Wedding Photos of Clouds

The following “Clouds” 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 “Clouds” 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 silhouetted couple posed against the beautiful sunset clouds in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs for their save-the-date photo

Garden of the Gods, Colorado: Silhouetted Couple Enjoying Sunset Clouds

The small remote town of Vejer de la Frontera in Cadiz, Spain is a romantic destination for couples, as evidenced by the creative portrait of a couple walking and embracing along the beach sand

Couples embrace on a Vejer de la Frontera's romantic beach scene under clouds

couple walking cadiz engagement photography Cadiz Spain clouds Vejer de la Frontera romantic stroll

A stylish couple were captured in a romantic moment at a lifestyle photoshoot in São Paulo, standing boldly on a rock and looking up at the sky with its billowing clouds as the backdrop

In São Paulo, a stylish couple romantically posed atop a rock, looking up to billowing clouds

bold São Paulo engagement session São Paulo clouds standing on rock

A creative and artistic couple posed for a romantic lifestyle photoshoot in Lyon, surrounded by blurry clouds of love in a beautiful black and white portrait

In Lyon, a romantic black and white portrait captured the creative love of an artistic couple

Lyon clouds blurry lyon engagement portrait bw portrait artistic portrait

The engaged couple enjoyed a beautiful pre-wedding portrait session at the Playing Angels Sculpture on Kelly Drive in Philadelphia, basking in the low golden sun on the grassy lawn

In Philadelphia's Kelly Drive, the engaged couple enjoyed the sunlight while taking lifestyle portraits at the Playing Angels Sculpture

Playing Angels Sculpture clouds grassy lawn Pennsylvania Engagement Photography Kelly Drive PA golden sun Philadelphia

The engaged couple were framed by trees and the blue sky behind them while they posed for their stunning lifestyle pre-wedding portrait at their Wissahickon Creek Engagement Session

At Wissahickon Creek, the engaged couple posed for a portrait with trees and sky as their backdrop

Pennsylvania blue sky low angle trees Wissahickon Creek Pennsylvania Engagement Photography clouds

The couple had an engagement session with a large sky and soft clouds in Les Sables d'Olonne, France

The couple's engagement session was captured against a beautiful sky filled with soft, fluffy clouds

vendee engagement photography Les Sables dOlonne minimalistic portrait Vendee clouds Pays de la Loire

A couple cuddle tenderly with clouds reflected in water behind them during their engaged lifestyle session in Ecluzelles, France

The engaged couple experienced pure joy when they shared a hug, with the clouds reflected in the water behind them in the heavens

clouds Cuddling Ecluzelles Engagement Photographer Eure-et-Loir Ecluzelles

A Thailand couple had a lifestyle portrait taken on a beach in Phuket with a dramatic sky featuring sun rays peeling through the clouds at harsh angles from the low sun

The couple poses for their pre-wedding photo on the beach, with a dramatic backdrop of sun rays peeking through the clouds

clouds beach engagement Sun rays Phuket Phuket Engagement Photography

Amidst a sky filled with billowing clouds, the bride and groom stand at the side, looking out over Trieste, Italy

The newlyweds stand to the side, illuminated by the picturesque sky of billowing clouds

Sky sky and clouds trieste photographer Trieste Italy Trieste couple portrait clouds

This romantic portrait captures a couple dancing at sunset in the province of Noord Brabant

At sunset, a graceful couple danced beneath a sky of warm toned clouds

warm tones Brabant clouds Netherlands dancing couple North Brabant Photographer sunset

This couple had a lifestyle engagement portrait taken at sunset in Sedona, Arizona, with a view of the mountains and valley below them

A couple portrait taken at sunset with a view of the mountains and valley below was captured in the image

Sedona Engagement Photographer Sedona mountains Arizona valleys clouds

In the soft blue sky above Shanghai, China, a loving couple kiss under a sweeping white veil that gets lost in the clouds

Amidst a gentle azure sky, the couple embraced tenderly beneath a billowing white veil that seemed to blend into the clouds

white veil flying veil PRC couple kissing clouds Shanghai China couple

The bride's spectacular arrival to Powerscourt House in a horse drawn carriage created a fairytale scene, with a huge sky filled with clouds

