Wedding Photos of Sand

The following “Sand” 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 “Sand” 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.

A pre-wedding session in Marechal Deodoro, Alagoas highlighting the fun that they are having together at the beach on the sand by palm trees

A pre-wedding Playa Conchas Chinas, Puerto Vallarta engagement session with a couple embraced on the sands of the beach

beach embraced sand couple Puerto Vallarta Jalisco

View this pivotal moment at Sanderling Resort in Duck NC wedding picture showing the Best man wipes tears and sweat for the groom at the beach ceremony on the sand by the waves

tears sweat waves wipes NC wedding picture Neil Thurston Sanderling Resort in Duck

San Francisco prewedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple as they embrace on the beach with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

CA Photographer beach San Francisco prewedding sand San Francisco bw Golden Gate Bridge

RJ prewedding photo-session at the beach with sunshine, sand and palm trees

sunshine Rio de Janeiro sand Renner Boldrino RJ photo session beach RJ prewedding

Pre-wedding Maragogi, AL couple photo-session with a Couple on a late afternoon on the beach with her flowers, sand and palm trees

Pre wedding Maragogi AL couple session beach Maragogi photographer Renner Boldrino Maragogi couple late afternoon

Pre-wedding portrait-session at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York on the sand with some Lifting up in the air

Rockaway Beach Lifting in air Queens couple image Queens New York NY Prewedding portrait

View this graceful Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait at the beach on the wall, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Italy from the WPJA

graceful Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait at the beach on the wall, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Italy

Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait Civitanova Marche sunshine IT wedding photography Italy sand beach

A creative Primorsko wedding detail picture in Bulgaria showing the Bridal dress getting dirty at the shore of the beach

Ognyan Stoynev Primorsko Primorsko wedding picture bulgaria bride bridal dress shore water

Outdoor Jequiá da Praia, Alagoas couple engagement photography portrait showing the man and woman are sitting on the sand and a wave arrives near the bride's feet

Jequiá da Praia Alagoas portrait wave Alagoas couple engagement Alagoas sitting Outdoor

Deadvlei Namibia Desert portrait of the bride and groom in BW

trees bw bride and groom sand sitting Deadvlei Namibia Desert desert

View this picturesque Benajarafe Playa wedding drone portrait of the couple on the beach getting washed up on the sand by the ocean waves, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga from the WPJA

Benajarafe Playa wedding drone portrait of the couple on the beach getting washed up on the sand by the ocean waves, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga

washed up Benajarafe Playa wedding couple Benajarafe Playa Malaga ocean waves

Plage de La Ciotat outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot while walking on the beach sand

marseille photographer Marseille couple Plage de La Ciotat sand walking outside prewedding photoshoot

Maragogi bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture as the couple dance on the beach with a dog watching

dancing Maragogi engagement Maragogi bride and groom dog sand Renner Boldrino beach

Maceio bride and groom to be, posturing for an engagement image in front of the sea between a green and red boat

Renner Boldrino sand Maceió engagement Maceió bride boats red and green Maceió

Maceio bride and groom to be, posturing for an engagement image of the couple running on the sand of the beach, and above them is a coconut tree

Maragogi beach Maragogi brides sand cloudy day Monica Guimaraes palm trees

Maceió, Brazil couple e-session at the beach with a piggy back laughing hug on the sand

Renner Boldrino sand Maceió bride Maceió wedding laughing Maceió piggy back

San Francisco artful style wedding detail picture of the groom carrying the CA bride piggyback in the sand

beach piggy back ride San Francisco sand SF couple

Digital artistic Wolwedans Dunes Lodge wedding image in Namibia on the Namib Rand reserve in Africa showing the bride Getting ready in the desert

Namibia desert Wolwedans Dunes Lodge getting ready Africa bride Namib Rand sand

Namibia wedding art detail picture at the Wolwedans Dunes Lodge in Africa of the grooms suit hanging in the desert shade

shade Namib Rand lodge Wolwedans sand Africa

Artistic Namib Rand reserve wedding detail image at the Wolwedans Dunes Lodge in Africa showing Desert sand, the brides dress, and the grooms shoes

desert Namibia Wolwedans Dunes Lodge Africa reserve artistic wedding image Namib Rand

St Petersburg wedding art image from a Beach wedding on Floridas Gulf Coast under blue skies, sunshine, and clouds

blue skies St. Petersburg beach weddings St Petersburg wedding image Florida Gulf Coast Gulf Coast wedding Florida

Itacarezinho couple e-session in Bahia alone in A private and beautiful world

Bahia beach palm trees Itacarezinho couple sand Itacarezinho beach engagement

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Maragogi illustrating a couple in front of the sea and photographed through rings in the sand

sea pre wed photography sand Renner Boldrino couple Maragogi beach portrait

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Montpellier displaying a couple at the bottom of the wooden stairs at the sand

Montpellier Engagement Session Montpellier Montpellier photographer couple sand wooden stairs

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Hotel Villa Caletas Beach in Jaco-Puntarenas-Costa Rica capturing a Couple holding hands walking over the beach

Puntarenas holding hands Hotel Villa Caletas Jacó couple portraits North Puntarenas couple Costa Rica Pre Wedding Portrait Session

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Sayulita, Nayarit showing a couple on the Mexico beach with boats and volleyball players

Sayulita sports games Nayarit couple volleyball mexico wedding photographer

Fort Zach State Park environmental engagement e-session with a Key West Ocean view on the beach sand

sand Fort Zach State Park beach Key West Ocean view water

Punta Sabbioni, Cavallino-Treporti, Venice, Italy environmental engagement e-session with amazing light, plus the wind was lifting the sand

Italy engagement e session beach wind Cavallino Treporti clouds Venice

Port Aransas Beach on-location portrait e-shoot with a Sunrise in TX

Port Aransas Beach Portrait beach Shannon Cain clouds sunlight sunrise

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