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The following “Natural setting” 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 “Natural setting” 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.

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In Cividale del Friuli, Udine, Italy, a couple of lovers, smiling and hugging in nature, are captured in a portrait session, set against low stone walls.
Romantic Engagement Portrait in Cividale del Friuli, Udine, Italy, Capturing Smiling Couple in Nature
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Soon-to-be-married couple poses for photos in a beautiful cave near trees at Cenote Complex Dos Ojos Tulum Mexico, capturing their love for each other in a peaceful, natural setting.
Enchanting Love: Engagement Portraits in Cave at Dos Ojos Tulum, Mexico with Happily Couple
Tulum Engagement Portraitlayered portraitTulumtreesCenote Dos Ojos TulumMexicojungle
In the peaceful Pentland Hills of Edinburgh, Scotland, a soon-to-be-wed couple enjoys a relaxed evening portrait session in a romantic natural setting.
Tranquil Twilight: Portrait Session in the Pentland Hills
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Engagement portrait of a couple in a serene, natural setting in La Rochelle, France.
French Flair: Vows, & Vintage Wheels in La Rochelle
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Capturing the pure love and connection between the couple as they embrace each other in a beautiful natural setting at Waddesdon Hill.
Embracing Eternal Love at Waddesdon: Couple's Connection in the Natural Setting
rural portraitwooden fencesBuckinghamshire Engagement PhotographyWaddesdon Hillnatural settingBuckinghamshireconnection
A Bozeman wedding photographer captures a couple in a river, wading in water and embracing. This image is a fine art portrait that beautifully showcases the couple's love and connection in a natural setting.
Embracing Love: River Romantics in Bozeman Engagement Portrait
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Sand Harbor State Park in Nevada provides a stunning backdrop as a couple embraces on the boulders of the shore of Lake Tahoe. Captured by a Nevada wedding photographer, this image showcases the beauty and romance of the couple in a natural setting.
Embrace on Tahoe's Rocks: Nevada Love Story at Sand Harbor State
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In Cerrada del Utrero, Cazorla, Jaén, Spain, this pre-wedding portrait captures a joyful moment by a waterfall. The man holds his fiancée, and both share genuine smiles in the enchanting natural setting. - Waterfall Joy at Cazorla del Utrero
Joyful couple embraces by waterfall in Spanish countryside - Cazorla Elopement Bliss
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At Rambouillet, a couple is embracing in the natural surroundings, captured in a close-up black and white shot, sharing an intimate kiss
Embraced in Rambouillet's Splendor: A Close-Up Black and White Portrait of Love
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A documentary wedding photographer captured this award-winning image at Camp Kamaji in Minnesota. The photo shows a kid in an orange suit running towards the bride outdoors in a natural setting.
Camp Kamaji Minnesota: A kid in Orange runs towards the Bride in Nature Outdoors
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A couple in France's city of Orléans is seen embracing in a natural setting, with a low camera angle showing the beautiful green foliage surrounding them
Orléans Oasis: Embracing Love in Nature's Embrace
Orléansnatural settingOrleans Engagement SessionFrancelow camera anglegreen foliage
Lifestyle portrait of a couple capturing their love at Raucoules, in the Loire region, as they embrace on a charming little bridge amidst a picturesque blooming natural setting
Blooming Love: Capturing a Couple's Embrace on a Charming Bridge at Raucoules, Loire Region
charming bridgeLoire RegionRaucoules Engagement PortraitAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesRaucoulesnatural settingHaute Loire
In a stunning natural setting at Flatirons Vista Trail in Boulder, CO, a couple wearing big smiles leans in closely to each other during their engagement photo shoot
Embracing Love amidst Mother Nature's Splendor: A Joyful Engagement at Flatirons Vista Trail, Boulder, CO
Flatirons Vista Trailblack and whiteColoradobouldersmilesleaning inBoulder engagement session
An engagement portrait taken at a forest park, where the couple is dressed in traditional clothing and capturing their love and joy in a natural and picturesque setting
Love and Joy Captured: Traditional Attire Engagement Portrait in Forest Park
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A couple took a series of wedding photos in a forest park in China
Forest Park Wedding Photos: Couple Captures Memorable Moments in China's Serene Natural Setting
red dressforest engagementforest parknatural settingChinaChina PreWedding Portrait
In Sofia, Bulgaria, the couple stand in the tree branches creating a natural and romantic atmosphere for their engagement wedding photography session
Sofia, Bulgaria Engagement Wedding Photography: Romantic Couple Poses in Tree Branches for Natural Atmosphere
tree branchesromantic atmosphereSofianatural settingSofia engagement photography
A picture of a couple in Biebersee, Cham, Switzerland, sitting on a wooden bench in a natural setting, embracing each other during the golden hour
Biebersee, Cham, Switzerland: Couple Embracing on Wooden Bench in Scenic Natural Setting at Golden Hour
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Montpellier couple stroll through an orchard in this natural engagement session
In Montpellier, a blissful engaged couple walked through an orchard, basking in love
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The bride poses with a large bouquet of fall-toned flowers in the majestic mountains of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
The bride is artfully captured with her bouquet of flowers in a natural outdoor setting with soft illumination
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At the bridgeport art center, chicago, a ceremony kiss for the couple
The couple had a romantic outdoor ceremony kiss captured with creative framing in a natural setting
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This creative wedding day portrait captures the bride standing in profile, surrounded by trees in a gorgeous natural setting
In a gorgeous natural setting, the Istanbul bride is standing in profile surrounded by trees is captured in this creative wedding day portrait
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Tuscany engagement photography session in a natural setting
Tuscany engagement photography session in a natural setting
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Mumbai pre-wedding photography session at the beach with birds
Pre-wedding photography session at the beach with birds in the sky creates a dynamic and natural setting for the couple's portrait
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