Wedding Photos of Outside

The following “Outside” 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 “Outside” 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.

World's top and most original Newark, Nottingham wedding portrait photography of the Bride and Groom sitting outside colorful shop front

A top wedding reportage photographer in North Yorkshire captured this picture of The bride and all the wedding guests cheering as the groom in the foreground gives his speech outside

North Yorkshire reception picture groom North Yorkshire UK reception venue outdoors wedding guests cheering

High quality Ferme du Jardin d'Egypte wedding portrait session with this France bride and groom under a tree with lights outside at night just before opening the dance floor

Night Feigneux outside French portrait session Lights tree

A Lyon documentary wedding photographer in France captured this picture of an Emotional Daddy hugging the bride and groom outside

bride and groom daddy Coralie Castillo Lyon hugging emotional France wedding picture

A Cesenatico documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at Villa delle Rose showing the Bride throwing the bouquet of flowers at night outside

outside Villa delle Rose Cesenatico bride throwing Cesenatico documentary wedding photographer Night

A top France wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Chateau de Poudenas wedding venue showing the men outside on the lawn playing the rock paper sizzors hand game

outside Chateau de Poudenas rock paper scissors playing lawn men France wedding photojournalism

A Lille documentary style wedding image showing a moment outside of the Grooms best friends throwing the bride in the air

outside throwing bride air Best friends Lille documentary wedding image groom

A top France wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Belle Île home wedding location showing Kids playing outside during evening reception party happening indoors

Henri Deroche indoors France wedding photojournalism evening France Belle Île home wedding reception party

The National War Memorial, DC outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot showing The groom-to-be lifts his fiance

outside fiance DC lifts Bee Two Sweet Johnny Shryock couple

St Ouen, Jersey CI outside environmental prewedding photoshoot with the Couple embracing at sunset

St Ouen outside Couple embracing prewedding photoshoot sunset Jersey CI

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot with a mirror reflection below

John Ryan couple prewedding mirror J&J Studios Longwood Gardens reflection Kennett Square

Vosges outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot showing love is a rock

outside Vosges couple rock love prewedding photoshoot

Bolquère outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot at dusk near a cabin

photoshoot cabin dusk couple prewedding Bolquère

Cividale del Friuli, Udine outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot for a creative Night portrait

creative outside dusk couple prewedding Udine Aria di Foto

Guanella Pass, Georgetown outside environmental pre wedding photo created as A couple kisses in the mountains as sun washes over them

couple kisses msw photos sun washes outside Georgetown Guanella Pass

Denver, CO outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot with some laughing on an iron bridge

outside msw photos iron bridge CO photoshoot Denver laughing

An original Pyrenees-Orientales wedding art image at Mas del Ca detailing the bride walking down the stairs outside in the sunlight

outside Pyrenees-Orientales stairs sunlight walking Mas del Ca bride

Viseu, Portugal outside environmental couple prewedding image created as The peacock opens

Viseu outside prewedding image portugal couple peacock Portugal Nuno Lopes

Perth outside environmental pre wedding photos with A silhouette of the couple in blue and black

perth blue and black Jacob Gordon couple outside silhouette Perth pre wedding photo

Rize, Turkey outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot from a lookout over the mountain valley

Lookout couple outside Rize prewedding photoshoot rize mountain valley Turkey

San Francisco outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot with Striding giant steps and furry babies

Striding furry babies ca couple session Giant Steps outside San Francisco prewedding photoshoot San Francisco

San Francisco outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot showing The sweet lovers profiles are found

San Francisco outside CA couple ca prewedding photoshoot lovers profiles

Monjeau Lookout, NM outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in BW in the Ruidoso countryside

countryside Ruidoso Monjeau Lookout nm prewedding photoshoot outside bw NM

Monjeau Lookout, Ruidoso, New Mexico outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot against a dark blue sky

NM couple prewedding photoshoot Ruidoso Monjeau Lookout dark blue sky outside New Mexico

Meschers sur Gironde, France outside environmental pre wedding photoshoot with A couple embracing each other

outside ocean sea Pre wedding Photoshoot water Meschers sur Gironde France

Cidade de Piranhas outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot showing a Silhouette with artificial light and sunrise with the São Francisco River in the background

sunrise creative couple outside prewedding photoshoot artificial light silhouette Cidade de Piranhas

Maceió, Alagoas outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot with a man and woman on the beach, and the wind blows her hair

Alagoas photographer man and woman Alagoas hair outside wind prewedding photoshoot

Jequiá da Praia, Alagoas outside environmental prewedding photoshoot with a couple hugging in front of plants, and a coconut husk makes a frame for them

frame Couple hugging Alagoas Jequiá da Praia outside Alagoas prewedding photoshoot plants

Lincoln Park, Chicago outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in the sunshine under the trees

Chicago Chicago photographer prewedding photoshoot sunshine under trees Chicago couple outside

Domaine de Grillions, France outside environmental prewedding photoshoot showing A couple on straw bales look at each other

France couple Domaine de Grillions straw bales France photographer rural farm France

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