunha engagement Fabio Melo couple Contra light

Adventurous and scenic Pigeon Forge engagement session for The couple holding hands and looking at each others eyes with trees in the background

Pigeon Forge Bryan Aleman TN couple background trees Pigeon Forge engagement looking

Scenic Napatree Point, Westerly, Rhode Island engagement picture of the couple using a flash in front of a gorgeous sunset background when a kite surfer flew into the frame for a silhouette to capture the moment

Napatree Point Kathryn Wallace Yeaton frame background sunset flash flew

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Burg Hornberg with a giant castle as the background in BW

bw Germany Burg Hornberg DE photography background Germany wedding portrait

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Monticiano resort in Italy as the bridegroom looks ahead, the dense forest opens in the background as the bride clasps with him leaning her face on his shoulder, closes her eyes, feeling protected

dense forest Monticiano Resort bride clasps face closed eyes Italy bridegroom

A wedding photojournalist in Philadelphia captured this moment showing a friend of the groom watching the couples dog while the cocktail hour party goes down in the background

Philadelphia background party groom PA wedding photojournalist JD Land cocktail hour

San Francisco prewedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple as they embrace on the beach with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

background embrace San Francisco beach sand water California couple

Pre-wedding Palatéia couple engagement image-session in Alagoas with a Dry tide, desert island and the sun in the background, Ideal setting to register love

Dry tide desert island Pre wedding Palatéia tree boat Alagoas water

Pre-wedding Arlington couple photo-session at the Menotomy Rocks Reservation with a Silhouette and a pond in the background

Menotomy Rocks Menotomy Rocks Reservation Reservation Simi Rabinowitz background Arlington MA

Pre-wedding engagement image-session at Calle Aldama in San Miguel de Allende with the groom to holding the flash with his right hand to take this picture where the background is the great Parish

San Miguel de Allende photographer flash San Miguel de Allende Calle Aldama engagement image Calle Aldama Ritrae Studio parish

Outdoor Florence couple engagement photography near the Duomo as background for a portrait

portrait Florence couple Outdoor background Engagement photography Duomo

Frederick's, Camden, London marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The flower girl from the wedding sipping a drink with an innocent expression, against a background of iconic imagery from the world of popular music

expression marriage reception venue Fredericks wedding iconic imagery background London

View this aesthetic San Sophia Overlook wedding image of The couple standing in a beam of light with Mt. Wilson covered in snow in the background, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Telluride from the WPJA

San Sophia Overlook wedding image of The couple standing in a beam of light with Mt. Wilson covered in snow in the background, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Telluride

clouds background Colorado couple Sky Mt Wilson standing San Sophia Overlook

View this dramatic Poggio Berni, Rimini, Italy wedding pic showing a kiss in silhouette with the fireworks in the background, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Palazzo Marcosanti from the WPJA

Caterina Errani kiss Palazzo Marcosanti wedding venue wedding photography Poggio Berni Italy Rimini

Washington National Mall couple e-session in silhouette with the Washington Monument in the background, at sunset

background sunset silhouette DC couple DC Washington National Mall Washington Monument

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