Wedding Photos of Black Canyon

The following “Black Canyon” 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 Canyon” 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.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Engaement Photoshoot | Couple poses at the edge of a canyon

Colorado portrait of the sunset over the canyon as the bride embraces her new husband in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

A bride and groom embraced in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, with a backdrop of a colorful Colorado sunset and twisted dead tree branches

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Couple roasts marshmallows around campfire at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado

Couple cozily warm around a campfire at night, roasting sticky marshmallows

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a couple enjoys dinner under the stars

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the embers of the couple's campfire surround them in this night time silhouette

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A picturesque setting for an Estes Park Wedding Ceremony photo at Black Canyon Inn, Colorado using off camera flash to show the mountains

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Estes Park artistic wedding photography style in an image at Black Canyon Inn for the bride and groom in a wedding venue with a snowy mountain background

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This Colorado wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional Estes Park wedding photography looks like, as the groom delivers his vows at an outdoor mountain ceremony at Black Canyon Inn

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