Wedding Photos of Outdoor wedding

The following “Outdoor wedding” 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 “Outdoor wedding” 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.

Best documentary wedding photo from Santa Barbara, California capturing the Bride hugged by friends and children after the outdoor wedding ceremony

bride hugged by friends and children after the outdoor wedding ceremony

Richmond upon Thames creative documentary wedding photography at Bingham Riverhouse from the father of the bride's speech outdoors under trees

the father of the bride's speech outdoors under trees

speech England under trees Richmond upon Thames outdoor wedding Cotswolds England photographer

Best wedding photography from a Ben Lomond venue, Waterfall Lodge and Retreat showing The most handsome and professional ring security guards

Waterfall Lodge and Retreat Santa Cruz outdoor wedding ring security guards

A top Long Island, NY wedding photographer captured this picture of the Groom getting overwhelmed with emotion during the ceremony A top Long Island, NY wedding photographer captured this picture of the Groom getting overwhelmed with emotion during the

Long Island weddings ny wedding photographer emotion garden Long Island New York - Long Island New York

A top Occitanie wedding photographer captured this picture of the son crying because he did not want his father groom pick up and wear a ring

outdoor wedding Occitanie wedding photographer ring France Children trees groom

Hilversum, Netherlands wedding reportage photographer captured this image of the bride and groom arriving at the reception venue in the middle of the woods near hilversum

bride and groom hilversum wedding Netherlands outdoor wedding Hilversum Leonard Walpot Arriving

A top featured image from Villa Marsi in Italy among the best wedding photography showing the bride emotional during ceremony

Leonard Walpot bench emotional during ceremony Italy wedding bride outdoor wedding

Virginia wedding reportage photojournalist created this image during an outdoor Ceremony at home

A Fredericksburg, Virginia wedding photojournalist created this image during an outdoor Ceremony at home

Virginia wedding photojournalist Virginia Backyard garden outdoor ceremony at home outdoor wedding

A dramatic Toulouse documentary wedding photography example from Aucamville - the bride and groom surrounded by their guests

Toulouse photography trees Dramatic Aucamville Aucamville streaks guests

An extraordinary Bar Harbor wedding image by a professional Maine photographer conveying The wedding couple celebrate as they come back up the aisle

Maine wedding couple celebrate outdoor wedding Sarah V Martinez dress bouquet gown

An exceptional Cingoli wedding image by a pro Marche photographer at Badia di San Vittore exhibiting the action Right after the cake cutting the confettis had exploded over the newlyweds

Cingoli action Badia di San Vittore wedding venue confetti newlyweds outdoor wedding Marche photographer

Best Oxford, UK documentary wedding photography showing the bride and groom trying not to get soaked while it rains of their wedding day

raining boat UK bride and groom soaked rain water

An extraordinary Bedouin Bar wedding image by a professional Bulgaria photographer conveying the Bride and groom walking together as guests watch from the top of a stone wall

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An exceptional Ballground GA wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Georgia photographer at Cagle Family Farms communicating mommies kissing

Cagle Family Farms GA wedding photojournalism Georgia photographer Cagle Family Farms weddings bw Georgia

A top wedding photojournalist from San Francisco created this image of the bride saying to the groom, honey, get the little creature off my wedding dress

trees San Francisco wedding image groom little creature insect bride flowers

A top Arezzo documentary wedding photographer at Villa Santa Maria created this image of The kiss and the knife with the cake outdoors

knife outdoors Arezzo documentary wedding photographer cake cutting outdoor wedding Arezzo Villa Santa Maria

A documentary wedding photographer in Goa captured this picture showing The varied expressions during the garland exchange including that of the priest are interesting to note

priest beach wedding expressions garland exchange goa Goa documentary wedding photographer Goa wedding picture

A top documentary wedding photographer from Missouri created this image from an outdoor Wedding Ceremony of the Bride and Groom on zoom

Missouri outdoor wedding zoom call Deanna Johnson missouri wedding photographer

A Truckee documentary wedding photographer captured this moment as the Father of the bride hugs his daughter upon seeing her on her wedding day

Dad hugs outdoor wedding Truckee FOB daughter

A documentary wedding photographer captured this picture at Jaco Beach, Puntarenas, Costa Rica of the Bride and Groom exiting the Ceremony while celebrating under the unexpected rain

raining Puntarenas Puntarenas photographer rain Costa Rica unexpected rain exiting

A wedding photojournalist captured this moment in Prince William Forest in Washington DC showing The mother of the bride hugs her new son-in-law as she and helps give away the bride

son in law mother of the Prince William Forest Bride hugs outdoor wedding bride trees

A top documentary wedding photographer in France created this image A few minutes before the ceremony began, with a beautiful sun unfortunately in the space of an instant it started to rain, here the bride with her parents, while waiting for the rain

rain bride umbrella raining France parents bride

A wedding photojournalist in Singapore captured this moment at The Tamarind Hill Restaurant during a bollywood style dance entrance from the bride and groom instead of just walking in

Singapore bride and groom flowers wedding photojournalist Singapore garden The Tamarind Hill Restaurant Bollywood

View this stylish Quinta Redolho de Cima wedding ceremony pic of the union of hands, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Lousada, Portugal from the WPJA

Quinta Redolho de Cima wedding ceremony pic of the union of hands, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Lousada, Portugal

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Guangdong nuptial day award-winning image of an outdoor wedding in the rain under umbrellas

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Potomac Winery, Stafford, VA indoor marriage award-winning image showing the Couple recesses from their ceremony

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Big Sky, Montana nuptial day award-winning image of the groom getting emotional listening to bagpiper before processional

snow Big Sky wedding photography Big Sky trees listening mountains

Wedding photography from Historic Polegreen Church showing Bride and Groom trying to get their flower wreaths over each other during Biye

biye VA wedding Mechanicsville VA Historic Polegreen Church flower wreaths outdoor wedding

A top wedding photographer at Hanbury Manor in Hertfordshire captured this picture of some outdoor Wedding Tug of War on the grass

Hertfordshire grass Tug of War Hanbury Manor outdoor wedding Hertfordshire reception wedding photographer

Tate, Georgia wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture at the Tate House venue showing the Bride walks through the rain to her ceremony

Tate walks Tate House wedding venue umbrella ceremony GA bride rain

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