Wedding Photos of Rural

The following “Rural” 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” 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.

This engagement picture was taken at moc chau

Arnold Arboretum, Jamiaca Plain, Massachusetts - Couple hanging from tree kissing

tree Arnold Arboretum Massachusetts Jamaica Plain trees scenic grass

Overjissel engagment photographer created this prewedding portrait in a sunny meadow in Enschede

Filling the frame countryside tightly cropped scenic Jola Mulder sunny meadow Enschede

A couple holds hands under a blue sky in this prewedding portrait shot by an Overjissel engagement photographer

Jola Mulder Overjissel Overjissel wedding engagement rural Overjissel engagement photos blue sky countryside

Overjissel engagement photographer caught this image of a couple holding hands in a sunny meadow

scenic countryside sunny meadow rural holding hands grass field Overjissel

A countryside engagement shoot in Bridge, Kent UK

countryside grass fields scenic Kent wedding engagement rural grass field Kent engagement photos

A sunset countryside engagement session in Bekesbourne, Kent UK

scenic UK grass fields country Kent Bekesbourne

Engaged couple in a field for their DC engagement session

picturesque countryside rural grass field dc engagement photo DC pre wedding portrait DC

This Orcoyen, Spain engagement photo session was captured in a field at sunset.

sunset Orcoyen field country hills grass fields Spain

Alberta, Canada Engagement Photographer captured this photo of a couple kissing in a field

field farmers picturesque grass field holding scenic

Alberta, Canada engagement photographer captured this photo of a woman running towards her fiance on the road

Alberta engagement photo picturesque rural farm Canada grass field

This Engaged couple kiss in a field during their Pre-wedding shoot in Hoi An Vietnam

scenic grass fields Hoi An grass field countryside dip

A couple walks together in Brno beneath a dramatic and dark sky in this engagement session by a Prague photographer

Prague Brno rural scenic Dramatic picturesque

A man holds his fiance as they stand in a field in Brno in this pre-wedding photo session by a Prague photographer.

Brno grass fields grass field Brno engagement photo rural Brno pre wedding portrait trees

Outdoor photo of engaged couple hugging in a field during their Engagement shoot in Landgoed den Treek

rural picturesque Outdoor hugging field country countryside

Castellina in Chianti, Siena - Jumping engagement portrait in the trees!

Castellina pre wedding portrait grass fields jumping Castellina engagement photo jump Siena countryside

Longwood gardens engagement photographer: "We were there during golden hour so we went gold."

rural PA engagement photo scenic gold grass fields country grass field

In this San Francisco engagement portrait shoot, the photographer focuses on a few branches of beach side plants while the couple embraces out of focus in the distance

scenic grass field flowers focuses countryside branches picturesque

A couple kiss in the middle of a field on a foggy day during this Istanbul engagement shoot

A couple kiss in the middle of a field on a foggy day during this countryside engagement shoot

countryside grass field Istanbul Istanbul engagement photographer rural picturesque grass fields

Hoi An Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography - Love in rice field

Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography showing the couples Love in rice field as they embrace

rice field grass fields grass field picturesque rural Hoi An PreWedding Photography trees

Engagement Portrait Session with Big Skies and Barley

picturesque scenic country Broadchalke rural Wiltshire grass field

portrait of the bride and groom walking in the rural snow

winter groom rural Lyon Lyon Bride snowing portrait

Alberta bridal gown image in BW of the dress handing from a high window of an old barn

A black-and-white photo of an Alberta bride's dress hanging from an old barn's window

barn rustic country wedding couple barn wedding black and white Barns

Río Grande do Sul portrait of a couple in the tall corn during their engagement session

countryside Rio Grande do Sul rural farm Brazil Rio Grande do Sul engagement photography

Minas Gerais Brazil Rural Country Engagement Portrait on the farm

sunset portrait rural farm Minas Gerais couple portrait session Minas Gerais Minas Gerais engagement photography

Minas Gerais Rural Country Engagement Portraits on the open fields of tall, green grasses

rural Minas Gerais engagement shoot Minas Gerais Brazil pre wedding image Minas Gerais

An old Netherlands farmhouse Grace this colorful portrait for an engaged couple

pre wedding locations Dutch farmhouse rural Netherlands Grace farm

Tropical lush and green engagement portrait from the Rio de Janeiro

Tropical lush and green engagement portrait from Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro fields engagement photos Rio de Janeiro engaged couple rural

Canadian pre-wedding portraits | Alberta couple stands in a field of dead grass for their engagement session

Canadian pre-wedding portraits of an Alberta couple standing in a field of dead grass for their engagement session

grass field pre wedding location Canadian Canadian engagement session rural engaged couple Canadian

The night stars and a couple Evening portraits by Zhejiang Engagement Photographer

Zhejiang cn engagement session rural China pre wedding location CN house silhouette

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