Wedding Photos of Bw portrait

The following “Bw 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 “Bw 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.

An engaged couple embraced in the middle of a narrow street in Venice, Italy, creating a symmetrical black and white scene

The happy couple, embracing in a symmetrical black and white scene on a narrow street, radiate joy before their wedding day

Random street spot for a prewedding photo in a Los Angeles Street

A silhouetted bride and groom-to-be stand at a city crosswalk, basking in the shade of a nearby building

LA Street bw portrait crosswalks fire hydrant intersection city urban portrait

The photo was taken during engagement session, this couple wanted to include their little dog in the shoot at James Gardens, Toronto

The happy couple, accompanied by their beloved pup, smile together in a black and white image before their wedding day

bw portrait dog couple sitting Toronto engagement photography Toronto James Gardens

A romantic black and white portrait of a couple on a forest path in Grotniki, Poland captures the beauty of their special day in nature

Grotniki, Poland is the stunning backdrop of a romantic black and white portrait of a couple on a forest path

bw portrait tall trees Grotniki natural beauty forest portrait Poland Grotniki Photographer

A lovely couple poses for a BW wedding day portrait in front of their reception area at Iron Gate, Washington DC, USA

The couple celebrated their union by having a commemorative photograph taken in front of the venue of their wedding reception

DC Reception Washington DC DC photographer iron gate bw portrait

A bold black and white outdoor portrait of the grooms in profile is an iconic image from the wedding day

Baltimore grooms Maryland bw portrait profiles The Birchmere Baltimore photographer Baltimore

The couple are captured in a striking black and white profile shot, embracing atop a mountain and gazing into one another's eyes

bw portrait Shenandoah National Park gazing into eyes Virginia photographer

The couple are captured in black and white in the tranquil forest of Airlie, Virginia, USA on their special wedding day

The couple are captured in a tranquil forest in a beautiful black and white profile picture

Virginia black and white profiles USA Airlie Virginia photographer forest portrait

Couple embrace in the secret garden of The Elvetham Hotel, UK

The couple is captured in a romantic embrace in a black and white portrait, the woman tenderly kissing her partner's cheek in a hidden garden

Hartley Wintney United Kingdom garden portrait bw portrait hampshire photographer The Elvetham Hotel kiss on cheek

This black-and-white portrait at an industrial building in Noord Brabant, with its bold lines and reflective floor, makes for an eye-catching and creative wedding image

The bride and groom pose for a portrait in an industrial building, characterized by bold lines and a reflective floor

industrial building Noord Brabant bold lines reflective floor North Brabant Photographer NL bw portrait

The bride in Italy at Villa Orlando Torre del Lago struck a theatrical pose by the water, with arms outstretched looking to the future with joy

In Italy at Villa Orlando Torre del Lago, the bride joyfully struck a theatrical pose by the water looking to the future

Italy photographer Villa Orlando outstretched arms Italy bw portrait torre del lago theatrical pose

The couple stands in an embrace, her hair blowing in the wind, during their reception in the Var region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, captured in a beautiful black-and-white image

The couple are embracing tenderly, with the bride's hair billowing in the breeze

Var smiles PACA Photographer PACA bw portrait France blowing hair

An engaged couple embrace along the Mad River in Warren, VT

The engaged couple embraced during their BW pre-wedding photo session

Mad River Vermont bw portrait Vermont engagement photography kiss on cheek Warren VT couple embraced

A portrait of the couple at Fori imperiali in Rome in black and white, focusing on their faces with pleasant smiles on both of them

At Fori imperiali in Rome, a BW portrait of the bride and groom with pleasant smiles

Rome photographer close up Fori Imperiali Rome intimate portrait bw portrait smiles

The bride and groom posed for a black and white portrait outside of their Lynchburg, Virginia wedding venue, with an intimate focus on her bouquet details

In Lynchburg, VA, the bride and groom posed for a black and white portrait with a focus on her bouquet details

Virginia Lynchburg Photographer Lynchburg bw portrait bouquet

The groom affectionately places his arm around her shoulder while they pose with cool sunglasses for a portrait at their Las Vegas wedding reception venue

The groom tenderly embraces the bride as they pose with stylish sunglasses for a photograph at their wedding reception

