Wedding Photos of Silhouettes

The following “Silhouettes” 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 “Silhouettes” 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.

At Terra Residence, Sofia, a glass of wine silhouetted against a backdrop of warm light and shadows at a romantic sunset wedding

At the romantic sunset wedding, the silhouette of a glass of wine against the warm, flickering light created a captivating scene

Lovers shared an unforgettable sunset portrait session at Qinghai Lake in Xining, Qinghai, cementing their mutual love

Capturing a romantic silhouette in the sunset light, the couple celebrated their love with a breathtaking pre-wedding photo session by the water

Qinghai Lake in Xining Xining Pre Wedding Photography sunset light silhouettes romantic portrait Qinghai

Montpellier pre wedding photo of a jumping couple in silhouette near some trees

A jumping couple in silhouette near some trees was captured in an image from a lifestyle engagement portrait session

couple jumping Montpellier trees montpellier engagement photography framed in trees silhouettes

The incredible sheer cliff mountain view stretching forever in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland provided the perfect backdrop for a BW couple portrait silhouette

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Incredible mountain cliff view within a BW couple silhouette portrait

cliff mountains Lauterbrunnen Photographer bw portrait Swiss Alps Lauterbrunnen Switzerland Staubbach Falls

Sofia in Bulgaria is the backdrop for a couple portrait in black and white silhouette, with the bride gently touching the groom under his chin

In Bulgaria, Sofia, a black and white silhouette portrait of a couple, the bride tenderly touching the groom's chin

Sofia Bulgaria Sofia photographer touching chin black and white silhouettes

During a Paris engagement session, the lovers found themselves against the light with this fine light at the end of the stormy day which passed between the clouds, giving this very singular atmosphere

A couple posed for a lifestyle engagement portrait in front of a beautiful sunset

rim light sunset portrait Paris Paris engagement photography silhouettes

A lifestyle portrait session in Crete Senesi, Tuscany with a couple embracing in silhouette with a matching hat theme

A romantic couple embracing in silhouette, both wearing matching hats, is featured in a lifestyle portrait

Crete Senesi Tuscany Couple embracing silhouettes Tuscany engagement photographer hat theme

Pre wedding photo during a couples lifestyle session in Masai Mara, Kenya during Sunset

A lifestyle couple portrait at sunset in the desert with vibrant colors

Vibrant colors Kenya solo tree sunset portrait Masai Mara Kenya Engagement Photographer orange sky

A lifestyle pre wedding photo session under blue skies and a big tree at Masai Mara, Kenya for a couple playing Hide and seek

A lifestyle pre-wedding photo session featuring a couple under blue skies and a big tree

silhouettes blue skies solo tree white clouds Kenya Engagement Photographer Kenya Masai Mara

A Family farm, Wootton Basset, UK Reception Party wedding photograph of the band playing and guests dancing in silhouette

The guests at the wedding reception had their hands up dancing to the band playing while a silhouette wedding photo was taken

silhouettes Wiltshire wedding photographer band playing dancing Wiltshire Wootton Basset purple and red

A romantic bridge silhouette against a blue sky with puffed white clouds provided a stunning backdrop for the couple's engagement photos

The couple's engagement picture captivated memories of Brooklyn New York with sunlight shadows and a cable hung bridge silhouetted against a blue sky filled with white clouds

clouds New York City - Metro Brooklyn blue sky Brooklyn Bridge sunlight shadows silhouettes

The couple, soon to be wed, were silhouetted against the evening sky, with seagulls soaring in the distance

The Cotes-d'Armor couple is seen standing apart, their silhouettes against the dark blue sky and the birds flying overhead. The photograph is a beautiful and intimate representation of the love and connection between the couple.

dark blue sky France engagement session birds flying silhouettes

The romantic BW contrasty scene at Villa Balbianello, Lake Como Italy was the perfect backdrop for the couple's picture session, taking a moment to pause under the Villa's famous tree

The romantic couple paused under the famous tree, their BW contrast portrait capturing their love forever

Lake Como contrast portrait Lake Como Engagement Photography silhouettes famous tree Villa Balbianello bw portrait

The couple's profiles face to face in silhouette with interesting duplicating elements at the bottom is an iconic image of their wedding day, taken at a reception venue in Brescia, Lombardy

In Brescia, Lombardy, an iconic wedding day image of profiles facing each other in silhouette with duplicated elements

Brescia silhouettes black and white Lombardy Brescia Photographer duplicated elements

The newlyweds had an artistic wedding portrait taken in silhouette at Siena Cathedral in Tuscany, with large round stained glassbehind them providing a beautiful backdrop

