Wedding Photos of Woods

The following “Woods” 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 “Woods” 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.

ES pre wedding and engagement photography under the shade trees of Rota, Cadiz, Spain

ES engagement portrait with a posed couple in black and white trees in Granada, Spain

nature Spain trees Black & White woods granada engagement shoot bw

Mechelen artistic wedding portrait of a couple sitting on a log in the woods

A couple sitting on a log in the woods is captured in an artistic wedding portrait

Mechelen Photographer Mechelen Anterwepen Mechelen Wedding Portrait sitting on log woods couple sitting

Beijing pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Peking university, China

trees woods forest outdoors China Peking University

CA engagement photo shoot at the Hakone Garden, Saratoga, California - Image Shot through Bamboos at fans local garden

Tyler Vu Hakone Garden forest garden nature saratoga engagement bamboo forest

AZ engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Flagstaff Park, Arizona in the bare trees Before Foliage

outdoors nature flagstaff engagement woods Flagstaff Arizona trees

France engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in the Japonese garden at Toulouse, France with A couple kissing while spring blow

trees hugging couple Toulouse toulouse engagement forest outdoors Japanese garden

GA engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Smithgall Woods, Helen, GA of a Piggyback ride

nature trees georgia engagement forest piggyback ride Helen

CO engagement photo shoot from Lair O the Bear park, Idledale as a Couple poses on the far side of a bridge

Bonnie Sizer Colorado Colorado engagement woods Idledale Stone Bridge nature

Bursa couple engagement portrait session In the woods

trees embrace woods Bursa pre wedding portrait engagement photos Bursa Bursa

Duino, Trieste, Italy engagement portrait image from the woods with sunlight

Italy trees woods trail Duino sunlight

Engagement session in the woods at Arnold Arboretum in Boston, MA

Engagement image session in the woods at Arnold Arboretum in Boston, MA

MA woods Arnold Arboretum MA pre wedding portrait walking Boston

Echo Lake Park Couple standing in the woods of CO

engagement photos Echo Lake Park CO trees woods couple standing Echo Lake Park Shea McGrath

engagement photography shoot In the woods with a tight hug in Predappio, Forlì-Cesena, Italy

Predappio forest pre wedding locations Predappio hugging Predappio engagement photos Forlì-Cesena Caterina Errani

England engagement photographer in a portrait session in Plymouth

engagement portrait session in the Plymouth woods

Plymouth pre wedding portrait Plymouth Plymouth e session Plymouth engagement images woods portrait session

Forest Engagement shoot with a couple in the woods

forest couple woods England engagement shoot Haldon Forest

Engagement Picture Session at New Germantown, PA - The couple and I hiked out to the woods near a stream at sunset for their engagement.

The couple hiked out to the woods near a stream at sunset for their engagement

PA brides hiked woods New Germantown sunset engagement stream PA

Oakland Hill pre-wedding picture of a couple - Romancing in the woods

pre-wedding picture of a couple Romancing in the woods in the sunlight

Oakland e session Oakland bride woods Oakland Hill Romancing oakland wedding photographer

San Francisco pre-wedding image - The highlight in the woods

pre-wedding image of the couples highlight in the woods

woods couples SF brides highlight SF pre wedding SF wedding images

Holambra - São Paulo couple having fun on the woods - pre wedding pictures

a couple having fun on the woods during their pre wedding pictures

couple having fun Holambra woods São Paulo São Paulo couple photos São Paulo bridal

Essen, Germany Couple Engagement Shoot - Pre Wedding Pictures in the Sunshine

Couple Pre Wedding Pictures in the Sunshine of the afternoon near the woods

sunshine Essen wedding photographer Essen e session Patrycja Janik Germany Essen woods

Couple session in the mountains of the Sila national park, Calabria | Image contains: hug, embrace, love, forest, trees, woods, sunlight

Couple session in the mountains of the national park

forest woods love sunlight hug embrace

Future bride and groom walk along Holmdel Park in Holmdel, NJ | Engagement Couple Portrait - Image contains: park, woods, shadows, grass, blue sky

Future bride and groom walk along the Park for an Engagement Couple Portrait

grass Holmdel Park park NJ Holmdel Park pre wedding portraits woods Holmdel

Aachen Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: woods, trees, forest, grass, embrace, hug

Engagement Portrait of a Couple in the woods at night

woods Aachen hug embrace Aachen engagement photos grass

Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: woods, forest, blue, evening, sky

Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL Engagement Photo of a Couple in the evening woods

IL Lisle engagement photographers evening woods Sky Morton Arboretum pre wedding session Lisle

Hossegor France Pre Wedding Portraits - Love ballad in the forest

Hossegor France Pre Wedding Portraits of a Love ballad in the forest

pre wedding location Hossegor Charline Eberhardt Hossegor Hossegor engagement session France forest woods

Heath, West Sussex Woodland love portrait of a couple in the trees and sunlight.

Annamarie Stepney pre wedding locations Woodland woods West Sussex tall trees forest Woodland engagement photos

Alsace, France Couple Portrait Session in the Trees - Hikers on a trail, Jump !

Alsace, France Couple Portrait Session in the Trees as Hikers on a trail, Jump

France couple portrait shoot forest woods Patrick Lombaert hiking trail jumping engagement image France

A couple celebrates after the wedding ceremony at the The Dreys, Kent

The Dreys trees UK Lyndsey Goddard England Kent outdoors

Bride and groom wedding portrait in the woods

wedding portrait Capturing Love Nature Photography Upstate New York woods NY Outdoor Photos

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