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.

Pre-wedding shoot at Spain engagement session in the rain

The pre-wedding shoot engagement session took place in the rain, and the couple was embracing the adventure and getting wet

The wet nature of the day can't stop the wedding photos for a couple in Colorado

Colorado wet nature Colorado couple wedding photos rain field Colorado bride and groom

Rainy Day Wedding photography in Belmar NJ - Out Of The Rain

Rainy Day Wedding with the bride and bridesmaids in the car

raining transportation rain shower Belmar photographer car drizzle

Lake Tahoe bride trying to not get her dress wet - California wedding photographer

bride using umbrella trying to not get her dress wet in the rain

Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe bride raining rain umbrella California

Outside photo of bride and groom avoiding the rain with umbrella while holding the brides dress

umbrella Noordwijk bride and groom rain

wedding party March in the rainy streets with umbrellas and a marching band

groom Acquoy rain outdoors bride umbrellas

Dublin bridal party trying to avoid the rain outside

a bridal party trying to avoid the rain outside

rain raining rainy

Guest are holding umbrella for the ladies as it rains at Paddy Island, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka

Guests walking and holding an umbrella for the ladies as it rains

Unawatuna umbrellas Paddy Island Sri Lanka rain

Bridesmaid trying to avoid the rain with an umbrella at the wedding at Bartholomew Barn, East Sussex

a Bridesmaid trying to avoid the rain with an umbrella at the outdoor, rainy wedding

Bartholomew Barn East Sussex umbrella bridesmaid rain

Portrait of couple at quarry rocks | Zuid Holland Engagement Photography, NL

Portrait of couple at quarry rocks for outdoor Zuid Holland Engagement Photography, NL

ZH engagement session pre wedding location ZH cubes South Holland rain umbrella rocks

A Bronx couple during their pre-wedding portrait session in the rain with umbrella

Bronx engagement photographer New York black and white Bronx pre wedding portraits Bronx engagement photos Bronx e shoot Bronx

$Light is refracted by the rain as guests protect themselves with clear umbrellas in this black and white photo by a China wedding photographer.$

Light is refracted by the rain as guests protect themselves with clear umbrellas

rain clear umbrellas Fuzhou China guests Fuzhou rainy day weddings Fuzhou wet weddings

groom rain color groomsmen sidewalk

groom gondola bride color raindrops canal

Jiangsu wedding photographer captured this photo of the bride getting help with an umbrella during a rainstorm

parasol Color weather Jiangsu door rain transportation

Scotland Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: rain, pre-ceremony, color, father, umbrella, bride, house

stone window bride rain umbrella weather

A bride gets assistance with holding her dress up as she and other wedding guests make their way through a rain storm in this black and white image created by a Taipei wedding photographer

black and white vehicle dress weather water umbrella

flowers rain black and white

color tent rain muddy cake

Wedding Photographer in Charleston | Image contains: rain, ceremony, outdoors, black, white, paster

black and white water pastor raining priest rain

London Wedding Photographer | Image contains: rain, umbrellas, groomsmen, stairs, outdoors, color, raining

Color railing stairs water umbrella weather

Arezzo wedding photographer freezes the action in this image of the bride and groom running down an alley in the pouring rain

buildings bride water weather rain umbrellas building

umbrella vintage bride family car train father

gown rain flowers groom color bouquet

Wedding Photographer in North Rhine-Westphalia | Image contains: portrait, umbrella, couple, kiss, night, light, blacke, white

black weather night black and white strobe shadow rain

Documentary Wedding Photograph in Leicestershire | Image contains: rain, umbrella, down, pour, soaked

black and white water outside drink rain outdoors

Montreal wedding photographer captured this black and white image of a bride sitting in a rain covered car getting ready to walk into the ceremony

water rain umbrella smile storm smiling

cart umbrellas rain men black and white

umbrellas color mauve bridesmaids bride mauve dresses

Myrtle Beach Wedding Photography | Image contains: bride, umbrellas, building, outdoors

building palm tree rain umbrella trees grass color

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