Wedding Photos of Monochrome

The following “Monochrome” 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 “Monochrome” 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.

Hangzhou couple portrait in China with a BW jump over the crowd

Active couple portrait with a BW jump over the crowd

Hangzhou crowd of people bw couple jumping China Hangzhou PreWedding Photography black and white

BW Winter portrait session in Paris with some warm intimate hugs

BW Winter portrait session with some warm intimate hugs

intimate hugs Winter portrait monochrome black and white warm hugs bw Paris engagement photography

Venice, Italy mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple sitting by a canal

Black & White black and white photo bw canal monochrome bw engagement portrait

Palos Verdes Beach small indoor photo session with the couple during a black and white intimate minute

Palos Verdes Beach bw engagement portrait bw beach monochrome black and white photo Black & White

Catania outside forest picture session before the wedding day with a couple relaxing in a hammock summer time during the

Black & White forest bw black and white photo monochrome relaxing

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple with a cyclist going by

monochrome Black & White bike bicycle RJ cyclist Thiago Gimenes

Brno Black and white closeup pre-wed shoot in biker leathers

Black & White Brno monochrome intimate portrait biker leathers bw engagement portrait Czech Republic

Lago di Scanno, Abruzzo, Italy couple Walking over the bridge for their engagement pre-wed photos

bw Abruzzo bw engagement portrait walking black and white photo bridge

B&W engagement pre-wed photo session in Trieste, Italy with Hugs and smiles

Italy bw portrait ideas monochrome hugs bw pre wedding photo smiles black and white

Tennessee Black and white portrait of the couple in the middle of the woods in the mountains of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

nature Black & White bw Bryan Aleman bw engagement portrait Tennessee tennessee woods

Jaén black and white Pre-Wedding street photo session

black & white pics Jaén bw portrait ideas monochrome street bw pre wedding photo

Aguilas Murcia Love and Car pre-wed engagement photo with a mirror in b&w

Car pre wed Murcia love mirror bw engagement portrait black and white photo

Barra de Santo Antonio, Alagoas couple on a mountain at the beach in b&w during an engagement photo session

Alagoas clouds black and white photo Black & White mountain Barra de Santo Antonio monochrome

Red brick art gallery Love during an engagement portrait shoot under light and shadow

love bw pre wedding photo light bw portrait ideas shadow art gallery China

Sanvitolocapo beach Couple in love holding out their hand for an artistic b&w engagement portrait

dancing bw pre wedding photo Sanvitolocapo beach walking monochrome bw portrait ideas

B&W Paris lovers during an artistic engagement photo session

bw pre wedding photo black and white artistic picture creative portrait silhouette black & white pics contrast

Paris Engaged couple with a building during an artistic engagement session

Paris artistic picture silhouette Ronan Jégaden contrast indoors monochrome inside portraits

Vieux Lyon b&w shoot with a couple for a pre-wed picture session

monochrome Vieux bw black and white photo Castille Alma Black & White Lyon

Vieux, Lyon pre-wed photo - engaged couple on stairs

Lyon black and white black & white pics bw pre wedding photo Vieux bw portrait ideas Castille Alma

Vieux, Lyon photography - photo of couple by a river

bw black and white photo monochrome Lyon city buiildings Vieux bw engagement portraits

Poleymieux au Mont D'Or pre-wedding photoshoot of embracing couple

fields black and white black & white pics bw pre wedding photo rural embracing bw portrait ideas

grounds for sculpture, new jersey kissing couple during a creative pre-wed portrait session

bw black and white photo kissing Black & White kiss monochrome

b&w chicago lincoln park engagement session framed in openings

black and white photo bw monochrome Lincoln Park Chicago Black & White

Big Basin State Park, California couple at a Fallen Tree during a pre-wed photo shoot

fallen tree black & white pics bw portrait ideas Tyler Vu monochrome bw pre wedding photo black and white

Baker Beach, San Francisco, California couple sunset Run on the beach during a pre-wed photo shoot

bw engagement portrait beach California sea water shore Black & White

Great Falls National Park Rock Climbing Engagement Session in black and white

monochrome black and white photo bw Black & White bw engagement portrait Great Falls National Park

Shing Wong Street, Central, Hong Kong kissing portrait of the couple, shot with a top angle, at the narrow staircase of an old building. The girl was dressed in a traditional 'cheongsam', combined with the atmosphere of the surroundings

Central monochrome within doors Shing Wong Street bw portrait ideas Hong Kong black and white

Barker Road, Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Black and white couple portrait in the background, the ICC and the IFC (the two tallest skyscrapers of Hong Kong) at the left hand side, form a juxtaposition of the couple

IFC Victoria Peak bw engagement portrait Ronnie Szeto Black & White black and white photo Hong Kong

Capitol Hill in Washington DC prewed portrait of engaged couple in front of the Congress building

Black & White engagement silhouettes bw engagement portrait Capitol Hill silhouette contrast

New England pre wedding and engagement photography from Boston Garden Boston, MA as the couple leans on each other under a tree

engagement image Boston New England bw Boston couple portrait shoot Black & White MA monochrome

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