Wedding Photos of Black and white portrait

The following “Black and white portrait” 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 “Black and white portrait” 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.

black and white photo of a couple kissing in Montpellier

London couple portrait with urban class

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World's most artistic and best wedding image from Black Canyon Inn, Estes Park resulting in a black and white portrait of the bride and groom and the Colorado wedding venue

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Market Square, Knoxville, TN on-location portrait e-shoot of a black and white portrait of the couple

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San Francisco engagement pic session with The couple outside the church

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Hotel Ritz Paris artistic wedding photo of A beautiful bride in the window

The bride, looking back over her shoulder and holding back the drapes with her hand, is beautifully captured in a black and white wedding photograph

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Love session of couple in black and white at Poleymieux au Mont D'Or

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France Picardie crazy laughs from a couple during their black and white engagement portrait session

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Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport, RI embraced couple posing for their engagement shoot in black and white

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Jaen Andalusia prewedding photos of a couple seated indoors in black and white

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Žalec, Slovenia Couple standing close to the railway tracks during a black and white wedding portrait session

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Gleiburg bride and groom artistic wedding portrait under the sky and clouds

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Ravensburg black and white wedding portrait of the bride with the groom's hand on her shoulder

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Hambacher Schloss black and white moody portrait of the bride and groom

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Yonah Mountain Vineyards, Cleveland, Georgia Staircase portrait of the bride and groom in black and white

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Black and white wedding Couple Shoot in Essen, Germany

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black and white wedding portrait of the Bridal couple on motorcycle under a dramatic sky with clouds

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Zámek Lysice framed bride and groom in a black and white portrait session

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Hadcová step wedding portrait of the couple dancing under a pine tree

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Black and white portrait of bride and groom at sunset in Eagle County, Colorado

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

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Intimate engagement photos at Athens, Greece of couple on the beach wind blown

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Overhead and fun engagement image of lovebirds from Witten Ruhrgebiet

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Black and white bike engagement of the couple biking on a rain water reflection in London, United Kingdom

Black and white bike engagement shoot shoot in London, United Kingdom

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Black and white rocky engagement shoot with a white background on a mountain stone in Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain

Black and white rocky engagement shoot shoot in Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain

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Black and white silhouette engagement shoot shoot in Genoa

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A reflection portrait of the bride and groom at the Teton National Park

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A bride and groom pose on the shores of Lake Tahoe, Zephyr Cove, surrounded by thick fog

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Reflected black and white engagement picture session in Peking University, Beijing, China of the couple's reflection in the doorway

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Urban b/w couple engagement photos at Trapani, Sicily

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