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.

Washington, DC pre-wedding portraits - Couple with monument in background

Outdoor pre-wedding portrait of a walking Couple with monument in background

Salt Lake City pre-wedding portraits | Couple kissing on sand at the beach with old tree stump in background

beach Salt Lake City sand tree stump background Salt Lake City prewedding portrait

Pousada Ponta do Mutá | Wedding photo of The dress

The dress hanging in the background of Pousada Ponta do Mutá was featured with the bride in soft focus

dream wedding soft focus special day bridal shoot wedding photo Ponta do Mutá bridal portrait

Red wall background | pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple kissing | DC portrait shoot

Pre-wedding engagement portrait of a couple against a red wall background, with the bearded man kissing the woman's cheek

DC couple red wall dc engagement portrait background kissing cheek bearded man

Shooting into the sun makes an orange background for the silhouette of this engagement portrait of the couple holding hands

orange engagement portrait silhouette holding hands couple Porto Alegre

the bride laying down on a reflective surface with a city skyline in the background

reflective surface Shanghai fine art wedding photo city skyline laying down Shanghai background Shanghai artistic wedding photography

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