Las Vegas Photographer Vegas Nevada NV Clark County Las Vegas arm around shoulder

The couple are captured in a beautiful black and white image, looking lovingly at each other at the end of the day in the middle of the big open field at Chartreuse de Dane, Auch, France

At Chartreuse de Dane, Auch, France, a beautiful black and white image captures the loving couple in a big open field

open field Auch Gers bw portrait Auch Photographer France moody

The girl is holding her boy's hand and looking back while pulling him near railroad tracks in a BW engagement portrait in Fleurance, Gers, France

The engaged couple are holding hands and running towards the railroad tracks, the girl looking back

bw portrait Gers Gers engagement photography railroad tracks pulling Fleurance holding hands

A Chicago, Illinois couple, with smiles on their faces, wanted a black and white lifestyle engagement portrait taken at the location they first met

They beamed with joy as their first meeting spot became the backdrop for their lifestyle engagement portrait

first met smiles first meeting spot Chicago engagement photography bw portrait Chicago Illinois

The bride and groom posed in front of an arched wall in the Schloss Neuhaus building for a creative BW wedding image

For a creative black-and-white wedding image, the newlyweds posed in front of an arched wall structure

Paderborn Photographer castle Paderborn bw portrait Schloss Neuhaus arched wall Germany

The incredible sheer cliff mountain view stretching forever in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland provided the perfect backdrop for a BW couple portrait silhouette

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Incredible mountain cliff view within a BW couple silhouette portrait

Staubbach Falls Switzerland cliff mountains Lauterbrunnen Photographer Swiss Alps silhouettes bw portrait

The Bride in Altamura, Italy is beaming with joy while the Groom looks away in this beautiful black and white image

This black and white portrait depicts a bride smiling while the groom looks away

smiling bride bw portrait IT Altamura Bride Altamura Italy Altamure Photographer

The Lille couple's love is captured in black and white as he tenderly touches her face

The tender touch of his hand gracing her face is poetically captured in monochrome tones, exemplifying the profoundness of love

tender touch Lille photographer bw portrait monochrome tones French Flanders Lille France

A couple celebrated their bond by taking an intimate photoshoot in the desert's sand dunes

The couple's strong bond and unwavering trust in each other shined through during their BW desert picture session at the Nellis Dunes

Nellis Dunes Nevada bw portrait sand dunes nevada engagement session desert engagement

An artistic image of a striking silhouette of an engaged couple in front of a bridge against the sunset sky is visually captivating

Couple standing in front of Dallet's Bridge in France, silhouetted against the sunset sky

Puy de Dome Engagement Photography bw portrait silhouetted Dallet Bridge France sunset sky Puy-de-Dôme

This romantic engagement photo, taken in a regal palace and captured in black and white, conveys the couple's passionate embrace

The passionate hug captured in this black and white, vertical engagement picture taken in San Francisco amidst the pillars of the Palace of Fine Arts, symbolizes the couple's deep connection and love

bw portrait San Francisco engagement photography San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts pillars

The couple said their love was forever as they sealed it with a kiss during an urban-style engagement photoshoot with a subway setting

The loving couple ascend a San Francisco subway, embracing in a tender kiss for their BW engagement picture

San Francisco SF subway tender kiss San Francisco e shoot urban portrait bw portrait

The romantic hug captured in this black and white engagement portrait taken at the cliffs in Duino, Trieste, Italy, overlooking the water, symbolizes the couple's love and connection amidst the beauty and drama of the natural world

A romantic hug captured in a black and white engagement portrait taken at the cliffs symbolizes the couple's love and connection amidst the beauty of the natural world

cliffs Duino Trieste bw portrait romantic hug Italy Trieste engagement session

The intense, romantic pose of the couple in their engagement portrait from Castellabate, Cilento, Salerno, Italy speaks volumes in their closed eyes

In their BW engagement portrait, the couple strikes an intense and romantic pose with their eyes closed

eyes closed Salerno Engagement Session bw portrait Cilento Castellabate Salerno

The passionate embrace of the newly engaged couple in a San Francisco archway was captured in a timeless black and white engagement portrait

The newly engaged couple passionately embraced, with the bride-to-be planting a gentle kiss on her partner's cheek

San Francisco SF e session archway California - Northern gentle kiss kiss on cheek bw portrait

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