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.

Porto, Portugal Engagement Portrait Session - Image contains: shadows, wall, legs, kissing, hair, dress, black, white

Porto, Portugal Engagement Portrait Session with shadows on a wall

Engagement Couple Photography - Portrait contains: University Alagoas - Dating started at college and had pre wedding at college

Engagement Couple Photography at the University Alagoas - Dating started at college and had pre wedding at college

dating College pre wedding location University Alagoas graphic Monica Guimaraes sunlight shadows

Maid of Honor Toast with shadow on the wall behind the bride and groom

Golf Club of Texas shadows toasting Shannon Cain maid of honor san antonio wedding venue bride and groom

Almería, Spain Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: In the shadow

Almería, Spain Engagement Photo Session In the shadows

shadows Almeria session Spain pre wedding locations Almeria Almeria engagement photos sunlight

Minnesota Guthrie Engagement Shoot - Photo of Couple Dipping at the Guthrie

Minnesota Guthrie Engagement Shoot of Couple Dipping at the Guthrie

Minnesota engagement session shadows Guthrie county windows Minnesota pre wedding location Minnesota

Morbihan, France engagement photography session - A couple Playing with lines

Morbihan, France engagement photography session with A couple Playing with lines

pre wedding locations Morbihan Morbihan engagement photos sunglasses Patrick Lombaert smiling couple Morbihan shadows

Santa Brígida, Calle de Hortaleza - Madrid, Spain couple portrait from the streets with shop window glass reflections

pre wedding locations Madrid shadows Madrid engagement photos sihouette store window Madrid Emin Kuliyev

Shanghai engagement portrait against a wall with speckled sunlight and shadows

Moana Wu shadows wall minimal Shanghai Shanghai engagement session China

the rio de janeiro, brazil sunlight illuminates the engagement of this dear couple

pre wedding session Rio de Janeiro couple sitting Rio de Janeiro shadows Brazil Rio de Janeiro engagement photographers

Zhejiang China wedding detail photography - hat, dress and shadows

Zhejiang China wedding detail photography of a hat, dress and shadows

Zhejiang fine art wedding photo dress Zhejiang artistic wedding photographer Zhejiang artistic wedding photography hat Zhejiang fine art wedding photographer shadows

beach wedding day portrait of a silhouetted couple in black and white

Northampton Northampton beach Northampton photography black and white shadows clouds Beach Portrait

Campinas portrait of the couple amid the shadows

Campinas couple portrait shoot red dress engagement image Campinas Campinas brick building shadows

Smoking with dad

shadows Germany wedding tent smoking Seehotel Niedernberg

Engagement Photographer for Czech Republic - Image contains: Prague, shadows, red, yellow, blue, couple

Engagement Photo from Czech Republic Prague with shadows, red, yellow, blue, and a young couple

Prague Czech Republic engagement shoot Blue pre wedding image Czech Republic yellow shadows

Engagement Photos from California - San Francisco - Portrait contains: couple, shaft, light, shadows

Engagement Photos from California San Francisco of a couple with a shaft, light, and shadows

couple portrait session San Francisco light shadows California San Francisco engagement photography San Francisco

Engagement Photography for Saigon, Vietnam - Image contains: patterns, shadows, couple, sunlight

Engagement Photography for Saigon, Vietnam with patterns and shadows

Saigon Vietnam couple shadows sunlight pre wedding portraits Vietnam Patterns

Engagement Photographer for Dalat, Vietnam - Image contains: couple, shadows, trees, pine, wood

Engagement Photos in Dalat, Vietnam with a couple in shadows

trees Vietnam couple portrait shoot pine Da Lat engagement image Vietnam Vietnam

Engagement Photos from Siracusa - Portrait contains: couple, close-up, shadows, dots, red

red shadows close up dots couple Siracusa

Engagement Photos from O Butia - Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul - Portrait contains: brick, wall, shadows, couple, love session

couple love session Rio Grande do Sul brick wall O Butia Porto Alegre

Engagement Portrait from Biarritz, France - Image contains: Light on the couple, shadows, blue

Blue Biarritz France Biarritz couple shadows light

Engagement Photography for Zamora - Image contains: couple, arch, stone, hair, light, shadows, trumpet, horn

hair shadows light couple horn stone

Engagement Photos from Zamora - Portrait contains: harsh light, shadows, sunlight, posing, hands, love, couple

love Zamora posing shadows harsh light Zamora couple

Engagement photo session in Lincoln Park, Chicago with warm light

Tamara Gavrilovic shadows Lincoln Park light Chicago pre wedding portrait sunshine Chicago engagement photo

Engagement shoot couple facing the sunlight during dumbo portrait session

brick wall formal Dumbo light sunshine Dumbo engagement photo

Almería - Spain Pre Wedding Portraits for a Couple with Movement

urban environment city photos city portraits light street photography Almeria engagement photo urban portrait

Nailsworth, Gloucestershire Wedding and Engagement Portraits - Couple against wall with vert stripes and great light.

Gloucestershire vert stripes great light Nailsworth wall Nailsworth pre wed silhouette

Hoi An Photographer for Weddings and Engagement Portraits.

Hoi An engagement session shadows Hoi An sunshine light Hoi An wedding couple

Cape Town engagement portrait of couple using shadow to create a contrast

formal wear light Cape Town wedding couple shadows Cape Town Cape Town pre wed

Ouro Preto, MG Engagement Session - Couple holding each other in the afternoon sunlight

Ouro Preto afternoon sunshine MG pre wed holding sunlight

Brazil engagement session with lovely couple late in the day

sunshine Brazil engagement session silhouette light Brazil MG Brazil pre wed

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