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.

Rio de Janeiro engagement photo of couple silhouetted with mountain peak behind them

An engagement photo of couple silhouetted with mountain peak behind them

Engaged couple are silhouetted as they enjoy the view of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil from their lookout session

Engaged couple are silhouetted as they enjoy the view of the big city

view Brazil Rio de Janeiro brazil engaged couple Lights silhouetted RJ e session

engaged couple silhouetted with palm trees for beautiful portrait

loveshoot beautiful portrait Mauritius Mauritius Engagement Photography silhouetted palm trees Mauritius engaged couple

Edmonton Alberta Pre Wedding Portraits - A Steamy Winter Engagement

The portraits featured a steamy winter engagement, with the couple surrounded by cold, dark tones and silhouetted by rim light

winter engagement silhouetted dark tones Alberta Edmonton rim light Edmonton e session

chicago couple at the water with a light - Illinois Engagement Photographer

The Engagement Photographer took a photo of the couple at the water with a light, surrounded by silhouetted tourists on the boardwalk

tourists Illinois engagement photography water silhouetted light boardwalk Chicago couple

Chicago Engagement Photography Portrait Session at Night with City Skyline

The Engagement Photography Portrait Session at night featured the city skyline, with a huge face portrait projected on a building in the background

city skyline Chicago engagement night engagement Chicago engagement photography silhouetted

Da Lat, Vietnam prewedding portraits - The growing leaves

Prewedding portrait showing the couple surrounded by growing leaves in bright sunlight, with bursts of light highlighting their joyful embrace

Vietnam Prewedding Da Lat PreWedding Photography bursts of light bright sunlight leaves silhouetted Da Lat

Channel Islands engaged couple's picture session at the ocean with orange sunset

The fading sunset light silhouetted the glowing orange of the engaged couple's picture session at the ocean

Channel Islands fading sunset Channel Island Engagement Session silhouetted touching foreheads orange sky

Couple portrait from Ho Chi Minh with the industrial designed building

The artistic industrial designed building and its bold squares filled with corrugated sheets create a unique backdrop, with a green wall framing the silhouetted engaged couple's picture session

Ho Chi Minh silhouetted green industrial building Ho Chi Minh PreWedding Portrait corrugated metal walls industrial design

Boulder couple walking as ranchers, silhouetted against clouds in the sky

In this pre wedding portrait session, the couple is captured walking as ranchers, silhouetted against a magnificent display of clouds in the sky. The presence of a horse adds a rustic and authentic touch to the scene.

silhouetted clouds and sky boulder rustic portrait Boulder Engagement Shoot Colorado horse

An urban California newly-engaged couple embrace and kiss over the water puddle

This portrait captures an intimate connection of love between the newly-engaged couple, their passionate embrace and kiss reflected back in the shimmering water puddle

reflection in puddle couple kiss silhouetted water puddle California California engagement session

A Trapani couple is silhouetted and perched on the rock table at sunset

The engaged couple, silhouetted against the sunset tones, perched on the rock platform, engaged in a picture session

Trapani Trapani engagement photography standing on rock platform sunset tones silhouetted

A Quintana Roo newly engaged couple silhouetted against the blue sky

The romantic scene of the newly engaged couple silhouetted against the vibrant sky of blue to orange hues

vibrant sky Quintana Roo sunset portrait orange hues Quintana Roo Engagement Photography blue sky silhouetted

An Illinois engaged couple was silhouetted against skyline with blue sky above

The engaged couple was silhouetted against skyline while the bright sunshine, emerging from behind clouds and throwing rays of light across the blue sky

blue sky Illinois skyline silhouetted bright sunshine Chicago engagement session Chicago skyline

A sun seeking Slovenia couple stands silhouetted against an orange sky

The couple stands silhouetted against an orange sky, their pre-marriage session portrait illuminated by the setting sun. She flips her hair straight up, a gesture of joy and anticipation as they look forward to their future together.

orange sky silhouetted flipping hair Slovenia Engagement Portrait Slovenia setting sun

Netherlands engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with a bike and trees | The Hagues photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

Engagement picture of a couple silhouetted by low sun holding hands with a bike and trees, creating a romantic and intimate atmosphere

silhouetted trees bike intimate atmosphere holding hands Netherlands engagement photography The Hagues

Brazil engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted in window of brick building | Minas Gerais photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

Sunny and creative engagement picture of a couple silhouetted in window of brick building

MG PreWedding Session windows silhouetted brick building MG Minas Gerais sunny

Brazil engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with church behind them | Minas Gerais photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

An afternoon engagement picture of a couple silhouetted with church behind them

MG church silhouetted Minas Gerais afternoon Minas Gerais engagement Brazil Couple

Portugal engagement images of a couple jumping in the sun at sunset | Braga photographer pre-wedding session for portraits

The ecstatic couple leapt joyfully into the air, silhouetted against the sky at sunset, while golden rays of sunlight shone brightly from the horizon, radiating up toward the heavens

leapt joyfully silhouetted horizon sunset heavens ecstatic

England, vertical wedding engagement portrait of a couple with rainbow | Dorset pre-wedding photographer session

Silhouetted vertical wedding engagement portrait of a couple with rainbow

Dorset engagement portrait silhouetted UK UK couple rainbow England Dorset Engagement Photography

France engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with low sun and orange sky | Paris photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

Very hot engagement picture of a couple silhouetted with low sun and orange sky

French Couple silhouetted Paris engagement photography France hot France engagement picture orange sky

Jalisco engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with tall palm trees at the ocean | Puerto Vallarta photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

Dramatic engagement picture of a couple silhouetted with tall palm trees at the ocean

Jalisco Puerto Vallarta palm trees Jalisco Engagement Session ocean silhouetted

Lit engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with windmill

dusk engagement Argentina Engagement Photography windmill Argentina yellow silhouetted

Prague engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with buildings in background | Czech Republic photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

Outdoor engagement picture of a couple silhouetted with buildings in background

Prague engagement photography Prague Architecture holding hands outdoor session Prague Czech Republic buildings

National Gallery Of Art Engagement Photos for this silhouetted couple

The national gallery of art engagement photo captures the silhouetted couple embraced in a captivating, repeating pattern

repeating pattern Lights silhouetted National Gallery of Art DC DC engagement session

NYC engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted and touching noses | pre-wedding photo shoot session

Romantic engagement picture of a couple silhouetted and touching noses in the blowing wind

red sunset touching noses nyc engagement photography nyc silhouetted romantic engagement blowing wind

New York engagement photos of a couple silhouetted with the water and skyline | pre-wedding photo shoot session

Playful engagement photo of a couple blowing bubbles while silhouetted with the water and skyline

silhouetted New York blowing bubbles city skyline New York Engagement Session

Industrial building engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted | California photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

Industrial building engagement picture of a couple silhouetted in windows

silhouetted California engagement photography industrial building California windows

Spain engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with buildings and water | Murcia photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

Artsy engagement picture of a couple silhouetted with buildings and water

Oceanside Murcia architecture Murcia engagement photography Spain silhouetted artsy portrait buildings

A sunrise Engagement photo session overlooking Prague for this couple holding balloons

A sunrise Engagement photo session overlooking the city for this couple holding balloons

sunrise Prague engagement photography overlooking city Prague silhouetted balloons

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