Wedding Photos of Vail

The following “Vail” 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 “Vail” 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.

In this wedding photo taken at Piney River Ranch near Vail, CO, the groom tenderly kisses the bride amidst the serene beauty of the mountains and mesmerizing reflections in the river.

Pristine Passion: A Portrait of Endless Love in the Majestic Colorado Mountains

A couple in Colorado's Vail Mountain area had a picturesque engagement photoshoot, featuring a man carrying a woman through a field of flowers, reminiscent of the famous Sound of Music

Love Blooms in the Mountains: A Romantic Colorado Engagement Tribute to the Sound of Music

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An engaged couple skis down the road at Vail Pass, CO, as their transportation follows behind at dusk with lights on

Blissfully Gliding into Forever: This Engaged Couple Slalom Down the Enchanting Vail Pass in Colorado, All While Their Love Illuminates the Dusk

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In a snowy landscape at Vail Pass, CO, an engaged couple poses for portraits, sharing a sweet kiss beside their snow track transportation

Love on the Snow-Covered Pinnacle: An Engaged Couple's Perfect Portrait at Vail Pass, CO

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A stunning wedding photograph taken at Camp Hale in Vail. The image showcases the couple in a field of vibrant yellow wildflowers, captured from a low camera angle.

Romantic Wedding Bliss Amidst a Golden Sea: Camp Hale's Captivating Wildflower Haven

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The bride and groom embraced at the snowy Donovan Pavilion in Vail, CO, lit by the photographer and symmetrically framed

Vail, CO's Donovan Pavilion was lit by the photographer, with the bride and groom embracing symmetrically framed by overhead lights

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The snowy Donovan Pavilion in Vail, CO, set the perfect winter backdrop for the bride and groom, with warm bokeh lights softly glowing in the foreground and background

The winter setting illuminated by warm bokeh lights provided a picturesque backdrop for the bride and groom

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A Vail wedding photographer captured the joyous moment of newlyweds popping champagne at the garden alter of a Community House private ceremony

Best documentary wedding photo from Vail, Colorado at the Tigiwon Community House showing The newlyweds pop champagne at the alter after their ceremony

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In Vail, Colorado, the bride hugs her mom in the cabin where she is about to marry

The bride embraced her mother in front of a stone fireplace in the cabin, where she was soon to become a wife

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a forest portrait of the couple and the trees

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Vail creative documentary wedding photography at the Vail Golf Course Reception venue showing The Catch of the bridal bouquet

A woman guest at a Vail wedding made an athletic, one-handed catch of the bridal bouquet at the Golf Course Reception venue, captured by the photographer

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A Vail, Colorado, on location couple lifestyle portrait with some rimlight above the Mountains

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Vail lifestyle engagement photography of a Colorado couple running on a hill below the blue sky and white clouds

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A lifestyle engagement portrait session in Vail for a Colorado couple relaxing in the Forest

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A mountain Vail lifestyle couple picture session on location in Colorado with a silhouette of the lovers against a blue sky and rocks

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The bride and groom share an intimate embrace captured in a wedding photo against a backdrop of red designs in Vail, Colorado

A tender embrace between the bride and groom in Vail, Colorado, captured in a wedding photo against a red backdrop

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In Vail, CO, a bride and groom share a quite minute together after their ceremony

In Vail, CO, a newlywed couple embrace in a cove above the steps

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The groom posed for a portrait at the wedding ceremony location in Vail, CO, surrounded by light fixtures overhead

A portrait of the groom was taken at Vail, CO, with overhead lighting

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An after the marriage proposal Vail engagement photograph in Colorado from a Village session with a photographer light

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A beautiful, autumn Vail bride and groom portrait at Four Seasons Resort and Residences as they pose near the Gore Range in Colorado during their wedding day

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An impactful Vail wedding picture at Four Seasons Resort and Residences showing the couples rings on a wood table with bowtie insert

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Top, scenic wedding photography from Vail during an outdoor ceremony at the Vail Golf Club showing The bride and her dad walk to the island in the colorful Vail Valley in the fall

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Dramatic Colorado wedding image of this Vail bride and groom during a champagne spray at night in the urban setting

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Best South Berwick, Maine documentary wedding picture from the Red Barn at Outlook Farm showing a Bridesmaid getting help down after getting vail off of window

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Best Vail documentary wedding photography from Colorado showing the The bride eating a burger while having her hair and makeup touched up

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A great wedding day portrait from Vail Village showing the couple all Alone in love outside the venue

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World's best and most unconventional Vail couple wedding portraits from Four Seasons Resort and Residences as they pose in front of the fireplace on their wedding day

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World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Four Seasons Resort and Residences Vail as they pose in front of the outdoor fireplace as the sun illuminates the colorful aspen trees on the hillside

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A top Vail wedding photojournalist created this image in the backcountry of a groomsman crying during ceremony

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View this exquisite Piney River Ranch wedding pic showing The couple silhouetted against a glamping tent at Piney River Ranch where they got married, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Vail from the WPJA

Piney River Ranch wedding pic showing The couple silhouetted against a glamping tent at Piney River Ranch where they got married, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Vail

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