Wedding Photos of Colorado

The following “Colorado” 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 “Colorado” 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.

Framed by the soft blur of surrounding foliage at Evergreen Lake, the engaged couple shares an intimate pose. The out-of-focus plants add a dreamy quality, highlighting the couple in the center of nature's embrace.

Evergreen Lake: A Dreamy Embrace

Near Evergreen Lake, Evergreen, CO, the groom-to-be affectionately kisses the bride-to-be on her nose. This black and white capture adds a timeless touch to the sweet, intimate scene. - Nose Kiss: Evergreen Love Story

Evergreen Lake's Timeless Kiss: A Sweet and Intimate Engagement Portrait in Black and White

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In a stunning award-winning photo, this couple stands in the snow at Boettcher Mansion in Golden, CO. The majestic mountains serve as the backdrop, creating a beautiful blue hour portrait.

Snowy Elegance: A Majestic Mountain Backdrop at Boettcher Mansion Wedding

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Award-winning wedding detail: A creative photographer captures a close-up shot at an Airbnb in Black Forest, CO. The picture shows the bride's son playing with her pearl necklace during the preparation for the wedding.

Black Forest Bliss: Pearls and Playfulness at Colorado Airbnb Wedding

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Breckenridge Nordic Center, Breckenridge, CO: A stunning wedding day moment as the bride's veil gets swept away by the wind, leaving her shocked, while the groom tries to catch it.

Unexpected Whispers: Veils Untethered, Hearts Awakened in Breckenridge Nordic

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In Denver, Colorado, the wedding ceremony takes place in a spacious venue. The photo captures the couple exchanging vows, seen from the back of the venue.

Denver Delight: Vow Exchange Unveiled in Majestic Colorado Ceremony Venue

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The photographer captured stunning engagement photos at Aspen, CO, with a beautiful sunset reflecting on the lake, adding an element of drama

Romantic Reflections: A Captivating Aspen Engagement in the Glow of Sunset

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A WPJA wedding photographer captured a beautiful picture of an engaged couple in Colorado Springs, CO during a sunrise session, with the sunlight accentuating their romantic dip

Sun-Kissed Love: Enchanted Engagement in Colorado Springs

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In a beautiful location in Fort Collins, Colorado, a couple is seen sitting in tall grass, basking in the warm sunlight of the Fall season

Fall Love in Fort Collins: A Picture-Perfect Engagement Portrait

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In this image, captured at Della Terra Mountain Chateau in Estes Park, Colorado, a flower girl tosses her entire flower basket as her brothers encourage her to throw her flowers

Della Terra Blossoms: Amidst Stunning Estes Park, Colorado, a Playful Flower Girl Launches Her Blooming Bounty

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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

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In Crested Butte, Colorado, a wedding photographer captures the bride's joyful reaction as she spots a rented burro, adding a whimsical touch to their post-ceremony walk down the aisle

Whimsy in Crested Butte: A Bride Discovers an Unexpected Wedding Guest

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In Colorado, at a trail head outside of Georgetown, a couple wearing matching hats walk hand in hand towards the camera while laughing, as the sun rises over the mountains for their engagement picture session with a WPJA wedding photographer

Mountain-bound Love: A Sunlit Journey of Laughter and Togetherness

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An engaged couple enjoys a lighthearted session together at Parshall Divide, with the wind adding a whimsical element to their laughter, captured beautifully by a skilled wedding photographer during a sunset session

Winds of Love: Capturing Whimsical Laughter in a Sunset Engagement Session at Parshall Divide

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A couple in Colorado plays around on the frozen shores of Dillon Reservoir, having a snowball fight and throwing snow at each other

Love on Ice: A Playful Winter Wonderland Engagement Session at Dillon Reservoir

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The bride beams with pure happiness as she celebrates the end of her wedding ceremony at Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark, Colorado

Colorado Bliss: Endless Love and Smiles at Wild Basin Lodge

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A candid moment during a lively wedding reception at TPC Colorado, Berthoud, Colorado, where the bride is playfully lifted into the air by enthusiastic guests

Joyful Jamboree at TPC Colorado: Guests Playfully Lift Bride in Wedding Reception Merriment

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A couple exchange vows at Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark, Colorado, as a downpour of rain adds to the dramatic atmosphere while a baby in the background seems unamused by the weather

Rainy Romance: A Couple's Vows Amidst a Downpour at Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark

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A joyful bride at Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark, Colorado, points with excitement as two llamas stand closely, seemingly ready to share a sweet kiss

Wild Basin Weddings: A Magical Moment Captured as Bride and Llamas Share Love's Delight in Allenspark, Colorado

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A WPJA wedding photographer captures a couple's engagement session in Breckenridge, Colorado during the fall season, with vibrant autumn colors creating a beautiful and bright backdrop for their photographs

Vibrant Autumn Love: Capturing a Couple's Engagement in Colorful Breckenridge, Colorado

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A couple in Colorado's Vail Mountain area had a picturesque engagement photoshoot, featuring a man carrying a woman through a field of flowers, reminiscent of the famous Sound of Music

Love Blooms in the Mountains: A Romantic Colorado Engagement Tribute to the Sound of Music

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A WPJA wedding photographer captures an engaged couple having a fun and joyful time at Copper Mountain in Colorado, sitting amidst a beautiful field of rust colored flowers during the fall season

Fall Frolics: A Joyful Engagement Portrait Amidst Rust Colored Flowers at Copper Mountain, Colorado

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A wedding photographer from WPJA captured a couple's engagement picture session at Copper Mountain in Colorado, where they posed on an alpine lake with beautiful blue skies in the background

Love Blooms at Copper Mountain: Capturing the Magic of an Alpine Engagement

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A wedding photographer from the WPJA captures engaging pictures of a couple in formal attire at Colorado's Loveland Pass, with a beautiful sunset on a mountain top, capturing them in dancing poses

Dancing in the Sunset: An Engaging Portrait on Loveland Pass

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A wedding photographer captured an engagement picture session of a couple in Aspen, Colorado, with the sun shining brightly through the clear blue sky

Love in the Mountains: A Sun-Kissed Aspen Engagement

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A wedding photographer from WPJA captured a black and white engagement picture session of a couple at Colorado's Aspen, where they are seen posing with mules, wearing matching hats

Mules in Monochrome: A Romantic Aspen Engagement

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A wedding photographer from the WPJA took an engagement picture in Colorado at Maroon Bells, where a moose could be seen in the background while the couple was in the foreground with a soft focus on them

Love Surrounded by Nature's Majesty: A Captivating Engagement at Maroon Bells

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A talented documentary wedding photographer captured a stunning black and white image of a winter wedding ceremony in Silverthorne, Colorado. The photo shows the couple with guests braving the snowy weather to exchange their vows outdoors.

Snowy Silverthorne: Capturing the Elegance of a Winter Wedding Ceremony

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The Colorado bride and groom celebrate with their wedding guests as they depart their wedding ceremony

Colorado's Radiant Union: An Enchanting Exit as Loved Ones Bid Adieu to the Newlyweds

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In Telluride, Colorado, a documentary wedding photographer captures a heartfelt moment during the ceremony as the bride's daughters perform music together: one holds the sheet music while the other plays the violin.

Heartfelt Harmony: A Wedding Image in Telluride as Bride's Daughters Perform Music Together

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