Wedding Photos of Silhouetted

The following “Silhouetted” 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 “Silhouetted” 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.

Engagement Photo from Lake Tahoe, CA - Small, silhouetted man and woman standing on rocks in front of a dark blue, cloudy sky.

Engagement Photo with a Small, silhouetted man and woman standing on rocks in front of a dark blue, cloudy sky

Engagement Picture Session at Baltimore, MD - Couple silhouetted against rainbow smoke bombs

Engagement Picture Session with a Couple silhouetted against rainbow smoke bombs

Baltimore couple image Smoke Bombs Baltimore engagement MD rainbow silhouetted Engagement Picture Session

Baltimore, MD engagement | Photographer: "I wanted to capture the city skyline at sunset but it was difficult with all of the people around so I silhouetted them against a tree to help bring attention to them against the busy elements."

I wanted to capture the city skyline at sunset but it was difficult with all of the people around so I silhouetted them against a tree to help bring attention to them against the busy elements

Scott Josuweit MD busy sunset elements Baltimore couple image people

Priston Mill, Bath wedding venue photography | Sunset kiss portrait of the bride and groom under a silhouetted tree

sunset kiss tree portrait bride and groom uk wedding photographer Priston Mill

Couple and their dog silhouetted against the clouds during engagement photo session

Nelson Nelson engagement images dog Engagement photo session British Columbia clouds Bobbi Barbarich

fun and artistic wedding portrait of a silhouetted bride dancing and the groom jumping

France wedding photography Vieux Boucaut couple bride groom jumping artistic portrait creative wedding portrait france weddings

Dorset England Wedding Photographer at the Venue - St Giles House | Sunset veil in the breeze - bride and groom portrait

Wedding Photographer at the Venue | Sunset veil in the breeze - bride and groom portrait

Dorset England England venue sunset bride groom portrait Dorset wedding photography

Bride silhouetted dance during a solo saxophone recital

silhouetted bride recital Bliss Events dance saxophone

Sihouetted air balloons fly around the enagged couple during their pre-wedding session

standing in car silhouetted flying balloons Cappadocia engagement photography Turkey Cappadocia Hot air balloons

Silhouetted couple hold hands as birds fly around them during their pre-wedding session in Mumbai

Anupa Shah dusk Mumbai blue hour hold hands Mumbai engagement photos birds fly

A couple in Lavras Novas is silhouetted as they stand together in front of a large rock formation at dusk in this pre-wedding photo session by a Minas Gerais, Brazil photographer.

rock formation Brazil Minas Gerais Lavras Novas silhouetted dusk

Silhouetted couple kiss at night during their pre-wedding shoot in Saigon

Silhouetted couple kiss at night during their pre-wedding shoot below red lanterns

Ho Chi Minh couple kiss Night Saigon Ho Chi Minh PreWedding Session silhouetted

Silhouetted couple share a moment during their engagment shoot in New York City

Silhouetted couple share a moment during their engagment shoot in the City

silhouetted New York City

A couple stands silhouetted by a small light on Hawk Hill during their engagement photoshoot by a San Francisco, CA photographer.

Hawk Hill CA Photography silhouetted stands small light San Francisco engagement

Balboa Park, San Diego Engagement Portraits - Couple and their cats silhouetted

CA San Diego Balboa Park ANZA foto and film Kristina Cazares Neri cats silhouetted

A man and woman are silhouetted by the windows in their home in Pachino in this engagement photo by a Syracuse, Sicily photographer.

windows Pachino man and woman home Syracuse silhouetted

Sandals Grande St. Lucian Wedding photography showing silhouetted guests enjoying sunset cocktail hour

silhouetted St Lucian Wedding photography guests sunset cocktail hour Sandals Grande St Lucian

Black and white engagement photo of a couple silhouetted beneath a construction crane

Milan Milan engagement photography silhouetted Italy construction crane black and white

London Colour Engagement Portrait Session - Image of couple silhouetted in the sky with trees

Engagement Portrait Session for the couple silhouetted in the sky with trees

silhouetted Sky colour trees London

Engagement photo session of a couple kissing outdoors in Siracusa as they are silhouetted by the dusk.

Engagement photo session of a couple kissing outdoors as they are silhouetted by the dusk

outdoors Siracusa silhouetted dusk couple kissing

Engagement photo of a couple kissing and silhouetted by the sunset at Trasimeno Lake, Italy.

Trasimeno Lake couple kissing silhouetted Italy Italy engagement session sunset

Black and white engagement photo of a couple silhouetted outside

black and white outside Germany silhouetted Aachen

Engagement photos in the jungle in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii. Couple is silhouetted against a tree with the foliage in the foreground

Engagement photos in the jungle showing the Couple is silhouetted against a tree with the foliage in the foreground

foreground ;eav jungle Kapalua silhouetted foliage Maui tree

Casa do noivo Pré-wedding portrait session at dusk - silhouetted couple profiles

Pré-wedding portrait session at dusk for a silhouetted couple profile picture

Casa do noivo hats Goiás engagement photographer silhouetted dusk profiles

Oakland Hill Engagement Portraits | Blue skies, sun flares, trees, and a silhouetted a couple

Engagement Portrait under big Blue skies, sun flares, trees, and a silhouetted a couple

blue skies trees starburst silhouetted Northern CA Engagement Photography Oakland Hill sun flares

San Francisco engagement photography | face to face couple is silhouetted in the afternoon light

In nature engagement photo showing face to face couple is silhouetted in the afternoon light

silhouetted Face to face San Francisco engagement session CA afternoon Light San Francisco

Spacewonder, Arizona engagement photo shoot - Love's shadow on this couple silhouetted

A Space wonder engagement photo shoot showing love's shadow on this couple silhouetted

Arizona silhouetted love profiles shadow Arizona engagement photography arizona engagement photo

Bangkok wedding photographer | Getting ready with the groom silhouetted

wedding photo of Getting ready with the groom silhouetted

Thailand window light Chanarthip Cheingthong Thailand wedding photo silhouetted Bangkok groom

Symmetrical Orvieto Engagement portrait in the late afternoon sunlight with a couple nearly silhouetted between buildings

The Symmetrical Engagement portrait captured the couple in late afternoon sunlight, the silhouetted buildings adding to the beauty of the shot as they posed for their special occasion

silhouetted posed between buildings Orvieto buildings afternoon Orvieto Engagement Photography symmetrical

The San Francisco city skyline is behind this silhouetted kissing couple

The city skyline is behind this silhouetted kissing couple

silhouetted SF e session kissing couple San Francisco city skyline

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