Wedding Photos of Rural portrait

The following “Rural portrait” 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 “Rural portrait” 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.

Capturing the pure love and connection between the couple as they embrace each other in a beautiful natural setting at Waddesdon Hill.

Embracing Eternal Love at Waddesdon: Couple's Connection in the Natural Setting

A picture was taken by a WPJA wedding photographer at Le Hechet Farm in St. Saviours, Guernsey, featuring a couple posing with cows on the farm

Cows and Love: A Picture-Perfect Engagement at Le Hechet Farm

cows rural portrait Channel Islands Guernsey farm pasture St. Saviours

A WPJA wedding photographer captured a beautiful engagement photo of a couple at sunset, with warm tones and silhouettes, at Le Hechet Farm in St. Saviours, Guernsey

Serenading Love's Embrace: Sunset Engagement at Le Hechet Farm in St. Saviours, Guernsey

St. Saviours orange sky silhouettes warm tones Le Hechet Farm Guernsey Engagement Portrait Guernsey

Near Cher, a captivating aerial shot captures a couple lying in a beautiful field, gazing upwards with pure joy and love in their eyes

Pure Joy and Love in the Air: A Captivating Aerial Shot of a Wedding Couple Amidst the Beauty of Cher

Cher Wedding Portrait field aerial shot rural portrait Cher laying in field

A couple embracing each other in a golden cornfield in Tarn, France during a magical sunset engagement photo shoot

Captured in an Idyllic French Countryside: Love Takes Center Stage in Enchanting Sunset Engagement Shoot Amidst Breathtaking Cornfields of Tarn

couple walk cornfields Tarn Engagement Session french countryside Tarn rural portrait

In a picturesque setting in Patagonia, Chile, a couple gazes lovingly at each other as he leans in for a tender kiss during their engagement photo shoot

Romantic Bliss Amidst Nature's Splendor: A Couple's Enchanting Engagement Moment Unveiled in Patagonia's Idyllic Backdrop

Patagonia Engagement Session tender kiss Patagonia remote location rural portrait Chile

This is a stunning wedding photo captured at a photoshoot location in Turkey. The newlyweds embrace each other between majestic horses, symbolizing their journey together.

Embraced by Majestic Horses: A Captivating Turkish Wedding Journey

horses Turkey newlyweds embrace rural portrait Turkey Wedding Portrait

A couple in love share a special moment during their engagement photo shoot as they walk hand in hand, with the groom-to-be playfully following his bride-to-be as she leads the way in Baeza

Leading Love: The Playful Journey of a Perfect Pair

clouds rural portrait Baeza Engagement Photography Hand in hand Baeza Spain

An engagement portrait features a couple standing in a field in the Tuscan countryside, specifically in the scenic region of Crete Senesi

Romantic Engagement Portrait in the Picturesque Tuscan Countryside of Crete Senesi

Crete Senesi Tuscan countryside Crete Senesi Engagement Photography Tuscany rural portrait romantic

An engagement portrait was taken of a couple dancing in the hilly fields of Crete Senesi, Tuscany

Capturing Love in Motion: An Enchanting Engagement Portrait of a Dancing Couple in the Scenic Hilly Fields of Crete Senesi, Tuscany

hilly fields rural portrait Tuscany Tuscany engagement session Crete Senesi couple dancing

At their wedding in Denver, Colorado, the couple stood on a picturesque wood walking bridge, surrounded by lush tree branches that added to the artistic allure of their ceremony location.

Denver Wedding: A Serene Portrait on a Wood Bridge Amidst Tree Branches

Denver Artistic Portrait rural portrait Denver trees wood bridge Colorado

A couple in Wentworth, Yorkshire, UK, is captured in an engagement photography session, as they share laughter while standing in a beautiful grassy field

Wentworth Yorkshire UK: Capturing a Couple's Laughter in a Beautiful Grassy Field Engagement Photography Session

grassy field rural portrait South Yorkshire Wentworth Rotherham center framed South Yorkshire Engagement Portrait

An engagement photography session took place in Milpitas, California, where a couple posed in a beautiful wheat field of fox tails, embracing each other under the sunlight

