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.

A man holds his fiance as they stand in a field in Brno in this pre-wedding photo session by a Prague photographer.

Outdoor photo of engaged couple hugging in a field during their Engagement shoot in Landgoed den Treek

grass field picturesque trees Outdoor Landgoed den Treek grass fields

Castellina in Chianti, Siena - Jumping engagement portrait in the trees!

Siena scenic grass fields jumping Castellina engagement photo trees

Engagement Portrait of a couple sitting on a flipped-over metal box in front of a fence and looking at each other

couple sitting grass field rural engagement countryside fence metal box picturesque

Longwood gardens engagement photographer: "We were there during golden hour so we went gold."

picturesque scenic grass field countryside Longwood Gardens golden hour

In this San Francisco engagement portrait shoot, the photographer focuses on a few branches of beach side plants while the couple embraces out of focus in the distance

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Froyle Park Country Estate wedding guests line up as the groom walks in.

Country Estate wedding guests line up as the groom walks in the photo

UK groom country guests line up UK Wedding Reportage Photo Estate wedding

A couple kiss in the middle of a field on a foggy day during this Istanbul engagement shoot

A couple kiss in the middle of a field on a foggy day during this countryside engagement shoot

Istanbul scenic Istanbul engagement photographer picturesque country grass fields countryside

Hoi An Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography - Love in rice field

Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography showing the couples Love in rice field as they embrace

grass fields trees rice field countryside rural grass field Hoi An PreWedding Photography

Engagement Portrait Session with Big Skies and Barley

Broadchalke grass field rural Wiltshire picturesque scenic countryside

David's Country Inn Wedding | New Jersey Wedding Photographers

David's Country Inn Wedding image from a New Jersey reception venue

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Alberta bridal gown image in BW of the dress handing from a high window of an old barn

A black-and-white photo of an Alberta bride's dress hanging from an old barn's window

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Sicily Engagement photo session in medievale country Erice

pre wedding portraits Erice Sicily Engagement photo session Erice engagement picture Erice couple country Erice

groom bride color country red dress

groomsmen groom suits black and white boutineers country

bride truck gown color groom country

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