Wedding Photos of Simple

The following “Simple” 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 “Simple” 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.

In Palo Alto, CA, the couple posed together at the peaceful outdoor cafe, a shot carefully composed to be symmetrical and simple.

Palo Alto Engagement Portrait at Peaceful Outdoor Cafe, Capturing Love with Elegance

A minimalist wedding couple portrait in front of the orange wall of Mairie de Nîmes, showcasing a simple and elegant composition against a soft pastel backdrop.

Minimalist Elegance: Wedding Couple at Orange Wall of Mairie de Nîmes in Soft Pastel Palette

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View this stylish Boston wedding image illustrating Simple timeless in a portrait for the bride, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Beacon Hill from the WPJA

stylish Boston wedding image illustrating Simple timeless in a portrait for the bride, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Beacon Hill

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MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore pre-wed portrait photography - If the hat fits, wear it.

MacRitchie Reservoir simple Singapore blue skies Charles Sng clouds open air

Primrose Hill, London couple standing at the top of the hill with blue and pink sky during a pre-wed portrait photo session

minimal Primrose Hill London simple Sky blue skies open air

In the Kaapse Bossen in Doorn The couple is standing on a watchtower which rises above the trees during a pre-wed photo session

Sky Thomas Jongbloed open air blue skies Netherlands engagement photography simple Kaapse Bossen

De Haarrijnse Plassen in Utrecht The lovebirds are walking on the "edge" of the world during a pre-wed engagement photo shoot

Sky simple clouds open air Utrecht utrecht engagement portrait Thomas Jongbloed

North Dakota engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Fargo as the couple enjoys the sunset together

blue skies Fargo engagement shoot simple minimal sunset open air

FR engagement portrait with a posed couple on the water of Montpellier France

France open air minimal kiss on neck clouds posed couple Montpellier

Northern California engagement portrait with a posed couple under a sky filled with clouds

SF blue skies simple CA clouds open air Sky

MA engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in the hedges of Quincy, Massachusetts

blue skies MA Massachusetts Quincy simple open air Warren Lane

China engagement portrait with a posed couple in Guangdong on a mountaintop with Time still

sunset clouds simple China open air blue skies Guangdong

Alberta engagement photo shoot at Astonin Lake with a Couple laughing with clear blue sky above

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Bulgaria engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Wine & Spa Complex Starosel, Bulgaria using a Creative reflection for an artistic portrait

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Bulgaria pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers on a Sofia Rooftop at sunset

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DC engagement portrait with a posed couple using a puddle reflection in Kennedy Center, DC with a Sparkler in water

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a Simple black and white photo during an engagement session in Mielno

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Engagement Photos from Kirchhorst, Germany | Summer Engagement Session that includes the couple's love for the outdoors

Engagement Photos from a Kirchhorst, Germany Summer Session that includes the couple's love for the outdoors

blue skies clouds open air hay bales farm Kirchhorst

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil | An intimate moment of romance and dating between the couple.

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil had An intimate minute of romance and dating between the couple

clouds simple Barra da Tijuca minimal open air Sky RJ

Engagement Photography - Couple in Sunrise Silhouette Session in Excelsior MN

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Couple running in the clouds over Edmonton, Alberta during engagement portrait session.

couple running Sky open air Alberta clouds minimal storm clouds

Lincoln memorial Washington DC engagement portrait photographer created silhouette of couple standing on ledge

DC pre wedding portrait silhouette Washington DC minimal dc engagement photo clouds simple

Silouette of a couple up at Lake Tahoe with clouds

simple Garwoods clouds minimal Sky North Lake Garwoods pre wedding portrait

Turkey engagement photo pre wedding session with striking clouds

Turkey pre wedding portrait Sky minimal open air clouds Turkey

New Jersey engagement session in Hoboken with the bright blue sky over this couple

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Hoi An Photographer for Pre-Wedding Portraits

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holambra silhueta of the couple during pre-wedding portrait session

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Saigon, Vietnam Portraits for Pre Wedding Couples

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Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Portrait photoshoot during engagement session

artistic Vietnam simple blue skies Ho Chi Minh pre wed Sky

Zeist, the Netherlands Documentary Wedding Photographer - A simple mother daughter moment right before the bride leaves for the ceremony.

A simple mother daughter moment on a trampoline right before the bride leaves for the ceremony

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