Wedding Photos of Silhouette

The following “Silhouette” 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 “Silhouette” 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.

Mersin Hilton Hotel Turkey couple posing under palm trees in backlight for black and white wedding portraits

E-session of couple silhouetted and framed in archway by the water in positano

ocean silhouette Positano beach engagement photos Positano

Silhouette, sea engagement photos at Phu Quoc Island

silhouette sunset Phu Quoc Island Beach Portrait pre wedding location Phu Quoc Island Huy Che Hoang Phu Quoc Island engagement session

Palm tree engagement picture session in Phu Quoc Island

palm trees Huy Che Hoang sunset silhouette Phu Quoc Island pre wedding locations Phu Quoc Island Phu Quoc Island engagement photos

black and white wedding portrait in a dark room against a window with a strong silhouette

window contrast silhouette romantic wedding Samutprakarn wedding wedding portrait timeless wedding

Silhouette engagement picture session in San Francisco set amongst stars

framed portrait pre wedding session San Francisco San Francisco engagement photographers San Francisco silhouette

Silhouette bike passing couple engagement photos at La Rochelle, France

bike pre wedding session La Rochelle Audrey Morisson La Rochelle silhouette France La Rochelle engagement photographers

Montpellier, France wedding reception image of the Shadow speeches

Montpellier wedding image speeches silhouette Montpellier photographer bride and groom France

Indoor couple engagement photography in Italy

Indoor couple silhouette Italy home pre wedding locations Italy Italy engagement photos

Purple couple engagement image from Guanella Pass, Georgetown, Colorado, during a twilight session

Georgetown Night moon engagement image Georgetown silhouette Lucy Schultz Guanella Pass

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

China Peking University pre wedding session Beijing Beijing engagement photographers Beijing silhouette

Urban b/w couple engagement photos at Trapani, Sicily

Sicily black and white portrait Trapani pre wedding portraits urban portrait engagement photos Trapani silhouette

Sunset silhouette couple engagement picture session in Trapani, Italy

sailboats pre wedding location Trapani silhouette sunset portrait Trapani engagement session Trapani

wedding photography from Porto Portugal Reception venue of the First Dance under lights and with dj fog

porto wedding photographer Porto Portugal silhouette carrying the bride reception Porto wedding

Noirmoutiers couple silhouette portrait during engagement shoot at the water in France

Noirmoutiers engagement photos France Noirmoutiers couple pre wedding locations FR silhouette water Patrick Lombaert

Heather near Eindhoven Silhouette image of a running couple at sunset

running couple Eindhoven sunset Heather Eindhoven pre wedding portrait Elke Teurlings silhouette

Mount Pleasant Beach, South Carolina Sunset silhouette couple portraits on the sand dunes

pre wedding session Mount Pleasant Beach sunset Bryan Aleman South Carolina sand dunes Mount Pleasant Beach Mount Pleasant Beach engagement photographers

A wedding detail shot of the bride's veil during the ceremony and all silhouetted in Oakand, California

wedding Oakand fine art wedding photo brides veil Oakand artistic wedding photographer California silhouette Oakand artistic wedding photography

A nighttime wedding portrait of bride and groom with steel wool in Lincoln, NE at a private residence

Night wedding portrait Lincoln NE fine art wedding photo Lincoln NE artistic wedding photography steel wool Lincoln

Creative portrait of the groom silhouetted holding out a bouquet of flowers and the bride in nice light against a building in Bad Dürkheim

Creative portrait image of the groom silhouetted holding out a bouquet of flowers and the bride in nice light against a building in Bad Dürkheim

Bad Dürkheim artistic wedding photography bouquet silhouette Bad Dürkheim fine art wedding photo creative portrait image bride groom

Vietnam couple portraits near the wedding Ceremony Location - give me your kiss, I will give you rest of my life

Vietnam silhouette Lights Vietnam fine art wedding photo Vietnam fine art wedding photographer Vietnam artistic wedding photographer wedding ceremony

Engagement shoot in Iceland - seljalandsfoss with a silhouette behind a waterfall

engagement photos Iceland seljalandsfoss Iceland sunset silhouette waterfall

Silhouette double exposure on yellow/orange portrait in Leaf, Manchester, UK

Manchester UK fine art wedding photo double exposure Manchester Manchester UK fine art wedding photographer Manchester UK artistic wedding photography silhouette yellow

Creative bokeh silhouette wedding portrait at the Lancashire Manor, Skelmersdale, England

wedding portrait Skelmersdale fine art wedding photo bokeh Skelmersdale silhouette Lancashire Manor Skelmersdale fine art wedding photographer

Image from a West Kirby Beach Proposal at sunset

clouds beach West Kirby Beach Sky pre wedding location West Kirby Beach water

padley gorge, peak distrsict. northern England portrait silhouette of engaged couple over waterfalls

waterfalls Padley Gorge UK pre wedding session Padley Gorge Padley Gorge engagement photographers England

small silhouette image of couple on rocks at sunset at Padley Gorge, Peak District, England

Padley Gorge UK Peak District pre wedding locations England England rocks

A silhouette portrait of a couple with a bicycling couple riding by in De Klinge

bike couple riding bicycling silhouette De Klinge engagement photographers Sven Soetens bikes

de klinge couple posing for pre-wed portraits at dusk by the water

water De Klinge engagement session De Klinge Sven Soetens dusk Blue silhouette

A playful and creative night portrait using christmas lights the couple's silhouette at the Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado

silhouette Colorado Springs Lucy Schultz Colorado christmas lights Night couple

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