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.

England engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Rivington Pike with some fall, Autumn Love

California engagement photo shoot at Cupertino with A hug in the park

California nature park Cupertino Sky tree California engagement shoot

California pre wedding and engagement photography from San Francisco showing us "When Harry met Sally" with furry babies

view adventure SF engagement San Francisco hiking mountain top

MD engagement photo shoot in Rockville, Maryland of the two lovers in the forest during fall season

Maryland outdoors trees forest woods Rockville

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in the shade of trees in Spoleto - Italy with the couple in the spot of sun

forest spoleto engagement photographer outdoors nature Spoleto woods

Spoleto - Italy couple on the bench in the middle of the woods during a pre wedding and engagement photography session

Italy outdoors spoleto engagement photographer forest woods trees

Spoleto - Italy couple in the spot of sunlight during an afternoon engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session

afternoon engagement trees Italy Spoleto nature spoleto engagement photographer

France pre wedding and engagement photography showing their Love session in the Lyonnaise countryside a few months before their wedding

France trees lyon countryside outdoors Lyon Lyonnaise woods

Colorado engagement photo shoot at the Rocky Mountain National Park - A Sunset e-session in RMNP

colorado engagement photographer RMNP cliff hiking view valley

ES pre wedding and engagement photography under the shade trees of Rota, Cadiz, Spain

Spain forest outdoors shade trees nature Cadiz

ES engagement portrait with a posed couple in black and white trees in Granada, Spain

granada engagement shoot outdoors Granada trees Spain monochrome

Colorado engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Red Rocks amphitheatre during their engagement session with a laugh together

adventure view colorado engagement photographer Colorado Red Rocks amphitheater cliff

Colorado pre-wedding photoshoot with an engaged couple posing together on Flagstaff Mountain during their Boulder engagement session

cliff view mountains hiking Colorado Colorado engagement boulder

Beijing pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Peking university, China

China outdoors woods nature forest trees

CA engagement photo shoot at the Hakone Garden, Saratoga, California - Image Shot through Bamboos at fans local garden

bamboo forest California outdoors Tyler Vu garden Saratoga woods

AZ engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Flagstaff Park, Arizona in the bare trees Before Foliage

Flagstaff Park forest trees Arizona nature outdoors flagstaff engagement

France engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in the Japonese garden at Toulouse, France with A couple kissing while spring blow

woods outdoors toulouse engagement forest hugging couple nature

CO engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Zion National Park with a Couple at sunrise

cliff sunrise mountains Zion National Park nature hiking hills

GA engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Smithgall Woods, Helen, GA of a Piggyback ride

Helen trees outdoors woods nature Smithgall Woods GA

CO engagement photo shoot from Lair O the Bear park, Idledale as a Couple poses on the far side of a bridge

river Stone Bridge Idledale Bonnie Sizer Lair O the Bear park outdoors nature

Artistic wedding photo from Shaanxi outdoors of the bride and groom

Artistic wedding photo from outdoors of the bride and groom

bride and groom outdoor photos shaanxi wedding photos outdoor wedding photos Shaanxi outdoor wedding photography Shaanxi wedding photography trees

BASSIN D ARCACHON FRANCE ENGAGED COUPLE IN A SWEET HUG IN NATURE DURING PORTRAIT SESSION

France BASSIN D Arcachon engagement session Arcachon pre wedding location Arcachon nature

Lyon Love session out in the forest trees for an engaged couple

Lyon engagement session Lyon embracing France nature couple

engagement shooting in the nature at sunset on the hill

Kirchheim An Der Tec pre wedding portrait Kirchheim An Der Tec e session Kirchheim An Der Tec Kirchheim An Der Tec engagement photography Svetlana Kohlmeier Engagement Shooting nature

engagement portrait shooting in the nature at sunset

Kirchheim an der Teck engagement images Kirchheim an der Teck pre wedding portrait Engagement sunset portrait shooting Svetlana Kohlmeier nature

Downtown Los Angeles, California engagement portraits - Finding nature in DTLA

engagement portraits and Finding nature in DTLA

Los Angeles Los Angeles wedding CA Los Angeles brides engagement portraits nature

Madonna di Campiglio, a village and a ski resort in northeast Italy and acouple in the nature of Itakl during an engagement shoot

a village and a ski resort in northeast Italy and acouple in the nature during an engagement shoot

village nature Italy Giorgio Baruffi italy wedding photographer Engagement Shooting italy bride

Engagement Photography Session at Asa Note - Brasília - Brazil Couple under southern light and framed by nature

Engagement Photography Session with a Couple under southern light and framed by nature

Brasília Brasília couple image Brasília engagement engagement photography session Asa Note Brasília couple photo couple

Dettingen an der Erms engagement shooting in the nature

nature germany brides Dettingen an der Erms germany wedding photography germany pre wedding engagement shoot Svetlana Kohlmeier

turkey pre wedding image - fethiye engagement shooting in nature

pre wedding image engagement shooting in nature

Engagement Shooting Turkey couple photos Turkey couple images Mugla Turkey bridal Turkey

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