Wedding Photos of Nature

The following “Nature” 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 “Nature” 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.

Valencia, Spain outdoor wedding reception hug | Ontinyent wedding photography

outdoor wedding reception hug in this image

Outdoor fairy wedding ceremony in the trees in Puglia

image from an Outdoor wedding ceremony in the trees

outside wedding couple Puglia married couple newlyweds outdoors bride and groom

wedding reception photography of dance floor action under tent

documentary wedding photographer UK outside Hitchin nature outdoors UK

Wedding photograph of two babies in strollers at outdoor reception under trees in Puglia

Bambini Amore: A Sweet Moment in Puglia

Apulia wedding picture Italy photographer Italy joy family trees Italy marriage venue

Knoxville documentary wedding photo of bride and mom sharing a moment before Tennessee ceremony

Southern Sentiments: A Knoxville Wedding Tale

TN Knoxville bride mom southern park grass Tennessee photographer

Hungary wedding party holding hands in BW picture

A black-and-white photograph captures a joyous wedding celebration in Hungary with the participants clasping hands

Budapest bride and groom Hand in hand holding hands outside black and white bw

England wedding rings detail image with plant life in nature

A picture of England wedding rings surrounded by plants in a natural setting

nature outdoors outside

By the water but hidden by the glass in this wedding pic in Netherlands

This unique wedding image is an artful blend of glass, water, and nature

wedding image blend Artful wedding moment wedding photo nature outdoor wedding

A Czech Republic wedding photo show a couple in a deep embrace in the middle of nature

The couple's intimate profile portrait is beautifully captured in an artistic, unique, black-and-white portrait surrounded by nature and cloudy skies

couple embrace black-and-white portrait Czech Republic wedding photo intimate profile portrait unique portrait nature deep embrace

Brazil brings a wedding image of a bride and groom letting nature surround them with it's love.

The bride and groom embraced nature's embrace in a beautiful garden ceremony, lovingly leaning into each other

ceremony wedding leaning bride and groom Beautiful Garden embrace Brazil

Bride lights a candle at her wedding ceremony at Hope House in Easton, MD

a Bride lights a candle at her evening ceremony

outdoors Lights outside function nature Night reception

Emil Boczek, of West Midlands, is a wedding photographer for Folly Farm, Bristol, UK

Wolverhampton wedding photo of games on the grass lawn

gathering reception grass meadow turf nature after party

Wedding Guests release balloons at this Poland reception

Wedding Guests release balloons at night

wedding guest outdoors darkness nightfall outside nature guests

Annie Bang, of California, is a wedding photographer for San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Los Angeles wedding reception party action from above

function nightfall Night nighttime reception gathering

wedding singers at an outdoor ceremony in Rotterdam

wedding singers at an outdoor, windy wedding

cut loose nature groom outside outdoors spouse

A man lays on the ground holding a bottle of champagne as another takes a swing to open it in this black and white photo by an Alberta, Canada wedding photographer.

A man lays on the ground holding a bottle of champagne as another takes a swing to open it in this black and white picture

Alberta reception outdoors nature after party bw gathering

Photo of the bride and groom standing in front of their cake while surrounded by guests holding sparklers

cake outside Russia wedding couple cake cutting outdoors newlyweds

the bride standing next to the groom as a hawk flies to him

outside Kravi Hora wedding clouds Kraví Hora wedding couple hawk

Photo of a man and woman hugging the bride and groom at their wedding in Shropshire, UK by a Lancashire, England wedding reportage photographer.

Image of a man and woman hugging the bride and groom

embrace wife nature outside squeeze emotion bridal

This Colorado bride leads her groom through a field in nature.

groom bride leads colorado weddings Colorado couple picture Colorado field nature

The bright sunshine of nature as the Venice bride briskly runs in glee

bright forest trees briskly glee sunshine runs

A wedding photo in Spain lets us share a secret moment of passion in nature.

The wedding couple's unique union is artistically captured in a captivating outdoor photo

wedding Spain secret Outdoor nature share couple's

Pre Wedding Portraits in the Forest of a Couple from Macaé Rio de Janeiro

Pre Wedding Portraits in the Forest of a Couple loving nature and the outdoors

nature Macaé Rio de Janeiro Macae Engagement Session trees forest engagement

A Northamptonshire couple share an intimate wedding portrait in nature to share their new love

nature Northamptonshire couple wedding portrait UK new love Northamptonshire intimate

Groom holds child while bride speaks at the wedding reception outside in Triste, Italy

Groom holds child while bride speaks at the reception outside

newlyweds Italy nature reception wedding couple bride and groom Triste

Camp Hale Wedding ceremony Champagne blast shot | Vail Wedding | Colorado Wedding Photographer

daytime, outdoor Wedding ceremony Champagne blast shot

outside Colorado Vail sun outdoors Camp Hale vail outdoor ceremony

Brazil Engagement Photo session in the mountains with wild horses

mountains SP engagement photos SP pre wedding session Brazil nature horses

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