Wedding Photos of Rainy day

The following “Rainy day” 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 “Rainy day” 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.

Captured in San Francisco, CA, this engagement portrait features a couple sharing a sweet kiss under an umbrella by the pier, amidst a rainy day with men fishing nearby.

Rainy Romance: Couple's Kiss at San Francisco Pier

A beautiful bride and groom embrace in the rain, captured in a romantic scene at the National Gallery of Art East Wing on their wedding day. The soft backlight highlights their connection and love for each other.

Enchanting Rainy Day Romance: National Gallery of Art East Wing Wedding Embrace

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A romantic wedding photo captured at Flag Hill Winery in New Hampshire, showing a couple sitting by an orchard with a campfire burning in the background during the tranquil blue hour after a rainy day.

Romantic Wedding Bliss at Flag Hill Winery: Couple by Orchard with Campfire at Blue Hour

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Portrait of a couple walking on sandy Tybee Island beach in Savannah, Georgia during a rainy day that briefly stopped raining. Captured by a Savannah wedding photographer, the image shows the couple holding hands with the vast empty beach stretching out.

ROMANTIC RAINY DAY STROLL: TYBEE ISLAND LOVE IN SAVANNAH BY THE SEA

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In Lyon, Rhône, at the reception venue, a wedding takes place despite the rain. The couple stays cozy indoors for a warm portrait, captured through a window covered in raindrops.

Portrait of Love: A Rain-Kissed Lyon Wedding, Embraced in Window's Caress

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A lifestyle couple portrait captured in Denver, Colorado, featuring a couple standing in the rain, playfully washing paint off each other. The image is composed with the couple centrally framed.

HEAVENLY HUES: Denver Delight Captures Couple in Rain-Kissed Paint

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Valley View Farm wedding photo: A flower girl gazes through open windows of a porch-like room at Haydenville, MA, checking if it's still raining during the ceremony

Haydenville's Valley View Farm: A Flower Girl's Rainy Day Reverie

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The bride leads her guests away from the summit at Shenandoah National Park in the rain, creating a memorable and adventurous wedding experience

Rainy Romance: A Daring Wedding Trek through Shenandoah National Park's Summit

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In Boston, Massachusetts, a bride gracefully navigates a puddle in the crosswalk as the couple makes their way to their rainy wedding ceremony

Rain-Kissed Bliss: Boston Bride Defies Downpour During Enchanting Crosswalk Dash

Rainy day navigating puddle crosswalk urban setting umbrella Massachusetts Boston documentary wedding photography

In this photo taken by a Denver wedding photographer, a couple shares a passionate kiss during their recessional. Despite the rain, guests remained outdoors on each side of a red brick aisle surrounded by lush grass, holding bubble guns

Denver Wedding Photographer Captures Intimate Rainy Recessional Kiss Amidst Bubble Gun Bliss

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Guests arriving at a very rainy wedding in Draycott, Derbyshire, UK, during a monsoon-like downpour

Drenched Delight: Navigating a Rainy Wedding in Draycott, Derbyshire

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Guests at the Parvis de la Basilique Notre Dame de Verdelais enjoy playing with soap bubbles while seeking shelter under umbrellas in the rain

Rainy Day Fun: Bubble Play Beneath Notre Dame de Verdelais Umbrellas

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In the UK, at Tickton Grange in East Yorkshire, a bride approaches her wedding ceremony in the rain with an umbrella, while her toddler watches from indoors in this WPJA Honor Award-winning photo.

Rainy UK Wedding: Bride and Umbrella at Tickton Grange, East Yorkshire, WPJA Honor Award Winner

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A joyful bride shouts with excitement, anticipating the moment she will be pronounced married during a rain-filled ceremony in Rockport, Maine

Capturing Rain-kissed Bliss: A Photographic Journey in Rockport, Maine

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The engagement portrait of the couple was captured in Val D'orcia, Tuscany, Italy, depicting a romantic scene on a rainy day

Captivating Engagement Portrait in Val D'orcia, Tuscany: A Romantic Scene on a Rainy Day

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A bride and her bridesmaids walk down a dirt road, braving the stormy weather and holding umbrellas, at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough, Maine

Love Prevails: A Bride and Bridesmaids Brave Stormy Weather at Broadturn Farm

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A young couple in Fort Worth, TX was captured in a romantic engagement shoot, showing them kissing under the rain

Romantic Engagement Shoot in Fort Worth, TX: Young Couple Captured Kissing in the Rain

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Hamswell House: Wedding couple poses for portraits amidst warm Edison lights hanging from above, on a rainy day, between dining tables decorated with artistic flair

Wedding Portraits at Hamswell House: Rainy day, warm Edison lights, artistic flair amid dining tables

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Wedding Portraits at Hamswell House: Rainy day, warm Edison lights, artistic flair amid dining tables

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In this award-winning photo captured at Thorpe Garden Wedding Venue in Staffordshire, UK, a bride bravely takes her father's hand as she steps out of a Bentley in the rain, with the father holding a blue umbrella.

A Bride's Brave Step: Rainy Entrance at Thorpe Garden Wedding Venue, Staffordshire, UK

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A loving couple is captured in an engagement portrait in the rain in Chartres

A loving couple is captured in a romantic engagement portrait, standing in the rain in Chartres

Rainy day loving couple romantic setting Chartres Chartres PreWedding Session

The couple celebrated their engagement by taking photos in the romantic setting of Schloss Schönnbrunn despite a rainy day

The couple celebrated their engagement with photos at Schloss Schönnbrunn, despite the rain

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The couple posed for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait in Paris Vincennes on a rainy day in the fall

Paris Vincennes Rainy Day Fall Engagement Announcement Portrait for a Couple

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At the wedding in Lannemezan, France, the crowd, both adults and children, embraced the rain with umbrellas, although some were not so sure

In Lannemezan, France, adults and children embraced the rain with umbrellas, some despite uncertainty

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A wedding picture at Versailles, France captures the bride, groom and guests walking in the rain with clear umbrellas after the ceremony

At Versailles, France, a wedding photo shows the newlyweds and guests walking in the rain with umbrellas

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The engaged couple were seen enjoying a rainy day at a poppy field in Hungary, hiding under an umbrella while being captured in a lifestyle pre-wedding portrait

In Hungary, the engaged couple hid from the rain under an umbrella in a poppy field for a pre-wedding portrait

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The couple kissed beneath an umbrella in a rainstorm on a bridge with a rainbow overhead, captured in a lifestyle engagement portrait at Garden of the Phoenix and Jackson Park in Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL: Engagement portrait of couple kissing under umbrella in rainstorm with rainbow overhead at Garden of the Phoenix - Jackson Park

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The couple can be seen embracing beneath their umbrellas in the rain at South Pond Nature Boardwalk in Chicago, IL for a lifestyle engagement portrait

At South Pond Nature Boardwalk, Chicago, IL, the couple embraced in the rain, clear umbrellas in hand, for a lifestyle engagement portrait

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The couple in Crested Butte, Colorado chose to have a mountain wedding garden ceremony, with the bride opting to go barefoot and captured in a beautiful image of both of their feet standing in the rain

The couple opted for a mountain garden wedding ceremony with the bride going barefoot, and a memorable photo of their feet standing in the rain

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On London Street, the bride is leaving bridal prep apartment with her father and bridesmaids, on a rainy London day

On a drizzly London day, the bride and her father arm-in-arm, accompanied by her bridesmaids, left the bridal prep apartment

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