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.

A silhouette with lighting technique photoshoot during pre wedding portrait session in Sentosa, Singapore

An Italian couple living the simple life of Rio de Janeiro. Pre Wedding Portraits

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Turkey, Kocaeli Love Portrait in the Sunset

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Alila Uluwatu Bali prewedding photoshoot at sunset

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Samabe Hotel prewedding photo portrait session in black and white

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Using the graffiti to silhouette the couple with flash

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The newlyweds, a bride and groom, stood in silhouette against the backdrop of the Atlanta city skyline at nightfall, their contours illuminated by the contrast of the red inner city lights and the darkness of the night at the Upstairs Atlanta

The bride and groom, newly married, were framed by the Atlanta skyline at night, lit up by the red city lights against the dark sky

dusk nighttime Night silhouette urban Lights Atlanta

Union League Club, NYC wedding venue photography | A Bride & Groom portrait using light and shadows

Capture the special day at the Union League Club in NYC with a bride and groom portrait featuring light and shadows

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The beautiful silhouette of the bride and groom at the DUMBO Loft in Brooklyn made for a perfect wedding portrait

The joyous union of the bride and groom, beautifully captured in the magical skyline of the DUMBO Loft in Brooklyn, created a romantic portrait on their special day

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Cape Town Engagement Photographer Playing with the shadows to create a contrast

A Creative Engagement Photographer Playing with the shadows to create a contrast for the formal couple

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A couple stands together against a contrast of dark and light during this engagement photoshoot by a New York City photographer.

A couple stands together against a contrast of dark and light during this engagement photoshoot by an urban photographer

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lucca mura wedding photography | the bride getting ready in black-and-white photography

wedding photography of the bride getting ready in black-and-white image

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Bella Eventos Casamento wedding photographer | Brazil WPJA

wedding image of the bride and groom with a bridesmaid dancing in fog

Bella Eventos Casamento party contrast reception bridemaids bridal party

Tokyo American Club wedding venue photography | Hard Light, Soft Bride Portrait in Good Light

A beautiful portrait of a bride at Tokyo American Club was created with contrast and light

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contrast black and white windows bride cake silhouettes

Paraná wedding photographer captured this black and white silhouette photo of the bride and groom standing under an awning during their outdoor ceremony in Brazil

black and white bride Sky contrast groom ceremony

Wedding photograph from Hertfordshire | Image contains: black, white, father, bride, ceremony

stone bouquet silhouette church black and white door contrast

Bronx Wedding Photographer | Image contains: Muslim, ceremony, mosque

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Ljubljana Wedding Photography | Image contains: groom, groomsmen, bride, bridesmaids, portrait

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