Wedding Photos of Gardens

The following “Gardens” 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 “Gardens” 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.

At the Crystal Gardens Event Center, a heartwarming scene unfolds as the children of the bride and groom share a playful moment while peering in on their parents who are on the verge of exchanging vows.

Children's Peek at the Wedding Bliss at Crystal Gardens Event Center

A whimsical moment captured at Deer Park Country House in Somerset: a woman playing croquet out of a hedge, appearing to be consumed by the large bushes.

Hidden in the Hedges: A Whimsical Croquet Game at Deer Park Country House

grass reception games Hidden Deer Park Country House Somerset hedge wedding photographer gardens

The couple posed for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, surrounded by towering columns

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco: Couple Announcement Picture Among Towering Columns and Lush Gardens

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The engaged couple enjoyed a pre-wedding photoshoot in the beautiful Sonoma winery grounds, running joyfully through the immaculate gardens

In Sonoma's immaculate winery gardens, the engaged couple joyfully ran through their lifestyle photoshoot

gardens winery Sonoma California - Northern Sonoma Engagement Photographer couple running Sonoma Winery

A Pennsylvania Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, silhouette portrait of this PA couple backlit and framed in the doorway of a tower at The Chimes Tower at Longwood Gardens

gardens Longwood Gardens tower PA couple Silhouette portrait Longwood John Ryan

A beautiful Smithsonian Castle, DC engagement photo showing A sweet embrace in the gardens

Brittany Diliberto Smithsonian Castle gardens sweet embrace dc engagement photo

Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore environmental couple pre wedding image session with some fun under the waterfall

waterfall Singapore wedding photography Singapore Botanic Gardens Singapore couple pre wedding image fun gardens

Romantic Italian Villa Gardens wedding portrait of the bride and groom with silhouettes in an arch

Italian Villa Gardens gardens villa arch silhouettes IT bride and groom

Hertfordshire, UK wedding photography art at the Hanbury Manor for a couple portait in the gardens

UK couple portait gardens uk wedding photography United Kingdom Hanbury Manor venue Hanbury Manor Hertfordshire

Parc des Ibis couple e-session in Le Vésinet at the gardens

Jean Baptiste Chauvin Parc des Ibis Le Vésinet engagement gardens couple Le Vésinet

Vizcaya Miami, Florida pre wedding couple session while embracing in the outdoor park

Estate The Vizcaya Museum villa gardens FL engagement Florida

England wedding bride and groom share a kiss in the gardens of their wedding venue

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Pre-wedding engagement on steps in gardens around Versailles

Pre-wedding engagement on steps in gardens shot from above

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Engaged couple stands back to back and admire the gardens - a Brenizer panorama

Denver brides Brenizer CO Denver Botanic Gardens Denver Denver pre wedding Denver wedding photography

Couple at the door of the local old elementary school

fence parks gardens Hangzhou wedding couple Hangzhou pre wed engagement session Hangzhou City

Borgo Santo Pietro Engagement Portraits in Tuscany, Italy

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Alfama Lisboa Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in the Spring in Lisbon

Alfama engagement session flowers spring Lisboa parks gardens

Portrait session for engagement images in Provence

Provence trees Provence engagement session Provence pre wed flowers gardens

Patones, Spain - A couple posing in front of a vertical garden for engagement portrait

Patones engagement session gardens Spain botanical gardens Patones vine wall parks

Longwood Gardens Engagement Portrait - Silhouette after coming down the stairs.

Brandywine Creek Valley Pennsylvania gardens Meadows Longwood Gardens woodlands

Engagement Photo Session at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY - Flowers blooming with the couple.

Engagement Photo Session at the Botanic Gardens showing Flowers blooming with the couple

Botanic Garden tulips Brooklyn engagement photographer flower Flowers blooming Brooklyn Botanical garden bloom

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