Wedding Photos of Contrast

The following “Contrast” 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 “Contrast” 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.

Dumbo couple's Silhouette during a pre-wed engagement photo session

Siracusa love in ortigia island - sicily couple during a pre-wed engagement photo session with birds in flight

Sicily creative portrait silhouette contrast artistic picture Ortigia Island

Graça, Lisbon Couple taking the last sun rays available in the wonderful sunset during a pre-wed engagement photo shoot

sun flare artistic picture silhouette afternoon Lisbon Graça

Boston Public Library Engagement session kissing through a fountain and shown via a silhouette in warm tones

artistic picture MA couple silhouettes contrast creative portrait Boston Public Library silhouette

Capitol Hill in Washington DC prewed portrait of engaged couple in front of the Congress building

Capitol Hill Washington DC bw engagement portrait engagement silhouettes artistic picture Black & White

Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut couple walks together holding hands over a black rocky formation as the sun sets behind them over the ocean

water beach Danielle Gardner CT engagement silhouettes ocean contrast shore

A couple stands together in the distance by the ocean with rocky formation and sand around them in Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut for pre-wed images

water ocean beach shore contrast creative portrait New Haven engagement silhouettes

Virginia sunset engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Hawksbill Mountain, Shenandoah National Park, VA as The couple hiked to the tallest point in the Shenandoah and hold hands

creative portrait VA couple portrait shoot Johnny Shryock contrast Shenandoah National Park VA engagement silhouettes engagement image VA

DC engagement photo shoot at the Lincoln Memorial DC with The couple embracing at the Memorial before sunrise

creative portrait contrast Lincoln Memorial landmark DC couple portrait shoot engagement silhouettes engagement image DC

NYC engagement photo shoot with a couple holding hands in their apartment in New York City

silhouette New York City engagement picture pre wedding portraits New York City creative portrait contrast nyc engagement silhouettes

Asia pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Singapore - And in this world, she is my world

Huy Che Hoang creative portrait Singapore engagement picture Singapore engagement silhouettes artistic picture contrast

FL engagement portrait with a posed couple at Fort Zach Key West with some Sunset Foliage

Key West couple portrait shoot Fort Zach artistic picture engagement image Key West Key West FL sunset

Brittany engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in the trees by the water in Noirmoutiers, France

engagement silhouettes contrast France water Brittany Noirmoutiers Patrick Lombaert

Vietnam pre wedding and engagement photography with Ho Chi Minh City behind the couple

city Ho Chi Minh City contrast clouds skyline silhouette Nien Truong

Vietnam silhouette engagement portrait with a posed couple jumping with umbrellas in Dalat

trees engagement silhouettes contrast silhouette artistic picture umbrellas Vietnam engagement photography

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at Trasimeno Lake - Perugia - Italy Waiting for the sun going down at the lake during the engagement session

engagement silhouettes Trasimeno Lake artistic picture creative portrait silhouette sunset

Virginia pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers dancing at the Library of Congress - They are each other's first love

dancing creative portrait artistic picture VA Library of Congress silhouette lovers

Spain engagement photo shoot at Cabo de Gata Almeria with a sunset beach Jump

engagement silhouettes Almeria contrast jump Spain Cabo de Gata

IT engagement photo shoot from Portopiccolo, Trieste, Italy using some creative Sunset silhouettes

Italy IT engagement silhouettes Trieste artistic picture sunset Portopiccolo

IT engagement portrait with a posed couple from Duino, Trieste, Italy showing off their Silhouettes

back to back Italy contrast Duino IT engagement silhouettes creative portrait

UAE engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Maleiha Desert, Dubai as it is getting dark in the desert

silhouette Maleiha Desert sunset creative portrait contrast artistic picture engagement silhouettes

Turkey engagement photo shoot at sunrise as the hot air balloons take to the air above cappadocia, turkey

creative portrait sunrise Hot air balloons Turkey Turkey engagement silhouettes artistic picture

PT pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple dancing during the sunset in Caxias beach, Lisboa, Portugal

artistic picture Portugal Caxias beach Lisboa creative portrait silhouette

IT pre wedding photography at at the twin gates of Palermo

silhouette contrast twin gates IT engagement silhouettes creative portrait buildings center framed

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at sunset by the lake in Siena, Tuscany

Siena silhouette artistic picture water sunset IT engagement silhouettes creative portrait

Arizona engagement photo shoot in Downtown Phoenix before a blue sunset

contrast AZ engagement silhouettes Phoenix silhouette artistic picture desert Arizona

DC engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Capitol Hills, Washington DC with the couple in front of the capitol

artistic picture blue sky DC engagement silhouettes Washington DC creative portrait contrast Capitol Hills

MD pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Rockville, Maryland jumping together in front of a building

Maryland jumping contrast Rockville artistic picture MD engagement silhouettes

Artistic CO engagement photo shoot at Castlewood Canyon, Colorado of a couple with a ponderosa pine melting into their silhouette

engagement silhouettes CO engagement images contrast Colorado Colorado pre wed photo silhouette Lucy Schultz

Quebec engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Palais-des-Congrès, Montreal, Quebec of two men in silhouette against a bright coloured window

Quebec engagement silhouettes contrast silhouette colorful Montreal creative portrait

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