Wedding Photos of Rain

The following “Rain” 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 “Rain” 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 North Yorkshire wedding image by a professional UK photographer at the Raven Hall conveying The bridal party leaving their getting ready location to walk to the ceremony in the rain, with umbrellas going up

A natural Flaxfleet documentary wedding photography example from the East Yorkshire Barns in England showing the Bride and her dad walking with the bridesmaids to the ceremony through the rain

bride Flaxfleet wedding photography raining bridesmaids East Yorkshhire Barns Patrick Mateer umbrellas

Best Paris documentary wedding photojournalism image from Maison des Polytechniciens as The Brides family wash and dry the dress which was dirty due to the rain

Paris France dry Maison des Polytechniciens dirty Paris documentary wedding

A top Colorado wedding photographer captured this picture at The Barn at Raccoon Creek of the The bride and groom navigating through the rain after the ceremony with help from the brides father

FOB rain Colorado after ceremony Raccoon Creek umbrellas colorado wedding photographer

A creative black and white San Francisco wedding photo during a Northern California shoot in a wooded oasis on a wooden bridge, as the sky opened up, It started pouring rain

bw California - Northern Oasis San Francisco wedding photo Northern California shoot wooded

A top San Francisco wedding photographer captured this picture showing It rained so hard during the reception even the ground underneath a massive tent was straight up mud and Here the bride gets help removing her muddy shoes

reception ground wet raining tent bride dirty

Best Oxford, UK documentary wedding photography showing the bride and groom trying not to get soaked while it rains of their wedding day

outdoor wedding raining rain Oxford bride and groom water UK

Maceió pre-wedding engagement photoshoot for a couple who is showing their Love in the Brazil rain

brazil love session Maceio engagement photographer rain jungle Maceió Renner Boldrino Alagoas

A first rate wedding detail picture from a West Yorkshire marriage event at Thwaite Mills wedding venue showing the UK bride and her friends shoes and feet as they walk in the rain

friends wet rain sidewalk feet raining walk

World's most innovative and best Turkey wedding photography of Bodrum Villamaçakızı Hotel of the Bridal gown hanging on an a iron stick in a rainy day

waves Bodrum ocean Bridal gown hanging rain Turkey wedding photography

World's most innovative and best Heenvliet wedding day portraits of The lovebirds having a cute intimate session in the rain

cute Nissewaard Netherlands intimate South Holland Heenvliet red dress

A first rate wedding detail picture from a Hoeven marriage event at Landgoed Tielens in The Netherlands showing The text of the wedding official got completely wet during the ceremony due to the rain

Hoeven marriage event Netherlands outdoor wedding book wet Hoeven Netherlands NL wedding picture

A first rate Zurich wedding image from an on location Switzerland lit couple portrait session in the rain at night with an umbrella

Night Zurich lit Zurich wedding image Switzerland Switzerland couple portrait session umbrella

A wedding photojournalist in New Orelans captured this moment at Maison Perrier of A wedding party celebrating with a second line on a rainy day

New Orelans Rainy day umbrellas Maison Perrier Nicky Byrnes second line New Orelans wedding photojournalist

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

Lier wedding photographer rain Lier outdoors women umbrellas Lier documentary weddings

A Italy wedding photojournalist at Abbazia di Santa Maria di Maniace captured this moment of These spouses leaving the church after waiting for the rain to stop, when suddenly a rain of rice arrives on them

An Italy wedding photojournalist at Abbazia di Santa Maria di Maniace captured this moment of These spouses leaving the church after waiting for the rain to stop, when suddenly a rain of rice arrives on them

rain IT Italy wedding photojournalist Italy rice Abbazia di Santa Maria di Maniace church spouses

A wedding photojournalist at Chaumont in Vexin captured this moment during a Church exit for the couple under rain umbrellas

Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne Chaumont en Vexin rain Oise Oise couple commune Chaumont in Vexin

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts as A bride and groom dance in the rain lit by a flash

Waterworks dance Museum lit rain MA portrait images Korri Crowley

A documentary wedding photographer captured this picture at Jaco Beach, Puntarenas, Costa Rica of the Bride and Groom exiting the Ceremony while celebrating under the unexpected rain

Costa Rica Puntarenas photographer exiting raining Puntarenas Mauricio Urena rain

Pre-wedding engagement image-session in Maceió, Brazil showing that As the couple hugged, a gentle rain fell

Brazil couple laughing Maceió Renner Boldrino Brazil Pre wedding engagement double exposure

A top documentary wedding photographer in France created this image A few minutes before the ceremony began, with a beautiful sun unfortunately in the space of an instant it started to rain, here the bride with her parents, while waiting for the rain

documentary wedding photographer France France raining bride outdoor wedding ceremony umbrella

Singapore pre-wedding photo-session at the Golden Mile Tower creatively lit by the headlights of a car in the rain. Picture shot through a copper ring

Singapore couple copper ring Singapore pre wedding photo Golden Mile Tower rain creative headlights

Addison Street, Philadelphia, PA environmental couple pre wedding image session with some umbrella singing in the rain

singing umbrella couple pre wedding J&J Studios Philadelphia e Session rain

Somerset, England nuptial day award-winning image of The bridal party arriving at the church in the rain as the wind blows their umbrella inside out

church bridal party Arriving rain nuptial day image Somerset photographer umbrella

St. Dunstan's Church, West Peckham, Kent nuptial day award-winning image of The bride and one of her bridal party share a funny moment during the couple's rain soaked departure in their open top vintage sports car

Kent soaked rain couple West Peckham vintage St Dunstan Church

Grand Est nuptial day award-winning image a raining day but a big smile of the bride :)

bw building rain raining bride umbrella

The Colorado WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspirational wedding photography example from a Denver event venue showing Catering during the heavy rain storm

Denver wedding photography Colorado wedding image food rain Denver event venue storm

New Orleans, LA nuptial day award-winning image of A bride and groom leading the second line through the streets of uptown during their rainy April New Orleans wedding

rainy New Orleans wedding second line New Orleans rain bride and groom uptown

Landgoed Tielen, Hoeven outdoor marriage award-winning image showing that During the ceremony in the rain, the bride wipes the rain from the groom

Landgoed Tielen raining rain Hoeven photography Hoeven bride Netherlands

Guangdong nuptial day award-winning image of an outdoor wedding in the rain under umbrellas

Guangdong ceremony Jinqi Tan Guangdong nuptial day outdoor wedding rain raining

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