Wedding Photos of Non traditional weddings

The following “Non traditional weddings” 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 “Non traditional weddings” 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.

The Virginia WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and quirky Charlottesville wedding image at The Event Barn at Mt Ida Farm created as The groom dances with his mother

The Connecticut WPJA is proud to award this non traditional Fairfield wedding image at Jacky Durrell Pavillion of a New England bride pouring a bottle of tequila while partying with her friends at the wedding reception

bottle Partying friends tequila CT wedding reception new england bride

The France WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and colorful Cap Ferret wedding picture at a private villa of the French bride getting makeup applied

non traditional weddings Private Villa France wedding picture applied makeup french bride France

The England WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and modern Loughborough wedding picture in Leicestershire of a UK flower girl exploring the dress, while the bride has some final makeup adjustments

Leicestershire bride England Loughborough non traditional weddings final makeup

The Netherlands WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and sweet Kasteel Doorwerth wedding image of a flower girl during the ceremony of marriage certificate signing

non traditional weddings Kasteel Doorwerth marriage ceremony Netherlands Leonard Walpot signing

The Colorado WPJA is proud to award this non traditional Denver wedding image from the Crawford Hotel showing CO flower girls all attempting to get their sandals on at the same time

CO flower girls Denver wedding image Colorado Crawford Hotel Mark Creery sandals Denver

The Massachusetts WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and modern Foxborough wedding image at the Renaissance Patriot Place of Parents helping the MA bride put on her veil

non traditional weddings Renaissance Patriot Place Foxborough veil MA bride parents Massachusetts

The Belgium WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and playful Eeklo wedding picture from an outdoor reception party with swings and a trampoline for the kids

non traditional weddings Belgium Sanne De Block playful Eeklo trampoline swings

The UK WPJA is proud to award this non traditional Kent wedding reportage image at The Beacon showing the Cutting of the cake in style by the bride and groom at the venue

cutting cake Kent bride and groom non traditional weddings Annamarie Stepney bride and groom uk wedding venue The Beacon

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.