If you choose one of our WPJA West Virginia wedding photojournalists as your wedding photographer, please let them know you found them through the Wedding Photojournalist Association.

The WPJA at a glance: The Wedding Photojournalist Association puts the best West Virginia wedding photographers at your fingertips, by granting membership only to the most talented professional wedding photographers in the world--photographers who focus solely on using their documentary photography skills to capture ‘the moments’ of your wedding day.

Known as the Mountain State, West Virginia is amply equipped to provide magnificent surroundings and rugged landscapes that bring back scores of tourists and provide a surplus of wedding locations and wedding photography sites. Outdoor enthusiasts will love the great outdoors provided by attractions such a Monongahela National Forest and the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

Loaded with history, culture and scenery, West Virginia has much to offer wedding photographers in giving them options of backdrops to shoot pictures. There are more than 1 million acres have been saved for 37 state parks, 9 state forests and 2 national forests, giving couples endless options for wedding photography locations.

In areas where the land is level in West Virginia, the terrain is made of flat strips that lie along major rivers. The tallest point in West Virginia is Spruce Knob, which sits in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region, making for scenic panoramas that will enhance the pictures your wedding photographer will take. The land that travels eastward between Virginia and Maryland is known as the Eastern Panhandle, while the land traveling between Ohio and Pennsylvania is the Northern Panhandle, giving the state a beautiful and unique landscape to tuck in your wedding celebration.