Wedding Photos of Outdoors

The following “Outdoors” 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 “Outdoors” 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 happy couple beamed as they exited the church, sealing their love with a passionate kiss amidst the gentle shower of flower petals in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The newly-wed couple shared a kiss as guests showered them with flower petals

A France wedding photographer captured the End of the ceremony as the newlyweds cross the guard of honour

The newlyweds celebrated their union with a joyful ceremony, captured by a candid wedding photographer, as they walked across the grass under the trees to their cheering guests

outdoors trees guard of honor France guests End of ceremony family

Charco del Aceite couples portraits lifestyle session outdoors shot from a low camera angle against the trees, clouds and blue sky

outdoors trees low camera angle Charco del Aceite clouds Charco del Aceite couple portrait

A Fazenda Boa Sorte lifestyle photo session in Brazil with a Double exposure using the horses face and the couple

horse ranch Fabio Melo outdoors Fazenda Boa Sorte face rural

A Portugal lifestyle photo session in Lisbon for a couple having a beer at an outdoor table

beer garden drinks table beer Portugal bw Stam Chananakhon

Dramatic Beijing wedding image of this China bride and groom on an outdoor lawn

China beijing wedding image outdoors lawn Beijing China bride and groom

An impressive Lodz wedding image of the Poland couple Session on the wedding day outdoors on the grass in the fields

fields outdoors Lodz wedding image Poland Łódź grass

An outstanding Pigeon Forge wedding picture of this Tennessee bride with the trees and sky in the background

Tennessee bride gown Tennessee Sky Bryan Aleman background outdoors

Top, and timeless wedding photography from Allgäu during a romantic couple dancing portrait sesion in an open field outdoors in the sunlight

romantic outdoors open field Allgäu Geramany wedding photography DE couple

A beautiful Marburg, Germany bridal portrait in BW outdoors in a chair in natural sunlight

Marburg bride bw outdoors Germany bridal portrait Germany natural sunlight

A beautiful France couple portrait in BW outdoors with a tender kiss for the bride

outdoors Lyon France bride bw Castille Alma tender kiss

A beautiful Selva di Filetto, Baglio della Luna couple portrait showing some Natural Love outdoors in BW

veil Selva di Filetto natural Selva di Filetto wedding venue bw love Italy

Great wedding photography of the bride and groom from Castello di Fosdinovo Massa embraced in a BW hug outdoors

outdoors Italy hug embraced Castello di Fosdinovo Massa Castello di Fosdinovo Massa couple

A Parana, Brazil rustic wedding day detail picture of the groom holding the brides bouquet of flowers outdoors on the grass lawn

Brazil lawn Parana Heloisa Todescatt grass outdoors groom

Beijing wedding documentary photographer created this image at home during a Rainy Wedding

rain Beijing documentary photographer outdoors beijing wedding umbrellas China

An exceptional Flanders wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Belgium photographer illustrating the bride and groom taking a selfie outdoors with a group of children behind them

Flanders wedding photojournalism Children Belgium photographer outdoors Sven Soetens selfie Belgium

Best France wedding photojournalism picture from Chateau La Coste as the bride Throws the bridal bouquet

bouquet Chateau La Coste outdoor wedding toss France bride France wedding photojournalism throws

Best Redcliffe documentary wedding photography from Camp Hale showing The bride sings down the isle in the rain

outdoors aisle Colorado Redcliffe wedding photography sings rain Camp Hale bride

Best Timberville, VA documentary wedding photojournalism image from Showalters Orchard showing the Bride and dad walking down the aisle in the rain

rain bride and dad outdoors walking Timberville Virginia aisle

A great wedding day portrait from a Tenuta Berroni wedding venue showing the couple embracing outdoors in nature in this BW image

bw IT wedding day portrait outdoors embracing Tenuta Berroni wedding venue Italian couple

An extraordinary Worcestershire wedding picture by a pro UK photographer at the Belbroughton Village Hall revealing the men outdoors and taking drinking shots

shots Belbroughton Village Hall UK Photographer Belbroughton Village Hall weddings Worcestershire outdoors

A beautiful Andover, NJ couple portrait at The Refinery, Perona Farms showing the bride and groom outdoors among the pines

The Refinery New Jersey Bride and Groom NJ Refinery NJ couple portrait pines

Great wedding photography of the groom and his groomsmen from Spruce Mountain Ranch in Larkspur, Colorado outdoors at night with a light smoking cigars

Spruce Mountain Ranch weddings light Spruce Mountain Ranch Larkspur Colorado groomsmen Colorado wedding

Best Amhem wedding photojournalism picture from Groot Warnsborn showing that After an incredible wedding the bride and groom are walking through their sparkler exit

Night Amhem reception Thomas Jongbloed Groot Warnsborn wedding walking Groot Warnsborn

An exceptional La Dime de Giverny wedding photojournalism sample by a professional France photographer in Normandy showing the engaging Bride and Groom during diner outdoors

Normandy France photographer France outdoors Normandy Bride and Groom La Dime de Giverny

Best Morrison, Colorado wedding photojournalism picture from Woodlands showing Wedding guests participating in a snowball fight

Morrison Colorado snow Night outdoors Morrison CO

An exceptional Hampshire wedding image by a pro UK photographer exhibiting the Bride arrival to the Church

Hampshire UK Photographer hampshire wedding image Anna Mikulich United Kingdom outdoors hampshire bride

An extraordinary Arnhem wedding image by a professional Netherlands photographer at Park Sonsbeek conveying the Bride trowing away the bridal bouquet to single ladies

single ladies grass Park Sonsbeek Netherlands arnhem Park Sonsbeek wedding venue Gelderland

An extraordinary Annecy wedding picture by a pro France photographer revealing the Groom is throwing the bouquet to the single men outdoors in the winter snow outside the venue

snow French Groom bouquet Annecy wedding picture Annecy France

Luxembourg wedding documentary photographer created this image of a Bride shaking her dogs hands

outdoors Luxembourg photographer hands lawn Luxembourg grass dog

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