The couple posed for a silhouette wedding portrait at Siena Cathedral in Tuscany with large round stained glass behind them

silhouettes beautiful backdrop stained glass round glass window Tuscany photographer Italy Tuscany

A silhouetted Agen, France couple is profiled while walking through a field at sunset, with out-of-focus grass in the foreground

In Agen, France, a couple is silhouetted against a sunset horizon, with grass in the foreground blurred out

Agen sunset portrait walking in field silhouettes Agen Photographer France

At the evening reception in Altamura, Italy, a group of guests enjoyed cocktails and created a silhouette during the "blue hour"

During a blue hour sunset at a reception in Altamura, Italy, guests enjoyed cocktails and created a black and blue silhouette

Italy silhouettes blue hour cocktail hour Altamura Photographer Apulia Altamura

A Montsec Photoshoot for a Couple with Silhouettes, Love, Light, and Colors

Montsec Photographer Montsec silhouettes light and colors

At a reception in Beijing, China, a photographer captured silhouettes of the wedding party standing around a dinner table, proposing a toast, in this classic black and white image

The documentary wedding image captures silhouettes of the wedding party at the reception dinner table, joyfully toasting to the newlyweds

silhouettes Beijing Hotel BEIJING photographer Beijing China propose a toast

At the beginning of their journey as husband and wife, the couple celebrated their love with a memorable wedding portrait session at Joshua Tree, California, skillfully illuminated by a creative photographer's use of green lights and smoke

Joshua Tree, California: Couple celebrated love with memorable wedding portrait session, skillfully illuminated by photographer's green lights, smoke

Joshua Tree Photographer smoke green light silhouettes JOSHUA TREE California - Southern

This creative couple portrait at Schloss Romrod features artistic silhouettes with colorful and repeating elements for an unforgettable wedding picture

Schloss Romrod: Creative couple portrait featuring artistic silhouettes, colorful & repeating elements

creative portrait repeating elements Hesse photographer silhouettes Hesse Schloss Romrod

The couple were in an intimate and romantic setting as they shared a tender kiss near the dappled wall of Giritli Meyhanesi Restaurant in Fatih, İstanbul, Türkiye

Fatih, İstanbul, Türkiye: Near the sun dappled wall of Giritli Meyhanesi Restaurant, a couple shared a romantic kiss

Fatih Istanbul black and white Istanbul photographer Dappled Light Giritli Meyhanesi silhouettes

The bride and groom embraced during the warm, colorful sunset while standing beneath a tree and the clouds at Brittany Hill Wedgewood Weddings in Thornton, CO

Thornton, CO's Brittany Hill Wedgewood Weddings: Newlyweds embracing beneath a tree in a warm, colorful sunset

Thornton Brittany Hill Wedgewood Weddings warm sunset under tree sunset portrait silhouettes Colorado

On a good afternoon at Adile Sultan Sarayı in Istanbul, a reflection of a couple kissing in silhouette is seen through the door

At Adile Sultan Sarayı in Istanbul, a silhouette of a couple kissing is seen through the door

Istanbul photographer couple kissing Adile Sultan Sarayı Istanbul silhouettes framed in door

A couple in the village of Golyama Zhelezna, Bulgaria, is captured in a romantic black and white portrait surrounded by a heart shaped arbor just before sunset

In Golyama Zhelezna, Bulgaria, a romantic portrait of a couple surrounded by a heart shaped arbor at sunset

black and white Golyama Zhelezna silhouettes heart shaped arbor Bulgaria photographer Bulgaria sunset

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Abbotsbury Castle in Dorset, England for a couple during a shoot on mountain bikes

England dorset photographer silhouettes sunset engagement Abbotsbury Castle Dorset

A Save the Date in New Forest. Dorset portrait of a couple Framed by a pony with a low sun

low sun New Forest pony silhouettes Dorset dorset photographer

Documentary photography from The Barn at Boyden Farm wedding venue in Vermont showing The bride and groom got married with blue skies and puffy clouds behind them

silhouettes blue skies VT Ceremony Vermont photographer Vermont The Barn at Boyden Farm

Best Asheville wedding venue photography in North Carolina fired through the moment getting silhouettes and ultimately captured the sun flare

sun flare North Carolina Asheville silhouettes Asheville photographer sunset toast

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Crete Senesi, Siena during a Tuscany Silhouette at sunset in the tall grass

sunset portrait silhouettes Tuscany Siena Crete Senesi setting sun Siena photographer

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