Wedding Photos of Country

The following “Country” 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 “Country” 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.

Surrounded by the rolling vineyards and scenic beauty of Napa Valley in California, this couple celebrates their engagement with a romantic portrait session in the heart of the famous wine country.

Amid Napa Valley Vineyards, The Couple’s Engagement Is Celebrated In California’s Picturesque Wine Country

Bathed in the golden light at Talton Lodge in Warwickshire, a couple is highlighted against a country landscape, their portrait reflecting warmth and affection at sunset.

Golden Sunset Highlights Couple’s Warm Affection Against Countryside at Talton Lodge in Warwickshire

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During a rustic country wedding in Duerne within the Monts du Lyonnais, France, the couple shares a quiet, whispered conversation while bathed in the warm, natural afternoon sunlight.

Couple Shares Quiet Conversation During Rustic Country Wedding In Duerne, Monts du Lyonnais, France

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Against the grandeur of a large oak at Domaine de Givray in Trouy, the bride and groom kiss, framed by the natural beauty and timeless setting of the French countryside.

The Majesty of a Large Oak Frames a Kiss for the Bride and Groom at Domaine de Givray, Trouy

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A wedding portrait in the heart of New Forest, UK - symmetry and romance of a bride and groom sharing a kiss on a country road.

Bride and Groom Kiss on Country Road in New Forest, UK

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At Broadturn Farm in Maine, the wedding couple enters their ceremony together, walking into a barn with wood plank floors and guests waiting.

Wedding Couple Walks Hand-In-Hand into Barn Ceremony at Broadturn Farm, Maine, Amidst Awaiting Guests

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A candid moment captured on the couple's wedding day at their countryside French venue, showcasing a heartfelt ceremony speech amidst scattered pizza boxes that the bride had searched high and low for all morning in Nances city, Savoie.

Rustic Romance: Heartfelt Ceremony Speech Amidst Pizza Boxes at Countryside French Venue in Nances

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A Nebraska lifestyle couple photo session showing a girl kissed by her boyfriend in a cowboy hat

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Kaysersberg Castle, Alsace engagement photo showcasing the natural ease of their relationship as the gentleman carries his bride on a country path away from the castle

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Cesena pre-wedding engagement image-session in country wheat fields of Italy resulting in a detail of a candid caress in the wheat, with the dog feeling love in the air

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Outdoor Arraial do Cabo, RJ couple engagement photography portrait in tree lined trail in the country

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On location Heath, West Sussex couple engagement portrait shoot in red shirts near an open field in the country

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True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Crete Senesi, Siena showing the Tuscany lovers piggyback in the rural country

Tuscany Portrait Session lovers piggyback rural Siena Tuscany pre wedding

Schio, Vicenza, Italy micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day of a couple kissing in front of some mountains

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Schio, Vicenza, Italy micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a couple in the country

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Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany outside forest picture session before the wedding day while holding hands during the Sunrise

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San Francisco Sweet couple by the mossy sea cliff during a pre-wed portrait session

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Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France Couple laughing during pre-wed session, shot through the mirror of their motorbike

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Austria engagement pre-wed photo with Love in the mountain

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Love session in the Rain in Waalwijk Lido for engagement pre-wed photos

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West Lake Tahoe Couple at top of rock sharing a moment during a pre-wed shoot

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Ipioca, Alagoas wedding couple in nature and at sunset during an engagement photo shoot

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pre-wedding portrait session in a barn window

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Engagement Photo Sessions | France country couple and a dog

Engagement Photo Session of a country couple and a dog

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Engagement Picture Session | Pre-Wedding Photo from İzmir, Turkey

Pre-Wedding Photo in formal wear

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Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy engagement photographer: yes i want you

Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy engagement photo in the country and wind

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Engagement Portrait from Águilas - Murcia - Spain | A hot summer afternoon couple session in the sun

Murcia scenic Spain grass fields picturesque Aguilas engagement photos

Engagement Photographer for Surfside Beach Nantucket Island - Couple on a beach walk during their engagement session.

hills grass field rural Nantucket Island wedding engagement countryside picturesque grass fields

Engagement Photographer for Wiesbaden, Germany | Couple on a field of flowers

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$Vail, CO Pre-Wedding Photos - Rain & rays of sun cause for some crazy flare & colorful diffraction for this Vail Pass Engagement Photo.$

Vail, CO Pre-Wedding Photos - Rain & rays of sun cause for some crazy flare & colorful diffraction for this Vail Pass Engagement Photo.

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