Wedding Photos of Open air

The following “Open air” 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 “Open air” 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.

View this grand France wedding pic in BW showing the groom accompanying the bride in a race car, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore pre-wed portrait photography - If the hat fits, wear it.

Sky clouds Singapore simple minimal blue skies MacRitchie Reservoir

Primrose Hill, London couple standing at the top of the hill with blue and pink sky during a pre-wed portrait photo session

Primrose Hill london engagement image simple clouds minimal open air

In the Kaapse Bossen in Doorn The couple is standing on a watchtower which rises above the trees during a pre-wed photo session

simple blue skies Kaapse Bossen clouds Thomas Jongbloed Sky watchtower

De Haarrijnse Plassen in Utrecht The lovebirds are walking on the "edge" of the world during a pre-wed engagement photo shoot

simple Utrecht De Haarrijnse Plassen open air couple walking blue skies Thomas Jongbloed

North Dakota engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Fargo as the couple enjoys the sunset together

Fargo blue skies minimal open air clouds North Dakota

FR engagement portrait with a posed couple on the water of Montpellier France

France posed couple kiss on neck montpellier engagement photography Sky blue skies simple

Northern California engagement portrait with a posed couple under a sky filled with clouds

minimal Wine Country blue skies CA clouds simple

MA engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in the hedges of Quincy, Massachusetts

Massachusetts clouds simple Warren Lane open air quincy engagement photographer MA

IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers take a walk in Crete Senesi, Tuscany

Tuscany clouds couple Strolling Tuscany engagement photographer Sky Crete Senesi

China engagement portrait with a posed couple in Guangdong on a mountaintop with Time still

minimal simple Sky open air blue skies guangdong engagement mountaintop

Alberta engagement photo shoot at Astonin Lake with a Couple laughing with clear blue sky above

Astonin Lake Sky minimal open air alberta engagement photographer blue skies

Bulgaria engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session from Wine & Spa Complex Starosel, Bulgaria using a Creative reflection for an artistic portrait

reflection Bulgaria open air simple blue skies Starosel Sky

Bulgaria pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers on a Sofia Rooftop at sunset

rooftop engagement simple sunset bulgaria photo session minimal blue skies Bulgaria

DC engagement portrait with a posed couple using a puddle reflection in Kennedy Center, DC with a Sparkler in water

minimal sparklers Kennedy Center open air clouds puddle reflection

Engagement Photos from Kirchhorst, Germany | Summer Engagement Session that includes the couple's love for the outdoors

Engagement Photos from a Kirchhorst, Germany Summer Session that includes the couple's love for the outdoors

clouds field simple open air Germany kirchhorst outdoor engagement hay bales

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil | An intimate moment of romance and dating between the couple.

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil had An intimate minute of romance and dating between the couple

Sky minimal hugging Brazil blue skies intimate open air

Engagement Photography - Couple in Sunrise Silhouette Session in Excelsior MN

Excelsior clouds Silhouette portrait blue skies simple MN

Couple running in the clouds over Edmonton, Alberta during engagement portrait session.

simple Edmonton minimal edmonton engagement image blue skies couple running

Lincoln memorial Washington DC engagement portrait photographer created silhouette of couple standing on ledge

DC pre wedding portrait Sky Kenneth Clapp Lincoln Memorial Washington DC dc engagement photo open air

Silouette of a couple up at Lake Tahoe with clouds

simple Garwoods open air Garwoods pre wedding portrait minimal North Lake

Turkey engagement photo pre wedding session with striking clouds

Turkey pre wedding portrait Sky clouds open air simple blue skies

Hvězdárna a Planetárium Brno sunset portraits of engagement for a couple

Brno pre wedding portrait trees blue skies Hvězdárna a Planetáruim open air Brno engagement photo Sky

New Jersey engagement session in Hoboken with the bright blue sky over this couple

blue skies minimal blue sky Hoboken pre wedding portrait hoboken engagement photo simple Hoboken

Engaged couple with cloudy sky background during prewedding photoshoot in Toledo

Sky Sky blue skies red dress Toledo pre wedding portrait clouds

This engagement photo was taken at the top of the stairs of the Grand Quai in Old Montreal

Old Montreal engagement photo Old Montreal clouds old Montreal pre wedding portrait Grand Quai Sky

Hoi An Photographer for Pre-Wedding Portraits

simple Hoi An Hoi An engagement photo open air Hoi An pre wedding portrait clouds blue skies

holambra silhueta of the couple during pre-wedding portrait session

sunset blue skies clouds minimal Holambra simple

Saigon, Vietnam Portraits for Pre Wedding Couples

clouds Vietnam Ho Chi Minh engagement image minimal Sky open air

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Portrait photoshoot during engagement session

artistic Ho Chi Minh clouds open air minimal Ho Chi Minh wedding couple Sky

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.