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.

CO pre wedding and engagement photography in the afternoon light at Lair O the Bear park, Idledale with a couple posing on a bridge

CO pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at the Rocky Mountain National Park showing a Couple enjoying coffee together in RMNP

Lakeside river water beach shore RMNP adventure

bride walking inside to get warm from the snow

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The groom enjoys just a small sip of champagne after his ceremony

cowboy adventure Nicky Byrnes elopement groom elope South Lake Tahoe

Engagement Photographer for Tregastel, France - Pre-wedding portrait with jumping couple in the rocks

Engagement Photographer for Tregastel, France with a jumping couple in the rocks

Tregastel jumping nature France Patrick Lombaert hills cliff

Engagement Photographer for Turkey - Cappadocia pre wedding session on love valley

Engagement Photographer at a Turkey Cappadocia pre wedding session on love valley

view hiking nature Turkey Cappadocia cappadocia valley

Engagement Photography - Cappadocia pre wedding session at the sunrise with hot air balloons

Engagement Photography from a Cappadocia pre wedding session at the sunrise with hot air balloons

hot air balloon desert sunrise Turkey dunes Cappadocia engagement

Engagement Photography for Secret Beach Lake Tahoe | Couple gets intimate on the rocks

shore Lake Tahoe Lakeside Lake Tahoe pre wed engagement session lake Lake Tahoe wedding couple

Engagement Photographer for Red Rock, Nevada | The road lines lead the eyes straight to the couple

Nevada dunes desert desert road Red Rock sand

Engagement Photos from Wiesbaden, Germany - Couple walking in the nature near a river

Wiesbaden wedding couple shore creek river adventure Wiesbaden pre wed engagement session

Rocky Mountain National Park Couple Portraits | The sun peaking over the mountains to the south to create a beautiful flare of warm light for these two & their mountain engagement.

mountains hiking Rocky Mountain National Park nature mountain top

Great Falls National Park - Engagement Portrait Session with a Couple Above the falls

Great Falls National Park river water adventure beach shore

Teresópolis Pré-wedding photo shoot on a motorcycle in the desert at sunset.

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An engaged couple running in front of the balloons during portraits in Cappadocia Turkey

Cappadocia engagement picture Turkey adventure balloons desert sand

SENTOSA PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY

Sentosa wedding couple beach shore docks lake Sentosa pre wed engagement session water

This Cool Couple Will Rock You

rocks hiking cliff adventure view Cappadocia wedding couple Cappadocia pre wed

Seven Steps Canyon Brasov engagement photography session with couple

nature Brasov pre wed Seven Steps Canyon Brasov Brasov wedding couple

SC Sunset Portraits with Engaged Couple in Brasil at the Water

Brazil lake Lakeside sunset Laguna pre wedding portrait Willian Mariot adventure

Akropolis Athens Engagement Shooting with couple on the rocks and cliffs

hiking Athens view hills mountains adventure rocks

Turkey engagement photo shoot at sunset in Cappadocia with balloons

desert dunes sand sunset Cappadocia pre wedding portrait Cappadocia engagement photo adventure

Love couple beside the waterfall

Allerheiliger waterfall water Allerheiliger pre wedding portrait Allerheiliger engagement photo shore adventure

Milano, Italy engagement photo at sunset at the water with a solo light

adventure Lakeside water lake Milano Italy Milano pre wedding portrait

Spain PreWedding Photo Session with a Sunset and horses

Almeria pre wedding portrait Almeria sand horse sunset Almeria engagement photo

Azur France engagement photo shoot - slowly on the lake with a couple on a dock

shore adventure Azur docks Azur engagement photo beach

Engagement Session Portraits on London Bridge

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Red Rock Nevada Engagement Photo Session - A Couple posed on top of car and in the background the exact moment of lightning

valley hills posed mountain top nevada engagement session adventure

como lake portraits for a couple at the water

A couple posed for romantic portraits on a wooden dock overlooking Como Lake, captured from a high angle

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Mazarron - Murcia Engagement Photography - Couple, Kiss and shadows

view adventure Mazarron pre wed Mazarron wedding couple hills nature

Engaged couple in a composition where it seems to draw in the viewer to this engagement portrait.

hiking São Paulo cliff São Paulo engagement session bluff mountain top view

Cenote Buho, Playa del carmen engagement photo session at the cenote

water lake Mexico pre wed river Playa del Carmen Mexico wedding couple Mexico engagement session

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