Wedding Photos of Outside

The following “Outside” 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” 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.

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

Fargo, North Dakota outside forest picture session before the wedding day with the dogs running around in the winter snow

picture Session outside running forest dogs Fargo

Richmond, Virginia outside forest picture session before the wedding day in the Early Morning Light looking like a garden setting

VA pre wedding VA picture session outside garden setting Richmond forest

Jerbourg, Guernsey outside forest picture session before the wedding day during a walk towards the very spot that the couple got engaged at

walk outside Nick Despres forest Guernsey Guernsey pre wedding Guernsey picture session

Prainha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil outside forest picture session before the wedding day while enjoying time together in nature

nature outside Rio de Janeiro Prainha Brazil Rio de Janeiro pre wedding enjoying

Pyramid Island, Jasper National Park, AB, Canada outside forest picture session before the wedding day while crossing a wet bridge over the water on a Rainy afternoon

outside Canada wet Pyramid Island pre wedding bridge crossing Pyramid Island picture session

Canmore, AB, Canada outside winter picture session before the wedding day On the frozen creek

Canmore Canmore pre wedding winter Canmore picture session AB outside Canada

Rocher du Falkenstein outside forest picture session before the wedding day in the fall with bright red leaves

red leaves bright fall outside Autumn forest picture Rocher du Falkenstein

Estes Park outside forest picture session before the wedding day in the woods during the Golden hour

woods Estes Park picture session forest Estes Park pre wedding photo Estes Park outside

Maceió outside forest picture session before the wedding day with the future bride hugging her future groom from behind

Maceió wedding photo forest Maceió Maceió weddings hugging Renner Boldrino future bride

Ashford Castle fine art wedding Couple in creative pose in black and white outside

Ashford Castle Ireland wedding Couple creative pose black and white Fine art Ireland photographer

EL Neveral, Jaén outside forest picture session before the wedding day with a couple enjoying nature outdoors

trees Jaen couple Jaén picture session outside Jaén Jaén pre wedding photo

Port Hills Christchurch New Zealand outside forest picture session with a Couple at sunset in the hills

Christchurch weddings picture Session hills Christchurch Vutiporn Supanish Christchurch Couple Port Hills

Crested Butte, CO couple standing just outside their reception space for their Crested Butte Wedding

standing outside Crested Butte Crested Butte bride reception space Crested Butte Wedding co couple

Sofia park outside forest picture session before the wedding day showing an engaged couple with an autumn leaf

outside Sofia Tatyana Chohadjieva Autumn forest Sofia pre wedding photo Sofia picture session

Antwerpen wedding photographer captured this image from town hall showing Friend's of bride and groom (who are restricted tos tay outside) follow the ceremony in the town hall through a live stream, and cheer through the window

cheer Social Distancing outside masks Antwerpen covid 19 lockdown

Flanders home wedding photography showing The bride's twin sisters run eagerly to catch the bouquet outside

catch the bouquet Flanders wedding photography Sisters outside the Bride Fille Roelants home

Pordenone, Italy wedding photography showing the Dove flight outside the church

outside Pordenone church dove flight Italy wedding photo

Chateau du Tertre, Bordeaux, France outside forest picture session before the wedding day showing A couple in red in the middle of trees

Chateau du Tertre Bordeaux France forest France pre wedding photo France picture session

Saint-Suliac's church, France wedding photography from outside after the End of ceremony

France wedding photo Saint Suliacs church End of ceremony Patrick Lombaert outside

Keystone, CO outside forest picture session before the wedding day with some fun Winter cuddles in the snow

winter cuddles Keystone CO snow Colorado picture session

Breckenridge, CO outside forest picture session with an engaged couple Getting romantic in some fresh snow

Breckenridge fresh snow colorado weddings Colorado romantic Colorado picture session

Schio, Vicenza, Italy outside forest picture session before the wedding day while sitting under trees in the warm sunlight

Schio Vicenza under trees Italy Warm sunlight Italy picture session Italy photographer

Thracian Cliffs Resort, Kavarna, Bulgaria creative wedding day portrait against a wonderful sunset for the newlyweds to go outside and take that lovely sun

A lovely sunset outside provided a wonderful backdrop for the newlyweds' wedding day portrait

Kavarna Thracian Cliffs Resort Bulgaria wedding day portrait sunset Kavarna photographer Bulgaria silhouette

Portland, ME outside forest picture session before the wedding day on a walk in the park

ME Portland picture session Portland photographers Corey Butler forest park outside

Portland, ME outside forest picture session before the wedding day on a dirt path while walking in a park

ME dirt path Corey Butler ME picture session walking Portland forest

The Heads, Knysna, Garden Route outside forest picture session before the wedding day created while The sun was setting behind the rocks that made for this awesome sun flair

rocks forest sun flair Garden Route Knysna photographer outside awesome

Zhejiang Home documentary wedding photography from a drone outside

documentary wedding photo Zhejiang Home outside drone

Kimpton Woods, Hertfordshire outside forest picture session with a Newly engaged couple in the tall grass

Kimpton Woods weddings outside Hertfordshire Kimpton Woods newly engaged couple Kimpton Woods photography Neil Pleasants

Rancho Sierra Vista, Satwiwa outside forest picture session before the wedding day of a couple in a grass field

grasses tall grass forest outside nature outdoors

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