Wedding Photos of Outdoor

The following “Outdoor” 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 “Outdoor” 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.

Outdoor Hove Beach engagement photography portraits with the couple rocking those shades

Outdoor Biarritz, France couple engagement photography portraits with a double exposure on the beach

Biarritz Biarritz engagement photography Basque Country France wedding photography France couple double exposure beach

Outdoor Haan, Germany engagement photography portrait for a couple In love and on the ground

Germany from above ground Haan photographer Outdoor Haan Haan couple portrait

Outdoor couple engagement photography portraits of a couple framed in Pass Lake with dramatic clouds all around the mountains behind them

outdoor couple portrait co couple Summit County photographer couple framed dramatic clouds adventure engagement photography mountains

Outdoor Iceland couple engagement photography portrait with a high angle symmetrical view

view Engagement photography Iceland couple Iceland weddings high angle Outdoor symmetrical

Outdoor Iceland couple engagement photography portrait in a sea of stones at the quarry

Outdoor Patterns stones rocks quarry Iceland photographer Iceland engagement portrait

Outdoor Iceland couple engagement photography portraits against a black rock cliff with a yellow dress

Iceland couple Iceland engagement photography Black Iceland couple portrait yellow dress rock cliff Outdoor

Brittany, Rennes outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the arrival of the cake and champagne via a boat

boat arrival Rennes photography champagne marriage reception party Hong Phuc Bui

Outdoor Calle Terraplen, San Miguel de Allende couple engagement photography portraits with a classic VW blue car

vintage classic San Miguel de Allende Calle Terraplen car Calle Terraplen couple engagement Blue

Outdoor Oingt Couple session in front of the church

lyon wedding photographer Outdoor blue sky Oingt Couple session Oingt church kiss

Tunnels Beaches outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded silhouette conversations

Ilfracombe dusk sunset Outdoor Resort hotel marriage reception party United Kingdom weddings

The Illinois WPJA is proud to award this non traditional Itasca wedding image from The Westin Hotel of an IL groom during outdoor baraat tradition

Illinois IL groom Outdoor tradition Itasca Westin Hotel

Outdoor Maxwell Falls, Colorado engagement photography portraits with a Couple navigating rocks by waterfall

Outdoor Maxwell Falls Colorado photography portrait navigating waterfall rocks Colorado engagements

Occitanie outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing Traditional musicians are playing music for bride and groom with emotions

instruments musicians marriage ceremony image emotions Occitanie bride and groom brass

Netherlands wedding venue outdoor reception photography of the bride and groom walking back to the shore via this jetty After a small photo opportunity, this is a drone photo

jetty Netherlands couple Netherlands wedding venue bride and groom drone photo Reception Photography walking

Udine, Italy wedding photographer contest award winning image sample of the outdoor Confetti moment

IT outdoor wedding confetti Udine Italy couple italy wedding photographer Outdoor

Dublin City best wedding reportage photography in Ireland showing a pic of A crowd of revellers outdoor drinking during Covid rules react to seeing the newlyweds

drinking newlyweds Dublin City crowd Dublin wedding photography Outdoor

Best wedding reportage photography from East Rildesten showing a pic of the outdoor First Dance

East Rildesten Janina Brocklesby grass UK wedding reportage photography Outdoor Lancashire photographer sunlight

Silverwood Park outdoor couple portrait in MN as the couple walks through a field

couple portrait field Silverwood Park black and white walk bw Outdoor

Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day in the shadows and framing

shadows mountain Turkey pre wedding Turkey Goreme framing

Cappadocia, Turkey micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a playful lift as the balloons are also lifting off

Cappadocia pre wedding Turkey balloons Cappadocia photo session lifting off playful

Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, AB, Canada micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day perched on a rock with colorful Umbrellas

Banff National Park AB mountain Moraine Lake photo session colorful umbrellas

Rocher du Falkenstein outdoor couple photo session before the wedding day showing a low camera angle with a centered, lone tree

Rocher du Falkenstein Outdoor Rocher du Falkenstein pre wedding Rocher du Falkenstein couple photo low camera angle centered Marck Yvan

Rocky Mountain National Park micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day enjoying each other during the sunset

enjoying RMNP photo session Outdoor RMNP wedding photo sunset Rocky Mountain National Park mountain

Siena, Tuscany creative wedding detail image showing the outdoor seating plan

seating plan Tuscany wedding detail image tuscany weddings Outdoor Tuscany photographer

Big Bend National Park micro outdoor mountain adventure photo session before the wedding day

black and white El Paso adventure photo session Outdoor mountain Big Bend National Park engagement shoot

Big Bend National Park micro outdoor mountain Adventure Engagement Session

Adventure Engagement Session mountain Outdoor sunset Big Bend National Park warm light El Paso

Big Bend National Park micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a couple holding hands under a light

wedding couple holding hands El Paso light mountain photo session lit Outdoor

Big Bend National Park Adventure micro outdoor mountain photo session with sun flare

Big Bend National Park sunshine Outdoor sun flare mountain photo session El Paso sunlight

Baker Beach, San Francisco, California micro outdoor photo session before the wedding day showing the Roots of love

Baker Beach photo session California Outdoor roots Tyler Vu love Baker Beach

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