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.

An old and worn-out door in Argenton sur Creuse, with an undying love captured during an engagement wedding photography session by a creative photographer

Argenton sur Creuse Engagement Photography: Capturing Undying Love Through an Old Worn-Out Door

A bride in Nanning is illuminated by a bright light, casting her silhouette in a captivating image

Nanning bride glows in captivating silhouette, illuminated by a bright light

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Silhouette of the bride and her father, captured in a black and white photo, as they enter the Church, showcasing the grand stained glass window and two illuminating spotlights

Church Entrance: Bride and Father Silhouette with Stained Glass Window and Spotlights. Black and white photo

silhouette church entrance stained glass window father black and white spotlights France

Château du Boisrenault in Indre: Artistic Silhouette Wedding Portrait of Bride Joining Guests

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In a stunning wedding portrait from Chandigarh, India, the silhouette of the bride and groom is captured on their special day, surrounded by a beautiful bokeh effect that enhances the striking black and white composition

Chandigarh, India: Stunning black and white wedding portrait captures the bride and groom's silhouette with bokeh effect

Haryana photography Chandigarh striking composition wedding photography Punjab beautiful bokeh

In the Centre-Val de Loire, the sun sets on the horizon as the couple smiles, the man a dark silhouette against the setting sun and the woman bathed in sunlight

Romantic Sunset in Centre-Val de Loire: Couple Smiles as Sun Sets over Stunning Horizon

sunset portrait Centre Val de Loire Engagement Photography Centre-Val de Loire smiles silhouette sunlight

The couple pose for a wedding portrait, as the trees of Redwoods National Park in California transform them into a stunning silhouette of intertwined ferns

Redwoods National Park, California: Wedding portrait captured amidst stunning silhouette of intertwined ferns

Redwoods Forest Wedding Portrait Redwoods National Park silhouette California couple wedding portrait ferns California - Northern

A creative photograph of a couple standing in Kansas City in front of a large, silhouetted tree against a blue sky

Kansas City Tree Silhouette Engagement Photo

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The engaged couple are posing for a magical engagement portrait in beautiful Banff, Alberta, Canada while toasting to their future with a glass of champagne

Engaged couple toasting with champagne in Banff for magical engagement portrait

glass of champagne silhouette puffy clouds Banff Banff Engagement Session toasting

The couple had a stunning lifestyle wedding engagement portrait taken in the romantic setting of Cappadocia, Turkey with him in silhouette, her lit by light, hot air balloons in the background, all set against a beautiful black and white image

The couple's romantic engagement portrait captured a stunning black and white image of them in Cappadocia, Turkey, with him in silhouette, her lit by light, and hot air balloons in the background.

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This whimsical engagement portrait of a couple from Budaörs is a beautiful silhouette under a cloudy sky, complete with their beloved four-legged friend

The couple's joyful companionship and unique lovestory is poetically captured in this special portrait

Budaors Engagement Photography pet dog silhouette Budaörs cloudy skies hills four legged friend

At Chateau du Boisrenault, situated in Indre, the bride was illuminated against a darker background as she travelled in the car

The wedding photographer captured an illuminated shot of the bride in the car

Indre Indre Wedding Portrait Indre bride Chateau du Boisrenault silhouette

The silhouette of a couple posing at the Chamberlin Observatory at the University of Denver, Colorado, was used for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait

Colorado, University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory: Engagement Announcement Silhouette of Couple.

