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.

IT pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple walking in the fields of Schio (Vicenza - Italy) Countryside

bw bw engagement portrait trees Black & White black and white photo Italy Countryside monochrome

IT engagement photoshoot in black and white in the Schio (Vicenza - Italy) Countryside

Vicenza black and white photo bw Schio Black & White bw engagement portrait

PT engagement photo shoot at Parque Eduardo VII, Lisboa, Portugal of a couple lying on the ground strewn with fallen leaves from the trees, during the autumn

Black & White Portugal Autumn trees bw Parque Eduardo VII

Spoleto Italy headshot of the couple during the black and white engagement photo shoot

bw black and white photo Spoleto Black & White monochrome bw engagement portrait Italy

Italy pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Spoleto with a kiss over the table

Italy couple kissing Black & White black and white photo bw engagement portraitSpoleto monochrome

England engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in black and white in the Ecclesall Woods of Sheffield

bw engagement portrait bw black and white photo Sheffield UK United Kingdom Ecclesall Woods

ES engagement portrait with a posed couple in black and white trees in Granada, Spain

woods forest granada engagement shoot nature bw engagement portrait bw Black & White

Alberta pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in a Local pub, Edmonton enjoying a beer at a favourite pub

pub engagement black and white photo bw Black & White Edmonton bw engagement portrait Local pub

CA pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple standing back to back under the arch of Rainbow Bridge in California

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

France engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from below on some stairs in Strasbourg

FR stairs bw engagement portrait France black and white photo stairwell Marck Yvan

Virginia engagement photo shoot at Great Falls National Park with a cool, Nerdy & yet goofy couple...so much fun

eyeglasses black and white photo monochrome bw Great Falls National Park bw engagement portrait

Toledo, Parana pre wedding and engagement photography with a couple On top of the world

Toledo Parana Black & White Heloisa Todescatt bw engagement portrait black and white photo bw

Casterat-Lectourois, Gers | A girl laughing in the arm of her boyfriend during pre-wedding engagement photoshoot

Gers Casterat Lectourois laughing Black & White monochrome gers engagement image

The couple swing during their engagement session in Massachusetts

bw engagement portrait Massachusetts monochrome Sarah V Martinez MA New England bw

Couple enjoy a minute in the historical building of Hanul Lui Manuc during black and white engagement photo session

indoors Under roof Black & White within doors Hanul lui manuc

Frog Bistro couple playing during prewedding photo session

bw engagement portrait Black & White bw monochrome Frog Bistro black and white photo

Portraits of engaged couple walking around the fairy chimneys

rocks fairy chimneys black and white photo bw caves Cappodocia bw engagement portrait

Cappadocia, Turkey engagement photo session with hot air balloons in black and white

Black & White Turkey Cappadocia monochrome bw bw engagement portrait

Fort Tyron Park, New York City engagement session with a foggy George Washington bridge

New York City engagement monochrome bw engagement portrait Black & White foggy George Washington bridge

Photo of a Couple dancing in front of the wood door

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

hold each other really close and tight - engagement photography in Uddel- Kootwijkerzand

couple hold each other really close and tight

Uddel Kootwijkerzand engagement photo Marlous Nijholt monochrome Uddel Kootwijkerzand bw engagement portrait Uddel Kootwijkerzand pre wedding portrait bw

Seattle, Washington Couple Portraits - holding hands under dock

monochrome dock WA beach Washington black and white photo

Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha medieval door silhouettes of engaged couple during portrait session in Spain

castle Toledo engagement photo Spain Black & White bw black and white photo

sunset pre wedding portraits in Almería

mountain Spain clouds Almeria engagement photo Black & White bw engagement portrait

Engagement photo session with a couple checking out the grill at the Sunday Market, Tlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico

monochrome Mexico Tlacolula Black & White Sunday Market Douglas Favero black and white photo

como lake couple hugging on the dock at the water during prewedding photo session.

A couple shared a romantic embrace on a symmetrical dock overlooking Lake Como during their pre-wedding photo session

Como Lake black and white photo bw dock monochrome bw engagement portrait

black and white como lake engagement photography near the water

A romantic black and white engagement shoot near Lake Como saw the couple bathed in sunlight, her face illuminated and him in silhouette

lake monochrome Como water bw engagement portrait bw Black & White

Dalat, Vietnam Prewedding portrait for newly engaged couple

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

Castles of Vinhedo couple portraits in b/w

Castle engagement photo castle Castles of Vinhedo bw engagement portrait bw monochrome

Virginia Engagement Portraits at Monocacy Battlefield | Couple and their dogs in black and white

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