Wedding Photos of Rustic

The following “Rustic” 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 “Rustic” 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.

Photographer captured a bride and groom at home in Pays Basque, France. A couple stands in front of an old rustic wooden and stone farm. Relive the beauty captured at this wedding.

Romantic Wedding Bliss: Bride and Groom Embrace in Historic Pays Basque Farm Setting

Captivating bride portrait in a rustic building interior in Sao Paulo, with shadows cast by tall windows, captured at a wedding event.

Stunning Sao Paulo Bride: Rustic elegance captured in captivating portrait at exclusive wedding

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At Viansa Winery in Sonoma, California, bridesmaids gather around to assist the bride as she slips into her shoes inside the rustic charm of a winery barrel room. This intimate moment exudes camaraderie and support amidst the ambiance of wine country.

Bridesmaids' Bond: A Sweet Moment in Viansa Winery's Rustic Barrel Room, Sonoma

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A rustic engagement portrait session in La Rochelle's Atlantic Coast with Champêtre style. The couple poses with their VW bug in the dry grass field.

Rustic Romance: Couple's VW Bug Adventure in La Rochelle

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In a picturesque setting in La Rochelle on the Atlantic Coast of France, a couple toast champagne in a rustic picnic setting at sunset in a dry field.

Romantic Rustic Picnic: Champagne Toast at Sunset in La Rochelle

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In La Rochelle, on the Atlantic Coast of France, a rustic engagement session. The couple, with a VW Bug, with flowers, on a grassy field.

Romantic Rendezvous: Rustic Engagement with Blue Volkswagon Bug and Bouquet

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A vibrant and festive photo captured at Calke Abbey Riding School, featuring a joyous bride and groom dancing surrounded by their wedding guests in a rustic venue setting.

Joyous Bride and Groom Dancing at Calke Abbey Riding School: Rustic Wedding Celebration Capture

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A candid moment captured on the couple's wedding day at their countryside French venue, showcasing a heartfelt ceremony speech amidst scattered pizza boxes that the bride had searched high and low for all morning in Nances city, Savoie.

Rustic Romance: Heartfelt Ceremony Speech Amidst Pizza Boxes at Countryside French Venue in Nances

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A candid moment at a Ratchaburi rustic vintage farm wedding venue, where a young boy admiringly watches the groom dancing.

Young Boy Enthralled by Groom's Dance at Ratchaburi Rustic Vintage Farm Venue

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Newlyweds standing in front of a farmers field with tractor stripes in the dirt, captured in a breathtaking wedding portrait at Domaine de Kervallon in Caro.

Romantic Newlyweds Embracing Amidst Tractor Stripes at Domaine de Kervallon in Caro

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A stunning wedding photograph at Chateau Rigaud Bordeaux, France, showcasing a beautiful bride and groom framed in golden hour light, standing in a picturesque vineyard at the venue.

Golden Hour Romance: Bride and Groom at Chateau Rigaud Bordeaux Vineyard, France

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A rustic wedding portrait at The Barn at Pioneer Acres in Richfield, Wisconsin. The groom poses against a vintage truck, gazing lovingly at his beautiful bride with a reflection captured in the side view mirror. Rustic charm meets modern love.

Capturing Modern Love: Groom Admires Bride at The Barn at Pioneer Acres, Richfield, Wisconsin

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Embracing the rustic charm, this award-winning portrait captures the couple's love and connection as they lean against the red brick wall, admiring each other and her beautiful wedding bouquet at Residence House, Ruse, Bulgaria.

Enchanting Love: Capturing Rustic Charm and Connection at Residence House

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A lifestyle couple portrait captured at Vaughn Woods in Hallowell, Maine. The couple exudes tranquility as they sit on a ledge, in front of a gentle waterfall, wearing casual attire and projecting a composed and relaxed demeanor.

Rustic Romance: Enchanting Engagement Portrait at Vaughn Woods in Hallowell, Maine

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At a Roswell antique store, a hugging couple stands on the porch of a vintage rustic establishment, surrounded by nostalgic charm. - Vintage Embrace: Antiques and Love

Rosewell Romance: A Vintage Embrace

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A couple poses for a formal photo in a rustic and urban setting, using a fire escape stairs, at Beijing Shougang Art Park, taken by a WPJA wedding photographer

Love Amongst the Cityscape: Capturing Elegance and Romance on Beijing's Fire Escape Stairs

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In the cozy lounge area of Logan Inn, New Hope, Pennsylvania, the newlyweds share a tender embrace on a vibrant red bench framed by a rustic stone wall backdrop.

Logan Inn Wedding: Intimate Embrace in Vibrant Red Tones

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A close-up of the bride's bouquet beautifully framed against a rustic terracotta wall at the Cork Factory Hotel

Blooming Love: A Captivating Close-Up of the Bride's Bouquet, Embraced by a Rustic Terracotta Wall at the Cork Factory Hotel

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In Morbihan, Brittany, near their home, a couple stands together in a classic portrait. The high angle shot captures their love, framed by rustic wooden boards.

Love in the Countryside: A Classic Portrait of a Couple in Morbihan, Brittany

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In Colfosco - Alta Badia, Italy, a couple stands together against a snowy backdrop, surrounded by the charm of the village and a rustic wooden fence.

Winter Wedding Bliss in Colfosco: A Charming Couple Embraces the Snowy Backdrop in Alta Badia, Italy

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Engaged couple in Siena, Tuscany, captured in an intimate portrait session. A captivating overhead perspective showcases their embrace on a rustic stone path.

Love's Path: Embracing Romance in Siena, Tuscany

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At Crazy Diamond Campground in Ventucopa, CA, the bride and groom were joyfully "netted" in a festive celebration by guests wearing bright costumes

The bride and groom were joyfully netted in a festive celebration at Crazy Diamond Campground, Ventucopa, CA

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A wedding image was captured at a rental property in Santa Barbara, featuring the bride embracing her grandmother on a rustic porch with her stunning dress hung behind them

The bride and grandmother were captured in a Santa Barbara rental property porch setting

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A couple posed in front of a tall barn door, embracing a rural and rustic lifestyle in a picturesque photoshoot

Couple standing in front of tall barn door in Dallet, France, surrounded by rustic, rural charm

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A rustic wooden plank displaying boutonnieres captures the beauty of a wedding day in Northern California's San Francisco

In the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, a rustic wooden plank with boutonnieres displays on a beautiful wedding day

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In Cappadocia, Turkey, at a museum hotel, a vintage and rustic looking detail pic of rings on an old wooden stick

A vintage-looking ring photo was taken on old wood at the museum hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey

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An inspiring Paris wedding image from France showing the Beauty of the brides shoes

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Burgundy rustic wedding day couple portrait in France for A couple in the wineyard standing on a stone wall next to a red car

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A spectacular Chateau de Janze wedding photograph from Marcilly-d'Azergues, France of the bride against red barn doors

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World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Domaine de Verderonne, Oise of the French Brides shoes under the dress

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