Wedding Photos of Africa

The following “Africa” 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 “Africa” 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 Tunis, Tunisia, the shadow of the singer adds an artistic touch to the reception, infusing the atmosphere with rhythm and melody as guests revel in the celebration.

Melodic Shadows: A Tunisian Wedding Celebration

Bride joyfully places ring on groom's finger during garden wedding ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, surrounded by lush greenery and loved ones.

Ring on Finger: Nairobi Nuptials with Greenery and Glee for the Happy Couple

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Digital artistic Wolwedans Dunes Lodge wedding image in Namibia on the Namib Rand reserve in Africa showing the bride Getting ready in the desert

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Namibia wedding art detail picture at the Wolwedans Dunes Lodge in Africa of the grooms suit hanging in the desert shade

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Artistic Namib Rand reserve wedding detail image at the Wolwedans Dunes Lodge in Africa showing Desert sand, the brides dress, and the grooms shoes

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Africa engagement portrait with a posed couple in interesting light and a shadow geometric composition in Marrakech, Morocco

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