Wedding Photos of Mountains

The following “Mountains” 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 “Mountains” 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.

This couple had a lifestyle engagement portrait taken at sunset in Sedona, Arizona, with a view of the mountains and valley below them

A couple portrait taken at sunset with a view of the mountains and valley below was captured in the image

A couple is captured in a black and white lifestyle engagement portrait while walking on a trail towards the camera in Sedona

A pre-wedding couple portrait shows a couple walking on a desert trail

Sedona Arizona mountains couple walking desert trail trail Sedona Engagement Photographer

The couple's joy is palpable as they run up the mountain in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, with a glider soaring above them in the background

The couple celebrated their union by running up the mountain, accompanied by a glider soaring above them

Lauterbrunnen Staubbach Falls Switzerland Swiss Alps Lauterbrunnen Photographer mountains glider

Guests seated on a patch of grass in Morzine, French Alps, with a stunning moutain view stretching out forever, created a beautiful wedding ceremony picture

In Morzine, French Alps, guests on a grassy patch, with a sweeping mountain view, an image from an outdoor wedding ceremony by the water

French Alps Photographer French Alps Outdoor Ceremony mountains France Morzine ski resort French Alps morzine

This engagement photo captures the romantic couple walking down a coastal road, with passing bicyclists providing a stunning backdrop

The romantic stroll captured in this engagement picture taken in San Francisco, with the couple walking down the hill and bicyclists passing by, symbolizes the couple's love and connection amidst the energy and movement of overlook

coastal road San Francisco cyclists San Francisco Engagement Portrait mountains

An Alder, Montana bouquet toss with the bride and her friends and family in a huge open field

Friends and family gathered in a huge open field to witness the bride's bouquet toss

Montana mountains montana wedding photographer Montana family and friends open field Alder MT countryside

The couple's engagement portrait taken at the majestic Juyongguan section of the Great Wall of China, symbolizes their love illuminated by the sun's light

A couple's engagement portrait was taken at the Great Wall of China, lit up by the sun's rays

sunlight mountains Juyong Pass Great Wall of China Beijing PreWedding Photography Beijing Juyongguan

This stunning engagement portrait of a couple in front of the Great Wall of Beijing in Juyongguan creates a feeling of vertiginous grandeur

An engagement portrait with the iconic Great Wall of China as its backdrop is sure to be impressive, with its huge, massive stone structure crawling along the mountains

Great Wall of China mountains Beijing Juyong Pass Juyongguan Beijing PreWedding Session stone structure

The couple's engagement portrait encapsulates their love, grace and joy against the majestic Rocky Mountain National Park backdrop

The couple's engagement portrait gracefully captures their love and joy, framed against a stunning view of the valley and mountains

Colorado engagement photography mountains beautiful backdrop Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park valley

The couple is holding hands as they walk on rocks near the floating ice of the cold Moraine Lake, AB, Canada.

The couple's love is captured in a dreamy portrait, as they walk hand-in-hand near a glistening lake in the mountains

Alberta Moraine Lake lakeside engagement Canda Moraine Lake Engagement Portrait mountains Hand in hand

The soon-to-be-married couple posed for a breathtaking pre-wedding photo session at the picturesque Lake Louise, Banff National Park, on a rainy morning, standing on a small outcropping of rocks by the shore

The couple embraced in a romantic moment on a misty morning, standing on a picturesque shoreline of rocks

misty morning Canada Lake Louise Banff standing on rocks mountains Banff Engagement Session

The couple's love is captured in a stunning embrace surrounded by wildflowers in shades of pink and purple at Banff National Park, AB, Canada

A timeless portrait of the couple's love, embracing amidst a dreamy landscape of blooming wildflowers

Banff Canada dreamy landscape mountains Banff National Park AB Banff Engagement Session

The couple's laughter echoed through Banff National Park as they ran out of the lake, having just enjoyed a joyful picture session

The couple's laughter joyfully filled the valley, capturing a moment of bliss in their engagement portrait

walking through water mountains Banff National Park Banff lakeside engagement Banff Engagement Photography

