Wedding Photos of Valley

The following “Valley” 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 “Valley” 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 beautiful image captured in Loire Valley right after the outdoor secular wedding ceremony, showcasing the newlyweds in a romantic embrace and kiss amidst the picturesque surroundings.

Love in the Loire Valley: A Wedding Embrace

At the Pretty Place Chapel Ceremony, the bride and groom's families come together for a heartfelt prayer. This picture captures the beautiful open back church and its breathtaking view of the valley and mountains.

Pretty Place Chapel Ceremony: Bringing Families Together in Prayer

Pretty Place Chapel South Carolina wedding photography valley ceremony breathtaking view scenic view mountains

In Pigeon Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey, this pre-wedding shoot captures the couple having fun, surrounded by many birds in flight overhead. Their joyous dance is set against the picturesque backdrop of the valley, creating a lively scene.

Pigeon Valley Delight: A Lively and Joyous Pre-Wedding Shoot in Cappadocia, Turkey

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In this wedding photo taken at Piney River Ranch, the bride and groom raise their hands in celebration as they react to their guests, against the backdrop of an open sky in the mountins by the lake

Piney River Ranch: A Heavenly Celebration in the Mountains

raised hands valley Colorado mountains lake Piney River Ranch Colorado documentary wedding photography

The bride and groom embrace at the picturesque Lake Louise in Canada. The bride's veil gracefully billows in the wind.

A Majestic Moment: Bride and Groom Embrace at Breathtaking Lake Louise, as Veil Glides with Grace

billowing veil Lake Louise valley Canada mountain range turquoise water Lake Louise Wedding Portrait

The couple exchanged vows in the mountains of Breckenridge, Colorado, with a stunning view of the lake and valley below from their rock perch

The happy couple joyously exchanged vows atop the mountain, taking in the stunning view of the lake and valley below, feeling as if they were the only two people in the world

stunning view Breckenridge Photographer Colorado mountain elopement valley Breckenridge rock perch

The couple's engagement portrait encapsulates their love, grace and joy against the majestic Rocky Mountain National Park backdrop

The couple's engagement portrait gracefully captures their love and joy, framed against a stunning view of the valley and mountains

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Cappadocia post proposal photography showing a smiling Turkey couple with a hot air balloon and an arid landscape, rock, desert, view, sandstone, valley, travel, formation, geology, turkey, plateau

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A beautiful Twin Lakes, Colorado wedding day couple portrait - the couple standing in a grass valley

A beautiful Twin Lakes, Colorado wedding day couple portrait of the couple standing in a grass valley

standing Twin Lakes grass CO Twin Lakes portrait valley Mark Creery Colorado

Scenic Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado engagement image created as the Couple hugs during the sunset next to a river in a valley of the park

park Mark Creery Colorado couple river Colorado engagement sunset Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park environmental image session showing An engaged couple climbing to the top of a valley

engaged couple RMNP couple session Rocky Mountain National Park valley climbing Fort Collins wedding photography

Terwilliger Park on-location portrait e-shoot of a couple walking up a hill

Edmonton engagements Edmonton photographer Alberta couple Alberta North Saskatchewan River Alberta wedding photographer

Port Hills Christchurch New Zealand Couple Kissing during an engagement photo session

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Col du fambetou Hérault, France pre-wed - couple with mountain view

herault engagement session mountains Ludovic Lieffrig France nature mountain view mountain top

Virginia pre wedding and engagement photography above Sapa - Vietnam of a Couple who spent 4 hours hiking to the top of the mountain

mountain top Nam Trinh Vietnam pre wedding portrait mountains hiking Sapa nature

Colorado engagement photo shoot at the Rocky Mountain National Park - A Sunset e-session in RMNP

RMNP adventure sunset e session cliff Rocky Mountain National Park mountain top

Colorado pre-wedding photoshoot with an engaged couple posing together on Flagstaff Mountain during their Boulder engagement session

hiking valley cliff mountain top adventure Colorado boulder

CO engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Zion National Park with a Couple at sunrise

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Washington DC, United States couple posing for a Wedding Portrait after elopement on the rocks above the clouds and valley below

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Blackwater Falls Sunset West Virginia Engagement Portraits high above the valley

Blackwater Falls West Virginia valley sunset engagement session pre wedding location West Virginia sunset

California engagement photography in Mill Valley - A light beam in the forest

engagement photography in the Valley using A light beam in the forest

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The couple shares a joke as they cozy up together to stay warm in a frozen mountain valley

frozen Estes Park Colorado engagement photography Lucy Schultz mountain Colorado pre wedding portrait Colorado engagement images

pre-wedding portrait of a couple looking out to the mountains and valleys

Belo Horizonte e session Belo Horizonte Victor Ataide valley Belo Horizonte engagement images Belo Horizonte pre wedding portrait Belo Horizonte engagement photography

Akropolis Athens Engagement Shooting with couple on the rocks and cliffs

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Red Rock Nevada Engagement Photo Session - A Couple posed on top of car and in the background the exact moment of lightning

hills posed view Red Rock lightning mountain top valley

Mazarron - Murcia Engagement Photography - Couple, Kiss and shadows

Mazarron pre wed hills Mazarron view nature mountains valley

Yosemite - California couple in the destination with snow for portraits

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Cappadocia, Turkey engagement session with an American couple

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Isle of Skye, Scotland Couple Portrait Session in the Mountains

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A couple poses in front of frozen mountains in the United States during their engagement photo by a Hangzhou City photographer.

A couple poses in front of frozen mountains during their engagement photo

Scenic Engagement Photography USA valley snowy landscape snowy mountains

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