Wedding Photos of Natural beauty

The following “Natural beauty” 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 “Natural beauty” 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.

Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe, Nevada: Newlyweds wander amidst colossal granite boulders overlooking the turquoise waters of Lake Tahoe, capturing serene natural beauty.

Eternal Bliss: Newlyweds Amidst Sand Harbor's Majestic Granite Boulders in Lake Tahoe

A wedding portrait taken on the special day in Altopiano di Asiago, Italy. The couple stands on a hill, moving towards a grand tree, lost amidst the natural beauty surrounding them.

Romantic Wedding Portrait Amidst Natural Beauty on Altopiano di Asiago, Italy Hilltop

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A bride tenderly comforts her emotional groom in the natural beauty of Gray's Crossing, Truckee CA, surrounded by lush green grass and shade trees on a sunny day.

Emotional Groom Finds Comfort in Bride's Love in Truckee

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A creative lifestyle couple portrait at Lago São Bernardo in São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul. The backdrop showcases the natural beauty of Lake São Bernardo, while the couple poses center-framed on the grass, captured with a fisheye lens.

LAKESIDE LOVE: ROMANTIC RENDITION OF TIMELESS TIES AT LAGO SÃO BERNARDO

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Bride basks in the natural beauty of a eucalyptus forest, capturing beauty on her wedding day. This award-winning portrait showcases the enchanting atmosphere of the venue.

Enchanted Eucalyptus: A Captivating Wedding Portrait Amidst Nature's Beauty

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At Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ceremony Location, the best man embraces his role as the angel of love, adorned with a toy bow and arrow. This whimsical wedding moment captures the essence of Cupid's enchanting presence.

Ardeche Angel: A Whimsical Wedding Moment Embraces Cupid's Enchantment

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At Fűvészkert, this portrait captures the couple embracing on the sidewalk, lined by trees. The scene combines the natural beauty of the surroundings with the intimacy of the couple.

Fűvészkert Embrace: A Portrait of Natural Beauty and Intimacy

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In Tahiti, French Polynesia, this captivating portrait features a couple in bathing suits by a waterfall. The scene portrays embracing lovers surrounded by the natural beauty of the waterfall setting.

Tahiti's Enchanting Waterfall Love Story

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On the Snaefelsness Peninsula, Iceland, this engagement portrait features a couple laughing in front of Icelandic horses behind a barbed wire fence. The scene combines joy, natural beauty, and the unique charm of Icelandic horses.

Snaefelsness Peninsula Portraits: Laughing Love With Icelandic Horses

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On Ouddorp beach, the Netherlands, this pre-wedding shoot captures the couple walking through the wind-swept dunes. The scene, marked by natural beauty and romance, creates a timeless and enchanting feel.

Ouddorp Beach: A Timeless and Enchanting Pre-Wedding Stroll through Wind-swept Dunes

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In Montbovon, this engagement portrait captures the couple in front of breathtaking mountains, beautifully photographed by a top wedding photographer. Love and natural beauty combine in this stunning image.

Montbovon Mountain Love: A Captivating Engagement Portrait by a Top Wedding Photographer

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In this enchanting engagement session captured by the Joshua Tree wedding photographer, a couple's love radiates amidst the awe-inspiring natural beauty of Joshua Tree National Park.

Love's Radiance in Joshua Tree: An Enchanting Engagement Session in the Majestic Joshua Tree National Park

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In Denver, Colorado, a couple embraces lovingly on a balcony of a brick building. The majestic backdrop of mountainous trees adds a touch of natural beauty to their engagement photoshoot.

Romantic Exchange: A Denver Engagement Portrait Capturing Love Amidst Majestic Mountainous Trees

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An engaged couple embraces in a picturesque Ardèche, France, seemingly alone in the world, surrounded by the breathtaking beauty of a remote location.

Love Blossoms Amidst Nature's Splendor: Engaged Couple Seizes Serenity in Enchanting Ardèche, France

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A couple in Pingree Park, Colorado, poses for their engagement portrait while sitting on a bridge overlooking a serene and babbling brook

Romantic Engagement Portraits in Pingree Park, Colorado's Serene Natural Beauty

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In an engagement portrait taken in Bellvue, Colorado, a couple can be seen standing on a rock and sharing a kiss

Romantic Engagement Portrait in Bellvue, Colorado: Couple Shares a Sweet Kiss on a Rock

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A couple had an engagement shoot at Whitmore Falls in Lake City, Colorado, where they were seen relaxing and enjoying the scenic waterfall

Romantic Engagement Shoot at Whitmore Falls: A Scenic Escape in Lake City, Colorado

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Praia da Guarita in Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, image capturing the breathtaking beauty of the beach and their genuine love for each other

Praia da Guarita: Captivating Beauty of the Beach and Genuine Love in Torres, Rio Grande do Sul

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A bride and groom in Colorado share a tender embrace while surrounded by the natural beauty of an Aspen forest, during an off-centered framed portrait session before their wedding ceremony near the location.

COLORADO WEDDING: AMIDST ASPEN, NEWLYWEDS FIND PURE LOVE AMONG SCENIC SERENITY

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This photograph captures a couple posing together in front of a beautiful pool surrounded by the natural beauty of Ridley Creek State Park

Ridley Creek State Park: Captivating Couple Poses Together in Front of Beautiful Pool

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A romantic black and white portrait of a couple on a forest path in Grotniki, Poland captures the beauty of their special day in nature

Grotniki, Poland is the stunning backdrop of a romantic black and white portrait of a couple on a forest path

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Newly engaged Couple in the cornfields near Lyon, France for their pre-wedding portraits

A newly engaged couple laughs and has fun in the cornfields for their pre-wedding portraits, surrounded by natural beauty

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Yedigöller Lake Engagement Photo Session with Couple

The couple stands by a calm lake during their engagement photo session, with a rock in the water providing a natural element to the scene

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A London Pre-Wedding Photo Session Shoot with Blue Sky

Against a beautiful blue sky with wispy clouds, this pre-wedding photo session captures the couple as silhouettes, highlighting their love and connection against the natural beauty of the outdoors

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Netherlands engagement photos of a couple in the green forest | Netherlands photographer pre-wedding portrait session

Engagement photo of a couple in the green forest with a pastel palette, surrounded by lush vegetation and natural beauty

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