Wedding Photos of Garden

The following “Garden” 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 “Garden” 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.

Chateau de Kergrist in Brittany, France. Wedding photo of a couple in the garden taken from a high angle in black and white with a tilt shift effect.

Romantic Nuptials at Chateau de Kergrist: High Angle Garden Wedding in Tilt Shift Monochrome

Photograph capturing a joyful moment at a wedding in Torbole Casaglia (Bs). Children playing on colorful bouncy house inflatables in the farmhouse garden.

Cheerful Kids Bounce in Farmhouse Garden: Joyful Wedding Moment in Torbole Casaglia

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Photograph taken at a wedding ceremony in Belin-Beliet, Gironde, France. The image features the wedding rings being exchanged in a beautiful outdoor garden setting.

Stunning Wedding Rings Exchanged in Enchanting Garden Ceremony at Belin-Beliet, Gironde, France

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Wedding image captured in Budapest, Hungary, shows a couple embracing affectionately in a garden setting.

Romantic Couple Embracing in Budapest Garden: Love Blossoms in Hungarian Wedding Bliss

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At Gables LBI, NJ, a bride adorned in a maroon tuxedo reacts emotively as the bride gracefully walks down the aisle during a garden LBI Gable wedding ceremony.

Emotive Moments at a Garden Wedding Ceremony in Gables LBI, NJ

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This beautiful black and white image captures the sweet embrace of a newlywed couple on their wedding day at a private residence in Saratoga, CA, during an outdoor ceremony in a garden setting.

Saratoga Garden Love: Newlyweds share a sweet embrace at a private residence outdoor ceremony

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A captivating black and white wedding portrait captured at Victoria Peak Garden, Hong Kong. The bride and groom are framed by a vintage lamp and the silhouette of trees, creating a romantic and enchanting scene.

Enchanting Black and White Wedding Portrait at Victoria Peak Garden, Hong Kong: Vintage Love

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An intimate and romantic wedding portrait of a bride and groom lovingly embracing amidst sunlit fields of grass in Dortmund.

Sunlit Fields Embrace: Intimate Wedding Portrait in Romantic Dortmund Grassland Haven

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Award-winning wedding photographer captures the sweet moment of embraces between the newlyweds in the garden of their Calvados, Normandy home, right after playing the bouquet game.

Sweet Embrace: A Garden Wedding Hug Moment in Calvados

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The bridesmaids and friends enjoy themselves in the gardens of Bardney Hall, Lincolnshire, England

Garden Bliss: Bridesmaids and Friends Unwind at Bardney Hall, Lincolnshire, England

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A young engaged couple happily walking hand in hand up a staircase surrounded by vibrant flowers and breathtaking trees in the Botanical Garden of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Love Blossoms: Young Engaged Couple Soaks in Nature's Splendor at the Botanical Garden of Szeged, Hungary

Botanical Garden of Szeged garden Szeged staircase vibrant flowers trees Hungary

The couple is captured in an engagement portrait as they stroll through the serene garden of the historic Pieve di Romena in Arezzo, Italy

Capturing Love in the Serene Gardens of Pieve di Romena: An Engagement Portrait in Arezzo, Italy

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In Poitiers, France, a couple is captured in an engagement portrait while embracing each other in their garden

Romantic Engagement Portrait in Poitiers, France: Heartfelt Embrace in a Stunning Garden

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At Hotel de Russie in Rome, Italy, a bride was captured in a beautiful portrait spinning and dancing in the garden with the setting sun providing a stunning rim light effect

The bride was captured spinning and dancing with beautiful lighting

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At Metz in Moselle, the newlyweds shared an intimate moment as they stood side-by-side in front of the town hall, surrounded by a garden of purple blooming trees

The wedding photographer captured the couple in front of the town hall surrounded by purple blooming trees

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A Georgia wedding photographer captured this couple posing for a creative save the date engagement announcement at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens during a walk in the garden

Atlanta Botanical Gardens: Couple Captured for Creative Save the Date Engagement Announcement

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At Hamswell House, Bath, UK, a documentary-style wedding picture captured a tranquil moment of the children seated on the concrete steps near the garden

At Hamswell House, Bath, UK, a tranquil moment of children seated on the steps near the garden

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A happy couple in Lyon, France is laughing in anticipation of their upcoming wedding

Laughing, in Lyon, France, a happy couple anticipates their wedding

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The happy couple enjoyed a pre-wedding portrait session in Saratoga, twirling and smiling as they danced in the garden area near a fountain

In Saratoga, the couple twirled as they danced in the garden near a fountain for their lifestyle portrait session

Black clothing California - Northern Saratoga Saratoga Lifestyle Engagement Portrait twirling fountain garden

The couple embracing and smiling in the sun, surrounded by blooms, made for a beautiful portrait at Giardino Viatori in Gorizia, Italy

At Giardino Viatori in Gorizia, Italy, a portrait of a couple embracing and smiling in the sun, surrounded by blooms

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An engaged couple was captured at Hampstead Heath, London, UK in a pre-wedding portrait, showing the deep affection and love between them with both eyes closed and surrounded by the beauty of spring

At Hampstead Heath, London, UK, a lifestyle portrait captured an engaged couple's deep affection and love

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The bride and groom were showered with a torrential downpour of confetti outside of Core Clapton in Hackney London

A couple was showered in confetti outside their garden wedding scene, basking in the natural light

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The bride and groom mirrored each other's gestures in the Walled Garden in Nottingham, UK, with soft, out of focus flowers in the foreground

At the head table, the bride and groom affectionately mirrored each other's gestures, rubbing their eyes

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wedding party in a garden under a big tree

wedding party portrait Art Institute of Chicago garden Chicago photographer

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in the Smithsonian Castle in DC as the couple embrace in the garden framed by the buildings architecture

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Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden lifestyle portrait photography for a North Carolina couple who are engaged and enjoying running on the path under the water fountain streams in the park

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Great wedding photography of the Italian couple at Villa Bernardini in Lucca inside a private garden at the sunset

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A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this romantic, Garden of the Gods portrait of this Colorado Springs couple embracing each other in the garden

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A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this romantic, Garden of the Gods portrait of this Colorado Springs couple embracing each other in the garden

Garden of the Gods lit Colorado Springs colorado wedding photographer Autumn Parry garden embracing

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, evening portrait of this CO couple at the Garden of the Gods at dusk

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