Wedding Photos of Backyard

The following “Backyard” 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 “Backyard” 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.

In the backyard of the bride’s parents’ home, the couple, dressed in wedding attire, holds matching mugs reading “Love you to the moon and back,” highlighting a sweet personal detail.

Couple Holds Matching Mugs During A Relaxed Backyard Moment In Noord Brabant, Netherlands

During a backyard ceremony near Normandy, France, a family member, tasked with handing out petals, gets a playful surprise as others dump a few on his head for fun.

Playful Moment Unfolds During Backyard Ceremony Near Normandy, France

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In the backyard of a home in Roswell, Georgia, the couple shares their first dance, surrounded by friends and family beneath the dark evening sky.

Couple Shares Their First Dance During A Backyard Wedding In Roswell, Georgia

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In the backyard of a home on Northside Drive in Atlanta, the bride and groom share a surprised reaction when a flower unexpectedly lands on the groom’s head during their celebration.

A Flower Lands On The Groom’s Head, Surprising The Couple In The Backyard Of Their Northside Drive, Atlanta Home.

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Bride standing in the backyard of a home in Atlanta, Georgia, with her tennis shoes playfully visible beneath her wedding dress.

Bride’s Tennis Shoes Visible Beneath Wedding Dress In Backyard Portrait Atlanta Georgia

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In a cozy Maryland backyard, a father dances with his daughter while a mother shares the dance floor with her son, highlighting the family’s joyful milestones.

A Father And Daughter Dance Together In A Cozy Maryland Backyard Highlighting Joyful And Significant Family Milestones

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In a backyard in Hammonton, New Jersey, a detail image captures the elegant bridesmaid dresses and vibrant flowers, while the ring bearer joyfully entertains himself, adding a playful and endearing touch to the scene.

Ring Bearer Enjoys Moment Amid Elegant Dresses and Flowers in Hammonton Backyard

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In a charming backyard in Hammonton, New Jersey, the maid of honor begins to cry, moved by the emotional sight of the bride walking down the aisle at the wedding.

Maid of Honor Tears Up as Bride Walks Down Aisle in Hammonton, New Jersey Backyard Wedding

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A detail shot captures the bride and groom cutting into their wedding cake in a Hammonton, New Jersey backyard. The image focuses on their hands and scattered small cakes in white.

Hammonton Backyard Bliss: Bride & Groom Cut Cake Amongst White Delights

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In Washington D.C., a WPJA professional captures a charming embrace during an engagement session as the couple shares a tender kiss in their backyard garden, surrounded by rustic wood fencing.

DC WPJA Pro Captures Engagement Kiss In Backyard Garden

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A newlywed couple kiss under a beautiful veil, at a charming backyard wedding in Oshkosh, WI, featured by WPJA and The Artistic Guild.

Charming Backyard Wedding Portrait in Oshkosh, WI

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Photographer captured a touching moment of the bride reading her vows during an outdoor ceremony in her parents' backyard in Roswell, Georgia.

Emotional Bride Reads Vows in Parents' Roswell Backyard - Outdoor Ceremony Captured Perfectly

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Captured in Bourne, Massachusetts, this engagement portrait showcases a couple in a joyful mid-air jump in their backyard, with nature enhancing their energy.

Backyard Bliss: Bourne's Delightful Duo Dances in Mid-Air Joy

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A heartwarming moment captured on a backyard wedding day in Washington, DC, as the groom playfully cleans his glasses with the bride's dress, in a nostalgic black and white styled image.

Heartwarming Backyard Wedding: Groom Playfully Cleans Glasses with Bride's Dress, Washington, DC

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In a private backyard in Elginburg, Ontario, a chicken curiously gazes at the beautiful bridal bouquet, adding a touch of whimsy to the wedding photo.

Curious Chicken Adds Whimsical Charm to Stunning Wedding Bouquet in Elginburg, Ontario Backyard

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The groom in Colorado Springs, Colorado was getting the kids ready for the backyard wedding ceremony, making sure their hair was perfectly in place

The groom ensured the kids were ready for the backyard wedding ceremony, with hair brushed and tidy

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The newlywed couple stopped to seal the night with a romantic kiss and dip while the guests lined up the walking lane with sparklers in the backyard of the bride's parents

The couple celebrated their special night with a romantic kiss and a sparkler-lit walk down the backyard lane

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Virginia wedding reportage photojournalist created this image during an outdoor Ceremony at home

A Fredericksburg, Virginia wedding photojournalist created this image during an outdoor Ceremony at home

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New York wedding photographer contest award winning image from the Backyard of their home during Cake cutting and feeding with their bored dog under the table

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LI NY wedding photography as A bride shows her hair to her friends as they all prepare for her wedding ceremony. They are all outside in the backyard of a private residence on a sunny fall day

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Artistic wedding photo created at home as the Couple's nephew blows bubbles during backyard intimate wedding in NJ

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Artistic wedding photo showing Engagement ring on backyard plants in New Jersey

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Rio Grande do Sul wedding photographer taking pictures at a ceremony in the backyard of the grooms house of the Groom greeting his son

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Backyard Indian wedding of the bride's father and mother in full laughter

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Oakland, California wedding detail image of childhood pictures used to decorate the backyard wedding

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes backyard getting ready image showing some fun Girls time

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Backyard, Arvada Colorado outdoor wedding image of a mask snapping back onto his face, but covering all the wrong places

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Quebec outdoor wedding photography from a Backyard in Montreal of the Groom playing with his young nephew in the yard

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Tucker, GA Backyard Wedding | Groom reacts as he sees his bride coming down the aisle

Tucker, GA Backyard Wedding picture showing the Groom reacts as he sees his bride coming down the aisle

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Pine Lake, GA Backyard Wedding | Bride greets florist at socially distanced wedding

Pine Lake, GA Backyard Wedding picture showing the Bride greets florist at socially distanced wedding

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