Wedding Photos of Black backdrop

The following “Black backdrop” 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 backdrop” 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.

An award-winning wedding day detail picture captures the artistry of a creative photographer in Zug, Switzerland. The image features a simulation of a wedding couple using paperclips as bodies and wedding rings as their heads.

Zug's Artistry Unveiled: Paperclip Brides and Ring Groom Portrayal

This is a photograph taken during an engagement wedding photography session capturing a black and white image of a couple laughing, set against the picturesque backdrop of Saint Emilion

Saint Emilion Engagement Wedding Photography: Black and White Image of Laughing Couple against Picturesque Backdrop

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The couple posed for an engagement portrait in front of a black background at Hospital de Santiago in Úbeda, Jaén, Spain, sharing sweet kiss to the bride to be

The couple's romantic engagement portrait captured a sweet kiss in front of Hospital de Santiago in Úbeda, Jaén, Spain, against a black backdrop

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At Crested Butte, a black and white skull with the rings on top was set against a black background for a wedding picture

Crested Butte: Wedding pic of black & white skull with rings atop, on a black backdrop

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Grand Est mini couple symmetry photo session before the wedding day using Reflections and a black backdrop

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An image taken in Victoria, Australia, depicts the groom preparing for the wedding by donning novelty socks

The groom prepared for his wedding by wearing novelty socks in Victoria, Australia.

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The Toronto bride's stunning white dress in contrast to the dark backdrop provided a beautiful photographic image

A stunning photograph of a Toronto bride wearing a white dress was taken at a dark wedding venue

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