Wedding Photos of Adventure

The following “Adventure” 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 “Adventure” 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.

UAE pre wedding and engagement photography from Maleiha Desert, Dubai of a couple walking and Exploring the desert

Virginia pre wedding and engagement photography above Sapa - Vietnam of a Couple who spent 4 hours hiking to the top of the mountain

mountains cliff mountain top view nature Vietnam adventure

UAE pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in the Maleiha Desert, Dubai hugging in the warm wind

Maleiha Desert dubai engagement sand desert UAE dunes

UAE pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Fossil Rock, Dubai Desert while Walking on the edge of the dunes

adventure desert Dubai Desert Fossil Rock dubai dunes sand

UAE engagement photo shoot from Fossil Rock, Dubai Desert using the desert light

dunes desert sand Fossil Rock dubai engagement Dubai Desert

UAE pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in the Maleiha Desert, Dubai walking through the sand dunes

Dubai Maleiha Desert UAE sand dunes sand dunes

Turkey engagement photography from cappadocia during a pre wedding session at the sunrise

sunrise sand Cappadocia engagement e session Turkey dunes desert Hot air balloons

California pre wedding and engagement photography from San Francisco showing us "When Harry met Sally" with furry babies

nature adventure SF engagement hiking view California San Francisco

California engagement photo shoot of a couple laughing together in Santa Clara, CA

adventure laughing river Santa Clara santa clara engagement lake

MA pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Cohasset, Massachusetts with the ocean

Massachusetts Cohasset river creek adventure water

Italy engagement photo shoot riding a water taxi in Venice

Venice water boat water taxi gondola canal

China engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session with dancing on the sands of Fuzhou

dunes dancing adventure red dress sand dunes desert sand

Colorado engagement photo shoot at the Rocky Mountain National Park - A Sunset e-session in RMNP

Colorado colorado engagement photographer mountains valley adventure Rocky Mountain National Park

England pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple hanging out over the waters of Flamborough Point - A Couple together on cliff top

England water river cliff top portrait UK creek

France pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers embracing over Island of Re - A Young Couple hugging

Couple hugging shore creek Audrey Morisson river adventure Island of Re

Marrakech engagement photo shoot in the Agafay Desert of Morocco with a couple kissing

sand Audrey Morisson Morocco Marrakech e session desert couple kissing Agafay Desert

FR engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in The dune of Pyla, France with A couple on the sand dunes

adventure The dune of Pyla pyla engagement sand Audrey Morisson dunes desert

FR pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers embracing at The dune of Pyla, France

adventure embracing couple Audrey Morisson The dune of Pyla desert sand France

Black Hawk, CO wedding couple posing for a portrait during sunset after their elopement ceremony in Colorado

The newlywed couple was lit up as they posed for this sunset portrait in a flower field after their elopement ceremony

Black Hawk Wedding couple flower field Black Hawk CO romance Colorado couple Colorado

Colorado engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Red Rocks amphitheatre during their engagement session with a laugh together

cliff adventure nature Colorado colorado engagement photographer Red Rocks amphitheater

Colorado pre-wedding photoshoot with an engaged couple posing together on Flagstaff Mountain during their Boulder engagement session

view Colorado engagement hills mountain top Colorado boulder

France engagement portrait with a posed couple sitting on the sands of Espiguette beach south of France and kissing

Ludovic Lieffrig adventure sunset kissing couple desert dunes sand Espiguette beach

Hauts-de-France engagement portrait with a posed couple in the sand dunes of Fort-Mahon-Plage - Somme

Hauts de France dunes sand Fort Mahon Plage desert Somme sand dunes

Hauts-de-France engagement photo shoot with a couple kissing in the desert of Fort-Mahon-Plage - Somme

couple kissing desert Somme adventure dunes sand Fort Mahon Plage

CO engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Zion National Park with a Couple at sunrise

colorado engagement image cliff hiking Zion National Park view Colorado

Amsterdam Boat engagement photo shoot with a Couple sitting on bow of wooden boat in canal

boat Amsterdam Boat wooden boat beach river Amsterdam Canal adventure

Formal TX pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at sunset at The White Sands National Monument

adventure Texas dunes TX The White Sands National Monument Shannon Cain sunset

Formal engagement portrait with a posed couple in nice lighting at The White Sands National Monument

posed couple Texas The White Sands National Monument couple posed adventure desert dunes

A Texas wedding photographer working for a couple at The White Sands National Monument

sand TX Texas desert dunes Shannon Cain walking

Creative The White Sands National Monument pre wedding and engagement photography in colorful sunlight

dunes Shannon Cain adventure colorful sunlight sand formal wear Texas

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