Wedding Photos of Cold

The following “Cold” 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 “Cold” 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 child grimaces in the cold at an outdoor snowy wedding on a patio at The Idle Hour in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Photo receives WPJA Honor Award.

Frozen Emotions: A Captivating Winter Wedding in South Lake Tahoe

Alberta, Canada adventurous wedding day couple portrait at Lake Minnewanka at Banff National Park while Walking on the frozen lake

Canada Alberta couple portrait Banff National Park winter National Park Alberta

Dramatic Warsaw wedding image of this Poland bride and groom in the church gardens resulting in portrait just after the wedding ceremony using scenery that is snowy and cold, as the celebrations took place in winter time

snowy Tomasz Budzynski cold Warsaw wedding photographer Poland winter celebration Warsaw

Iceland environmental couple pre wedding image session in the winter by the water with icebergs

cold icebergs winter Iceland couples Iceland water Pre Wedding Image

Colorado couple e-session in the Keystone Mountains with some Warm kisses on a cold evening in the rockies

Colorado Keystone Mountains Warm kisses rockies evening Colorado couple

Abisko, Sweden on-location winter portrait e-shoot on a frozen lake

frozen lake Sweden portrait e shoot Sweden on location portraits ice cold Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne winter

Vail winter engagement photography in the Colorado mountains

formal vail engagement photography snow Vail winter cold

Vail playful winter pre wed photo shoot

woods trees Colorado playful winter deep snow

Telluride snowy mountain couple portrait during this winter engagement session

Telluride snowy mountain snow CO winter engagement session cold

Telluride winter pre wedding shoot in the Colorado mountains

mountain cold Colorado Mountains winter Telluride pre wedding shoot Colorado

Trastevere District mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a couple Enjoying the cold winter sun of 7 am

couple Francesca Vitulano cold Trastevere District urban Trastevere District pic shoot Trastevere District wedding photo

Sierra Nevada, Granada mountain couple photo session before the wedding day with the pair sliding down a steep hill of snow in the winter

Sierra Nevada pre wedding photo Granada mountain Sierra Nevada steep hill couple photo session

China wedding bride posed portrait session with the lights on both sides of the aisle, one cold and one warm, respectively illuminate the dining table and the bride

Lights China wedding bride bride Gang Chen illuminate cold China portrait session

Breckenridge, CO Winter adventures engagement picture session in the cold white snow

CO Winter engagement CO picture session CO engagement snow Breckenridge cold

French Alps, France mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a couple next to a train

France engagement shoot cold france weddings snowy French Alps photography French Alps

Lake Braies, Italy micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day of a couple in the snowy mountains

cold Outdoor Italy couple Lake Braies snowy snow winter

South End, Boston, Massachusetts mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple in a neighborhood

ma wedding photographer South End Boston winter Massachusetts snow cold

South End, Boston, Massachusetts mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple in an alley with fresh snow and setting sun

Simi Rabinowitz South End MA couples winter engagement session urban snow Boston

Engaged couple at Bow Lake, AB, Canada Having fun in the snow during picture session

AB winter snow winter engagement session Canada AB wedding photography snowy

Mottarone / Italy couple Portrait in the snow for an artistic engagement photo

Italy winter snowy Mottarone snow cold

Fallen Leaf Lake, California Girlfriend follows him up a fallen tree at fallen leaf lake for a pre-wed picture

snowy winter California snow Fallen Leaf Lake winter engagement session cold

Emerald Bay, California couple Enjoying the roses on a windy mountaintop where they got engaged

cold California Emerald Bay winter engagement session snow snowy

Fallen Leaf Lake, California couple perches on a stump while their Husky wanders around the frozen lake waters during a creative pre-wed portrait shooting session

shore beach water dogs snowy Lakeside cold

FR engagement photo shoot with a jeep in the snow at Cevennes France

snowy winter snow 4x4 jeep cold

FR engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Pyrenees France with a couple on a trunk in the snow

snow France Pyrenees cold winter engagement session winter Audrey Morisson

Cold afternoon engagement portrait with body language mirroring

afternoon New Zealand body language christchurch engagement photographer Christchurch e shoot Christchurch engagement portrait

engagement session couple blowing air on a freezing cold night during a blizzard

engagement session blowing air freezing Minnesota cold Night

Engagement Photography Session at Dillon Ice Castles, Dillon, Colorado, USA - the couple braved the cold winter elements to create their dramatic engagement portraits in the ice castles in Colorado.

the couple braved the cold winter elements to create their dramatic engagement portraits in the ice castles

Dillon Ice Castles USA engagement portraits couple dillon pre wedding portrait Lucy Schultz Colorado

Rhode Island Engagement Portrait Session - Image contains: Couple sitting on rocks, winter, jackets, fall, cold

Rhode Island Engagement Image contains a Couple sitting on rocks, winter, jackets, fall, cold

Couple sitting on rocks Rhode Island pre wedding portraits jackets cold winter engagement photo Rhode Island

Massachusetts Engagement Couple Portrait - Image contains: snow, covered, bridge, blanket, cold, winter

Massachusetts Engagement Couple Portrait on a snow covered bridge

Massachusetts pre wedding portrait cold winter snow Massachusetts blanket

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