Wedding Photos of Bw

The following “Bw” 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 “Bw” 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.

A BW close-up portrait captures the bride and groom at Baronesse Tacco, San Floriano del Collio, Gorizia, Italy

San Floriano del Collio, Gorizia, Italy: Stunning BW Close-Up Portrait of Bride and Groom at Baronesse Tacco

A creative wedding image in BW shows a bride in Nanning, China, showcasing a dreamy and romantic atmosphere

Nanning, China: Experience the Dreamy and Romantic Atmosphere of a Creative Wedding Image in BW

dreamy atmosphere Creative Wedding Image China Nanning bride Nanning bw Nanning wedding photography

With an overhead angle, the bride puts on her dress helped by her mother and her friends in Marseille

Friends help the bride put on her dress as the camera captures the scene from a high overhead angle

overhead angle marseille photographer bride dressing friends dressing overhead shot bw

The emotional gesture of a father's love was felt the moment his teary eyes met the first look of his daughter in the cozy library of an Isere Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Hotel

An emotional father's tearful eyes met his daughter's as she stepped into her new role as a bride

father first look Isere Isere Hotel Isere Photographer Dad bw library

This authentic and emotional Buenos Aires wedding day moment outside the San Isidro Cathedral in Argentina was recorded by a documentary wedding photographer showing The married couple going to the venue in the back of a vintage car

vintage car Buenos Aires weddings authentic Argentina photographer moment emotional Argentina

A heartfelt display of emotion is captured in this St Pauls Church, Charlottesville wedding day moment from a Virginia documentary wedding photographer showing Bride and Dad sharing a hug as they are about to walk down the aisle

Virginia Charlottesville wedding day moment Charlottesville photographer Virginia documentary weddings hug bw

A truthful report of raw emotions in a Bovendonk wedding day image captured by a Hoeven, Netherlands documentary wedding photographer showing the Groom and his brother in BW just before the ceremony starts

groom Netherlands documentary weddings before ceremony Bovendonk photographer Netherlands Brothers Halderberge

A Maceio lifestyle couple black and white photo session at Praia de Guaxuma with some dancing among coconut trees with a different record, with movement

Gustavo Sarmento Maceió photo session Maceio lifestyle couple clouds dancing Praia de Guaxuma portraits coconut trees

Sintra couples wooded lifestyle photography in Lisbon, Portugal as the pair stand in a rock with big trees at their backs

lifestyle photography Lisbon Sintra stand rock trees Portugal copule portrait big trees

San Francisco couples lifestyle portrait black and white photography as the two descend the spiral stairs

SF lifestyle portrait stairs from above descend bw holding hands San Francisco couple

Hungary couples lifestyle photography at Tóth Árpád sétány in Budapest with a BW Hidden look through the tree leaves

Anjou Tóth Árpád sétány Hungary tree Dísz tér Rondella of Fehérvár Budapest

Hungary lifestyle portrait photography at Feneketlen Lake for a Budapest couple who are engaged and looking straight up at the camera

Hungary Budapest engaged couple bw Budapest Kosztolányi Dezső tér Attila Ancsin Feneketlen Lake

Nancy lifestyle couples BW photography in Grand Est, France created on the concrete with a puddle reflection kiss

France couple France Nancy Jonathan Fortuna kiss photography Grand Est bw

Mousson lifestyle portrait photography for a Meurthe-et-Moselle couple who are engaged and posing while holding hands in a cave opening

Mousson lifestyle portrait holding hands Mousson Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe et Moselle couple France photography silhouette

A Chernomorets couple poses during a Bulgaria lifestyle portrait photography session for a low angle image of the ring in BW

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A Bourges couple poses during a Cher lifestyle portrait photography session in France for a fun Urbex Kiss

beard photography session France Urbex Cher kissing pose Cher lifestyle portrait

Gracay lifestyle couples portrait photography in France at night with a light Under the Rain

portrait photography France France bw rain close up Gracay

Atlanta lifestyle couples portrait session at Piedmont Park, Georgia in BW by the stairs with an umbrella

Piedmont Piedmont Park bw park ga portrait session Atlanta lifestyle couple

Ridley Creek State Park lifestyle couples portrait session in Delaware County, Pennsylvania created in BW as they spin and twirl like in the Dirty Dancing movie

Delaware County Pennsylvania spin Ridley Creek Scott Josuweit Pennsylvania couple twirl

A Wilfie & Nell lifestyle couple photo session in Greenwich Village, NYC showing them enjoying a cocktail at a bar they love in the West Village

Greenwich Village Wilfie & Nell bar NY lifestyle couple Wilfie and Nell Kayla Rice photo session Greenwich Village cocktail bar West Village

A Portugal lifestyle photo session in Lisbon for a couple having a beer at an outdoor table

beer garden beer Lisbon lisbon couple Portugal table outdoors

Perth BW lifestyle portrait photography in Western Australia for a couple embraced

embraced Western Australia Australia couple Perth portrait photography Perth lifestyle bw Jacob Gordon

Lovere lifestyle couples portraits session at Lake Iseo in Lombardy, Italy with a yin and yang kiss in BW

Italy couple Lucio Zogno Lombardy kiss Italy Lovere Lake Iseo

A Trieste Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, black and white portrait of this Padua couple at Arquà Petrarca walking together on a brick boardwalk

Trieste engagement photographer Padua couple bricks Trieste walking bw

A California Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, black and white portrait of this Davenport couple indoors with love

bw love indoors Davenport California Northern davenport couple California Engagement Photographer

Dramatic Beijing wedding image of this China bride and groom on an outdoor lawn

beijing wedding image lawn Beijing China China bride and groom bw outdoors

Great wedding photography of the Virginia couple with the groomsmen all jumping in the air with great power at Poplar Springs Manor

bw groomsmen Virginia couple Johnny Shryock jumping Poplar Springs Manor air

A creative black and white Beijing wedding photo during a bridal session

dress Beijing black and white Beijing wedding photo gown China

A beautiful Rawa Mazowiecka bridal portrait in Poland of the bride sitting in a car

Rawa Mazowiecka car bw vintage sitting Poland

Great wedding photography of the groom fixing his bowtie from Italy

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