Wedding Photos of DC bride to be

The following “DC bride to be” 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 “DC bride to be” 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.

Washington DC bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot at the National Arboretum as the couple embrace on a windy day in the magnolia trees

windy day DC bride to be Washington DC National Arboretum Brittany Diliberto magnolia trees Bee Two Sweet

DC bride and groom to be, sitting for a Lincoln Memorial pre-wedding engagement session as the couple sit on the edge of the memorial, looking out at the reflecting pool

reflecting pool Bee Two Sweet DC Lincoln Memorial couple sit Johnny Shryock Washington DC

DC bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture at the WWII Memorial, a night portrait of the groom dipping his fiance in front of a big fountain

Washington DC DC bride to be dipping bride fountain night portrait WWII Memorial Brittany Diliberto

Georgetown bride and groom to be, posing for a DC pre-wedding engagement photo shoot as the couple runs playfully down a steep brick sidewalk

brick sidewalk couple running Washington DC Bee Two Sweet Georgetown steep sidewalk Brittany Diliberto

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