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.

Siena couple engagement photo shoot in BW with soft reflections

Black and white Jaen wedding portrait at the Hotel Hidalgo in Martos of a bride and groom in Spain

black and white Spain Martos Hotel Hidalgo Martos bride and groom spain weddings

Swiss couple e-session in Steinhausen showing lovers Together on the road of life

lovers Swiss couple black and white Steinhausen bw Mischa Baettig streets

Beijing wedding photographer contest award winning image sample in BW from China of the Hotel Getting ready

Beijing China bride hotel bw beijing wedding photographer getting ready

Xian wedding portrait art in China showing the Couple reflected in the mirror

china couple Xian wedding Xi'an reflected mirror Xian China

London wedding reportage photography contest award winning candid moment at a Jewish Synagogue of the Bride with her parents getting ready for the ceremony

london bride London wedding reportage UK photography Emil Boczek before ceremony Jewish Synagogue London

Wedding photography from Wychmere Beach Club, Harwich, MA showing The bride and groom practice their first dance before the reception

bride and groom Harwich MA Wychmere Beach Club bw black and white first dance practice

Condomínio La Musique Goiânia wedding photography in BW during the intimate ceremony

bw intimate ceremony Goiânia wedding officiant

West Midlands wedding photography showing Guests wishing well to the newlyweds

Guests beamed and embraced the newlyweds in an outdoor image captured by a West Midlands wedding photographer

hugs and kisses guests Emil Boczek West Midlands bw black and white wishing well

Best Italy wedding photography from Brebbia showing a pic of the Groom making a small leap to avoid the Brides dress

wedding dress brebbia Italy black and white bw ceremony

Best wedding photography from Paris showing a pic of the Bride coming down the stairs in BW

Pierrick Roland France black and white stairs bw silhouette Paris

A top wedding photographer in Paris, France captured this picture of a waitress bringing glasses to kitchen

waitress France vendor bw Pierrick Roland paris reception dinner Paris

A wedding photographer at Chalet Bolquère created this image of the Bride checking her hairdo in the mirror

wedding photographer bw bride Chalet Bolquère Bolquère bride mirror Bolquère

Grand Est wedding photography in BW showing bride, friends and wind

friends Grand Est Grand Est bride bride wind bw

Best wedding photography from Milan showing The mother and the best man helping him fix the tie but at that moment the tension is felt and the groom cant take it anymore

bw wedding photography best man tension Milan tie

Varapodio, Reggio Calabria wedding photographer contest award-winning image sample in BW showing the bride is ready to go to church

Varapodio bride Calabria Varapodio weddings Reggio Calabria bridal church reggio calabria wedding photographer

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes wedding photography showing 2 views of the preparations in BW

Jerome Villard bw Auvergne Rhone Alpes wedding photography Preparations Auvergne Rhône Alpes

A top wedding photographer in Soriano Calabro, Calabria captured this picture of The bridesmaids at the grooms house

picture bridesmaids Soriano Calabro wedding photographer Calabria Calabria flower girl

Parc de Bagatelle couple e-shoot in Neuilly sur Seine resulting in BW Pre-wedding engagement image in Paris

Parc de Bagatelle Neuilly sur Seine engagement image bw Paris Jean Baptiste Chauvin couple

Parc des Buttes Chaumont couple e-session in Paris for a BW intimate image

intimate image Paris bw Paris couple Parc des Buttes Chaumont Jean Baptiste Chauvin couple

San Diego best wedding photography from The Thursday Club showing a pic of the action as The Dancing begins

dancing action San Diego dance floor San Diego wedding photography The Thursday Club bw

A wedding photographer in Guangdong created this image of The brides makeup applied in BW

Guangdong bride getting ready Jinqi Tan Guangdong bride bw wedding photographer

Black and white Maassluis wedding portrait in South Holland, Netherlands showing the couple surrounded by trees and bushes

Natalja van Ommeren Maassluis black and white Netherlands couple South Holland bride and groom Maassluis wedding portrait bushes

A top wedding photographer at Mas Saint Germain in France captured this picture in BW showing The groom throws a gamepad to the single men

picture single men France wedding photographer Mas Saint Germain bw

Best wedding photography from Baltimore showing a pic in BW of bride and groom intro dancing

dancing wedding photography Baltimore reception party reception Kenneth Clapp bw groom

Black and white Paris wedding picture of a France bride eager to join the car at the end of the ceremony

car France France Bride black and white Sports Car Paris wedding picture bw

Veneto wedding photographer contest award winning image created Right after the cake, the bride and groom just got closer, hugging and for a moment it was like there were only them and the naturally just kissed

IT wedding venue hugging closer bw Italy couple kissed

A top wedding photographer in Emigrant, Montana captured this picture in BW of Groomsmen playing pool

Emigrant pool billiards Montana bw picture

A top San Antonio wedding photographer at the Hotel Emma captured this picture of Texas Kids being kids during a cake cutting

cake cutting black and white Texas - Southern Hotel Emma Texas Kids being kids San Antonio cake cutting San Antonio wedding photographer

Vieux Lyon couple e-session with a loving hug on the steps

loving hug black and white lyon engagement stairs Vieux Lyon couple Castille Alma steps

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