Wedding Photos of Desert

The following “Desert” 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 “Desert” 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.

Captured in Cappadocia, Turkey, this pre-wedding photo session features a couple with stampeding horses in the desert, for a romantic and captivating portrait.

Enchanted Equestrian: Pre-Wedding Portraits in Cappadocia, Turkey

At a wedding at Ritz Carlton Wadi Desert, a little girl gazes in admiration at the bride, surrounded by the serene outdoors and the warm glow of the sun.

Serene Desert Wedding Scene at Ritz Carlton Wadi Desert

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A captivating pre-wedding photo session in the enchanting backdrop of Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey, where a passing horse and rider frame the beautiful couple

Romantic Elegance Unveiled: Mesmerizing Pre-Wedding Connection Immortalized Amidst Goreme's Majestic Splendor

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The couple enjoy a romantic engagement session by the windmills of Palm Springs, California

The engaged couple had a magical time taking photos at the windmills of Palm Springs, California during their romantic engagement session

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The ceremony at Snow Canyon State Park in Utah was framed by the bright red rock walls and held on the sand dunes

A Utah Snow Canyon State Park intimate wedding ceremony was framed by red rock walls and held on desert sand dunes

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The couple kissed under a rocky cave in the desert, with a beautiful blue sky behind them

A desert rock setting beneath a blue sky provided the backdrop for a romantic kiss

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Cappadocia post proposal portraits from a Turkey couple engagement session at a beautiful landscape, mountain, hill, desert, formation, cliff, terrain, geology, badlands, turkey, plateau, landform, ancient

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Cappadocia post proposal photography showing a smiling Turkey couple with a hot air balloon and an arid landscape, rock, desert, view, sandstone, valley, travel, formation, geology, turkey, plateau

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Cappadocia couples lifestyle portrait session in Turkey with a flowing red dress and hot air balloons

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A Istanbul Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this lovely, desert portrait of this Cappadocia couple huggging and kissing with hot air balloons behind them

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View this poetic Meyzieu wedding image from An indian wedding, of bride embracing her man while looking at the camera, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Meyzieu wedding image from An indian wedding, of bride embracing her man while looking at the camera, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

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Atacama Desert environmental couple pre wedding image session against the warm rocks in the sunshine

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Deadvlei Namibia Desert portrait of the bride and groom in BW

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Garden of the Gods couple photo shoot in Colorado Springs of the dancing together in the desert land

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Deadvlei Namibia wedding couple artistic image session for a warm Portrait in the desert with a dead tree

Namibia wedding couple artistic image session desert warm Portrait dead tree Namibia Deadvlei Namibia

Digital artistic Wolwedans Dunes Lodge wedding image in Namibia on the Namib Rand reserve in Africa showing the bride Getting ready in the desert

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Namibia wedding art detail picture at the Wolwedans Dunes Lodge in Africa of the grooms suit hanging in the desert shade

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Artistic Namib Rand reserve wedding detail image at the Wolwedans Dunes Lodge in Africa showing Desert sand, the brides dress, and the grooms shoes

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True Love Engagement Picture Session in Murcia showing a couple running in the heat of the desert under the clouds

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True Love Engagement Picture Session in Camargue showing a couple on the beach at sunset

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Dubai Desert environmental engagement e-session for prewedding portraits in the desert

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Al Awir Desert, Dubai Couple walking in the desert during a pre-wed photography session

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Sand Mountain, NV Beautiful light between the couple during a pre-wed photoshoot session at sunset

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Sand Mountain, NV Smoke bombs in hand on sand dune during a pre-wed photoshoot in the desert

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Arizona Valley of rain couple portraits during a pre-wed engagement session

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UAE desert pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple from United Arab Emirates Exploring the Dubai desert

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UAE sands engagement photo shoot with a fun loving couple in the Dubai Desert Having a laugh

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UAE pre wedding and engagement photography from Maleiha Desert, Dubai of a couple walking and Exploring the desert

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UAE engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Maleiha Desert, Dubai as it is getting dark in the desert

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UAE pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in the Maleiha Desert, Dubai hugging in the warm wind

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