Wedding Photos of Minimalistic portrait

The following “Minimalistic portrait” 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 “Minimalistic portrait” 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.

A loving couple poses for an engagement announcement portrait against a backdrop of Aubonne in the clouds and a big sky

Aubonne Big Sky Engagement: Loving Couple Pose for Announcement Portrait

The couple laughed together, holding hands in a minimalist portrait taken from a low camera angle at a private residence in Escazú, San José, for their save-the-date wedding announcement photo

Escazú, San José: Low Camera Angle Minimalist Portrait of Couple Holding Hands, Laughter Fills Air for Wedding Announcement Photo

San Jose-CR Escazu Engagement Session minimalistic portrait laughter Escazú holding hands private residence session

The beautiful pre-wedding portrait of a woman and man holding hands and jumping against the blue sky and clouds in Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain is a creative way to capture the love and excitement of the couple

Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain: Creative pre-wedding portrait of a loving couple jumping in the blue sky

creative portrait Spain holding hands jumping cadiz engagement photography minimalistic portrait sky and clouds

A Petworth couple is having a cuddle, with blue sky in the background during this UK engagement session

UK Petworth: A couple cuddles, holding hands, under a blue sky, with white clouds

sky and clouds West Sussex minimalistic portrait Chichester District Petworth Engagement Photography England Petworth UK

A young couple posed for their prewedding photoshoot in New Delhi with a minimalistic style, standing against solid warm toned walls for a sophisticated, timeless look

In New Delhi, a young couple posed for a timeless prewedding photoshoot with a minimalistic style

minimalistic portrait Delhi sophisticated New Delhi PreWedding Shoot warm tones smiles leaning on wall

The pre-wedding portrait session of a minimalistic couple in San Francisco was captured in a tender embrace against a dark background

In San Francisco, CA, a tender embrace against a dark background captured a minimalistic couple's lifestyle portrait session

San Francisco Lifestyle Engagement Portrait minimalistic portrait San Francisco dark background tender embrace

The couple had an engagement session with a large sky and soft clouds in Les Sables d'Olonne, France

The couple's engagement session was captured against a beautiful sky filled with soft, fluffy clouds

vendee engagement photography Les Sables dOlonne clouds minimalistic portrait Pays de la Loire Vendee

A minimalist Istanbul portrait of a bride and groom standing against a sunny yellow wall

The couple can be seen in a minimalist portrait, standing against a big yellow/orange wall

Istanbul photographer yellow wall Istanbul minimalistic portrait Turkey

A lifestyle engagement portrait was taken of a couple sipping wine in the evening at Ravenna Wild Beach, Italy, with a clean pastel blue sky behind them

A prewedding couple portrait session featuring a couple sipping wine in the evening with a soft blue sky overhead

minimalistic portrait Ravenna Ravenna Wild Beach Italy pastel sky sipping win ravenna engagement photography

The bride and groom embraced near the picturesque Maceio Alagoas ceremony and reception location, with a beautiful blue sky and clouds above them

The newlyweds were enveloped in a breathtaking scene, surrounded by a clear blue sky and billowing clouds

minimalistic portrait Maceió Alagoas clouds Maceió photographer Brazil blue sky

Lifestyle pre wedding couple portrait from the National Gallery of Art

A split-framed vertical image of a pre-wedding couple's lifestyle portrait on two different staircases

staircases minimalistic portrait Washington DC National Gallery of Art dc wedding photographer

The couple held hands in a wheat field at Domaine d'en Pégéni, a wedding reception venue in Tarn, France

The couple symbolically cemented their union by holding hands in a wheat field, near the venue of their wedding reception

minimalistic portrait Domaine d en Pégéni holding hands wheat field Tarn photographer Tarn

In a serene image of minimalism, a couple stands in a clear sky, embracing each other in a frame filled with negative space

Couple stand holding each other, in a sky of negative space at Bolehills, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

negative space Sheffield Engagement Portrait minimalistic portrait Bolehills holding each other Sheffield South Yorkshire

This picture captures the grooms in front of a sun-dappled wall in Paris, France

Paris, France: Grooms in front of sun-dappled wall

Dappled Light France minimalistic portrait Paris Paris photographer

Burg Rheinstein couple posing for a wedding picture

The newlyweds posed for a wedding photo on top of the majestic castle wall, against a backdrop of an impeccable blue sky

Rheinstein Castle majestic castle wall germany photographer minimalistic portrait blue sky

wedding day drone portrait of a couple laying near the pool.

