Wedding Photos of Outside

The following “Outside” 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 “Outside” 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.

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Wedding portrait of a newly married couple captured in an alley at Walker's Point, Milwaukee, WI. The bride and groom stand in profile, gazing in opposite directions.
Iconic Love: A Captivating Milwaukee Urban Couple Portrait that Defines Forever
A captivating wedding shot at the beautiful Domaine de La Roulière in Chemillé, France. The photo captures the elegance of the event, with silhouettes of guests and the bride enjoying champagne.
Elegance Unveiled: French Soirée at Domaine de La Roulière in Chemillé
The award-winning wedding photographer captures a special scene at Domaine de Réputé in Sainte Cécile, France. The image shows the bride, groom, and their children wearing vintage-style shoes that perfectly complement the venue's charm.
Charming Vintage Style: A Family Wedding Portrait at Domaine de Réputé
An artistic wedding photographer captures a close-up image of the bride's bleeding feet, as the groom lovingly helps her buckle her white wedding shoe on the vibrant green grass in Edmonton, Canada.
Soothing Love: Bride's Bleeding Feet, Edmonton's Grass Represents Resilience
Bride and groom share a heartfelt embrace atop Tent Ridge in Kananaskis, Canada. Against a stunning orange sunset, their love creates a romantic portrait to treasure forever.
Tent Ridge Embrace: Love's Portrait Amidst a Fiery Sunset
In Rhone, France, at the Cour Dorée Event Venue, a wedding photo captures a couple in a sunflower field, with the groom hugging and kissing the bride from behind.
Golden Romance: A Captivating Rhone Wedding Photo in a Sunflower Field
Creative wedding day portrait captured at a reception venue in Toulouse, France. The bride and groom tenderly embrace as the sun sets behind them, evoking a truly romantic atmosphere.
Romantic Toulouse: A Sunlit Embrace Captured on Wedding Day
Stylish bride, groom, and their dog pose at the Bosphorus Palace in İstanbul. The photo captures them on a roadway with lush tropical plants in the background.
Bosphorus Beauty: A Tropical Love Story Unfolds Amidst Lush Splendor
A talented wedding photographer captured a beautiful portrait of a bride and groom at Campo San Bortolo in Venice, Italy. The image showcases the romantic atmosphere as the couple stands still while passersby blur in the background.
A Venetian Promise: Merging Souls in Campo San Bortolo's Serenity
A creative wedding photographer captures a romantic pose as a groom gazes lovingly at his new wife, with her reflection beautifully captured in his sunglasses. This black and white portrait was taken at the charming Barn at Raccoon Creek venue.
Reflection of Love: A Breathtaking Moment at Barn Raccoon Creek
In a wedding photo, captured at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey. The bride sits on a bench in the foreground, while the groom lays on his back on another bench in the background.
Wedding Spectacle: Love Portrait Amidst Istanbul's Historic Splendor
In this award-winning wedding photo, taken in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square, the groom gracefully supports his bride's dress train as they walk together. The romantic scene is enhanced by the burst of sunlight at the top.
Sultanahmet Serenade: Love Awakens in Sunlit Istanbul's Heartbeat Square
In the rocky landscapes of Cappadocia, Turkey, a wedding photographer captured a beautiful scene. The bride and groom share a tender embrace under the warm desert sun, with a backdrop of a stunning blue sky dotted with hot air balloons.
Desert Sun Embrace: A Stunning Wedding Snapshot in Cappadocia
In Cappadocia, Turkey, this award-winning wedding portrait showcases a bride and groom embraced under a veil, with the desert sun illuminating their love. Hot air balloons dot the blue sky, creating a romantic backdrop.
Cappadocian Dream: Sunlit Love Embraces under Veiled Desert Sky
Surrounded by the rustic charm of a barn in Steamboat Springs, CO, the bride and groom share a romantic lit embrace, captured by an award-winning wedding photographer.
Steamboat Springs Barn Wedding: A Rustic Lit Embrace Under Love's Gaze
The bride and groom pose for a romantic portrait in front of the Teatro Adolfo Mejía in Cartagena, Colombia, capturing the charm of the city on their special day.
Cartagena Charm: A Romantic Portrait at Teatro Adolfo Mejía
Gently caressed against the stunning backdrop of Emerald Lake in Crested Butte, Colorado, a devoted groom affectionately embraces his wife, their love illuminated by the rim light, as they face each other on their wedding day.
A Romantic Embrace at Emerald Lake's Radiant Glow
Wedding photo taken at Dreams and Dragonflies in Windsor, CO, USA. The bride and groom pose with an old barn illuminated by the photographer's lighting.
Golden Romance: Captivating Love at the Barns of Dreams and Dragonflies
In Tuscany, at Villa Medicea di Lilliano, the bride and groom celebrated their wedding day by toasting after cutting the cake. The photographer captured the moment from a high angle, recording the artistic scene in BW
Villa Medicea di Lilliano: A Toast to Forever, Captured in BW
Wedding photograph taken in Metz, Moselle, in a park. The bride and groom hold hands, intertwining their fingers while showing the rings on the groom's chest.
Eternal Vow: Mesmerizing Metz Park Pairs Passionately Display Ties that Bind
Award-winning wedding portrait captures couple's joy and nature's power as they laugh in the wind at Budir, Iceland. Veil dances with the approaching storm, giving a touch of drama to their wedding day.
Windswept Bliss: A Captivating Wedding Portrait Amidst Icelandic Nature's Power
A wedding photographer captured a beautiful kiss at Santa Maria Assunta Church in Bargni, Italy. The award-winning image features a couple enjoying an intimate session inside their vintage car, shot through the front windshield from the outside
Bargni Bliss: A Vintage Kiss Immortalized Amidst Italian Elegance
Capturing the whimsical spirit of the couple's wedding day, the artistically skilled photographer captured a stunning image as the couple playfully tossed their rings into the air, only for them to land back in their hands.
Whimsical Rings in Flight: Artistic Wedding Photography at its Finest
A stunning wedding photo captures a couple posing outside Syon Park's glass conservatory at night. The building's purple lights create a captivating backdrop, while the off-center composition and rim lighting add a touch of artistic flair.
PURPLE HAZE: CAPTIVATING WEDDING PHOTO AT SYON PARK'S GLASS CONSERVATORY VENUE
The bride and groom were showered with a torrential downpour of confetti outside of Core Clapton in Hackney London
A couple was showered in confetti outside their garden wedding scene, basking in the natural light
Two little girls are hugging at church's exit among soap bubbles in the sunny afternoon in Saint-Amand's church in France
Two little girls hugged under bubbles in the sunny afternoon outside the church
An emotional ceremony outside Noord Brabant was the perfect location for the bride and groom to exchange rings and exchange their everlasting love
At an emotional ceremony, the bride and groom exchanged rings, and gave hugs

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