Wedding Photos of Elopement

The following “Elopement” 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 “Elopement” 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.

Professional photographer capturing a special scene at a wedding in Bar Harbor, Maine. A dog looks on as the bride gets ready for her elopement in Acadia National Park.

Bar Harbor's Picture Perfect Elopement: Bride Prepares in Acadia with Watchful Canine Companion

Newly wed couple in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit Maine, celebrating their elopement with champagne popping after sailing on the ocean.

POP THE CORK! NEWLYWED DUO IN OGUNQUIT TOAST AFTER SAILING ELOPEMENT OCEAN LOVE

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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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A Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this couple at the Oregon Mountain Range at sunset

This couple's artistic adventure was captured at sunset in the Oregon Mountain Range

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World's top and most original San Diego wedding portrait photography of bride putting on earrings for beach elopement

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A top Chicago wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful lakeside wedding location during an Intimate elopement taking place near the lakefront in Illinois

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Colorado wedding art couple portrait of the Denver bride and groom toasting at their elopement in the winter snow of the mountains

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Black and white Crete Senesi wedding picture in Siena, Tuscany, Italy during a very small and intimate Elopement event

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Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado wedding couple artistic image session of fog surrounding the couple at their elopement

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Brainard Lake, Ward, CO fine art wedding couple posed together on the road leading to Brainard lake following their elopement

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Brainard Lake, Ward, CO creative couple wedding portrait of the bride and groom posing together on a rock at twilight following their elopement

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Image of the bride and groom sharing their first kiss in the County Clerk's office after their civil ceremony in South Lake Tahoe, CA

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Pennsylvania wedding photo from the Hotel during Prep as the Groom is helping the bride get the dress down from where she hung it up when the checked into their bed and breakfast for their elopement

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Shenandoah National Park wedding image of a couple laughing at their dog during their vows at Point Overlook

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Washington DC, United States couple posing for a Wedding Portrait after elopement on the rocks above the clouds and valley below

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Tears run down on the bride's face during a Balboa Park (San Diego) elopement wedding ceremony while family members watch it via a live-streaming call

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Tower of Babel, Banff National Park couple portrait as they hiked after their elopement to the top of the mountain

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Image of the The groom helping his bride down from the location they chose to read their vows and self marry during their elopement in Wyoming

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Rocky Mountain National Park couple portraits at a secluded spot in the mountains after the ceremony

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The bride and groom pose together for a wedding portrait near Brainard Lake during their Colorado mountain elopement

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Zephyr Cove, NV wedding elopement image of a bride and groom taking a break from activity and share a quiet moment together during their elopement

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Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA wedding portrait in the hills | Little family elopement

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World Trade Center (PATH-Station) Elopement Ceremony at PATH - Photography of bride and groom during their vows.

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A bride and groom elope in wooded privacy under the ski lifts

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Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve elopement wedding image contains: The bride and groom use guessing to decide who speaks first during the ceremony

The bride and groom use guessing to decide who speaks first during the small wedding ceremony

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine Wedding Photography of the Ceremony in France - The exchange of alliances at the town hall immortalized by the brother of the bride

The exchange of alliances at the town hall immortalized by the brother of the bride

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