Wedding Photos of Virginia

The following “Virginia” 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 “Virginia” 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.

Virginia wedding reportage photojournalist created this image during an outdoor Ceremony at home

A Fredericksburg, Virginia wedding photojournalist created this image during an outdoor Ceremony at home

Epic Alexandria, VA engagement image of a couple embracing in a romantic way at night

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A romantic and sweet Alexandria engagement photo created as a couple walks together and laughs

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A romantic Brookside Garden pre wedding session as a couple kisses in the flowers

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Epic Northern Virginia engagement session in blue tones created as a couple lays together for a photo

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Epic Northern Virginia pre wedding photoshoot created as a couple leaps together as if they are floating

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Great Falls, VA couple engagement portraits with the couple embraced at an overlook at great falls

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Chinatown DC pre-wed portraits for an elegant couple posed on a street corner with passing traffic

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Great Falls, VA fun-loving couple modeling for a pre-wedding session while embraced at an overlook at great falls near the trees

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Friendship Arch, Chinatown DC pre-wedding engagement photoshoot for An elegant couple posing at night while traffic whizzes by

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Brookside Gardens, Maryland engagement photo showcasing the natural ease of The couple embraced at the pond with a reflection of the sky

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A pre-wedding session in Brookside Gardens, MD highlighting the fun that they are having together as they embrace at the pond

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A pre-wedding Shenandoah National Park engagement session with a couple at Fall during golden hour

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Shenandoah National Park pre-wed portrait of a couple that was taking a walk with a sunburst

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Shenandoah National Park picture session for a carefree engaged couple that is framed in a mountain scene

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Shenandoah National Park pre-wedding engagement session capturing the couple embraced on a cliff

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World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Poplar Springs Manor in Warrenton, VA of The couple smoking cigars in front of the grooms classic Chevrolet nova

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World's most innovative and best Warrenton, VA wedding day portraits at Poplar Springs Manor of The groom dramatically dipping his bride in the trees of the forest on a grass path

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World's best and most unconventional wedding photography from Blue Hill Farms, Virginia showing the bride and groom Shadows over the tent at dusk

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A wedding photojournalist in Georgetown DC at the Westin captured this moment as The bridesmaids help the bride into her dress

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A Oxon Hill Manor documentary-style wedding image showing a moment of The bride dancing at her reception with a zip-tie crown

An Oxon Hill Manor documentary-style wedding image showing a moment of The bride dancing at her reception with a zip-tie crown

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A top Virginia wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Charlottesville, Common House wedding venue showing the Couple and guests smiling towards flower girl during toasts

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This Charlottesville wedding photojournalism picture is a prime example of what candid, nontraditional Virginia wedding photography looks like, as a group of guests cheer together after the ketubah signing at Castle Hill Cider in Virginia

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A top Virginia wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Charlottesville wedding venue showcasing the bride throwing the bouqet

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View this sensitive Stone Tower Winery wedding photo showing A beautiful embrace of a loving couple, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Virginia from the WPJA

Stone Tower Winery wedding photo showing A beautiful embrace of a loving couple, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Virginia

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Atkinson Farm, Virginia marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The best man speech making the groom tearful

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Heritage Fellowship Church, Virginia getting ready for marriage award-winning picture capturing The groom (who is also a minister) is being blessed by the groomsmen

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The Virginia WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and quirky Charlottesville wedding image at The Event Barn at Mt Ida Farm created as The groom dances with his mother

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Virginia indoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing guests seated and a statue in the church

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VA bride and groom to be, posing for a Great Falls pre-wedding engagement photo shoot in silhouette, the couple embrace, and a reflection of water fills their silhouette in a single capture

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