Wedding Photos of North Carolina

The following “North Carolina” 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 “North Carolina” 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.

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

An after the marriage proposal North Carolina engagement photograph at the Greensboro Arboretum showing the couple playing in a tall bush

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An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session at the Greensboro Arboretum in North Carolina with the couple playing like love birds

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A wedding photo at Morehead Inn in Charlotte, NC shows the couple holding Scrabble letters spelling out "He said 'I do.' and she said, 'I do, too.'"

At Charlotte, NC a wedding photo captures the couple with Scrabble letters spelling "He said 'I do.' and she said, 'I do, too.'"

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Biltmore House post proposal portrait photos of a happy Asheville couple showing Just two of them on a twinkle light planet

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Asheville Arboretum post proposal portraits from a North Carolina couple engagement session with rose flower petals falling on their heads under the clear umbrella

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Frank Liske Park post proposal photography showing a smiling Concord NC couple with trees and light in their love

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Charlotte lifestyle couples portraits session at Freedom Park in North Carolina with a water fountain on the pond

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Charlotte NC lifestyle couples portrait session at night in the city in BW

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North Carolina lifestyle couples photography at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Gaston County, NC with layers of purple flowers

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Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden lifestyle portrait photography for a North Carolina couple who are engaged and enjoying running on the path under the water fountain streams in the park

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Charlotte lifestyle couples portrait photography at Johnson C Smith University in North Carolina with blooming yellow flowers in the foreground

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A Charlotte lifestyle couple photo session at Catawba Brewing Co in North Carolina with wooden kegs of beer stored on racks in the warehouse

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Frank Liske Park lifestyle portrait session in Concord, North Carolina for a couple So in love and their hearts are about to pop along with their bubble gum bubbles

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Stone Mountain lifestyle couples portrait session in North Carolina in the forest with a fern leaf covering his kiss to her cheek

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North Carolina lifestyle couples photography in the South End of Charlotte showing the light in their love

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Brown Mountain Beach Resort lifestyle portrait photography in Lenoir for a North Carolina couple who are engaged and standing near the water with two geese

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North Carolina lifestyle couples portrait photography at Brown Mountain Beach Resort in Lenoir showing her Lip stamps of lipstick on his face because he is hers

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A Huntersville NC lifestyle couple photo session at Lake Norman State Park as they are lying down on their backs on the roadway with painted directional arrows

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North Carolina lifestyle couples portraits session at Jetton Park in Cornelius, NC showing he is So loved like the loved emoji

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Cornelius NC lifestyle couples portrait session at Jetton Park showing they are Celebrating their engagement

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An extraordinary Corolla NC wedding picture by a pro North Carolina photographer at The Mark Twain vacation rental revealing the Bride crosses through traffic on the beach during the wedding processional

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Magnolia Room wedding reportage photojournalist created this image showing everyone cheering to the bride, the queen of the day

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An extraordinary Azalea Retreat at Lake Norman wedding image by a professional North Carolina photographer conveying the First kiss and the guests couldnt be happier

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A North Carolina Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this fun portrait of this Charlotte couple laughing after a drink and a game at a local bar

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Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC session for a carefree engaged couple wanting a Silhouette portrait at sunset

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Pisgah National Forest, Asheville, NC pre-wed portraits for a fun couple in the scene that compliments the landscape

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World's most artistic and best photography from Pretty Place, Camp Greenville during an Environmental shoot of the wedding venue during the ceremony to showcase the backdrop, while using storytelling elements

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This North Carolina wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional Kills Devil Hills wedding photography looks like, as the bride gets ready with the flower girls at The Atlantis

This North Carolina wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional Kill Devil Hills wedding photography looks like, as the bride gets ready with the flower girls at The Atlantis

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Wake Forest, North Carolina marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The bride makes angels in confetti after their special exit

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