Wedding Photos of Silhouettes

The following “Silhouettes” 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 “Silhouettes” 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.

Engagement prewedding photoshoot at sunset at the water

Calista Spa Hotel, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria - The Reflection Picture of The Bride and The Groom

bulgaria wedding venue portrait pond Bulgaria bridal reflection ruse wedding photographer

South Lake Tahoe, California Silhouette photo of the couple sitting down, enjoying a calm Tahoe sunset

dusk South Lake Tahoe wedding photographer California bride and groom silhouettes lake California

Flanders reception venue photo of the bride and groom looking at each other silhouetted against a nice sky

framing clouds trees silhouettes Flanders wedding photo flanders wedding photographer Fille Roelants

Spain Noto wedding portrait photo | Couple at sunset | Bride and Groom photography

Photo by: Sergio Cueto - Alcala de Henares Madrid

lamps spain wedding photographer groom Spain marriage silhouettes Spain marriage photo

Spain Monico Wedding Photography | Portrait of the Couple at sunset

silhouettes Spain bride and groom groom fall Spain Monico Spain bridal

Alsace wedding reception portrait photo session with the groom and bride against wall

Patterns Alsace wedding portrait Alsace portrait image bride lamps silhouettes Blue

Rotterdam hospital wedding day portraits with city frames and love

artistic escalators Rotterdam wedding portrait posing bride silhouettes Rotterdam portrait image

Dordrecht - Netherlands Wedding Portrait Photography - Romantic Summer night

Photo by: Marlies Dekker - Rotterdam Zuid Holland

blue sky silhouettes Blue Marlies Dekker city skyline Dordrecht lens flare

Baltimore Metro Station wedding photographer: This image was taken in the Baltimore Metro Station with a lighted gel

photo was created in the Baltimore Metro Station with a lighted gel

Baltimore Metro Station Maryland Baltimore marriage photo Lights Baltimore marriage silhouettes Baltimore wedding photographer

Woodholme Country Club Silhouette Wedding Party Walking Portrait

Woodholme Country Club Silhouette Portrait

Balitmore bridesmaids Maryland wedding portrait Woodholme Country Club groom wedding photography

Beach Engagement Picture with Lighthouse

beach lighthouse Santa Cruz pre wedding portraits sunset Shea McGrath Santa Cruz engagement photographer Santa Cruz Beach

Gilbert White house, Hampshire, UK wedding venue images - Last of the autumn light

UK wedding venue portrait showing the Last of the autumn light

UK sunset Gilbert White house silhouettes Hampshire portrait image purple

Forest Lake Camp (Upstate New York) Wedding Portait Session at Night. | Bride and groom under the stars

Upstate New York Wedding Portrait Session of the couple at Night

Forest Lake Camp dusk lake flash silhouettes NY portrait image NY wedding portrait

Silhouette shot of a couple touching heads during blue hour

sunset portrait touching heads Louvre pre wedding portrait Jeremie Sangare Louvre engagement photography Paris Louvre

Silhouette picture of a couple walking on rocks on a cliff above the ocean at sunset

Vendee pre wedding portraits silhouettes Jeremie Sangare Vendee Vendee engagement photos ocean Vendee e shoot

Silhouette shot of a couple touching heads in a tiny street

touching heads Les Sables dOlonne pre wedding portrait silhouettes Jeremie Sangare Les Sables dOlonne engagement photography Les Sables dOlonne e session Les Sables dOlonne

England Staffordshire engagement photographer for sunset sessions

sunset portrait Staffordshire engagement photography silhouettes couple portrait session Staffordshire Janina Brocklesby Staffordshire England

wedding venue photography portrait of couple

Cappadocia couple silhouettes Cappadocia Wedding Venue shoot desert Hot air balloons

beach wedding day portrait of a silhouetted couple in black and white

black and white Romantic Fate kissing shadows clouds memories Northampton photography

Tuscany, Siena Couple Dancing at sunset during engagement portrait session

Siena pre wedding portrait Siena Siena e session sunset portrait Tuscany silhouettes

Wedding Venue Picture | Silhouettes of the reception dancers against the tipi

wedding venue Picture Silhouettes silhouettes Porthilly Farm tipi dancers Porthilly Farm Wedding

wedding day photo session - Golden sea portrait of the bride and groom at sunset

sunset groom Portugal wedding bride portrait Areias do Seixo Portugal photo session

Shadows, sky and a couple during their Mazarron - Murcia photo session.

bridge Murcia architecture historical Murcia wedding couple columns building

The Lamot Mechelen wedding was beautiful, with silhouettes of the bride and groom framed in the night sky, illuminated by the hanging lights and large windows

Lit up by lights and windows, the bride and groom's silhouettes were visible against the night sky

silhouettes night sky hanging lights bride and groom portrait large windows Leuven

stonebrae country club wedding venue photo of the couple dancing at sunset against the blue sky

Couple dancing at sunset, blue sky backdrop, Stonebrae Country Club wedding venue

deep blue sky tall grass bouquet stonebrae country club silhouettes San Francisco San Francisco wedding photography

Netherlands Haarijnse Plas - bokeh silhouette portrait

NL engagement session NL wedding couple silhouettes sunset Netherlands Haarijnse Plas

Pre-Wedding Shoot with a couple under a tree at sunset

Barcelona engagement photography under tree silhouettes Barcelona framed in tree

Leshten wedding photographer | Rodopski Kyt bride, groom and their friends

An artistic wedding photographer captured the bride, groom and their friends toasting at dusk under strings of lights

Leshten Leshten Wedding Photography toasting Rodopski Kyt silhouettes dusk sunset

Gantry Plaza Park - NY couple and their dog at night during engagement session

At the Plaza, the couple and their dog at night during engagement session

puppy nyc engagement photographer pets dog Gantry Plaza Park NY silhouettes

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