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.

UAE pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Fossil Rock, Dubai Desert while Walking on the edge of the dunes

UAE engagement photo shoot from Fossil Rock, Dubai Desert using the desert light

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UAE pre wedding and engagement photography from Maleiha Desert, Dubai of a couple Dancing in the Desert

Dubai Dancing in the Desert dancing desert Maleiha Desert bw engagement portrait

UAE pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in the Maleiha Desert, Dubai walking through the sand dunes

adventure Dubai UAE dunes Maleiha Desert dubai engagement photo

Turkey engagement photography from cappadocia during a pre wedding session at the sunrise

dunes sand Turkey sunrise Cappadocia engagement e session Hot air balloons

Arizona engagement photo shoot in Downtown Phoenix before a blue sunset

sunset Downtown creative portrait desert blue hour contrast silhouette

China engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session with dancing on the sands of Fuzhou

dunes desert dancing sand adventure Fuzhou sand dunes

Marrakech engagement photo shoot in the Agafay Desert of Morocco with a couple kissing

dunes adventure Agafay Desert Audrey Morisson desert sand Morocco

FR engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in The dune of Pyla, France with A couple on the sand dunes

Audrey Morisson dunes sand desert adventure pyla engagement France

FR pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers embracing at The dune of Pyla, France

embracing couple Audrey Morisson pyla engagement The dune of Pyla sand dunes France

France engagement portrait with a posed couple sitting on the sands of Espiguette beach south of France and kissing

posed couple desert sand adventure South of France dunes Espiguette beach

Hauts-de-France engagement portrait with a posed couple in the sand dunes of Fort-Mahon-Plage - Somme

Hauts de France engagement Jean Baptiste Quillien sand Hauts de France desert adventure Fort Mahon Plage

Hauts-de-France engagement photo shoot with a couple kissing in the desert of Fort-Mahon-Plage - Somme

adventure desert couple kissing Fort Mahon Plage Hauts de France Somme sand

TX engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in blue at The White Sands National Monument

evening desert dusk texas engagement low light Texas lighting

Formal TX pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at sunset at The White Sands National Monument

texas formal engagement dunes TX sand The White Sands National Monument desert sunset

Formal engagement portrait with a posed couple in nice lighting at The White Sands National Monument

posed couple desert couple posed Shannon Cain The White Sands National Monument Texas TX

A Texas wedding photographer working for a couple at The White Sands National Monument

dunes desert texas engagement photo Texas adventure lens flare TX

Creative The White Sands National Monument pre wedding and engagement photography in colorful sunlight

Texas TX The White Sands National Monument dunes adventure dancing desert

cappadocia, turkey engagement shooting with hot air balloons in the background

clouds Hot air balloons Cappadocia engagement photographers desert background pre wedding session Cappadocia

Cappadocia pre wedding session at the sunrise with hot air balloons in flight

pre wedding locations Cappadocia desert Cappadocia Cappadocia engagement photos sunrise Turkey Hot air balloons

Istanbul, suleymaniye pre wedding session with a centered couple over the city

over the city pre wedding location Istanbul Istanbul desert suleymaniye centered couple Istanbul engagement session

cappadocia, turkey engagement picture session near balancing rocks

rock engagement photos Cappadocia balancing rocks desert Cappadocia Turkey

A Happy couple posing for engagement portraits in the sand dunes of Death Valley National Park, CA, USA

Death Valley National Park desert sand pre wedding session Death Valley Death Valley engagement photos CA

Pre-Wed Engagement Session on the hills of cappadocia, Turkey

hills Cappadocia engagement photos formal wear Turkey desert Cappadocia

Spain couple portrait in a convertible sports car

Spain couple portrait in a convertible BMW sports car

Spain engagement photographers desert pre wedding session Spain car Spain kissing

two lovers walking in the desert under the storm at BARDENES DESERT - SPAGNE

two lovers walking in the desert under the storm during a pre-wedding photoshoot

SPAGNE e session storm BARDENES DESERT desert SPAGNE walking

summer love in the desert sun and wind during pre-wedding photoshoot

Muscat e shoot Muscat engagement photos pre wedding photoshoot Muscat Muscat pre wedding portraits desert wind

a hand down from a rock in Moab during their sunrise desert engagement session

rock Moab desert sunrise Utah engagement photography Utah pre wedding portrait Arches National Park

A young couple in cappadocia, turkey engagement for a great photo session

A young couple in the cappadocia desert

Cappadocia pre wedding portraits Cappadocia engagement photos desert Cappadocia Desert Cappadocia e shoot Turkey portraits

Open road and painted lines lead you right to the engaged couple in the atacama desert

Open road and painted lines lead you right to the engaged couple in the desert

painted lines desert Chile engagement photographer Chile pre wedding portraits Atacama Desert Open road

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