Wedding Photos of Black & White

The following “Black & White” 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 “Black & White” 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.

Venice, Italy mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple sitting by a canal

Palos Verdes Beach small indoor photo session with the couple during a black and white intimate minute

Black & White beach Palos Verdes Beach monochrome Heather DeCamp black and white photo Palos Verdes

Catania outside forest picture session before the wedding day with a couple relaxing in a hammock summer time during the

forest summer time Black & White bw relaxing bw engagement portrait

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple with a cyclist going by

Brazil monochrome bw engagement portrait bicycle cyclist Thiago Gimenes bw

Brno Black and white closeup pre-wed shoot in biker leathers

bw monochrome bw engagement portrait intimate portrait Brno biker leathers close up portrait

Lago di Scanno, Abruzzo, Italy couple Walking over the bridge for their engagement pre-wed photos

bw walking Abruzzo bridge Italy Lago di Scanno bw engagement portrait

Tennessee Black and white portrait of the couple in the middle of the woods in the mountains of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

forest woods tennessee engagement photo Bryan Aleman outdoors bw engagement portrait bw

Aguilas Murcia Love and Car pre-wed engagement photo with a mirror in b&w

Black & White love bw black and white photo Car pre wed monochrome

Barra de Santo Antonio, Alagoas couple on a mountain at the beach in b&w during an engagement photo session

bw monochrome clouds Monica Guimaraes mountain Black & White bw engagement portrait

Paris Engaged couple with a building during an artistic engagement session

monochrome inside portraits bw engagement portrait bw Paris artistic picture silhouette black and white photo

Vieux Lyon b&w shoot with a couple for a pre-wed picture session

Castille Alma Vieux bw Black & White kiss on forehead monochrome Lyon

Vieux, Lyon photography - photo of couple by a river

bw engagement portraits city buiildings Castille Alma black and white photo bw Lyon Vieux

grounds for sculpture, new jersey kissing couple during a creative pre-wed portrait session

black and white photo Black & White bw engagement portrait kissing bw monochrome

b&w chicago lincoln park engagement session framed in openings

Lincoln Park bw engagement portrait Black & White Chicago bw monochrome black and white photo

Baker Beach, San Francisco, California couple sunset Run on the beach during a pre-wed photo shoot

bw ocean monochrome San Francisco waves Black & White beach

Great Falls National Park Rock Climbing Engagement Session in black and white

Rock Climbing bw engagement portrait monochrome bw Black & White black and white photo

Barker Road, Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Black and white couple portrait in the background, the ICC and the IFC (the two tallest skyscrapers of Hong Kong) at the left hand side, form a juxtaposition of the couple

ICC bw Black & White Barker Road bw engagement portrait IFC black and white photo

Capitol Hill in Washington DC prewed portrait of engaged couple in front of the Congress building

silhouette creative portrait artistic picture black and white photo bw monochrome Black & White

New England pre wedding and engagement photography from Boston Garden Boston, MA as the couple leans on each other under a tree

Boston Boston Garden New England monochrome bw engagement portrait Black & White

Canine pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple cuddling at Roosevelt Island Washington DC with some tender Puppy Love

black and white photo bw Washington DC Washington DC engagement shoot pre wedding image Washington DC bw engagement portrait Black & White

Urban streets pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple from Florence

bw engagement portrait pre wedding portraits Florence Florence engagement picture Black & White Florence bw black and white photo

UAE desert pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple from United Arab Emirates Exploring the Dubai desert

Dubai engagement photography black and white photo couple portrait session Dubai bw desert bw engagement portrait Dubai

IT engagement portrait with a posed couple in Dolomites, Italy and some tender black and white Hugs

Dolomites bw engagement portrait bw black and white photo Italy Black & White

IT pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Lago del Predil, Udine, Italy with nothing but Smiles

Udine bw Black & White Lago del Predil monochrome black and white photo

FR pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers from Montpellier France - a lovely Couple on the beach

black and white photo Black & White beach Montpellier embrace hugging

UAE pre wedding and engagement photography from Maleiha Desert, Dubai of a couple Dancing in the Desert

Maleiha Desert bw Dancing in the Desert dancing UAE Black & White

Australia engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from an urban scene in Perth with the couple Laughing together

monochrome Black & White Australia Jacob Gordon laughing perth urban scene

Australia pre wedding and engagement photography from Perth of a couple Having fun together

having fun aus monochrome laughing Australia perth bw engagement portrait

Turkey engagement portrait with a posed couple kissing under the birds in flight above Istanbul, Sultanahmet

birds sultanahmet bw black and white photo kissing bw engagement portrait

Northern California engagement portrait with a posed couple in San Francisco sharing some Happy times together

SF couple portrait Black & White bw Northern California CA sitting on stairs

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