Wedding Photos of Arlington

The following “Arlington” 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 “Arlington” 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.

A creative studio photographer in Arlington, Virginia took a double exposure portrait of a couple before wedding day, featuring the clock numbers of their wedding date

Arlington-based Studio Photographer Creates Double Exposure Engagement Portrait Featuring Couple's Wedding Date

Best Top of the Town wedding venue photography in Arlington, Virginia showing the groom practicing the marimba before the ceremony starts

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Arlington County Fair post proposal photography showing a smiling Virginia couple laughing together while riding the carousel near the funnel cake stand

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Arlington, Virginia artistic wedding day portrait at Top of the Town - the backlit couple with the lens flare and city skyline behind them at night

Arlington, Virginia artistic wedding day portrait at Top of the Town showing the backlit couple with the lens flare and city skyline behind them at night

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Friendship Arch, Chinatown DC pre-wedding engagement photoshoot for An elegant couple posing at night while traffic whizzes by

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Brookside Gardens, Maryland engagement photo showcasing the natural ease of The couple embraced at the pond with a reflection of the sky

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A pre-wedding session in Brookside Gardens, MD highlighting the fun that they are having together as they embrace at the pond

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A pre-wedding Shenandoah National Park engagement session with a couple at Fall during golden hour

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Shenandoah National Park pre-wed portrait of a couple that was taking a walk with a sunburst

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Shenandoah National Park picture session for a carefree engaged couple that is framed in a mountain scene

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Shenandoah National Park pre-wedding engagement session capturing the couple embraced on a cliff

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A wedding photojournalist in Georgetown DC at the Westin captured this moment as The bridesmaids help the bride into her dress

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A Oxon Hill Manor documentary-style wedding image showing a moment of The bride dancing at her reception with a zip-tie crown

An Oxon Hill Manor documentary-style wedding image showing a moment of The bride dancing at her reception with a zip-tie crown

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Modern Arlington, Virginia wedding picture showing the ray of light highlights the amethyst engagement ring in the brides bouquet

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VA artistic wedding portrait from Arlington of the posed couple at the church

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Virginia wedding photography from Arlington showing Mom helping the bride getting ready with her shoes

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Virginia engagement portrait with a posed couple at the Gulf Branch Park & Nature Center, Arlington, VA showing a Shadow of kiss

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Sunrise engagement session at the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, VA with the DC skyline in the back.

Sunrise engagement session with the skyline in the back

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Gravelly Point Park, Arlington, VA engagement photographer: The couple brushing up on their French and Spanish for their honeymoon

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Gravelly Point Park, Arlington, VA pre-wedding photographer: The couple was taking time to gaze into each other's eyes instead of watching the departing jet

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Top of the Town - Arlington VA - Wedding photo of the Bride & Groom in the center of a hectic dance floor with epic backlight

Bride and Groom in the center of a hectic dance floor

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The gifted necklaces got stuck on the bride

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Couple's apartment building elevator hallway - Silhouette engagement portrait in Arlington Virginia

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Portrait of the Bride and Groom

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Looking toward her husband-to-be during their Arlington, VA ceremony at 2941 Restaurant, VA

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The minimalist stair setting's graphic lines provided the perfect backdrop for the couple's engagement photos

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The couple's engagement photos were stunning, with them wrapped in a flag and surrounded by a repeating pattern of lights

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She stood beneath the billowing clouds, and with a laugh, she tossed a morsel of food into his open mouth

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dancing action photo from a wedding reception venue in Arlington

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