Wedding Photos of Back

The following “Back” 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 “Back” 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.

World's best creative wedding photography from Debrecen, Hungary showing the Bridal Bouquet on the back of the groom as the couple hugs in the afternoon sunlight

This Illinois wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional Chicago wedding photography looks like, as a bridal party member jumps over the back of another on the dance floor at Barrington Hill Country Club

Barrington Hill Country Club Chicago wedding photography bridal party member Country Club Barrington Hill Illinois wedding photojournalism Illinois

A Hoeve Engelendael documentary-style wedding image showing a moment when a woman spills her drink on the back of a mans suit during a hug

A Hoeve Engelendael documentary wedding image showing a moment when a woman spills her drink on the back of a mans suit during a hug

man bw Sanne De Block drink woman Hoeve Engelendael back

Camberwell church, Victoria, Australia nuptial day award-winning image from the back of the car when Finally married and released

Victoria wedding photography Australia wedding image aus Camberwell limo car back

The Colorado WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from Bonez, a Mexican restaurant in Crested Butte showing a wedding guest carries his girlfriend on his back

Bonez Colorado wedding photography back mexican restaurant Colorado carries

Covadonga artful style wedding detail picture of the brides dress open in the back

brides dress open São Paulo Brazil wedding picture Covadonga style Brazil Covadonga Restaurant back

Pine Lake, GA couple pre-wed portrait showing a Push up with military uniformed fiance sitting on back

GA couple GA Pine Lake photographer uniform sitting Pine Lake

Shanghai couple photo session before the wedding day using flash light behind back

Shanghai couple photo session flash light back Shanghai pre wedding Shanghai

Villa Garavaglia creative wedding bridal portrait session with the bride leaning on the door with her back, the cut of the photo is high, more than half a bust, on the first floor an effect of lights due to the glass of an ancient chandelier

Arezzo bride Arezzo door Lights Cortona leaning

Sunrise engagement session at the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, VA with the DC skyline in the back.

Sunrise engagement session with the skyline in the back

Arlington-VA engagement session sunrise Arlington engagement images skyline back Arlington pre wedding portrait

Sofia Couple Portraits - Bulgarian National Library Engagement Photography - Image contains: steps, building, back, sitting, flags, concrete, pillars

Couple Portraits at the National Library for Engagement Photography

pillars flags steps Sofia pre wedding portraits Sofia engagement photo Sofia

Cambridge Massachusetts Engagement photograph of couple giving piggy back

piggy back ride MA back Massachusetts Massachusetts Engagement couple Cambridge Engagement

A couple stands back to back in front of a stone cliff in this engagement portrait photographed by a Naples photographer near Positano

stone cliff Positano engagement portrait Positano back Naples Naples pre wedding stone cliff

A man carries his fiance on his back as she holds onto a tree branch in the woods of San Felice Circeo in this engagement session by a Latina, Lazio photographer.

tree branch back Tyler Nardone piggy back carries woods holds

Wedding photojournalism at Chicago reception hall with bride laying on her back after falling down

Falling in Love: A Candid Capture of a Chicago Wedding Reception

laying dancing love capture hall candid reception

Wedding photograph of a Sacramento bride and groom riding off in the back of a vintage pickup truck

Wedding picture of a Sacramento bride and groom riding off in the back of a vintage pickup truck

vintage pickup truck riding off Sacramento back Sacramento bride and groom CA Wedding picture

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.