Wedding Photos of Colorado

The following “Colorado” 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 “Colorado” 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.

Capturing the love and connection at Brookside Garden & Event Center in Berthoud, Colorado. See the intricate details of the Couple's rings, beautifully suspended between their hands.

Intricate Rings Detail: Love and Connection at Brookside Garden & Event Center, Berthoud, CO

Discover the beauty of the winter season in this captivating photo of a couple, surrounded by snow and twinkling lights, captured by a skilled wedding photographer at Christies of Genesee, CO.

Winter Wonderland Romance: A Captivating Wedding at Christies of Genesee

Colorado Christies of Genesee

This beautiful photo captures the natural beauty of a couple's winter wedding at Christies of Genesee in Colorado. It showcases the stunning fog and snow-covered trees, perfectly captured by a skilled artistic wedding photojournalist.

Fog and Snow-Covered Trees at Christies of Genesee Wedding Ceremony

Christies of Genesee Genesee Colorado

A wedding photo captured by a skilled photographer at Brookside Garden & Event Center. Witness the beautiful union of a couple under a wood trellis, with the vast sky as their backdrop.

Under the Open Sky: A Beautiful Union at Brookside Garden & Event Center

Colorado Brookside Garden & Event Center Berthoud

A WPJA photographer captures the intricate details of the bride's dress elegantly reflecting in the chandelier and mirrors, adding a touch of luxury in Denver, Colorado.

Luxurious Reflections: Bride's Dress in Chandelier and Mirrors, Denver

Denver Colorado

Embrace the artistry of a Colorado WPJA photographer's vision in this Black and White vertical shot capturing a romantic embrace between a bride and groom against the picturesque mountain backdrop at Pine Creek Cookhouse.

Mountain Romance: Black and White Embrace at Pine Creek Cookhouse, Colorado

Colorado Pine Creek Cookhouse

View the breathtaking aspen-clad landscape of Maroon Bells, Colorado, in this striking WPJA wedding photo. Featuring a couple seated on a rocky perch, it captures the photographer's artistic vision.

Forest Tree Wedding Portrait at Maroon Bells, Colorado

Colorado Maroon Bells

An alluring wedding portrait captures a couple bathed in the soft glow of the stars at Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort, featured by the WPJA.

Starry Embrace: Lit Wedding Portrait at Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort

Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort Colorado

An ethereal ceremony captured by a WPJA photographer at Red Rocks Trading Post. Rain adds depth to this picturesque spring wedding.

Ethereal Rain: Spring Ceremony at Red Rocks Trading Post

Red Rocks Trading Post Colorado

Immerse into a wintry love story as a couple embraces amidst a snowy gondola ride, captured in this intriguing wedding portrait at Keystone Ski Resort.

Wintry Ride: Snowy Gondola Ride Wedding Portrait at Keystone Ski Resort

Colorado Keystone Ski Resort

Passionate Embrace: Alluring Wedding Portrait Under Colorado Night Sky

Colorado

Experience the love and intimacy between a newlywed couple in this captivating Fort Collins wedding portrait. As the sun sets, a bride and groom embrace against a dramatic dusky sky.

Sunset Wedding Portrait in Fort Collins, Colorado

Fort Collins Colorado

WPJA-featured photographer captures a charming Fort Collins wedding portrait as a bride and groom share a kiss in the presence of their newfound furry companions, the burros.

Charming Connection: Couple Shares a Kiss with Burros in Fort Collins Wedding Portrait

United States Fort Collins Colorado

A black and white portrait of a bride peeking through her veil at Red Rocks Country Club in Morrison, CO, captured by a talented WPJA photographer.

Black and White Bridal Portrait at Red Rocks Country Club, Morrison, CO

Morrison CO Red Rocks Country Club Colorado

A beautiful image captured in Snowmass Village, Colorado, as the sun sets behind them. The couple shares a tender kiss, with majestic mountains serving as the perfect backdrop.

Sunset Kiss: Love Illuminated in Snowmass Village

bw portrait Snowmass Village PreWedding Session majestic mountains Snowmass Village sunset Colorado tender kiss

A photographer captured a couple in Aspen, Colorado for their fall engagement session, with the striking aspen trees behind them creating a repeating vertical pattern of white trunks.

Autumn's Embrace: A Love Story Among Aspen Trees

Colorado Aspen Aspen PreWedding Portrait vertical pattern white tree trunks aspen trees Pitkin County

A couple stands hand in hand, encircled by majestic mountains in late autumn. The image is perfectly framed and symmetrical. Location: Aspen, Colorado.

