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.

An emotional Washington DC documentary wedding photography example from The National Mall showing a tender embrace between family members at a private small wedding ceremony

Best Washington DC documentary wedding photography showing a Wedding guest doing backflips in the middle of a dance circle during the wedding reception

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Best Washington DC documentary wedding picture from Heurich Museum showing a Reflection of the speech and toast in the Museums classic architectural features with modern neighborhood

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Washignton DC wedding reportage photographer captured this moment showing Wedding guests reacting to another guests who all of a sudden was swinging from the rafters in the middle of the dance floor

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Best Washington DC wedding photojournalism picture from The Mayflower created as A bride and groom embrace during their first dance

DC wedding photojournalism bride and groom Brittany Diliberto The Mayflower Hotel Washington DC first dance embrace

A creative Washington DC pre wedding session for a couple as they laugh together

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A Washington DC wedding image from the brides home created as The bridemaids are looking at their gift

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A first class Washington DC wedding portrait of this bride and groom at the Ritz Carlton resulting in a Beautiful window lit portrait

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A commendable District Winery wedding art image of the Washington DC bridal party for a group photo at the venue

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Washington DC couple pre-wed portrait of a couple that was truly having fun in the park

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Washington DC BW picture session for an engaged couple in the park

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Washington DC couple engagement portraits at the Kennedy Center with a couple enjoying the soft glowing light

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Kennedy Center, DC pre-wed portraits for a fun Washington couple against marble walls

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Artistic wedding photo from the District Of Columbia of The groom and the bride posing with their feet surrounded by leaves of fall colors

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World's best and most unconventional wedding photography from Washington DC showing us in BW that The bride is getting ready

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A wedding photojournalist at the Ritz Carlton in Washington DC captured this moment showing The band joining the dance floor

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A wedding photojournalist captured this moment in Prince William Forest in Washington DC showing The mother of the bride hugs her new son-in-law as she and helps give away the bride

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Washington DC outside environmental prewedding photoshoot with The couple in a park in Takoma

DC couple park prewedding photoshoot outside Takoma Washington DC

View this grand Lincoln Memorial Wedding couple portrait in the rain which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Washington DC from the WPJA

Lincoln Memorial Wedding couple portrait in the rain which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Washington DC

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Washington DC bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot at the National Arboretum as the couple embrace on a windy day in the magnolia trees

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DC bride and groom to be, posturing for an engagement image at The Reflecting Pool as the couple walk along the pool, she's in a red dress, and a gentleman on a red capital bike share bike rides through the shot

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DC bride and groom to be, sitting for a Lincoln Memorial pre-wedding engagement session as the couple sit on the edge of the memorial, looking out at the reflecting pool

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Washington DC bride and groom to be, sitting for a pre-wedding engagement session at Lincoln Memorial

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DC bride and groom to be, posing for a Lincoln Memorial pre-wedding engagement photo shoot as a plane flies overhead

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DC bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture at the Enid A. Haupt Gardens, Smithsonian Castle with an embrace in a sea of magnolia flowers

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DC bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture at the WWII Memorial, a night portrait of the groom dipping his fiance in front of a big fountain

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Georgetown bride and groom to be, posing for a DC pre-wedding engagement photo shoot as the couple runs playfully down a steep brick sidewalk

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DC bride and groom to be, posturing for a Georgetown engagement image showing The couple is framed in silhouette in an opening at the top of the Exorcist Stairs in Georgetown

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DC bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture at the National Gallery of Art in the East Building as the couple embrace, looking left, on the corner of the building, framed in a triangular reflection

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Enid A. Haupt Gardens couple e-session at the Smithsonian Castle, Washington DC standing in the Moongate Arch, framed by spring trees and leaves

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