Wedding Photos of Bw

The following “Bw” 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 “Bw” 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.

Mercer Island Washington authentic wedding image of bridesmaids saying a prayer over bride before the wedding ceremony

Golden Gardens Seattle Washington wedding photography moment from when the Bride kisses grandma on her forehead

bw WA bride bride Logan Westom Seattle Golden Gardens washington wedding photography

Black and white photo of a Fairfax wedding moment showing the Mom savoring her moment at the mother-son dance

Mother Son Dance California wedding photo California - Northern Fairfax CA Fairfax weddings black and white Marin County

Trieste, Italy wedding photography moment showing the Father's love

Italy bw trieste photographer ITALY wedding photography moment love father

Hamble wedding moment picture showing the fathers reaction in BW

father bw reaction England photographer Hamble Hamble wedding picture

Joe Mann Best wedding moment photograph from The Netherlands captured as the Bride hugs father who suffers from dementia

father bw netherlands bride hugs NL photographer Eindhoven Joe Mann Paviljoen

Maceió, Alagoas everlasting true love image showing the Bride receives her grandmother's wedding rings and cries when she sees her

Monica Guimaraes Brazil face wedding rings Maceió grandmother bw

Northern Virginia backyard wedding moment image showing some Sisterly love - There is nothing more beautiful then the love of a sister

Virginia backyard wedding image moment love sister touch bw Sisterly love

Annapolis, Maryland emotion and love wedding moment photo showing the bride After the ceremony was over she grabbed her husband and just fell into his arms and cried

Annapolis wedding moment Maryland bride hugs emotion after ceremony bw Annapolis

Tivoli Town Hall, Rome wedding moment image showing The bride dries groom's tears whilst he's reading his vow

Rome wedding moment tears IT bride and groom groom rome bride Tivoli

Italy wedding day post-ceremony moment photo showing off Emotions in black and white

emotions Italy black and white bw after ceremony italy weddings

Normandie wedding image of true love showing Dad discovering his bride daughter

France Charline Eberhardt Normandy Dad true love Normandy bride library

Borgo Tignano wedding moment image from an outdoor ceremony as the Groom is crying when he sees his bride walking down the aisle

outdoor ceremony Julian Kanz aisle Italy bw bride walking

Villa Pestalozza, Miasino wedding day moment image created in BW as the Bride caresses the face of her sick father before she leaves to the wedding ceremony

Novara Italy bw weddings caresses Julian Kanz bw face Miasino

Palazzo Borghese, Florence wedding moment pic from Italy showing the dance of the bride with her father

Florence weddings Florence bride Palazzo Borghese venue Tuscany father Florence Italy

Hasselt engaged couple picture session of hugs by the lake

lake Hasselt hugs monochrome Hasselt engaged couple Hasselt picture session Kobe Vanderzande

Pine Valley, VT pre - wed image showing a couple dancing and laughing with each other

bw VT Idena Beach black and white Pine Valley monochrome Vermont photographer

Castelo Branco Serta wedding real moment image showing a hug from the sister-in-law right after the end of the civil ceremony

Portugal photographer bw Castelo Branco sister in law civil ceremony Castelo Branco Serta wedding hug

Trieste, Italy couple photo session before the wedding day with a BW Sweet caress

Intimate and close up couple photo session before the wedding day with a BW Sweet caress

sweet caress trieste photographer Italy bw black and white Trieste

Venice, Italy urban pic shoot before the wedding day with some BW Light in the dark

black and white Venice photographer urban Engagement bw engagement Italy monochrome

Hawksbill Mountain, Shenandoah National Park, VA outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a couple embracing in BW tones

Hawksbill Mountain photos VA outdoor couple image National Park Shenandoah Johnny Shryock VA bw

Ambar, DC indoor photo session with the couple before the wedding day sitting at a table and holding hands

Black and white, artsy indoor photo session with the couple before the wedding day sitting at a table and holding hands

laughing DC engagement photographer black and white Ambar holding hands sitting at table Johnny Shryock

Peoria couple session as they rest into each other comfortably and confidently looking at the viewer.

Peoria comfortable monochrome bw IL black and white

San Francisco black and white couple portrait as the metro train passes by

city bw black and white urban monochrome metro San Francisco couple portrait

Siracusa family love wedding moment image of the groom and grandmother

bw groom grandmother sicily wedding image Siracusa moment family love

Istanbul black and white kissing couple portrait during snowy weather

A black and white kissing couple portrait during snowy weather

Turkey stairs Nilufer Nalbantoglu snowy weather black and white Istanbul engagement photographer kissing

Puerto Vallarta wedding moment image at Iglesia de Guadalupe church during the ceremony

Puerto Vallarta wedding image bw Puerto Vallarta moment Mexico Mexico bride and groom

Hasselt street engagement photo shoot in black and white

An urban street engagement photo shoot in black and white with a kissing couple

monochrome couple kissing Hasselt Engagement Photography black and white bw urban street Hasselt

Hasselt black and white couple portrait looking at each other in love

A black and white couple portrait created as they are looking at each other in love

monochrome Hasselt Engagement Photography bw bw portrait eye contact black and white Kobe Vanderzande

Torredonjimeno wedding moment in Jaen showing neighbor's daughter can feel real love for you

wedding moment Jaén bride neighbor Torredonjimeno bw Jaén

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