Wedding Photos of Bw portrait

The following “Bw portrait” 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 portrait” 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.

The couple spent a lovely day during their BW prewedding photoshoot in New Delhi, listening to each other's stories and laughing together

In New Delhi, the couple laughed together as they shared their stories during their romantic prewedding photoshoot

The couple had a magical prewedding photoshoot at Ravenna Wild Beach in Italy, with no one else around for miles, creating the perfect atmosphere for a romantic beach portrait

At Ravenna Wild Beach in Italy, the couple shared a romantic prewedding embrace in a blissful beach atmosphere

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They had a lifestyle engagement portrait taken in Princeton, with profiles of their faces in a tight shot to capture an intimate mood

In Princeton, a lifestyle engagement portrait featuring profiles of faces

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The couple poses for a lifestyle engagement portrait in a Princeton park, sitting together on a wooden bench and engaging face to face

In Princeton park, the couple sits face to face on a wooden bench for a lifestyle engagement portrait

Princeton Engagement Photography Princeton Face to face park engagement New Jersey bw portrait Wooden bench

The couple in San Francisco pose for a pre-wedding lifestyle portrait, awaiting the subway train

In San Francisco CA, the couple await a subway train while posing for a pre-wedding lifestyle portrait

bw portrait SF Lifestyle Engagement Portrait California - Northern San Francisco Subway train

The couple in Warstein, Sauerland, Germany can be seen embracing in the snow while wearing black jackets in a winter scene, captured in a black and white image for their pre-wedding lifestyle portrait

In Warstein, Sauerland, Germany, a pre-wedding lifestyle portrait captures a winter scene of a couple embracing in black jackets

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They were captured in a lifestyle engagement portrait lying in the grass on their backs at Thimougies in Belgium

At Thimougies Belgium, the couple in a BW lifestyle portrait lying in the grass on their backs

Thimougies Engagement Photography Thimougies bw portrait laying in grass laying on backs grass Belgium

A couple was captured in a portrait on a pontoon at the water's edge in Thimougies, Belgium, to illustrate the lifestyle of the two engaged individuals

In Thimougies, Belgium, a BW couple portrait session on a pontoon at the water's edge

Hainaut Engagement Photography Face to face Belgium Hainaut Thimougies waters edge bw portrait

The engaged couple's lifestyle pre-wedding portrait in black and white, with a low camera angle and long flowing dress, was taken inside the arched window rotunda at Vizcaya Miami

At Vizcaya Miami, the engaged couple's BW portrait was taken inside the arched window rotunda

Rotunda Miami flowing dress Vizcaya formal wear arched windows low camera angle

The engaged bride's windblown hair by the sea at Atlantic Dunes Beach in Delray Beach, Florida is captured in a beautiful, black and white lifestyle pre wedding portrait

At Atlantic Dunes Beach in Delray Beach, Florida, a beautiful BW portrait captures her windblown hair

Atlantic Dunes Beach Delray Beach Engagement Photography seaside engagement bw portrait Palm Beach County Delray Beach windblown hair

The couple cuddling in front of the lake, framed by trees and a cloudy sky above them, is the focus of the lifestyle engagement portrait taken in Orléans

In Orléans, the engaged couple embracing in front of the lake is the focus of the lifestyle portrait

lakeside engagement Orléans bw portrait cloudy sky Orleans Lifestyle Engagement Photography

The engaged couple was captured walking through the grass in Albi, Tarn, France in a lifestyle pre-wedding portrait taken from a low angle in black and white

In Albi, Tarn, France, the couple was photographed from a low angle while walking through the grass

Tarn low angle shot Albi grasses Albi Engagement Photography bw portrait

The couple in Albi, Tarn, France, posing for a lifestyle portrait, with the groom whispering secrets into his soon-to-be wife's ear

In Albi, Tarn, France, a couple posed for a lifestyle portrait, groom-to-be was whispering secrets into his future bride's ear

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The engaged couple posed casually in the streets of Bangkok for their pre wedding lifestyle portrait in black and white

In Bangkok, the two lovers posed for a pre wedding portrait in black and white

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The couple in Montpellier, France, is captured in a bw lifestyle engagement portrait, laughing and dipping in nature with big smiles

