Wedding Photos of Black and white

The following “Black and white” 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 “Black and white” 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.

boy black and white bride camera church groom

bride black and white bridesmaid gown expression

black and white groom boutineer tears

dancing chandelier groom black and white lighting bride

The bride and groom celebrated their engagement with a romantic kiss in the heart of New York City

The bride and groom shared a romantic kiss, celebrating their newfound fiance and fiancee status in New York City

kiss celebration joy fiancee black and white New York City bride

windows groom bride bouquet veil lighting black and white

The bride in a traditional sari, adorned with beautiful mehndi, tikka, bangles and necklaces, basks in the beauty of a classic black and white wedding in New York City

She looks stunning as she celebrates her special day in the timeless elegance of a New York City wedding

tikka sari NYC Wedding Picture black and white mehndi mehndi necklaces

altar lighting groom priest black and white bible

Rheinland-Pfalz Wedding Photographer | Image contains: little girl dress sitting round window

Photo by: Marco Schwarz - Budenheim Rheinland-Pfalz

girl Rheinland-Pfalz black and white window dress

veil bride door groom black and white

The bride stood in the room, surrounded by her bridesmaids, as the young flowergirl carefully adjusted the back of her gown

The Bozeman bride, adjusting her gown with her flowergirl's help, is surrounded by a group of admiring MT bridesmaids

window lace Bozeman wedding photography bridesmaids windows Bozeman bed

lighting bridesmaids hair flowergirl black and white

The groom covers his mouth as he watches the bride walk down the aisle in this black and white photo created by an award-winning Raleigh, NC wedding photographer

Raleigh Ceremony covering mouth ceremony black and white Raleigh Raleigh Wedding Photographer NC

ocean boats lighting reflection black and white ship

food bouquets table lighting black and white

window musician black and white piano statue

cigarette hand gown bride black and white

black and white bouquet bride laughing roses

camera boat garter ocean black and white

sign tie black and white boy forest father

cake bride black and white gown

pastor tiara bride groom black and white expression veil

tiara bride women tears black and white corsage veil

groom bride bridesmaid black and white

guests microphone dancing black and white singing

SC Wedding Photographer created this urban/city portrait of the groom and his groomsmen

Photo by: Brad Walters - Colorado Springs Colorado

groom street steam city manhole groomsmen black and white

gown black and white veil groom cake boutineer

fans black and white gown black and white bride

bouquet rice guests bride black and white flowergirl

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