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.

Montpellier prewedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple as they hold one another

A top wedding photojournalist at the Rheinstein Castle created this image of a dove taking flight outdoors by the bride and groom

flight Rheinstein Castle Trechtingshausen Germany dove outdoors Trechtingshausen photographer

World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Truckee, CA as Sunlight backlights the brides veil during a forest wedding ceremony outdoors in the woods

trees brides veil California - Northern sunlight wind blows woods

A wedding photojournalist in South Lake Tahoe captured this moment as A bridesmaid does the splits on the dance floor in front of a groomsmen

dancing dance floor outdoors Tahoe wedding photojournalist tahoe reception

A prewedding session in Kaysersberg Castle, Alsace highlighting the fun that they are having together in the colors of autumn

Autumn outdoors colors France photographer Alsace Kaysersberg Castle Alsace pre wedding session

A top France wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Lyon wedding location showcasing a Funny scene with kid grabbing the mic at the outdoor speech

outdoors mic Lyon France wedding photojournalism speech France

Pre-wedding portrait-session in Hunterdon County, NJ showing off the fall colors outdoors in nature

NJ couple portrait outdoors new jersey photographer nature fall colors

Check out this graceful Castelvecchio wedding day Bride and groom portrait outdoors, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Sagrado, Gorizia, Italy from the WPJA

bride and groom portrait Castelvecchio graceful IT wedding day outdoors Sagrado Italy

View this ornamental Hungary wedding image of a butterfly sitting on the grooms shoulder, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

shoulder wedding photography groom sitting Detail Shot Hungary photographer butterfly

Saint Maigrin, France environmental pre wedding image session with a couple embracing

Saint Maigrin France pre wedding image Couple embracing grass France outdoors

View this decorative La Collina dei Desideri wedding image of a newly married couple at the end of the reception on the hill of wishes, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Bergamo, Italy from the WPJA

decorative La Collina dei Desideri wedding image of a newly married couple at the end of the reception on the hill of wishes, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Bergamo, Italy

Italy IT wedding photography reception Bergamo La Collina dei Desideri newly married couple La Collina dei Desideri weddings

View this picturesque Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing their first sunset together as husband and wife, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

picturesque Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing their first sunset together as husband and wife, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado

picturesque bride and groom Colorado Estes Park wedding image husband and wife outdoors wedding photography

View this elegant Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing in a portrait together before getting married, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing in a portrait together before getting married in Colorado

Estes Park wedding image lit trees getting married sunlight outdoors bride and groom portrait

View this poetic Hattingen Romantic Portrait of the bride and groom outdoors under the tall trees, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Landhaus Siebe from the WPJA

Hattingen Romantic Portrait of the bride and groom outdoors under the tall trees at the Landhaus Siebe

tall trees bride and groom Hattingen bridal Hattingen outdoors romantic portrait Hattingen wedding photographer

View this pictorial Loveland wedding pic of The couple greetting a guest as others mingle during cocktail hour, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Sweetheart Winery from the WPJA

Loveland wedding pic of The couple greetting a guest as others mingle during cocktail hour, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Sweetheart Winery

greetting Winery wedding photography Loveland wedding pic Loveland outdoors Sweetheart Winery winery

Milwaukee, Wisconsin nuptial day award-winning image of Bride and Groom recessing down the aisle

outdoors guests Milwaukee photographer Wisconsin wedding image Wisconsin nuptials garden recessing

Casa Romantica, San Clemente marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The parents of the bride and groom react to a remote speech delivered by Zoom on Ipad

Casa Romantica parents San Diego wedding photography react speech bride and groom outdoor marriage

Basin Harbor Club - Vermont marriage ceremony award-winning image showing The bride and groom recessing from their outdoor event

bride and groom recessing Basin Harbor Club Burlington photographer outdoors VT outdoor wedding Vermont

Lincolnshire marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the Father of bride and guests looking on towards bride and grooms first dance

guests Lincolnshire wedding photography first dance bride and groom Lincolnshire outdoors tent

Bursa nuptial day award-winning image of the young guests leaning on a nice car

Bursa nuptial day young guests Bursa Children luxury kids

Colorado marriage ceremony award-winning image showing Windy moments outdoors in BW

CO photographer outdoors windy Colorado ceremony Colorado outdoor wedding

Noord Brabant nuptial day award-winning image of a Young brides man jumping over water, as bridesmaid checks him out, father frowns

brides man Noord Brabant nuptial day water flower girl Noord Brabant weddings outdoors NB

The UK WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from Manchester, England of guests eating pizza against brick wall outdoors

England UK outdoors Manchester guests Lyndsey Goddard pizza

Ardeche nuptial day award-winning image of a Kiss at exit in BW

outdoors Ardeche bw exit Jerome Villard Ardeche wedding photography kiss

The China WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and quiet Fujian wedding image showing they playing under red umbrella with fireworks

outdoors fujian wedding image walking China Fujian red umbrella Junxin Zeng

Lyon marriage ceremony award-winning image showing Exit from the bride and groom's church with a military guard of honor

guard of honor Castille Alma Lyon marriage ceremony bride and groom exit France france weddings

Eggington House, UK outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing A confetti moment outdoors

Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Eggington confetti 17th century UK outdoor marriage ceremony

An alternative France wedding portrait of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques bride and bridesmaids created as the girls were having fun during golden hour

walking Charline Eberhardt road France wedding portrait bridesmaids France Pyrénées Atlantiques bride

Outdoor Oberhausen, Germany couple engagement photography portrait under blooming trees with fun

portrait DE engagement photography Oberhausen laughing Germany couple Oberhausen wedding photography outdoors

Lyon nuptial day award-winning image of church sweeping outdoors

Lyon Lyon Bride Coralie Castillo France wedding photography Lyon nuptial day brooms outdoors

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