Wedding Photos of Rain

The following “Rain” 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 “Rain” 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.

Groom struggles to put ring on bride's hand in the rain

The bride joins the groom at the altar

groom veneto wedding venue Daniele Borghello the Bride Padua Villa Molin rainy

during the rain under umbrellas

raining umbrella umbrellas Canada Wedding Ceremony image Daysland rain

Engagement Photography for YUN NAN - Couple Take shelter from rain

Taking shelter from rain

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The bride and groom recess from the ceremony as it starts to rain

Hungry Trout Resort NY wedding photography Wilmington bride and groom NY wedding venue NY reception venues

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico / The Rosewood hotel - Wedding photos of guests are loaded into taxis during a rain storm.

the guests are loaded into taxis during a rain storm

San Miguel de Allende photographer storm San Miguel de Allende photography rain San Miguel de Allende Mexico rain storm

Wedding Photography from Tenuta Castello - Golf Club Cerrione, Italy bride arriving to church under the rain

bride arriving to church under the rain in convertible car

bride church Arriving rain Tenuta castello convertible car

Baden-Wurttemberg wedding photographer at Solothurn: Everything seems sad after the ceremonie, rain, bride expresion, yawning dog

Everything seems sad after the ceremony, rain, bride expression, yawning dog

dog expression solothurn bridal image Baden Wurttemberg the ceremony sad yawning

bride and groom running through the rain after the ceremony

Bozeman Bozeman intimate wedding bride and groom running the ceremony Rocky Creek Farm Bozeman small wedding

Rain over tent wedding ceremony

sao paulo wedding image wedding ceremony Nova Odessa tent São Paulo brides rain tented

kid in a car playing with the rain water on the wedding day car

Sparrendaal outdoor weddings playing wedding car Leonard Walpot water Sparrendaal outdoor reception kid

Welcome the bride in the rain under umbrellas

umbrellas rain bride Shandong Shandong wedding image Shandong wedding

Rainy day quick run for the bride

Bulgaria bridal party the Bride run Sofia Rainy day rain

Brooklyn, New York engagement portraits on a rainy day with umbrellas

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Bride getting out of car in the rain under umbrellas

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Wedding Guest At the reception in the rain

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Bride walking in rain with bridesmaid holding her long dress

Dublin rainy day weddings raining Dublin wet weddings bride walking Dublin rain

The Highline New York Engagement Photographer: It was raining and we couldnt do much at dumbo so we went tot he highline and I later double exposed NYC skyline for them since we never got it because of the rain.

NYC skyline Dumbo engagement photo Dumbo pre wedding portrait rain New York The Highline

Groom and his Mum share a moment at the wedding reception

Dominic Whiten wedding reception Suffolk outdoor reception Suffolk outdoor weddings rain moment mum

Black and white wedding shot of the newlywed couple walking through rain with guests

couple guests raining black and white rain Bozeman

couple laughs and enjoys the falling rain

DC engagement photos National Gallery of Art Johnny Shryock DC pre wedding portraits DC e shoot Bee Two Sweet rain

wedding details of Friends writing "just married" in the rain on the couple's car

Vienna VA wedding cars Vienna VA bridal transportation Johnny Shryock rain Meadowlark Atrium Vienna VA weddings Bee Two Sweet

dumbo nyc portrait session - standing in the rain

Dumbo umbrella dumbo engagement rain nyc portrait session nyc

dumbo couple standing in the rain during engagement photo session

standing bridge rain nyc Dumbo

It rained and the bride and groom hugged at the dinner venue

umbrella Guangdong fine art wedding photo Guangdong artistic wedding portrait Lin Yang rain Night couple

Wedding guests await the sudden rain and wind to stop on the sidewalk

rain Mexico wind sidewalk San Miguel de Allende rainy day weddings wedding guests

Marble House Project (Dorset, Vermont) Wedding Photos - Officiant reacts to rain beginning to fall during the ceremony. VT and CT wedding photography.

Officiant reacts to rain beginning to fall during the outdoor, mountain ceremony

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floating gallery chicago wedding photo of bradesmaids standing in the rain

wedding photo of bradesmaids standing in the rain under clear umbrellas

Chicago wedding party Chicago Chicago wedding photography bradesmaids standing rain

Guests hold umbrellas over the bride as she exits her vehicle at Gemeentehuis Glabbeek in this black and white wedding photo captured by a Flanders, Belgium photographer

Belgium Philippe Swiggers umbrellas Flanders Gemeentehuis Glabbeek car raining

Stockton Wedding Photographer: "It was raining when preparing for the ceremony."

Stockton Wedding Photography while it was raining

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