Wedding Photos of Scenic

The following “Scenic” 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 “Scenic” 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 happy bride and groom snap a selfie in the luxurious back seat of their classic Rolls Royce while on a scenic journey through the bustling streets of London on their wedding day.

Luxurious London Selfie: Bride and Groom Capture Bliss in Classic Rolls Royce Glamour

A bride and groom stand in a mountain setting, their silhouettes blending with a vivid sunset against a smoky sky, creating a unique and unforgettable image of their wedding day at Tom Blake Trailhead in Snowmass, Colorado.

Silhouetted Sunset Love: A Magical Wedding Moment at Tom Blake Trailhead in Snowmass, Colorado

Snowmass Wedding Portrait silhouettes Trailhead Outdoor unforgettable image love Colorado

Wedding day bliss at Aragosta Deer Isle Maine, as the couple shares a joyous embrace on the rocky Maine shore, wrapped up in each other's arms and beaming with happiness.

Blissful Embrace: A Wedding Day at Aragosta Deer Isle Maine Shore

Maine Deer Isle Wedding Portrait romantic Memorable smiles Deer Isle couple

A beautiful bride gazes down at her wedding guests from a scenic balcony at the Honig Fabriek in Nijmegen, captured in this wedding day photograph.

Gazing From The Balcony: A Bride's Moment At Honig Fabriek In Nijmegen

Nijmegen bride Honig Fabriek love gown scenic marriage Flowing

A couple in Fort Collins, Colorado, captured a special moment together as they posed on a rock for their engagement portrait

Romantic Engagement Portrait: Fort Collins Couple Poses on Scenic Rock

Colorado Fort Collins portrait Fort Collins romantic rock special moment Fort Collins couple

An engagement portrait in Jaén, Spain features a couple silhouetted against a red backlight while standing on a hill with a cross

Romantic Engagement Portrait in Jaén, Spain: Stunning Silhouette of Couple Against Red Backlight on Hill with Cross

jaen engagement portrait romantic Jaen Engagement Photography Jaén Silhouetted couple Jaen couple red backlight

Couple in wedding attire kisses in front of Château de Goudourville, with the castle gate in the foreground creating a picturesque frame for their affectionate embrace

Château de Goudourville offers a picturesque frame as a couple in wedding attire shares an affectionate kiss

fairytale wedding couple in love affectionate embrace photography foreground French romance

The engaged couple are embracing in front of the beautiful view of Bath City, creating a scenic lifestyle pre wedding portrait

In Bath City, the engaged couple embrace for a lifestyle portrait with a view of the town below

city overview bath Bath Engagement Photography city scenic

A Northern California Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, scenic portrait of this San Francisco couple posing on top of a hill

San Francisco hill posing scenic California Engagement Photographer San Francisco couple

A Surat Thani Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, scenic portrait of this Bangrak couple laughing in the mountains and sunset

mountains Vitalii Nikonorov Surat Thani Bangrak sunset laughing Bangrak couple

A beautiful scenic Kananaskis bride and groom portrait at Grizzly Peak with the Bride and groom enjoying beautiful vista and a light snowfall

Grizzly Grizzly Peak Snowfall peak vista Kananaskis

Kananaskis scenic actual wedding day couple portrait at Wind Tower in Alberta, Canada with the bold and adventerous Bride and groom standing on the edge of a mountain

Kananaskis mountain Canada Bride and groom Alberta couple portrait edge Kananaskis wedding

Scenic Kananaskis wedding photography of the couple from at Wind Tower in Alberta, Canada during an Intimate ceremony on the top of the mountain

Kananaskis Canada Couple Kananaskis wedding photography mountain Wind Tower marriage intimate ceremony

Scenic wedding photography of the Canadian couple shot from Mount Lipset in Kananaskis showing the Bride and groom holding hands during the sunrise

AB wedding photography Canadian couple holding hands Mount Lipset scenic Kananaskis couple sunrise

Estes Park scenic actual wedding day couple portrait of them posing in front of the mountains at the Black Canyon Inn

posing CO couple portrait Colorado wedding Estes Park Black Canyon Inn wedding venue mountains

Buena Vista ceremony scene setter at The Barn at Sunset Ranch wedding venue photography showing A scenic mountain wedding ceremony view with the sun beaming down

mountain wedding ceremony scene setter beam Ranch wedding venue view w Buena Vista ceremony

A Virginia Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, scenic portrait of this VA couple in the beautiful golden light in Shanandoah

Shanandoah scenic golden light virginia engagement photographer Anastasiia Polyakov Virginia sunset

Breathtaking Alberta wedding image of a Canada couple after the ceremony at the lake

mountains lake weddings Alberta wedding image after ceremony Canada AB bride and groom Eliza Slobodzian

Breathtaking Yosemite wedding image of a Northern California couple at the Portrait Location during Sunrise in Yosemite

Yosemite National Park Yosemite wedding image Yosemite bride and groom hiking CA Portrait Location holding hands mountains

Scenic Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado engagement image created as the Couple hugs during the sunset next to a river in a valley of the park

hugs park scenic Colorado engagement river Mark Creery Colorado couple

Scenic Rocky Mountain National Park engagement picture of a Couple hugging overlooking the mountains of Estes Park, Colorado

co couple overlook Destination Wedding Colorado Estes Park hugging mountains Colorado

A beautiful Bellvue, Colorado engagement photo of a Couple embracing while sitting near a scenic lake

Bellvue Colorado Colorado couple Mark Creery Colorado engagement embracing scenic

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

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

Scenic Cappadocia engagement image created in the sand hills and formations of Turkey

Cappadocia engagement image engagement Turkey formations Cappadocia hills scenic

Scenic Tuz Golu engagement picture with formal clothes, a sunset and some dance moves

Tuz Golu bride and groom formal clothes scenic Tuz Golu engagement tuz gölü reflections

Scenic Bangkok engagement picture at the asiatique riverfront for a couple portrait silhouette

scenic asiatique Chaiyasith Junjuerdee portrait silhouette bangkok engagement riverfront

Scenic Khao Yai National Park, Thailand engagement image using the couples reflection and the blue sky

Thailand engagement Khao Yai National Park Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Thailand couple Thailand blue sky reflection

Scenic Khimsar engagement photography showing us As the sun sets, the to be bride and groom pose under a serendipitously heart shaped tree on the sand dunes

sun sets India Joseph Radhik Khimsar engagement photography Khimsar sand dunes scenic

Scenic Valensole, France pre wedding portrait shoot as The couple pose for a loving image on their engagement day

scenic loving Valensole Joseph Radhik France couple France engagement day France pre wedding portrait

Scenic Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portrait shoot of the young Brazil couple running hand in hand on the beach at the ocean

ocean Rio de Janeiro beach Brazil Couple Hand in hand Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portrait

Pages

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.