Wedding Photos of Country

The following “Country” 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 “Country” 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.

A candid moment captured on the couple's wedding day at their countryside French venue, showcasing a heartfelt ceremony speech amidst scattered pizza boxes that the bride had searched high and low for all morning in Nances city, Savoie.

Rustic Romance: Heartfelt Ceremony Speech Amidst Pizza Boxes at Countryside French Venue in Nances

A Nebraska lifestyle couple photo session showing a girl kissed by her boyfriend in a cowboy hat

rural Nebraska lifestyle couple cowboy hat boyfriend country Nebraska photo session

Kaysersberg Castle, Alsace engagement photo showcasing the natural ease of their relationship as the gentleman carries his bride on a country path away from the castle

castle Alsace engagement photo alsace wedding photographer bride Kaysersberg Castle carries gentleman

Cesena pre-wedding engagement image-session in country wheat fields of Italy resulting in a detail of a candid caress in the wheat, with the dog feeling love in the air

Cesena engagement image wheat Caterina Errani Cesena Ravenna photographer wheat fields Italy

Outdoor Arraial do Cabo, RJ couple engagement photography portrait in tree lined trail in the country

Outdoor RJ photography portrait tree lined trail RJ engagement RJ couple Arraial do Cabo

On location Heath, West Sussex couple engagement portrait shoot in red shirts near an open field in the country

country open field Heath wedding photography Heath engagement portrait red shirts West Sussex couple

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Crete Senesi, Siena showing the Tuscany lovers piggyback in the rural country

Tuscany pre wedding Tuscany Siena piggyback rural country Tuscany Portrait Session

Schio, Vicenza, Italy micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day of a couple kissing in front of some mountains

scenic Vicenza Italy country rural grass field Vicenza wedding engagement

Schio, Vicenza, Italy micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a couple in the country

rural Schio wedding engagement Vicenza country scenic hay bales

Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany outside forest picture session before the wedding day while holding hands during the Sunrise

grass field early sunrise hills picturesque countryside Germany engagement photos grass fields

San Francisco Sweet couple by the mossy sea cliff during a pre-wed portrait session

grass field San Francisco CA countryside country hills SF

Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France Couple laughing during pre-wed session, shot through the mirror of their motorbike

Jeremie Sangare rural grass fields country scenic Les Sables dOlonne mirror

Austria engagement pre-wed photo with Love in the mountain

hills scenic rural countryside picturesque mountains Austria engagement photos

Love session in the Rain in Waalwijk Lido for engagement pre-wed photos

auto lights countryside rain rainy engagement shoot rural picturesque car lights

West Lake Tahoe Couple at top of rock sharing a moment during a pre-wed shoot

grass field picturesque hills country countryside rural West Lake Tahoe

Ipioca, Alagoas wedding couple in nature and at sunset during an engagement photo shoot

Ipioca scenic country picturesque rural Monica Guimaraes Alagoas engagement photos

pre-wedding portrait session in a barn window

Pre Wedding Ho Chi Minh City weddings portrait session Ho Chi Minh City barn Ho Chi Minh City wedding photographer country

Engagement Photo Sessions | France country couple and a dog

Engagement Photo Session of a country couple and a dog

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Engagement Picture Session | Pre-Wedding Photo from İzmir, Turkey

Pre-Wedding Photo in formal wear

Furkan Akarsu İzmir wedding photography country Pre Wedding Photo Turkey formal wear İzmir brides

Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy engagement photographer: yes i want you

Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy engagement photo in the country and wind

Arezzo engagement photographers Arezzo Tuscany Italy fields country

Engagement Portrait from Águilas - Murcia - Spain | A hot summer afternoon couple session in the sun

Aguilas engagement photos Murcia Aguilas scenic rural grass fields grass field

Engagement Photographer for Surfside Beach Nantucket Island - Couple on a beach walk during their engagement session.

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Engagement Photographer for Wiesbaden, Germany | Couple on a field of flowers

Wiesbaden wedding engagement countryside flower fields picturesque scenic Wiesbaden engagement photos Germany

$Vail, CO Pre-Wedding Photos - Rain & rays of sun cause for some crazy flare & colorful diffraction for this Vail Pass Engagement Photo.$

Vail, CO Pre-Wedding Photos - Rain & rays of sun cause for some crazy flare & colorful diffraction for this Vail Pass Engagement Photo.

rural Vail picturesque grass field vail engagement photos countryside

Breckenridge, CO Engaged Couple Portrait Session | The sun glaring through a mix of golden aspen leaves & fall colored foliage on top of Gold Hill Trail.

scenic picturesque country Breckenridge wedding engagement Breckenridge engagement photos CO

Gers, South of France motorcyclist couple sitting on bike with helmets during engagement portrait session

helmets picturesque grass fields country motorcycle countryside

Gers, South of France Engagement PhotoShoot - A couple enjoying the end of summer in the countryside

Paris, La défence, France Pre-Wedding Engagement Shoot - A couple loving red

scenic grass field hills grass fields La défence picturesque countryside

Brazil - Caraíba Pré-wedding portraits with engaged couple.

Caraíba engagement photos Brazil picturesque tree country rural countryside

Adana Turkey engagement photo session - the horse was shocked while they are kissing each other

country picturesque scenic hills Adana rural

A couple kissing in a landscape during engagment photo session in the grass

Marciac pre wedding portrait country Marciac engagement photo picturesque rural grass field

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