Wedding Photos of Outside ceremony

The following “Outside ceremony” 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 “Outside ceremony” 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.

An artistic wedding photographer captured an award-winning detail picture at Chateau de Balarin in Montréal du Gers, France. The image shows a hidden tissue for tears, showcasing an emotional ceremony to come.

Montréal du Gers Unveiled: Emotional Tissue Concealment at Chateau de Balarin

A wedding photojournalist in Emigrant, Montana captured this moment in BW of an outdoor processional under the sunshine

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Timber Ridge Lodge, Keystone outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing The ceremony getting deluged by heavy rain, causing it to get cut short

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A top wedding reportage photographer in Dublin City, Ireland captured this picture of Friends waiting outside at ceremony to congratulate the bride

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Wisconsin wedding photo from Madison of a couple Just married outside

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Lions, Tigers and Bears, Alpine, CA Wedding Image of the Bride and groom take in the moment as they depart the ceremony as husband and wife

outdoor Wedding Image of the Bride and groom taking in the moment as they depart the ceremony as husband and wife

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A bride laughs during her ceremony at the villa

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Photo of rice throwing at the bride and groom after the ceremony at El Convento de Blanes

Photo of rice throwing at the bride and groom after the outdoor ceremony

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An emotional outdoor ceremony in Terres des Etoiles Marrakech

An emotional outdoor small ceremony in the desert

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villa di bagno - mantov wedding photo of ceremony and rice tossing

wedding photo of ceremony and rice tossing in the outdoor garden

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The bride and groom comfort a young man who gets emotional during the ceremony in this photo

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Black and White photograph of the bride with her bridesmaids and flower girls walking to the ceremoy site at Strathmere Ottawa Canada

Black and White photograph of the bride with her bridesmaids and flower girls walking to the ceremony site

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wedding photographer has captured a photo of the bride through a bubble as she walks with her groom

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Photo of the ceremony on Fantasy Island in Bali with blue skies and clear water framing the wedding

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Children During the ceremony | Bulgaria Sofia

Innocence Amidst Tradition: Children at the Bulgarian Wedding in Sofia

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WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.