The couple's breath was taken away as they admired the spectacular view of the sunrise over Moraine Lake from their table top rock in Banff National Park

The couple's engagement portrait captures the beauty of the sunrise, gracing the lake and mountains with its magical light from their romantic rock perch

Moraine Lake Banff Engagement Session mountains Banff National Park magical light lakeside engagement mountain engagement

The bride and groom shared an emotional ceremony by the lake in Glacier National Park, surrounded by the majestic glaciers

The bride and groom were surrounded by glaciers at an emotional ceremony in the National Park

Montana photographer mountains lakeside ceremony Montana black and white Glacier National Park emotional ceremony

couple are kissing while kneeling with their dog with mountains behind them

Colorado photographer pet dog Colorado mountains Jennifer Garza couple kissing Rocky Mountain National Park

A CO couple are standing in a field with mountains in the background at the Rocky Mountain National Park

couple are standing in a field with mountains in the background at the National Park

mountains field Jennifer Garza Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado Colorado photographer

At Peyto Lake Canada, a silhouetted engaged couple against mountains in black and white

At the Lake, a silhouetted engaged couple against mountains in black and white

Canada Eliza Slobodzian Canada photographer bw portrait Silhouette portrait Peyto Lake mountains

A French wedding photographer captured a portrait of a couple celebrating their special day at a reception venue in the mountains of France

Outside the Île-de-France Reception venue, the bride and the groom are jumping in front of the mountains

Ile-de-France Pierrick Roland France bride and groom leap France photographer mountains jumping

The romantic glow of alpenglow enveloping the Colorado mountains as the bride and groom pose together, creating a magical and unforgettable memory captured by the wedding photographer

The bride and groom pose together as alpenglow illuminates the East wall at Arapahoe Basin on their wedding day

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The romantic scene of the bride and groom standing at the boat dock, bathed in the alpenglow that illuminated the mountain range, was beautifully captured by their Colorado wedding photographer

The couple pose together on the boat dock as alpenglow illuminates the Gore Range at Piney River Ranch

lakeside portrait Colorado photographer Gore Range mountains boat dock Piney River Ranch

As they bask in the joy of their union, the newlyweds are swept away by the beauty of the Colorado Springs landscape, captured by their wedding photographer

The CO couple celebrate as they exit their ceremony at Garden of the Gods Club

mountains Colorado Springs photographer Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods Club Colorado golf club ceremony

A Sao Paulo Red Rock couple portrait in the rocky cliffs of the dry mountains

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At sunset, a Estes Park wedding photographer captured a stunning image of the bride and groom, alone together, surrounded by majestic mountains and billowing clouds

CO photography of the couple sharing a minute together alone on their wedding day during sunset surrounded by mountains and clouds in Estes Park

clouds mountains wedding day portrait sunset portrait Estes Park Colorado

Outside at Lookout Mountain of Golden, CO, a sunset portrait of bride and groom in the mountains

The photographer captured a romantic sunset portrait of the bride and groom in the majestic mountains of Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado

Colorado golden co sunset portrait Colorado photographer mountains Lookout Mountain

Near Boulder, CO, a bride and groom kiss next to an alpine lake with sun streaks in the sky

A romantic embrace was captured as the newlyweds shared a kiss surrounded by the dramatic dark tones and golden light of the sun streaks in the sky near Boulder, CO

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A Pigeon Forge, TN couple enjoying a beautiful afternoon in the mountains with the sunshine behind them

Pigeon Forge Photographer Bryan Aleman Tennessee forest engagement Pigeon Forge mountains

Rocky Mountain National Park Engagement Photo Shoot | Colorado Couple is playing while standing near a mountain lake with mountains in the background

Colorado couple is playing while standing near a mountain lake with mountains in the background

lakeside engagement Colorado mountains Jennifer Garza Rocky Mountain National Park mountain engagement Colorado photographer

bride and groom are running together near the mountains covered with snow

Banff Photographer bride and groom running snow covered mountains snow Banff National Park mountains

wedding couple is dancing together during sunset

mountains couple dancing Alberta sunset sky Kananaskis sunset dance

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