Wedding Photos of Sierra Nevada

The following “Sierra Nevada” 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 “Sierra Nevada” 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.

A couple lying down in a ying/yang pose, kissing at the Sierra Nevada. A timeless and romantic black and white portrait in Granada, Spain.

Timeless Yin/Yang Kiss: Couple's Granada Serenade

A romantic engagement portrait of a couple captured on a set of stairs in a historic building in Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain, lit beautifully by the photographer's light.

Historic Building Stairs: Loving Engagement Session in Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain

Granada stairs Sierra Nevada set of stairs historic building Spain Granada Engagement Session

In the snowy Sierra Nevada of Granada, Spain, a pre-wedding portrait captures a second of pure joy as he lifts her up for a kiss, their laughter filling the air.

Serene Winter Kiss in Sierra Nevada: Laughter and Love in the Spanish Snow

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Couple photography in Sierra Nevada during a Granada, Spain pre wedding engagement shoot in a winter mountains scene by a road covered in snow

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Donner Lake on location portrait e shoot of a couple walking along the beach holding hands

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Donner Lake, California environmental engagement e session of the couple looking into each others eyes with love

N California Lake Tahoe CA beach freshwater embracing lake

Sierra Nevada, Granada winter couple portrait

Snow angels in the snow winter couple portrait

Granada Engagement Photography snow angels winter engagement Granada Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada, Granada mountain couple photo session before the wedding day with the pair sliding down a steep hill of snow in the winter

Sierra Nevada winter couple photo session sliding down Sierra Nevada pre wedding photo cold

Sierra Nevada, Spain small indoor photo session with the couple before the wedding day with warm lighting and a silhouette

Sierra Nevada indoor photo session warm lighting silhouette Spain Spain couple

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