Wedding Photos of Shadows

The following “Shadows” 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 “Shadows” 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.

Sofia, Bulgaria artful style wedding detail picture showing the couples wedding rings and their shadows

Versilia wedding couple artistic image session with shadows on the brides veil

Versilia wedding couple Versilia wedding portrait artistic image session brides veil shadows

Juiz de Fora couple e-shoot in Minas Gerais in the sunshine with shadows by the stone wall

Minas Gerais shadows Juiz de Fora couple Minas Gerais engagement Juiz de Fora sunshine

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in San Francisco capturing a couple who are capable of only Seeing only each other in their eyes

pre wedding portrait session San Francisco bride to be shadows San Francisco sidewalk building

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Murcia capturing a couple embracing below the building In shadows

Murcia Murcia bride to be pre wedding portrait session Couple embracing shadows building

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot at Giardino Viatori in Gorizia with young lovers under the big trees in their shadows

Pre wedding Photoshoot embracing Gorizia bride to be Giardino Viatori Gorizia big trees shadows

France True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Noirmoutier capturing a couple playing with light and shadows with sunglasses on

sunglasses couple light Patrick Lombaert Engagement Posed Portrait Noirmoutier shadows France

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Domalain showing a France couple taking in the blue skies

France couple France Domalain shadows Patrick Lombaert blue skies Domalain bride to be

Fujian wedding art detail picture in China showing the best man is waiting for the groom to leave and their shadows on the wood floor

groom wood floor shadows in China weddings Fujian China Fujian wedding art picture

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Aguilas illustrating a couple In the Shadows under the clouds

shadows Aguilas couple Session Aguilas Wedding Portrait Aguilas photographer clouds Aguilas couple

Brazil True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Boituva capturing a couple playing with sunshine and shadows in the buildings

sunshine Boituva photographer Brazil Engagements shadows Boituva wedding images Boituva

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait at the Calle Terraplen in San Miguel de Allende capturing the striking colors of the walls with a fun pose

shadows mexico Posed Portrait Calle Terraplen pose walls San Miguel de Allende mexico Engagement

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the River Seine in Paris illustrating a couple walking away from the sunset throwing large shadows

walking Tatyana Chohadjieva sunset shadows River Seine prewedding portrait paris couple portrait

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the Golden Mile Tower in Singapore displaying a Singapore couple having fun with light and shadows

veil shadows Singapore couple Singapore hands Timothy Sim bw

Napoli True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Naples showing a couple enjoying the urban city sunshine

shadows city Naples couple Napoli PreWedding Portrait sunshine graffiti

Downtown Houston environmental engagement e-session

Texas sunlight texas wedding photographer Jill Goehring shadows building Houston e session

Piazza del Campo, Cortile del Podestà portrait e-session playing with light and shadows cast on the couple

light Piazza del Campo Cortile del Podestà Cortile del Podestà portrait shadows IT photographer

Riverwalk, Chicago Fine Art Engagement Image showing a couple on the stairs with reflection and color

Chicago engagement Riverwalk red colorful stairs shadows

Durbanville Fine Art Engagement Session with some Gorgeous golden hour light for this Engagement Portrait

light Durbanville Engagement Session Cape Town golden hour shadows sun engagement portrait

San Francisco, CA Artful Engagement Picture in the building columns and stripes of light and shadows

light bw columns San Francisco black and white CA engagement picture shadows

Mottisfont engaged couple picture session in the sunlight framed in the green trees

sunlight framed shadows green trees Dorset engagement photographer framed Mottisfont

Cazorla pre - wed image showing silhouettes and shadows on the red walls of the cave

shadows silhouette portraits cave cazorla engagement portrait red walls Cazorla

Downtown St Paul pre wedding urban BW shoot as the Couple does karate

St Paul couple bw black and white urban shadows

Qinghai micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with some Love in light and shadows

mountain photo session pre wedding portraiture love Qinghai light shadows

Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day in the shadows and framing

shadows Turkey pre wedding Cappadocia Goreme Turkey photo session Outdoor

Lake Tahoe, Neveda creative wedding bridal portrait session with beads and window light shadows

Lake Tahoe Nevada photographer shadows Nevada creative wedding bridal portrait session window light beads

red brick art gallery during an engagement portrait session with some Love in the rain

Beijing pre wed engagement session red brick art gallery China light 3D art silhouette

Pennsylvania wedding photograph of the Bride & Groom getting married on his father's sailboat as the families shadows show on the adjacent sailboat.

father getting married sailboat Bride & groom families shadows Pennsylvania wedding photo

Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal Indian couple enjoying the mystical spot in Sintra during a pre-wed photo shoot

Sintra shadows silhouette light Lisboa Sintra e session

Tunel Guajataca, Isabela, Puerto Rico couple with light and wind created the perfect shot for this one

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