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.

A Sacramento engagement photographer shot this black and white picture of a couple embracing while the Golden Gate Bridge stands in the distance

Florence Garden of Rose Pre Wedding Photos - Stay Close and Dream

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Milano, Italy - best italian engagement photo - black and white

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Northern California - beach reflection of couple running for engagement shoot

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A couple kisses under an umbrella surrounded by water fountains in Tacoma, Washington

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Carbonado, WA Pre Wedding Photo Session | A man watches his future wife show off her ballet skills in the mountains

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This enagaged couple in cappadocia, turkey for the engagement photo session

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Santa Barbara, California - This black and white engagement photo of an embracing couple showcases the future brides engagement ring

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An engaged couple pose during their Engagement photo session in Budapest

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Mumbai engagement photographer captured this black and white photo of a couple embracing under a tree

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West Chester University Engagement Portrait - They met in this classroom and fell in love

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A woman in Edmonton holds a frog as she and her fiance kiss in this black and white engagement portrait by an Alberta, Canada photographer.

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This engaged couple is having fun outside during their pre-wedding shoot in Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Engaged couple during their black and white Pre-wedding session

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A couple holds hands as they stand on a boulder in Rocca Calascio overlooking the plains in this engagement session by a Lazio, Italy photographer.

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A couple kisses at the mouth of a large cave in Dois Irmaos in this black and white engagement portrait by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

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In Vitoria, a woman holds her fiance's hand as he stands behind her in this black and white pre-wedding portrait by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

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In Vitoria, half of a woman's face can be seen as her fiance stands in the foreground in this black and white engagement photo by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

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In Alvito, France, a couple can be seen standing in a field in the distance beyond a horse that stands in the foreground in this engagement photo captured by a Lazio photographer.

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Black and white mountaintop portrait at Arabia Mountain, Georgia

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A man holds onto a woman as she rides on the back of his motorcycle during their Ho Chi Minh engagement session by a Vietnam photographer.

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Engagement Shooting of kissing couple in Aachen

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A couple looks at one another as they stand in a field of flowers in this black and white pre-wedding photo by an Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia photographer.

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$A couple in Lorient, France kisses as light refracts off the morning dew in this black and white pre-wedding photo by a Morbihan, Brittany photographer.$

A couple in Lorient, France kisses as light refracts off the morning dew in this black and white pre-wedding photo by a Morbihan, Brittany photographer.

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A couple can be seen kissing through branches in during their Lorient, France engagement photoshoot by a Morbihan, Birttany photographer.

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In Spoleto, a man and woman happily sit on a bench together and laugh in this black and white pre-wedding photo by a Perugia, Umbria photographer.

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Peneda Geres National Park - Portugal engagement shoot on the hike on the mountain

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Wedding photo of bridal party on the dance floor at the Amiana Resort in Nha Trang

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Estate photography of bride getting ready while groom puts finishing touches on his speech

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Black and White photo of bride getting ready while two young girls watch at the Villa

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