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.

Central Park, NYC outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in BW with some kissing action

Esterillos Beach, Costa Rica outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot while walking hand in hand under the palm trees

Esterillos Beach prewedding photoshoot palm trees Hand in hand Costa Rica couples Esterillos Beach photographer outside

Ravenna Wild Beach, Italy outside environmental couple candid session with a romantic kiss

Ravenna Wild Beach romantic kiss Italy couples Italy outside Italy candid session

Sancerre outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot lit by the Moto's Light

Sancerre couple motorcycle prewedding photoshoot Sancerre light bikes outside

Bourges outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot that seems to say - Kiss me Forever

Bourges couple prewedding photoshoot outside kiss Bourges Bourges wedding photography Forever

Siracusa outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in BW during Spring in Sicily

prewedding photoshoot outside Sicily Siracusa spring bw Siracusa photographer

Camors, Morbihan, France outside environmental prewedding photoshoot with a Couple in the forest

Morbihan forest outside Camors France Morbihan prewedding France photoshoot

Plage de La Ciotat outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot while walking on the beach sand

marseille photographer sand Plage de La Ciotat outside walking beach Marseille couple

Laguna Beach, CA outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot celebrating in the crashing waves their 5 years of love

outside CA crashing waves celebrating CA Photographer engagement photoshoot CA couple prewedding

Estância das Oliveiras - Viamão marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the Sister and grandmother of the bride praying outside

grandmother Viamão marriage Viamão photography Estância das Oliveiras Viamão ceremony image praying bride

Mountain Top Inn - Chittenden, Vermont getting ready for marriage award-winning picture capturing The bride getting her makeup done below the clouds outside

Mountain Top Inn clouds bride getting ready Vermont Chittenden photographer outside

Chiaravalle della Colomba, Castell' Arquato marriage ceremony award-winning image showing The arrangement of the brides veil before entering the church

church bridal party bw arrangement Castell Arquato photographer brides veil marriage ceremony image

East Midlands marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the Happy couple coming out of the church

church bride and groom Nicholas Haigh outside leaving ceremony flowers Happy couple

Arraial do Cabo outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in BW under the forest trees

forest outside prewedding photoshoot Arraial do Cabo trees RJ photographer bw

Urbino, Italy nuptial day award-winning image of the groom and friend hugging outside

friend Italy outside Italy nuptial day Urbino photographer Leonard Walpot emotions

De Landgoederij in Bunnik outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the flower girl getting cake from her grandfather

flower girl Thomas Jongbloed Bunnik outdoor marriage reception grandfather De Landgoederij photographer Bunnik weddings

Grand Est outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded A girl falling for the bouquet

bride Grand Est Grand Est outdoor wedding bouquet bouquet toss outside

Echo Lake outside environmental prewedding photoshoot with a dog jumping in front of couple

jumping CO photographer CO prewedding photoshoot couple Echo Lake outside dog

Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park outside environmental pre wedding photo shoot with a Couple sitting on rock

Dream Lake RMNP couple sitting rock pre wedding photo shoot Rocky Mountain National Park outside

RMNP outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot with a sunset and romance

RMNP weddings sunset CO prewedding photoshoot Fort Collins couple outside romance

RMNP outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot with a sunrise under the aspen trees

RMNP prewedding photoshoot RMNP outside sunrise co couple aspen trees Colorado photographer

Oaxaca City outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in the doorway of a small village store

prewedding photoshoot Mexico couple MX photographer village store Oaxaca City doorway outside

Hove Beach outside environmental couple prewedding photos against wood and concrete

wood outside prewedding photos Hove beach concrete West Sussex couple

Le Vesinet, France outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot while Enjoying some piggyback time at the park

France piggyback Le Vésinet outside Le Vesinet photographer France couple picture FR photoshoot

Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany outside environmental couple prewedding photo shoot on a cold day

Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany couple Germany Mülheim Germany engagement photo shoot cold day Germany prewedding

Squaw Valley Lake Tahoe outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot showing footprints in the fresh winter snow

Squaw Valley snow outside prewedding photoshoot Lake Tahoe Squaw Valley couple portrait Lake Tahoe photographer

An elegant Colorado wedding day portrait of the Colorado Springs bride and groom at The Broadmoor Hotel created as the couple stands in the lobby of the hotel and a patron passes outside with an umbrella

Colorado Springs Broadmoor hotel Colorado Springs bride and groom outside lobby co couple

Iceland outside environmental couple prewedding photo shoot at the rock quarry in an orange dress

Iceland photographer orange dress rock quarry Iceland outside prewedding photo shoot Iceland couple

Iceland outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot while walking above the sea and icebergs

icebergs Iceland walking Iceland couple session sea prewedding photoshoot outside

View this grand Copper Mountain Resort wedding image of the couple sharing a kiss outside the Grand Hall winter elopement, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

Copper Mountain Resort wedding image of the couple sharing a kiss outside the Grand Hall winter elopement, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado

colorado wedding venue Colorado couple outside kiss Copper Mountain Resort wedding image grand hall

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