In Montpellier, France, a bw engagement portrait captures the couple laughing and enjoying nature

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They posed close together, facing each other in an intimate pre-wedding portrait in Baeza, Jaén, Spain, resulting in a black-and-white lifestyle engagement image

In Baeza, Jaén, Spain, the duo posed close together for an intimate pre-wedding portrait

intimate portrait face each other bw portrait Baeza Baeza Lifestyle Photography Jaén

The couple posed close together leaning against a block building in the sunlight for a pre-wedding lifestyle engagement portrait in Baeza, Jaén, Spain

In Baeza, Jaén, Spain, the couple posed for a BW lifestyle engagement portrait in the sunlight against a block building

Spain Baeza Engagement Photography Baeza Jaén bw portrait block building framed between doors

She pulled her fiancé along the narrow alley of historic buildings in Baeza, Jaén, Spain for their pre-wedding lifestyle engagement portrait

In Baeza, Jaén, Spain, they took a lifestyle engagement portrait session through a narrow alley of historic buildings

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The engaged couple in Menlo Park, California shared a mischievous embrace by a window indoors for their pre-wedding portrait

In Menlo Park, California, the pre-wedding portrait of an engaged couple captured an embrace by a window

bw portrait SF Bay Area San Mateo County Menlo Park smiles window blinds Menlo Park Engagement Photographer

The engaged couple posed for a lifestyle pre wedding portrait in the urban street scene of Sancerre Old Market with sidewalks and truck loading docks

In Sancerre Old Market, an urban street scene of sidewalks and truck loading docks, the engaged couple posed for a lifestyle portrait

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He makes her laugh as they pose for a close-up, black and white portrait in Alcsút, capturing their engagement

In Alcsút, an engagement in a close-up, black and white portrait, the couple laughing together

Alcsútdoboz Hungary close up portrait bw portrait Fejér Hungary Lifestyle Portrait black and white

The engaged couple were seen enjoying a rainy day at a poppy field in Hungary, hiding under an umbrella while being captured in a lifestyle pre-wedding portrait

In Hungary, the engaged couple hid from the rain under an umbrella in a poppy field for a pre-wedding portrait

Hungary Hungary Lifestyle Engagement Photography hat Rainy day Poppy field bw portrait umbrella

The couple is centered in a black and white portrait, sitting on wood pontoon decking above a pond in Candillargues, Hérault, celebrating their engagement

In Candillargues, Hérault, the couple celebrates their engagement in a black and white portrait on a wood pontoon

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The engaged couple spent a peaceful afternoon together in San Francisco, sipping coffee in this black and white pre-wedding portrait

San Francisco: Engaged couple sitting at cafe table sipping coffee in a BW portrait session

California - Northern cafe bw portrait San Francisco San Francisco engagement photography sipping coffee

The couple in the black and white portrait are cuddled up at Sugarbush, Vermont, with their faces touching and big smiles

At Sugarbush, Vermont, couple cuddle, faces touching and smiling in a black and white engagement portrait

Sugarbush Vermont Sugarbush Engagement Photographer big smiles bw portrait faces touching

A black and white engagement portrait of a couple partially hidden behind a tree at the Dome House in Cotia, Brazil

Cotia, Brazil's Dome House: BW engagement portrait of couple, groom-to-be partially hidden by tree

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An engaged couple embraced in the middle of a narrow street in Venice, Italy, creating a symmetrical black and white scene

The happy couple, embracing in a symmetrical black and white scene on a narrow street, radiate joy before their wedding day

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Random street spot for a prewedding photo in a Los Angeles Street

A silhouetted bride and groom-to-be stand at a city crosswalk, basking in the shade of a nearby building

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The photo was taken during engagement session, this couple wanted to include their little dog in the shoot at James Gardens, Toronto

The happy couple, accompanied by their beloved pup, smile together in a black and white image before their wedding day

Toronto engagement photography dog James Gardens couple sitting Toronto bw portrait

A romantic black and white portrait of a couple on a forest path in Grotniki, Poland captures the beauty of their special day in nature

Grotniki, Poland is the stunning backdrop of a romantic black and white portrait of a couple on a forest path

tall trees natural beauty forest portrait Grotniki Poland bw portrait Grotniki Photographer

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