Wedding Photos of Winter portrait

The following “Winter portrait” 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 “Winter portrait” 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 Mont Dore, Auvergne, France, this winter night portrait features a couple kissing in the snowy mountain. The blue hour lighting, along with a photographer's light backlighting and rimlighting, creates a magical ambiance.

A Winter's Embrace: A Magical Night in Mont Dore

The couple posed for a romantic winter portrait at Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, with snow falling around them for their save-the-date engagement announcement

Rocky Mountain National Park: Dream Lake Engagement - Snowy Winter Romance

Winter portrait romantic snowing eye contact Rocky Mountain National Park RMNP engagement portrait Dream Lake

The couple posed for their save-the-date portrait, kissing in the snow lit by the photographer at Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park

Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: Couple Kissing in Snowy Wonderland

mountains Winter wonderland Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado Save the Date lit portrait Winter portrait Colorado

The engaged couple donned snowshoes and enjoyed a lifestyle pre-wedding portrait session on the snowy dock in Tahoe City, CA

In Tahoe City, CA, the couple was wearing snowshoes for a winter engagement portrait on the snowy dock

Tahoe City Tahoe City Engagement Photography lakeside engagement California - Northern snowshoes snowy landscape Winter portrait

Amid the enchanting winter landscape of Ontario, Canada, a bride and groom created a timeless winter portrait, her luxurious fur adding a regal air

In Ontario, Canada, a bride and groom posed for a winter portrait, her fur adding a regal air

Ontario Canada Ontario Artistic Photographer regal luxurious fur Winter portrait

A couple stands in the snow and sunshine at a winter outdoor ceremony location in Denver, Colorado, gazing at each other in a portrait

At Denver, Colorado, a couple enjoyed a winter outdoor ceremony, then a romantic portrait

denver photographer Winter portrait Denver snowy landscape

Fusine Lake post proposal photography showing a smiling Tarvisio couple exhibiting their Sunset love in the winter snow

Italy Fusine Lake Winter portrait Tarvisio Tarvisio Couple sunset portrait

A Pennsylvania couple poses during a Philadelphia Museum of Art lifestyle Wintry snowy engagement session

Pennsylvania Winter portrait Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia engagement photographer John Ryan snowy

View this picturesque Colorado image of A bride and groom enjoying a winter portrait in the snow together after sharing their wedding vows, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Rocky Mountain National Park from the WPJA

picturesque Colorado image of A bride and groom enjoying a winter portrait in the snow together after sharing their wedding vows at Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park snow after wedding vows bride and groom picturesque Colorado adventure weddings Winter portrait

BW Winter portrait session in Paris with some warm intimate hugs

BW Winter portrait session with some warm intimate hugs

Paris engagement photography monochrome intimate hugs black and white Winter portrait bw warm hugs

BG pre wedding and engagement photography in Sofia, Bulgaria of a couple walking the city streets

sofia couple portraits Sofia downtown sofia Winter portrait Ivelina Cholakova urban portrait Bulgaria

Winter snow hiking couple engagement image from Breckenridge, CO next to hiking signs

Winter portrait CO snow hiking pre wedding session Breckenridge Breckenridge engagement photographers

Bulgaria, Sofia, City Center Winter portrait at sunset of the bride and groom

City Center Winter portrait sunset bride and groom Sofia fine art wedding photo Bulgaria

Engagement photographer session in the snow of Beitostølen, Norway with a boat

Winter portrait Beitostølen engagement session Jaimie Peeters Norway boat Beitostølen pre wedding location Beitostølen

Interlaken, Switzerland pink smoke grenade engagement winter portrait

A colorful pink smoke grenade engagement winter portrait for the couple in formal wear and the woman in a red dress

Interlaken pink smoke Winter portrait Bern Switzerland Switzerland engagement photography grenade

Montreal, Quebec portrait session Among pine trees - Winter engagement photo

A cold portrait session Among pine trees for a Winter engagement photo

coats Winter engagement photo Montreal engagement photography Quebec Winter portrait pine trees snow

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