Wedding Photos of Washington DC

The following “Washington DC” 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 “Washington DC” 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.

The couple posed face-to-face for a portrait in the rain at Longview Gallery, located in the alley behind in Washington, DC

The couple posed for a portrait in the rain-soaked alley behind the art gallery

Face to face DC photographer Washington DC colorful background Long View Gallery art gallery

A pre-wedding lifestyle couple portrait was taken at Blagden Alley in Washington DC, featuring lush green foliage in the background and out of focus foreground

A couple posed for a lifestyle engagement portrait with lush green foliage in the background and out of focus greens in the foreground

DC engagement photography Blagden Alley green foliage framed through leaves Washington DC

Outside the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, the couple hops up on the ledge across from the Jefferson Memorial just as the wind blew and the light changed

A couple posed for a lifestyle engagement portrait, hopping up on a ledge as the wind blew and the light changed

Thomas Jefferson Memorial DC engagement photography windy Washington DC silhouette ledge

The bride glowed as she danced in the center of the Fairmont Hotel's DC reception, surrounded by her closest friends and family

At the Hotel reception, the bride was joyfully dancing surrounded by her beloved friends and family

Washington DC dancing Fairmont Hotel dance floor dc wedding venue joyful bride DC photographer

The happy couple danced on the Iron Gate, Washington DC dancefloor with the slow shutter causing light painting the backdrop

The guests moved across the dancefloor, the slow shutter blurring lines of light around them

DC photographer dc wedding venue dance floor Washington DC iron gate blurring light slow shutter

The Washington DC bride wrote her heartfelt vows against a stark white backdrop

The bride expressed her emotions through her handwritten vows, written on a crisp white bedsheet

DC photographer Washington DC handwriting vows white backdrop

The couple's heartfelt toast echoed through DAR Constitution Hall in DC, as they looked out from the upper balcony, surrounded by their loved ones below

The bride and groom toasted from the upper balcony, surrounded by their loved ones

toasting DC photographer DAR Constitution Hall upper balcony Washington DC

The bride is putting on lipstick using a small round mirror in her DC apartment, with a framed picture of a man in his tuxedo behind her enjoying a cigarette and a drink

The bride is applying her lipstick, aided by a small round mirror and near a framed photograph a man in his tuxedo

drink black and white Washington DC lipstick round mirror cigarette portrait on wall

Lifestyle pre wedding couple portrait from the National Gallery of Art

A split-framed vertical image of a pre-wedding couple's lifestyle portrait on two different staircases

minimalistic portrait staircases National Gallery of Art Washington DC dc wedding photographer

Picture of a couple at the Copycat Bar, 1110 H Street NE, Washington DC and using a poster as the backdrop at the scene of their first date during their engagement session

using a poster as the backdrop at the scene of their first date during their engagement session

profile portrait Washington DC Copycat Bar poster backdrop DC photographer

DC wedding photographer at Copycat Bar, Washington DC while using defining accessories in their silhouette photo at the scene of their first date during their engagement shoot

silhouette photo at the scene of their first date

Washington DC Silhouette portrait Copycat Bar ponytail DC photographer

an engagement portrait from a low angle under a big tree

low angle big tree Washington DC DC photographer

The couple is in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC for a sitting BW portrait session

couple is in front of the Memorial for a sitting BW portrait session

Washington DC bw portrait DC photographer low angle portrait Lincoln Memorial

At the Lincoln Memorial, a couple is standing in formal clothing in Washington DC

couple is standing in formal clothing before big white monument columns

Lincoln Memorial formal clothing bw portrait DC photographer columns Washington DC

The Washington D.C. couple is about to kiss at the Smithsonian Castle Gardens

Washington DC bw portrait Smithsonian Castle Gardens DC photographer

BW portrait from the Smithsonian Castle Gardens, created as the couple embraces in a garden

DC photographer bw portrait Smithsonian Castle Gardens garden engagement couple embrace Washington DC

At The Warf, Washington DC, a couple embrace on the stairs with nice backlight

At The Wharf, Washington DC, a couple embrace on the stairs with nice backlight

Washington DC stairs DC photographer standing on stairs couple embrace The Wharf DC

At the Constitution Gardens of Washington D.C., the couple embraces a warm hug

Constitution Gardens DC photographer Washington DC warm hug couple embrace

Pre wedding photograph of a Washington DC couple showing hands with prints of hands and saying You can't stop us

Washington DC hands DC photographer couple kissing

Washington DC couple posing for a bokeh portrait in a A light of love pre wedding photo

urban Engagement silhouette DC photographer Washington DC bokeh portrait

A DC photographer captured the bride dancing in a silhouette at Fathom Gallery in Washington DC in a wedding photograph

A wedding photograph in black and white captures the bride dancing in a striking silhouette

Fathom Gallery DC photographer Bride dancing Washington DC dancing silhouette

At the Three Star Brewing Company, Washington, DC, the bride and her dad feeling the love during a joint father daughter and mother son dance

At the Brewing Company wedding venue, the bride and her dad shared a special moment while they danced together during the father daughter and mother son dance

Three Star Brewing Company Washington DC father daughter dance dc wedding venue dc wedding photographer Mother Son Dance

DC Engagement Session at the Mary Ripley Garden in Washington

a couple pose at the Mary Ripley Garden in DC

DC photographer Mary Ripley Garden Washington DC couple posing

National Gallery of Art Engagement Photo from DC | View Portrait Now | DC Couple, Gallery, Framed Picture - Pre-Wedding Image created as a picture within a picture at the National Gallery of Art in the District of Columbia

couple engagement image at the National Gallery of Art in DC

Washington DC minimalism National Gallery of Art DC photographer artistic engagement portrait

Washington DC lifestyle engagement photography of a couple at Meridian Hill Park

bw portrait DC photographer Meridian Hill Park Washington DC tender kiss

A lifestyle engagement portrait session in Washington DC for a couple kissing at night in Meridian Hill Park

DC photographer night portrait couple kissing Meridian Hill Park Washington DC

Washington DC nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a sunset silhouette couple at Meridian Hill Park

sunset portrait Silhouette portrait Washington DC DC photographer Meridian Hill Park

A Washington DC sunset lifestyle couple portrait session in Meridian Hill Park with a tender kiss at sunset by the trees

Washington DC sunset portrait tender kiss DC photographer Meridian Hill Park

A Washington DC, on location couple lifestyle walking portrait in black and white at Meridian Hill Park

bw portrait DC photographer Washington DC Meridian Hill Park

Washington DC lifestyle engagement photography of a couple in front a cathedral with a low angle silhouette

DC photographer low angle Washington DC cathedral Silhouette portrait

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