Istanbul couple Marriot Asia Wedding Day hotel pool aerial shot

The happy couple embraced in the cloudy Derbyshire, captured in a timeless black and white image of their special wedding day

The couple were photographed together in a black and white image on their wedding day in a cloudy countryside

black and white portrait Derbyshire Wedding Portrait minimalistic portrait Derbyshire Couple Portrait cloudy skies Derbyshire

The universe of us - Rio de Janeiro Engagement Session

The engaged couple were walking across the massive rock mountain while enjoying their picture session

RJ engagement photographer rock mountain Rio de Janeiro climbing mountain minimalistic portrait

A London couple posing against a bold blue sky in a minimalist setting

A pre wedding photo with a bold blue sky in a minimalist setting

London engagement photography London minimalistic portrait blue sky

The California couple is jumping and celebrating their love near two majestic trees

This jumping portrait captures the joy of two people celebrating their love and commitment, framed with two majestic trees

Two trees silhouettes minimalistic portrait couple jumping California celebrating love California engagement photography

A Murcia couple was soaring above the earth and floating in the sky

The elated couple, no longer bound by earthly matters, were soaring above their mundane lives and reaching for a sky full of endless possibility

minimalistic portrait Murcia engagement photography couple walking Murcia Spain

Hessen Germany Engagement Photograph under clouds by Steven Herrschaft

Minimalist Engagement Photograph under clouds with snow on the mountains

snowy mountains Hessen Germany mountain engagement clouds minimalistic portrait Hessen Engagement Photography

Couple walking through the Glamis Sand Dunes for a Desert Engagement Session

Couple walking through the Sand Dunes for a Desert Engagement Session

Glamis engagement photography minimalistic portrait Glamis Sand Dunes desert engagement sand dunes Glamis desert

A romantic engagement portrait of a couple, their faces and torsos illuminated in the darkness, against a minimalist black background

minimalistic portrait black background darkness Siena engagement portrait Siena

Chicago wedding engagement pictures by IL photographer

An outdoor engagement photo shoot framed by bold angles of architecture and filled with wonderful colors in the sky and minimalism, all under the protection of a big roof overhang

bold angles minimalistic portrait big roof overhang Chicago engagement photography Chicago

Rhode Island, USA Wedding Engagement Photographers

Engagement Photo of a couple by huge rocks at the beach, holding on tightly with a loving embrace

Rhode Island Engagement Portrait huge rocks minimalistic portrait Rhode Island loving embrace RI

Hesse, Germany Wedding Engagement Photography under a bright blue sky with the sun

A stunning engagement photo set against a bright blue sky, with the sunburst between them adding a unique touch

Germany sunburst blue sky Hesse Hesse Engagement Photography minimalistic portrait

Maryland wedding engagement pictures by Baltimore photographer

Engagement picture under the big sky with a couple holding hands, wind blowing her dress, capturing a romantic and intimate session together in nature

Maryland Engagement Photography romantic MD dress blowing in wind Big Sky minimalistic portrait Maryland

Portrait of engaged couple kissing | French Wedding Photographer in Morocco

Portrait of engaged couple kissing against warm toned stucco wall, with a romantic and intimate feel

couple kissing Morocco Morocco engagement photography romantic feel french stucco wall warm toned

A Slovakia engagement photo shoot session of a couple | Europe photographer

Engagement photo shoot session of a couple on stone stairs looking into each other's eyes with a strong vertical composition, creating a dramatic look

Slovakia strong composition dramatic look Slovakia Engagement Photography minimalistic portrait stone stairs

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