Wedding Photos of Minimal

The following “Minimal” 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 “Minimal” 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.

Outdoor Coimbra couple engagement photography portrait using the stairs to put the couple with the city behind

Almeria, Spain mini couple photo session before the wedding day with some Fun and Love under a bright blue minimal sky

Almeria photo session couple Spain love fun bright Sky

Perushtitsa, Bulgaria minimal wedding bridal photo of The bride and the bouquet

bridal photo Perushtitsa wedding bouquet Lubomir Jiponov minimal Bulgaria the Bride

MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore pre-wed portrait photography - If the hat fits, wear it.

Charles Sng simple open air Singapore Sky clouds MacRitchie Reservoir

Primrose Hill, London couple standing at the top of the hill with blue and pink sky during a pre-wed portrait photo session

blue skies simple minimal london engagement image open air clouds Primrose Hill

A Montreal, Quebec Engagement portrait of couple standing in the sun

Montreal wedding couple Montreal engagement portrait Montreal pre wed session Canada Montreal couple

De Haarrijnse Plassen in Utrecht The lovebirds are walking on the "edge" of the world during a pre-wed engagement photo shoot

Thomas Jongbloed blue skies simple open air clouds De Haarrijnse Plassen Sky

North Dakota engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Fargo as the couple enjoys the sunset together

fargo nd engagement minimal blue skies simple sunset Fargo engagement shoot

FR engagement portrait with a posed couple on the water of Montpellier France

simple montpellier engagement photography water blue skies Sky open air Montpellier

Northern California engagement portrait with a posed couple under a sky filled with clouds

simple SF posed couple Sky minimal blue skies

China engagement portrait with a posed couple in Guangdong on a mountaintop with Time still

Sky Guangdong simple mountaintop sunset blue skies China

Alberta engagement photo shoot at Astonin Lake with a Couple laughing with clear blue sky above

open air simple kiss on neck minimal alberta engagement photographer Alberta

Bulgaria engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Wine & Spa Complex Starosel, Bulgaria using a Creative reflection for an artistic portrait

Bulgaria engagement session reflection simple Sky clouds minimal

Bulgaria pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers on a Sofia Rooftop at sunset

Sofia simple minimal blue skies bulgaria photo session clouds

DC engagement portrait with a posed couple using a puddle reflection in Kennedy Center, DC with a Sparkler in water

Sky DC puddle reflection blue skies open air minimal

Intimate kissing couple engagement image from Roma, Italy

minimal engagement photos Roma Roma couple Italy

Building graffiti couple engagement image from Lisbon - LX factory against a graffiti wall

Lisbon minimal Graffiti Wall Lisbon engagement photographers wall pre wedding session Lisbon

Warm and intimate couple engagement photos face to face in Paris

Paris pre wedding portrait couple smiling engagement photos Paris embracing Paris Charline Eberhardt minimal

Brooklyn, NY Couple in front of wall during an afternoon engagement session

Brooklyn engagement photos minimal pre wedding locations Brooklyn wall Brooklyn NY

Couple pose in front of a red wall at sunset in DTLA - Downtown Los Angeles, CA engagement photography

Couple pose in front of a red wall at sunset in DTLA Downtown Los Angeles, CA for some creative engagement photography

CA pre wedding location Los Angeles Warm sunlight DTLA red wall minimal Los Angeles

Hythe Imperial Hotel, Princes Parade, Hythe, UK engagement photo session

UK Hythe Imperial Hotel Hythe minimal Hythe engagement photographers Princes Parade

Engaged couple profile composition at Walt Disney Concert Hall for some artistic Pre wedding pictures

Attila Iuhasz pre wedding session Walt Disney Concert Hall creative Walt Disney Concert Hall Walt Disney Concert Hall engagement photographers formal artistic

Rome couple messing round in Italy during engagement portrait session

Rome pre wedding portrait Rome engagement photos Rome wall Italy fun

Shanghai engagement portrait against a wall with speckled sunlight and shadows

China minimal Moana Wu wall shadows pre wedding location Shanghai Shanghai engagement session

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil | An intimate moment of romance and dating between the couple.

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil had An intimate minute of romance and dating between the couple

blue skies hugging barra da tijuca engagement Brazil Barra da Tijuca minimal simple

Engagement Photography - Couple in Sunrise Silhouette Session in Excelsior MN

mn engagement photographer Excelsior blue skies simple MN minimal

Couple running in the clouds over Edmonton, Alberta during engagement portrait session.

blue skies clouds storm clouds Sky minimal edmonton engagement image couple running

Lincoln memorial Washington DC engagement portrait photographer created silhouette of couple standing on ledge

Lincoln Memorial Sky Washington DC Kenneth Clapp blue skies minimal simple

Silouette of a couple up at Lake Tahoe with clouds

open air Sky Garwoods blue skies simple minimal Garwoods engagement photo

Turkey engagement photo pre wedding session with striking clouds

Turkey minimal simple blue skies Turkey pre wedding portrait Sky

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