Hand in Hand in Autumnal Aspen

Colorado autumn engagement majestic mountains center framed Hand in hand Aspen Pitkin County

Posing against a tall red brick wall, a couple takes a fun photo in the streets of Fort Collins, Colorado during their urban engagement shoot.

Capturing Love in the Streets: An Urban Fort Collins Engagement Portrait

fort collins engagement photography Colorado urban Engagement street of Fort Collins red brick wall Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - A couple gazes at the camera during their romantic engagement portrait session in the city streets, as the sun begins to set and overhead strings of lights illuminate the road.

Sunset Serenade: A Dreamy Engagement Portrait in Fort Collins, Colorado's Charming City Streets

looking at camera strings of light afternoon Light City streets Fort Collins fort collins engagement photography Colorado

In this photo taken in Fort Collins, Colorado, a couple poses for their engagement portrait in an urban setting. The red door and brick background create a picturesque scene as the couple's profiled faces come together.

Fort Collins Engagement Portraits in an Urban Setting

brick background profiled faces fort collins engagement photography Fort Collins Colorado urban setting red door

ESTES PARK LOVE: Captured against the stunning backdrop of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, this soon-to-be-wed pair beams with joy and affection as they hold hands during their engagement session.

Love in the Rockies: An Engaging Photoshoot in Estes Park, Colorado

Colorado Estes Park engagement photography Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Park holding hands mountain engagement

Capturing Forever: A Scenic Trail Engagement Shoot at Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado Estes Park Estes Park engagement session Rocky Mountain National Park reflection vertical composition whimsical touch

Engaged couple poses among snowy vistas at Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado.

Peak of Love: An Intimate Engagement Session in Rocky Mountain National Park

Estes Park Engagement Portrait Estes Park couple poses Rocky Mountain National Park snowy vistas Colorado mountain engagement

In this wedding engagement portrait, the couple stand on a rock at Calypso Cascades in the Wild Basin Section of Rocky Mountain National Park, captured in a stunning photo with the waterfall in the background.

Nature's Embrace: An Enchanting Engagement Portrait at Calypso Cascades Waterfall

Calypso Cascades Engagement Colorado Calypso Cascades in the Wild Basin Rocky Mountain National Park cascading waterfall waterfall

A couple embraces at the picturesque Wild Basin in Rocky Mountain National Park, as a stunning backlit waterfall glows in the background. Their smiles and playful energy captured in this engagement portrait in Allenspark, Colorado.

A Backlit Waterfall Engagement Portrait in Allenspark, Colorado

backlit Allenspark smiles Allenspark Engagement Portrait waterfall backdrop Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park

Sedalia, Colorado - A bride gets her furry flower girl, a Yorkie adorned with bows and ribbons, ready for the ceremony at the wedding venue.

From Furry Companion to Flower Girl: The Adorable Addition to Sedalia, Colorado's Wedding Scene

furry friend flower dog Sedalia Documentary Wedding Photography Sedalia Yorkie Pet Dog Colorado bows and ribbons

Wedding day love captured at Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort as the groom becomes emotional during the outdoor ceremony, held under a beautiful hoopa and surrounded by loved ones.

Emotional Groom Melts Hearts at Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort Wedding Ceremony

Nathrop Colorado Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort emotional groom Colorado documentary wedding photography hoopa altar Nathrop Outdoor Ceremony

Wedding day in Summit County, Colorado as the bride gets ready to walk down the aisle with her father on the venue's porch, with him adjusting his boots. The bride can be seen laughing, captured in a pre-ceremony photo.

The Joyful Bride Preparing to Say 'I Do' at a Summit County Wedding in Colorado

Colorado venue porch Summit County father of bride pre ceremony moment laughing Summit County Documentary Wedding Photography

The bride shares heartfelt hugs and kisses with two girlfriends during the cocktail hour at Black Mountain Lodge in Arapahoe Basin, Colorado.

Bride's Heartfelt Bonding: A Captivating Cocktail Moment at Black Mountain Lodge

Arapahoe Basin colorado bride bride and friends Colorado hugs and kisses Black Mountain Lodge Arapahoe Basin Wedding Photography

In this photo taken at Black Diamond Lodge in Durango, Colorado, the bride gazes at the fading sparkler during their sparkler exit as the sky is filled with dramatic deep colors during the dusk hour.

A Stunning Dusk Wedding Exit at Black Diamond Lodge, Durango, Colorado

Durango dramatic colors Black Diamond Lodge night sky sparklers Colorado dusk

Pages

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.