Wedding Photos of Natural backdrop

The following “Natural backdrop” 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 “Natural backdrop” 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.

In this engagement portrait, a couple embraces in front of a majestic red rock formation in Boulder, CO, symbolizing their love and commitment against a breathtaking natural backdrop.

Love Amidst Red Rocks: Embracing Romance in Boulder

At Penshurst Place, a pair shares a tender embrace against a natural backdrop. The groom lovingly hugs the bride from behind.

Penshurst's Perfect Pair: Before Wedding Day, The Groom Embraces Bride in Enchanting Setting

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Captured in Houston, Texas, this intimate engagement session showcases a couple's passionate embrace against a natural backdrop, just before sunset, beautifully photographed by a creative and artistic Houston wedding photographer.

Houston, Texas: A Majestic Sunset Embrace - An Intimate Engagement Session Captured and Crafted by a Houston Wedding Artist

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A couple in a rural area near Chartres is captured embracing in an engagement portrait, with a large round bale of hay serving as the backdrop

Rustic Engagement Portraits: Embracing Couple Captured with Hay Bale Backdrop near Chartres

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A Fontainebleau couple was photographed in a forest during their engagement shoot, with the image depicting them as silhouettes against the natural backdrop

Captivating Forest Engagement Shoot: Fontainebleau Couple Embraces Nature as Striking Silhouettes

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The Illinois couple embrace amidst the vibrant green natural backdrop

The loving couple's joy was captured in the photo, their embrace amidst the vibrant natural backdrop a reminder of the happiness they shared

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Madrid wedding engagement photography with a couple against blue sky with clouds | Spain photography

Wedding engagement photography with a couple against deep blue sky with clouds high contrast, highlighting their love and connection against the stunning natural backdrop

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Nature can be as beautiful as love as shown in a marriage picture in Attica.

A unique and creative image captures the beauty of nature in a black and white bridal portrait with a water backdrop

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