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.

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

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

outdoors grass lawn Luxembourg photographer Luxembourg bride

Great wedding photography of the bride at Elte Fűvészkert outdoors in the garden

outdoors Elte Fűvészkert Hungary wedding photography garden Budapest Gabor Kapuvari Hungary

Best Sens Beaujeu documentary wedding photojournalism image from Chateau de Beaujeu of a water gun fight with the bride, groom and guests outdoors

guests water gun fight groom Chateau de Beaujeu bride Sens Beaujeu wedding photojournalism

Adventurous, outdoor Annecy engagement image for A French couple dancing during the sunset

sunset view Haute-Savoie French Couple outdoors dancing

Best Monmouthshire documentary wedding photojournalism image from Humble by Nature during the Final preparations outdoors

nature Brontë Fae final preparations outdoors UK Humble Monmouthshire wedding photojournalism

Adventurous, outdoor Dans une forêt engagement image of the couple riding backs in a forest in Alsace

riding backs couple Dans une forêt outdoors adventurous Alsace Jonathan Fortuna

World's most innovative and best Lanloup, France wedding day portraits of the Bride, groom and their team standing outdoors by a vintage car near the grass

grass team outdoors vintage France wedding day portrait Lanloup Bride groom

A distinguished Turkey wedding image from a Bodrum couple photo session as the couple have a glass of wine together at sunset by the water

trees glass Turkey sunset Bodrum couple session Turkey couple

World's most innovative and best France wedding day Portrait of the bride and groom in front of a french castle

French bride and groom castle France wedding portrait black and white outdoors France

A prestigious Chicago bridal photo from an Illinois wedding portrait session outdoors in the sunlight with the bride and bridesmaids

sunlight bridesmaids Illinois bride Chicago bridal photo wind

World's most artistic and best wedding couple image from Taattinen Mansion near the city of Naantali as the Portrait session ended and the couple was walking back to the reception place and during that time

outdoors holding hands Naantali Portrait session sunlight warm tones walking outdoor reception place

World's most visionary and best wedding photography from Castello La Torre, Tuscany during the Cutting cake and Fireworks at night at the reception venue outdoors

Tuscany outdoor wedding Tuscany IT reception venue Tuscany wedding photography outdoors fireworks Castello La Torre venue

World's most visionary BW wedding photography from Corte San Ruffillo, Forlì showing a cake cutting moment outdoors under strings of lights

Corte San Ruffillo Italy cake cutting Emilia-Romagna bw Wedding Photography Forlì Corte San Ruffillo venue

A top Paris wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful French wedding reception outdoors showing Hugs of the bride and groom with their guests

Lea Torrieri Paris france bride and groom Paris wedding photojournalism outdoors French wedding reception guests

View this humorous Paris wedding image from an outdoor Reception venue showing the women fall during bouquet toss

outdoors outdoor Reception Venue women Humorous Paris photographer Lea Torrieri Paris wedding image

An esteemed Indre bridal portrait session at a Chateau des Chezezaux wedding of Brides enjoying a minute for two

sunlight Indre outdoors France Indre bridal portrait session trees Gaelle Caré

A wedding photojournalist in Krakow captured boys playing on the swings with a mobile device

kids outdoors Krakow wedding photojournalist boys phone playground

A top wedding reportage photographer in North Yorkshire captured this picture of The bride and all the wedding guests cheering as the groom in the foreground gives his speech outside

North Yorkshire photographer cheering North Yorkshire bride UK reception venue groom outdoors

A top California wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Temecula, Lake Oak Meadows wedding ceremony outdoors as The groom gets overwhelmed as his bride reads her vow during their backyard wedding ceremony

Temecula California wedding photojournalism California - Southern Lake Oak Meadows wedding ceremony reads Brett Butterstein Lake Oak Meadows

A documentary wedding photographer in Lier captured this picture of women enjoying drinks under umbrellas in the rain outdoors

outdoors Lier wedding photographer drinks Lier wedding picture rain umbrellas Lier

An Italy wedding photojournalist at Castelvecchio Sagrado in Gorizia captured this moment of the Wedding games with bride and groom holding shoes

Gorizia Gorizia photographer Night shoes lit moment

A Illinois documentary-style wedding image showing a moment at the Westin Hotel Itasca during an Indian ceremony outdoors under umbrellas

An Illinois documentary style wedding image showing a moment at the Westin Hotel Itasca during an Indian ceremony outdoors under umbrellas

indian outdoors Westin Hotel Itasca umbrellas Illinois documentary wedding ceremony

A UK wedding photojournalist at Hampden House captured this Ping Pong image outdoors with the Bride

Hampden House UK wedding photojournalist outdoors bride Damion Mower Buckinghamshire photographer games

A top Sussex wedding reportage photographer at the Yogaurt Rooms captured this picture of a singalong during ceremony outdoors under the trees

outdoors Yogaurt Rooms ceremony Sussex photographer Sussex trees Sussex wedding reportage

A top Ramonville wedding photojournalist at Domaine de Montjoie created this BW image during the throwing of the bouquet outdoors

bouquet Ramonville bw image Domaine de Montjoie Ramonville wedding photojournalist bw

View this dramatic Yarmouth, MA wedding image of a backlit application of bug spray on the bride outdoors

sunlight MA wedding image spraying Yarmouth photographer MA bride

A top Arezzo documentary wedding photographer at Villa Santa Maria created this image of The kiss and the knife with the cake outdoors

cake Arezzo knife Villa Santa Maria Arezzo documentary wedding photographer kiss

A Colorado documentary wedding photographer in Estes Park captured this picture of bride and groom during their first dance as their guests look on outdoors at dusk

guests bride and groom Estes Park wedding picture Estes Park dusk Colorado documentary wedding photographer

A Mexico documentary style wedding image showing a moment at Cenote Cristalino Puerto Aventura Riviera Maya during a Mayan wedding ceremony at the cenote

Mexico Mayan cenote Mayan wedding ceremony outdoors Mexico documentary wedding image

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