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.

Sunset Engagement Shoot in Joshua Tree

Treviso PreWedding Portrait of a couple near the corn fields

nature sunlight rural picturesque Treviso pre wedding portrait grass fields Outdoor

Portrait of a couple at the vineyards at the sunset during pre wedding photo session

grass fields country scenic rural Vigna Maggio Resort siena engagement photo grass field

Portrait of the couple in front of the church at Holambra

grass field scenic picturesque church rural Holambra pre wedding portrait

Holambra engagement portrait of a couple in the flower fields

flowers Holambra rural Holambra engagement photo picturesque sunlight sunshine

Vinhedo couple in the car during pre-wedding portrait session on the grass.

scenic grass fields grass field Vinhedo pre wedding portrait automobile car countryside

A couple dances at Dennis Vineyards during their engagement portrait session.

trees Dennis Vineyards countryside Charlotte pre wedding portrait grass fields scenic grass field

Dennis Vineyards Engagement Portrait Session for a Young Couple in Love.

picturesque Charlotte engagement photo Dennis Vineyards country grass field scenic rural

Lucca, Italy couple session for pre wedding portraits in the late afternoon sun.

Lucca wedding couple grass fields hills grass field rural country scenic

Lucca tuscany engagement portrait just before sunset with laughing, fun couple.

laughter sunlight grass field country smiles Lucca grass fields

palo alto sunset walk during CA engagement photo shoot session.

country Palo Alto pre wedding portrait picturesque sunlight countryside scenic walking

Saignon Luberon France Engagement portrait session in the afternoon sunlight

scenic rural grass field Colas Declercq Saignon Luberon engagement photo grass fields Saignon Luberon

Boulder Colorado Engagement Photography of a couple walking near the Flatirons while getting kissed by the last bit of sun

walking boulder pre wedding portrait countryside trees scenic sun flare Colorado

Goiania, Brasil Engagement Photo Session in the middle of the road, the burned cornfield and the approaching storm. Like in a dramatic movie!

countryside red dress carry rural Alexandre Grand picturesque corn field

Couple stands for an engagement portrait in the foreground of a cornfield in Goiania, Brasil.

red dress Goiania pre wedding portrait Brasil rural grass fields picturesque country

Great Addington, Northamptonshire engagement portrait of couple sitting among the tall grasses in a field.

grass field rural scenic UK grass fields Northamptonshire engagement photo sunshine

Blaricum engagement photo shoot of couple with dark clouds approaching. Blaricum engagement photo shoot of couple with dark clouds approaching.

sunset grass field countryside silhouette clouds Blaricum engagement photo

The couple and their pup take in the last light of the day at their fall engagement session in the tall grass of Plum Island, MA

MA picturesque Plum Island pre wedding portrait puppy Sarah V Martinez Plum Island Plum Island engagement photo

Odiorne State Park in New Hampshire Pre-Wedding Portrait - The couple is silhouetted against a lit up sky at the end of their engagement session in Portsmouth New Hampshire

rural NH countryside country NH pre wed Odiorne State Park NH wedding couple

Niteroi - RJ / Brazil prewedding shoot - A couple dancing alone with each other for engagement portraits

country countryside picturesque dancing grass field trees

Netherlands Uddel- Kootwijkerzand Engagement Photography - loveshoot during a sunset

Marlous Nijholt Netherlands scenic NL countryside Netherlands wedding couple trees

Gers, South of France Engagement Photographer - A couple on a bicycle pose during pre-wedding portrait session.

bike picturesque trees grass field scenic Gers rural

Dortmund couple engagement photoshoot - hold me in the sun

country grass field picturesque rural hugging couple grass fields countryside

Cape Cod, MA Engagement Photographer - wide portrait of the soon to be bride and groom

Cape Cod engagement photo country roadway scenic grass field blue sky countryside

Macedonia - Ohrid Couple session at sunset

Ohrid pre wedding portrait clouds countryside scenic rural hills

Stay Okay Bergen op Zoom engaged couple is jumping from a hill for a portrait

countryside nb engagement photo nb pre wedding portrait jumping picturesque rural

Boston Public Garden Engagement Shoot - The flowers are larger than the couple but small compared to their love

picturesque grass field countryside Boston Public Garden Boston wedding couple trees Boston

Krabi dark forrest with blue sky for this engagement photo

hills blue sky picturesque rural Wasan Chirdchom country dark forrest

Brasilia Couple riding horses during engagement photo shoot

Brazil rural Gustavo Lucena horse horses grass field picturesque

A countryside engagement shoot in Bishopsbourne, Kent UK

Bishopsbourne trees Bishopsbourne pre wedding portrait country hills countryside engagement shoot

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