Engagement Photography Session in Milpitas, California: Couple Poses in Beautiful Fox Tails Wheat Field

California - Northern rural portrait fox tails couple posed Milpitas Engagement Session field Milpitas

Photograph of a couple in Bannay, with a close and personal shot of them standing in a beautiful wheat field

Bannay Couple's Close and Personal Wheat Field Photoshoot

Centre-Val de Loire head to head Cher Engagement Session Bannay Cher rural portrait wheat field

The couple held hands and meandered through tall, green farm grass in Crete Senesi, Tuscany in a creative wedding portrait

Crete Senesi Wedding Portrait: Couple Holding Hands amongst Tall Green Farm Grass

holding hands Crete Senesi Engaged Couple rural portrait Crete Senesi Tuscany Green Fields

A couple is dancing at sunset in Chartres for their engagement portrait

The couple danced at sunset in Chartres for their engagement portrait

rural portrait Chartres Engagement Session dancing sunset Chartres

A romantic dusk engagement portrait in the picturesque Crete Senesi of Siena, Tuscany set the perfect backdrop for a save-the-date announcement

Siena, Tuscany | Romantic Dusk Engagement Portrait in Crete Senesi

Siena Crete Senesi dusk rural portrait Siena engagement photography Tuscany Siena Save the Date

The couple posed for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait with their sunglasses on, against the backdrop of the majestic mountains

Fribourg | Engagement Announcement | Couple in Sunglasses Embracing in Nature

Fribourg Engagement Photography smiles embracing Fribourg sunglasses rural portrait majestic mountains

The happy couple are looking forward to getting married soon, posing in Oytier-Saint-Oblas, France, as they embrace in the warm light of a setting sun

The engaged couple pose blissfully in Oytier-Saint-Oblas, France, basking in the romantic sunset light

Isere Engagement Photography Oytier-Saint-Oblas field rural portrait romantic portrait warm light France

A lifestyle engagement portrait of a couple facing each other was captured through a barn window

San Antonio San Antonio engagement photography profiles facing each other rural portrait barn window

The couple posed for a portrait in the sunshine of a farmers field in Isere, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, just before the reception of their wedding party

In Isere, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the couple posed for a portrait in a farmers field before their wedding reception

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Isere Photographer rural portrait farmers field Isere

A portrait of a couple standing in farmers crop rows at a wedding party location in Noord Brabant

In Noord Brabant, near the wedding reception location, the backdrop for a portrait of a couple standing in farmers crop rows

Noord Brabant crop rows North Brabant Photographer farm rural portrait

Chavanoz couple posing for a rural engagement announcement shot while sitting on a water pipe above a corn field under blue skies with small white clouds

Chavanoz Isere Photographer blue skies rural portrait Isere water pipe corn field

Cambara do Sul destination engagement shoot for a Rio Grande do Sul couple in a rural and beautiful place with minimalism and kissing and nature all around them

rural portrait Rio Grande do Sul Rogerio Frota dos Santos Rio Grande do Sul Photographer minimalism Brazil cambará do sul

A New Mexico couple adventure together in middle of nowhere with a beautiful mountain behind during a remote engagement announcement portrait session

New Mexico remote location New Mexico Photographer mountains rural portrait Brandon Lai

A Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne outdoor portrait shows a unique way this newly engaged couple is announcing their French engagement as The bride to be is on the groom to be for a hug, below a sunset

sunset portrait Rhone Photographer Saint Clément sur Valsonne Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Florian Maguin rural portrait hugging

A Oytier-Saint-Oblas couple hold their hands above a wheat field during a rural France engagement announcement portrait session

France rural portrait Oytier Saint Oblas France photographer Florian Maguin wheat field

Meuse best wedding photography at Château de Saint-Senoch in Varennes from a rural photoshoot with the groom and bride under dark skies

France Varennes Château de Saint Senoch Jean Baptiste Chauvin Meuse rural portrait dark skies

A Bordeaux modern couple poses for a rural announcement portrait in a field of their France engagement

Bordeaux photographer France Bordeaux wheat field rural portrait

A sunny France Engagement Session for a couple walking hand in hand in nature below a big blue sky

Hand in hand France blue sky rural portrait Jonathan Fortuna France photographer

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