Wedding Photos of Backyard

The following “Backyard” 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 “Backyard” 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.

Photographer captured a touching moment of the bride reading her vows during an outdoor ceremony in her parents' backyard in Roswell, Georgia.

Emotional Bride Reads Vows in Parents' Roswell Backyard - Outdoor Ceremony Captured Perfectly

Captured in Bourne, Massachusetts, this engagement portrait showcases a couple in a joyful mid-air jump in their backyard, with nature enhancing their energy.

Backyard Bliss: Bourne's Delightful Duo Dances in Mid-Air Joy

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A heartwarming moment captured on a backyard wedding day in Washington, DC, as the groom playfully cleans his glasses with the bride's dress, in a nostalgic black and white styled image.

Heartwarming Backyard Wedding: Groom Playfully Cleans Glasses with Bride's Dress, Washington, DC

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In a private backyard in Elginburg, Ontario, a chicken curiously gazes at the beautiful bridal bouquet, adding a touch of whimsy to the wedding photo.

Curious Chicken Adds Whimsical Charm to Stunning Wedding Bouquet in Elginburg, Ontario Backyard

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The groom in Colorado Springs, Colorado was getting the kids ready for the backyard wedding ceremony, making sure their hair was perfectly in place

The groom ensured the kids were ready for the backyard wedding ceremony, with hair brushed and tidy

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The newlywed couple stopped to seal the night with a romantic kiss and dip while the guests lined up the walking lane with sparklers in the backyard of the bride's parents

The couple celebrated their special night with a romantic kiss and a sparkler-lit walk down the backyard lane

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Virginia wedding reportage photojournalist created this image during an outdoor Ceremony at home

A Fredericksburg, Virginia wedding photojournalist created this image during an outdoor Ceremony at home

Backyard Fredericksburg outdoor wedding Virginia grass Sarah Sta Ana at home

New York wedding photographer contest award winning image from the Backyard of their home during Cake cutting and feeding with their bored dog under the table

Long Island feeding cake cutting home table Backyard

LI NY wedding photography as A bride shows her hair to her friends as they all prepare for her wedding ceremony. They are all outside in the backyard of a private residence on a sunny fall day

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Artistic wedding photo created at home as the Couple's nephew blows bubbles during backyard intimate wedding in NJ

intimate wedding Backyard at home bubbles blows NJ

Artistic wedding photo showing Engagement ring on backyard plants in New Jersey

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Rio Grande do Sul wedding photographer taking pictures at a ceremony in the backyard of the grooms house of the Groom greeting his son

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Backyard Indian wedding of the bride's father and mother in full laughter

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Oakland, California wedding detail image of childhood pictures used to decorate the backyard wedding

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes backyard getting ready image showing some fun Girls time

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Backyard, Arvada Colorado outdoor wedding image of a mask snapping back onto his face, but covering all the wrong places

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Quebec outdoor wedding photography from a Backyard in Montreal of the Groom playing with his young nephew in the yard

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Tucker, GA Backyard Wedding | Groom reacts as he sees his bride coming down the aisle

Tucker, GA Backyard Wedding picture showing the Groom reacts as he sees his bride coming down the aisle

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Pine Lake, GA Backyard Wedding | Bride greets florist at socially distanced wedding

Pine Lake, GA Backyard Wedding picture showing the Bride greets florist at socially distanced wedding

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Engaged Couples Photographer | Couple's Back Yard, Falls Church, VA - Couple back to back, throwing holi powder up, side lit to catch the spray!

Engaged Photos from Couple's Back Yard going back to back, throwing holi powder up, side lit to catch the spray

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Graz Schlossberg wedding image of the bride shot from above in the backyard of the ceremony location. She picked the flowers for her bouquet herself.

wedding image of the bride shot from above in the backyard of the ceremony location. She picked the flowers for her bouquet herself.

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Boulder, CO backyard Engaged couple portrait on trampoline with holi powder

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MacCallum House, Mendocino outdoor ceremony - the bride and father of the bride ceremony walk through lush trees

MacCallum House, Mendocino outdoor ceremony image of the bride and father of the bride ceremony walking through lush trees

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Te Werve young guests watches cutting of the Wedding cake

image of Te Werve young guests watching the cutting of the Wedding cake

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