Wedding Photos of Virginia

The following “Virginia” 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 “Virginia” 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 Richmond, Virginia, a couple's reflection in a vintage car's rearview mirror showed him leaning in to kiss her face

Richmond, Virginia: Couple reflected in vintage car's rearview mirror, the groom kissing her cheek

At Keswick Vineyards in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, the Bride's Godmother placed her hand on the Bride's mother's shoulder during the ceremony in a sign of support and love

At the outdoor ceremony, the Bride's Godmother placed her hand on the Bride's mother's shoulder

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At a Private Residence in Glen Allen, Virginia, the mom holds back tears during tea ceremony gifting

The mom held back tears during the Chinese tea ceremony as she gifted her daughter a necklace

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At The Space Downtown, Charlottesville, Virginia, a bride is doing yogi limbo while her wife, family and friends watch

A bride is performing the limbo on the dance floor at the venue while family, guests, and friends watch

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At Chinmaya and Venkat's Hindu wedding ceremony in Chantilly, VA, the bride ceremoniously dropped buds into a Kalasha, an integral part of the wedding ritual

At a Hindu wedding ceremony, the bride symbolically seeks the blessings of a divine mother by dropping buds into an earthen pot, known as a Kalasha

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At a Backyard Wedding in Virginia Beach, cheers and a drink toast to the couple

The warm sunshine was the perfect element needed for toasting the couple with cheers and drinks at a backyard wedding

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In Alexandria, VA, the couple are sitting on the rocks next to the Potomac River at sunset

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An Alexandria, VA sunset portrait for a couple embracing at the boat docks on the Potomac River

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Portrait of a VA couple on the boat dock overlooking the Potomac River in Alexandria

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In Alexandria, VA, an engaged couple in an alley in Old Town with brick walls and roads

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An Alexandria, VA young couple with their dog on a stone walkway framed by two red brick walls

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A peaceful portrait for the wedding day couple

The wedding day couple enjoyed a peaceful portrait against a solid background of redish orangish colors

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Solo portrait on a couch from The Alexandrian Hotel, Old Town Alexandria, Virginia

Virginia brides are making a stylish statement with their bridal portraits, posing on couches for a classic, Vogue-inspired look

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Engagement Shoot at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Virginia | Vibrant falls colors engagement session

a couple engagement shoot amongst the brilliant fall colors at the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Virginia State Arboretum Engagement Photo from Boyce, VA | View Portrait Now | Virginia Couple, Arboretum, VA - Pre-Wedding Picture created of a bemused bride to be visually responds to a comment from the groom to be during their engagement session

Photo by: Andrew Morrell - Winchester Virginia

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couple pose for a stylish portrait

Virginia couple portrait Virginia photographer Luray Skyland Resort

Bride and dad share a hug outdoors

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Chesterfield, Virginia wedding photography at Boathouse at Sunday Park captured this Groom and mom sharing mother-son dance while bride and her dad watch on

groom and mom sharing mother-son dance while bride and her dad watch on

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A wedding photographer in Chester, Virginia created this image at the Ashton Creek Vineyard showing Tears running down Bride's face during Groom's vows

tears running down bride's face during groom's vows

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Charlottesville editorial style wedding photography at 12 Ridges Vineyard in Virginia capturing the Couple and guests laughing during toasts at the outdoor marriage venue

Guests laughing Virginia photographer Charlottesville 12 Ridges Vineyard Virginia toasts

World-class documentary wedding image from Virginia with the brides enjoying a hilarious moment

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A mountain Virginia lifestyle picture session on location at the Shenandoah National Park for a Couple at an overlook in the Blue Ridge Mountains during sunset

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Alexandria winning image from the best documentary style wedding photography contest in the world at The Alexandrian Hotel capturing the bride and her father dancing with funny faces

the bride and her father dancing with funny faces

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Alexandria candid documentary wedding photography at The Alexandrian Hotel created as the Virginia react to a toast before the rest of the room catches on to what is being said

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A bridesmaid laughs while drinking orange juice from a champagne flute and pumping milk at The Alexandrian Hotel in Old Alexandria, Virginia

The bridesmaid was joyfully drinking orange juice from a champagne flute while pumping milk in a hotel room

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Virginia groom watching bride walk down the aisle during an Ashburn ceremony

The groom was overwhelmed with emotion as he watched the bride walk down the aisle at the outdoor ceremony

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Richmond, Virginia lifestyle couples photography session at Maymont Gardens showing the lovers sitting on an arched stone bridge

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Virginia lifestyle engagement photography of a couple at Maymont Gardens in Richmond during a Spring love session outdoors

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Hampton, VA nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a couple at Outlook Beach, Fort Monroe with flat light from an overcast sky

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An Outlook Beach, Fort Monroe lifestyle couple portrait in Hampton, Virginia along a twisted walking path through the grass

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