Wedding Photos of West Virginia

The following “West 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 “West 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.

Harpers Ferry destination engagement shoot for a West Virginia couple enjoying some relaxing Romance in the Water

After the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Blackwater Falls in West Virginia for a couple near the water in their formal clothes

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A pre wedding photoshoot from Blackwater Falls, West Virginia overlooking a beautiful sunset scene from the top of the hills

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Seneca Rocks post proposal engagement session with a West Virginia wedding photographer showing the adventurous couple Rock climbing and Hanging belay while facing the wall suspended by harnesses and anchors

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Moon Meadows Farm, West Virginia, USA wedding close up pic of the bride's ring as she hugs her new husband

A close-up photograph of the bride's ring was taken as she embraced her new husband at the wedding

USA wedding close up Moon Meadows Farm West Virginia brides ring hugs husband

Dolly Sods - West Virginia pre-wed picture session on a Foggy afternoon in the woods

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Blackwater Falls Sunset West Virginia Engagement Portraits high above the valley

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Into the ferns... Engagement Portraits in Blackwater Falls West Virginia

Into the ferns during session for Engagement Portraits in Blackwater Falls West Virginia

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