The bride's majestic entrance in a horse-drawn carriage against a dreamy backdrop of a vast sky filled with clouds was a fairytale scene

Ireland horse drawn carriage fairytale scene Wicklow Photographer Powerscourt House County Wicklow Enniskerry

The bride and groom embraced near the picturesque Maceio Alagoas ceremony and reception location, with a beautiful blue sky and clouds above them

The newlyweds were enveloped in a breathtaking scene, surrounded by a clear blue sky and billowing clouds

Maceió Maceió photographer minimalistic portrait Alagoas clouds blue sky Brazil

The grooms and groomsmen stand tall beneath a beautiful arching hoop structure with clear window panels, allowing them to look up to the sky above

The grooms and groomsmen are posed beneath an aesthetically pleasing arch

Minneapolis window panels arching hoop clouds Minneapolis photographer MN grooms and groomsmen

A romantic bridge silhouette against a blue sky with puffed white clouds provided a stunning backdrop for the couple's engagement photos

The couple's engagement picture captivated memories of Brooklyn New York with sunlight shadows and a cable hung bridge silhouetted against a blue sky filled with white clouds

sunlight shadows blue sky Brooklyn Engagement Photography Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn clouds New York City - Metro

The couple's engagement in the mountain cliffs, with a view of the clouds in the sky, captures their love and connection amidst the beauty and grandeur of nature

This image captures the timeless beauty of a couple's love, framed by the serene mountains view in a romantic engagement portrait

mountain cliffs Potenza Engagement Photography grandeur of nature Potenza clouds

couple in the sky during a pre wedding photo session

Sancerre portrait in the clouds Sancerre Photographer clouds

couple are jumping on a high hill and Shot from low angle

low angle Babak Sadri jumping high El Paso El Paso Photographer clouds Texas - West

A NH couple walk holding hands under the clouds at Franconia Notch State Park

New Hampshire photographer Franconia Notch State Park clouds holding hands New Hampshire bw portrait Yuri Kriventsoff

The newlyweds embraced the view above them, the sun-filled sky alive with seagulls as their wedding day portrait session began

A Galata, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey wedding day portrait session below the blue sky, clouds, and flying birds

Galata blue sky clouds Turkey Istanbul flying birds

At dusk, a France wedding photographer captured the newlyweds embracing in a stunning blue hour portrait

An Île-de-France Reception venue portrait of the bride and the groom kissing at the blue hour, and it's windy

clouds France blue hour Pierrick Roland France photographer groom kissing bride windy portrait

A Dorset wedding photographer recently captured a romantic image of a bride and groom holding hands at sunset amidst the epic skies

Coppleridge Inn, Dorset couple holding hands at sunset Under epic skies

Dorset Coppleridge Inn dorset photographer epic skies sunset portrait clouds

A Stirlingshire wedding photographer captured a romantic portrait of the bride and groom head to head, silhouetted against the sun at their reception venue

Stirlingshire Reception Venue portrait of a Scotland Couple silhouetted against the sun

Mike Cook sun clouds Scotland stirlingshire photographer Stirlingshire Silhouette portrait

The newlyweds in Bodensee stood with clouds beneath their feet after the wedding ceremony

At Bodensee, the newlyweds celebrated with clouds below their feet after exchanging vows

posed couple artistic portrait clouds Bodensee Bodensee Photographer Lake Constance

At sunset, a Estes Park wedding photographer captured a stunning image of the bride and groom, alone together, surrounded by majestic mountains and billowing clouds

CO photography of the couple sharing a minute together alone on their wedding day during sunset surrounded by mountains and clouds in Estes Park

mountains Estes Park sunset portrait Estes Park photographer wedding day portrait clouds

cliffs over the beach make the images from the photo shoot especially beautiful

clouds Rio Grande do Sul Rogerio Frota dos Santos cliffs Brazil photographer Brazil Torres Beach

a lovely couple under the reflected dramatic sky with clouds

Het Hulsbeek reflection clouds dramatic sky Oldenzaal Jola Mulder Silhouette portrait

The bride and groom can be seen passionately embracing in a portrait taken from a low angle, with the trees and blue sky providing a beautiful backdrop

The embracing bride and groom are set against the trees and blue sky in a low-angle portrait

trees Romania photographer blue sky embracing clouds Romania low angle portrait

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