Wedding Photos of Countryside

The following “Countryside” 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 “Countryside” 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.

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

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

Tuscany engagement photo laughter smiles Lucca hills sunlight countryside

palo alto sunset walk during CA engagement photo shoot session.

CA picturesque scenic sunlight walking Palo Alto engagement photo grass field

Saignon Luberon France Engagement portrait session in the afternoon sunlight

trees Colas Declercq sunlight picturesque Saignon Luberon grass field grass fields

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

holding hands grass fields picturesque lens flare grass field rural

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

Brasil Goiania carry grass fields holding corn field Goiania pre wedding portrait

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

Goiania pre wedding portrait Goiania grass fields rural grass field Brasil picturesque

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

Northamptonshire pre wedding portrait country Northamptonshire Northamptonshire engagement photo scenic UK picturesque

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

Blaricum pre wedding portrait picturesque rural clouds Blaricum hills scenic

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

pup scenic puppy dogs Plum Island Plum Island pre wedding portrait Sarah V Martinez

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

New Hampshire NH Sarah V Martinez NH engagement session scenic Portsmouth country

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

RJ grass fields Brazil Niterói pre wedding portrait dancing countryside

Netherlands Uddel- Kootwijkerzand Engagement Photography - loveshoot during a sunset

countryside Netherlands picturesque scenic trees Marlous Nijholt rural

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

Gers grass fields bicycle trees Gers engagement photo South of France countryside

Dortmund couple engagement photoshoot - hold me in the sun

rural Dortmund pre wed countryside hugging couple Dortmund grass fields picturesque

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

countryside country grass field Cape Cod hills MA picturesque

Macedonia - Ohrid Couple session at sunset

countryside trees trees country clouds silhouette Ohrid pre wedding portrait

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

trees rural nb pre wedding portrait nb engagement photo countryside country

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

Boston engagement session grass fields country rural picturesque countryside Boston

Krabi dark forrest with blue sky for this engagement photo

trees scenic hills Wasan Chirdchom dark forrest picturesque Krabi

Brasilia Couple riding horses during engagement photo shoot

rural grass field Brasília engagement photo picturesque Gustavo Lucena grass fields trees

A countryside engagement shoot in Bishopsbourne, Kent UK

countryside engagement shoot country countryside picturesque Bishopsbourne pre wedding portrait grass fields trees

Holambra Engagement Photo Shoot - Silhouette dancing portrait at the tree

Holambra pre wedding portrait country scenic Holambra rural silhouette trees

Joaquim Egidio Pre Wedding Photo Shoot - relaxing at the field

Joaquim Egidio grass field grass fields farm relaxing hills

Detail image of the bride's dress hanging on the front porch of the Wellspring Spa in the woods of Washington State

A bride's dress hangs on a porch in Washington's woods, a picture of beauty

woodlands WA wilderness woods trees brides dress Bremerton

The newlyweds posed for a beautiful wedding photo outside a rural chapel in the countryside of Madrid, surrounded by the stunning natural landscape and scenery, celebrating their union at the Hacienda San Rafael

The couple celebrated their marriage in a rural chapel in Madrid, taking a photo in the beautiful countryside scenery

bride and groom chapel rural Madrid outside wedding couple Scenery

The bride and groom were married in a beautiful rural Hacienda de San Rafael, Spain countryside, surrounded by nature and stunning scenery. As the ceremony ended, confetti was thrown to celebrate the married couple

The couple wed in the rural Wolverhampton countryside, surrounded by nature's beauty. As the ceremony finished, confetti was thrown to mark the joyous occasion

landscape Scenery country confetti outdoors Wolverhampton newlyweds

Mogosoaia Lake Engagement Shoot | couple posing in the sunset at mogosoaia lake

grass field Mogosoaia Lake Bucharest pre wedding portrait sunset rural grass fields Bucharest engagement photo

Csengele, Hungary Fog in the Fields during engagement picture session

hills scenic Csengele engagement photo picturesque countryside country

Águilas - Murcia Engagement Photography - An afternoon of horseback riding

scenic horse country countryside horseback picturesque

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