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.

A couple's portrait with a vibrant sky and silhouette with bushes at Trasimeno Lake in Umbria

A couple is featured in a silhouette against a vibrant sky and lake-side bushes in a lifestyle engagement portrait

As the DJ's lights backlit the striking silhouette of the guest carrying a rose for the bride in his mouth, Domaine de la Gerberie in Vendée, France was transformed into a dramatic theatre

The DJ's lights created a stunning silhouette of the guest carrying a rose in his mouth, transforming the moment into a captivating theatrical experience

purple light theatre lighting Domaine de la Gerberie Vendee Photographer Pays de la Loire silhouette Vendee

A saxophonist's silhouette is seen framed in the windows of the Gallery at Liberty Prime, Jersey City, NJ, creating a unique atmosphere for a wedding

The silhouette of a saxophonist in the window serves to create a memorable and unique atmosphere for the wedding celebration

Jersey City New Jersey silhouette NJ The Gallery at Liberty Prime new jersey photographer saxophonist

Inside a Hotel room in Hangzhou City Zhejiang, the groom is getting ready

The groom is getting ready in the hotel room

Hangzhou City hotel room silhouette window Zhejiang Hangzhou City Wedding Photographer Zhejiang groom

The silhouette of the couple against an old church with a deep blue sky and rich tones in Santorini, Greece, captures their love and connection amidst the beauty and history of the world

Engagement portrait taken in front of an old church capture the couple's silhouette against a backdrop of history

silhouette Santorini Santorini engagement photography spotlight old church Greece blue sky

The silhouette of an engagement portrait couple against the large, bright sun at the low horizon of Birdshill Park, Canada, provides an unforgettable memory of a sunset in the grass field

A silhouette engagement portrait of a couple is taken in a grass field with a bright sun at the low horizon

silhouette Manitoba Engagement Photography low horizon Birdshill Park Canada sunset portrait Manitoba

The creative wedding photo at Abbaye des prémontrées in Pont à Mousson, France, features the bride leaning on a stair railing and the groom jumping like Super Mario, illuminated by a flash

This creative wedding photo captures the bride leaning on a stair railing and the groom jumping, illuminated by a flash

France Abbaye des Prémontrées Pont à Mousson France photographer silhouette stair railing spot light

An urban Agen, France pre wedding photo with a couple posing by a painted wall mural

urban portrait sunlight mural art painted wall Agen wall mural

At Omaha Beach, the soon to be bride and groom kiss on the beach at sunset

Omaha Beach Normandy Photographer beach engagement Normandy Jody Priour incoming waves silhouette

The silhouette of the bride and groom was captured at sunset at Hanbury Wedding Barn in the UK

At Hanbury Wedding Barn in the UK, the bride and groom's silhouette was captured at sunset in profile

Hanbury Wedding Barn Staffordshire photographer sunset portrait Staffordshire silhouette

In France, Albi's bride stands out against an orange-illuminated blue wall

silhouette blue wall Albi Artistic Photographer France orange lights spotlight Albi

The bride's beauty was immortalised in a stunning high contrast black and white mirror reflection photo, captured by a Shanghai wedding photographer as she was having her makeup done

China reflection photo of the bride getting her makeup done in Shanghai

China Shanghai Shanghai Photographer symmetrical Bridal Makeup silhouette

As the sun set at the Grange de Condé in France, the silhouette of the couple poised to kiss created a romantic ambience at the wedding reception

The romantic ambience of the wedding reception at the Grange de Condé in France was heightened by the setting sun illuminating the couple poised to kiss

sunset portrait silhouette Moselle Photographer Grange de Condé Grand Est romantic ambience Moselle

Washington DC couple posing for a bokeh portrait in a A light of love pre wedding photo

bokeh portrait silhouette DC photographer urban Engagement Washington DC

Silhouette image from the Inn at Mountain View Farm wedding venue in East Burke, VT of two girls dancing during the reception

The silhouette image of two girls dancing in the wedding venue captures a timeless moment of joy

Vermont East Burke VT girls dancing Vermont photographer silhouette Mountain View Farm

Under blue skies at the Alerin Barn of St. Johnsbury, VT, guests shade themselves from the sun with umbrellas during the ceremony

Amidst a serene backdrop of blue skies with some clouds, guests shielded themselves from the sun's rays with umbrellas, all while celebrating the union of two souls in an outdoor ceremony

St Johnsbury Alerin Barn Vermont white clouds silhouette Vermont photographer umbrellas

A moment on the dance floor at a reception venue in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France is captured with DJ lights and green lights creating silhouettes

A wedding photograph captures the energy of the dance floor at a reception venue, with green DJ lights creating silhouettes

Biarritz Photographer green lights dance floor DJ lights France Biarritz

Beijing at Home Bride portrait in silhouette and BW

portrait of the bride as a silhouette in black and white

BEIJING photographer bw portrait silhouette Beijing portrait of bride China

Couple from Istanbul posing in front of the Suleymaniye Mosque

couple from Istanbul posing in front of a mosque

Istanbul Suleymaniye Mosque Istanbul photographer silhouette couple portrait

In Colorado, at a Longmont private residence, a colorful nighttime silhouette photo of bride and groom

Colorado: Private residence, Longmont - Bride & Groom night silhouette photo

Longmont Artistic Photographer silhouette Longmont colorful background night portrait Colorado

Bavel's KorenMolen de Hoop hosted an intimate ceremony, with the couple's profile portrait captured as the sun set, in a stunning scene

KorenMolen de Hoop Bavel Artistic Photographer sunset portrait Noord Brabant profile portrait Face to face silhouette

Italy: Bride in profile, window light behind, Altamura silhouette portrait in BW

Altamura window light silhouette Italy Apulia Artistic Photographer Apulia bride Apulia

Bride gets ready

London photographer bride preparations Kristian Leven England London bw moment silhouette

The kaleidoscopic silhouette of the wedding couple, embracing in front of a vibrant red background, lit up the reception venue in Vertou, Nantes

In Nantes Vertou, the wedding couple's kaleidoscopic silhouette, embracing in front of a vibrant red background, lit up the reception venue

silhouette Nantes Artistic Photographer red background Nantes kaleidoscope effect Vertou

At W Bangkok, vibrant bokeh colors adds to a captivating silhouette portrait framed in vert

A Bangkok captivating silhouette portrait, framed in vert and enhanced with vibrant bokeh colors

W Bangkok silhouette bokeh colors Bangkok photographer Bangkok

Aniane, France contest award winning documentary wedding photography in black and white capturing a Difficult speech

shadow Aniane Photographer France silhouette Aniane wedding speech

The enchanting Podere La Strega in Siena, Tuscany, was the perfect backdrop for a romantic silhouette portrait of the couple at sunset by the water

Romantic sunset silhouette portrait of couple in Siena, Tuscany

romantic Siena photographer Siena sunset Tuscany Podere La Strega silhouette

Shillong engagement photography portfolio image with a multiple exposure of a Meghalaya, India couple

Meghalaya Shivali Chopra India silhouette Shillong Photographer India artistic portrait Shillong

Fun Gantry Plaza State Park engagement announcement picture at sunset in NYC with a backlit, silhouette, jumping capture

backlit NYC photographer couple jumping Gantry Plaza State Park sunset portrait silhouette

A boutonniere detail in Paris is highlighted against a silhouette in harsh sunlight

A Paris wedding boutonniere detail in harsh sunlight is highlighted against a silhouette

silhouette Paris boutonniere Paris photographer harsh sunlight

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