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The groom was captured in a wedding photograph looking out the window of Turner Hill in Ipswitch, MA, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the limousine

At Turner Hill in Ipswitch, MA, the groom eagerly awaited the limousine's arrival in a wedding photograph

Massachusetts Waiting Ipswitch Wedding Photography Turner Hill Ipswitch Groom Ipswitch silhouette

Escazú, San José: Engagement Announcement - Creative, Artistic Profile Shot with Reflection

Costa Rica Save the Date silhouette profiles Escazú reflection creative portrait Costa Rica engagement photography

The couple posed for their save-the-date engagement pre-wedding announcement picture in Kashmir, India, with a backlit, warm-toned shot on the water

Kashmir, India: Pre-wedding announcement photo with backlit, warm tones by water's edge

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The couple posed for their save-the-date engagement pre-wedding announcement picture, silhouetted against an orange sky at sunrise, holding hands

Delhi sunrise, couple holding hands silhouetted against orange sky for pre-wedding announcement

Delhi Save the Date Delhi PreWedding Photography orange sky sunrise portrait Delhi silhouette

The couple posed for their Save the Date engagement photo in front of a red spotlight background, their silhouettes highlighted against the dark night in Çanakkale

Çanakkale: Couple silhouetted against dark night, Save the Date engagement photo in front of red spotlight

Çanakkale Engagement Portrait red silhouette Çanakkale Night spotlight

In Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain, a creative pre-wedding portrait was captured of a woman standing against a rock wall in harsh sunlight, her groom's profiled shadow visible on the wall

In Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, a woman's pre-wedding portrait with her groom's shadow visible

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A couple soon to be wed is lovingly captured in silhouette against a dreamy backdrop of light bokeh at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts

The charmingly engaged couple, in love, are silhouetted against a romantic Whitaker Center wall of artistic bokeh

Harrisburg Engagement Session PA Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts colorful Harrisburg artistic portrait silhouette

The couple couldn't be happier as they prepare to celebrate their love and begin their new life journey together by posing for their lifestyle photoshoot at Philadelphia's iconic Love Park in an archway at their engagement session

The couple happily posed at Philadelphia's Love Park, celebrating their love and beginning their new life journey together

PA silhouette backlit Philadelphia engagement session iconic park archway Philadelphia

The future couple were silhouetted face to face in shadows after sunset at their pre wedding portrait shoot at Catalans bridge in Toulouse, France

At Catalans bridge in Toulouse, France, the engaged couple posed face to face in silhouette after sunset

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The shy young man and his woman pose for a lifestyle engagement session, pictured in Montluçon with an artistic double exposure effect, capturing a kiss through the window with reflections

In Montluçon, a young man and woman pose for a double exposure lifestyle engagement portrait

Allier double exposure Montluçon Allier Lifestyle Engagement Photography silhouette window effect reflection

The engaged couple can be seen in silhouette against the backdrop of El Castillo Country Club, San Rafael - Heredia, Costa Rica in a pre wedding portrait

At El Castillo Country Club, San Rafael - Heredia, Costa Rica, a lifestyle portrait of the engaged couple in silhouette

San Rafael reflections silhouette Heredia Engagement Photography El Castillo Country Club Heredia Costa Rica

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

intersection city LA Street crosswalks fire hydrant Los Angeles urban portrait

The couple kissed in a silhouette portrait beneath the majestic trees of Islesford, Maine, also known as Little Cranberry Island

A couple is featured in silhouette profile against the backdrop of huge trees and a blue sky

harbor town sun Mount Desert Island Little Cranberry Island trees Islesford Photographer Maine

The couple posed for their wedding portrait in silhouette, facing each other with a backlit effect and a red gel on the flash hitting the wall behind them at the Hotel İstanbul in Turkey

At the Hotel İstanbul in Turkey, the bride and groom posed for their wedding portrait in silhouette with a backlit effect and a red gel

Istanbul photographer silhouette Istanbul Turkey red backdrop Red gel Hotel İstanbul

The couple posed for a session at sunset in Bourgogne, facing each other and embracing, with a partial silhouette of them both and details of her gown still visible

In Bourgogne, the couple posed for a sunset session embracing and partially silhouetted

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A France silhouette engagement portrait of a couple in Toulouse with an off camera flash, with their umbrella

Photographer created a stark, bold, and dramatic silhouette of an engaged couple using an off camera flash and an umbrella

Toulouse engagement photography umbrella silhouette off camera flash Toulouse

At Ca Borghese in La Spezia, Italy, the bride's profile is framed with her final touches of make-up

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