Wedding Photos of Silhouetted

The following “Silhouetted” 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 “Silhouetted” 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.

Silhouetted bride and groom stand in front of a bright window in Frankfurt

Frankfurt: Silhouetted bride and groom stand in front of a bright window

In the enchanting setting of Château du Sou, the bride is silhouetted as she tosses her bouquet into the night sky

Château du Sou: Bride Silhouetted Tossing Bouquet Into Night Sky in Enchanting Setting

tossing bouquet night sky silhouetted Lacenas bride enchanting setting France Chateau du Sou

The engaged couple posed back to back in a silhouetted urban art setting with advert photos on the wall behind them, during a lifestyle pre-wedding portrait session in Thailand

In Thailand, the engaged couple posed back to back in a silhouetted urban art setting

night portrait opposite directions Thailand silhouettes urban art Thailand PreWedding Photography silhouetted

Couple stands silhouetted in front of an icy lake during portrait session in Bellvue, Colorado

The couple stand silhouetted in front of an icy lake, eagerly awaiting their wedding day

Colorado Bellvue Engagement Photography Bellvue CO silhouetted icy lake

Couple is surrounded by holiday lights in Old Town Fort Collins

The couple, on the brink of their wedding day, are illuminated by a bokeh canopy of warm, star-like holiday lights

Colorado rim lit holiday lights fort collins engagement photography silhouetted Fort Collins bokeh canopy

In Paris, Île-de-France, the bride and groom are joyfully leaping, silhouetted with and framed by leafy trees at their wedding reception venue

The couple's synchronized profile leap was accentuated by the framing foliage and the dazzling blue sky

blue sky silhouetted framed between trees leaping Paris photographer Paris France

An engaged couple posed for a dramatic lifestyle portrait on the top floor of a hotel

The couple traded traditional engagement photos for a romantic lifestyle portrait in front of a window at a hotel

Xining Pre Wedding Photographer Hotel Portrait Xining window silhouetted

A couple was silhouetted against the sunrise light with snow blowing at Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park during a lifestyle portrait session

A couple was captured in a lifestyle engagement portrait silhouetted against the sunrise light with snow blowing around them

Rocky Mountains Engagement Photography Rocky Mountain National Park sunrise light silhouetted snow blowing Dream Lake

The silhouetted groom stands to the left of the bride, who is illuminated by the sun, creating a shadow on the yellow wall of a private house in Toulouse, France

The bride is illuminated by the sun, casting a shadow on the yellow wall of a private house, with the groom standing on the left side

Private home yellow wall France toulouse bride Toulouse silhouetted Toulouse photographer

An artistic image of a striking silhouette of an engaged couple in front of a bridge against the sunset sky is visually captivating

Couple standing in front of Dallet's Bridge in France, silhouetted against the sunset sky

Puy de Dome Engagement Photography Dallet Bridge Puy-de-Dôme bw portrait France silhouetted sunset sky

The loving couple in Montpellier, France, shade canopy overhead, are silhouetted below a bright blue sky

A happy couple were silhouetted below a bright blue sky, with a shade canopy overhead

Montpellier e shoot Montpellier silhouetted canopy overhead France shade from canopy bright blue sky

The lovers stand together in the light of a doorway, silhouetted in a timeless portrait of love and commitment

Doorway light, lovers silhouetted: timeless portrait of love and commitment

Spain doorway light silhouetted Spain Artistic Photographer couple framed in doorway

A backlit couple portrait in a museum hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey, is silhouetted in a bright orange frame, illuminated by the fire of the setting sun to the right

A silhouette couple portrait in Cappadocia, Turkey, is framed by the setting orange sun

Turkey Cappadocia Photographer orange silhouetted Museum Hotel backlit setting sun

Pleneuf Val Andre couples outdoor portrait lifestyle sessions in France of the engaged pair jumping above the sea and silhouetted against the water and sky

silhouetted Pleneuf Val Andre Côtes-d'Armor Brittany outdoor portrait Brittany lifestyle session Patrick Lombaert sea

Banff portraits lifestyle session at Minnewanka Lake with a Silhouetted couple in the forest trees

trees Minnewanka Alberta lifestyle session Minnewanka Lake forest Alberta Eliza Slobodzian

Banff National Park lifestyle portrait photography for an Alberta couple at Minnewanka Lake silhouetted with the tall trees

AB portrait photography Eliza Slobodzian lake Alberta couple Alberta silhouetted Banff National Park lifestyle

Philadelphia Museum of Art lifestyle portrait photography in Pennsylvania for a Couple silhouetted between ferns

silhouetted Pennsylvania Museum PA lifestyle portrait Museum photography Philadelphia Museum of Art art

A Pennsylvania couple poses during a Caledonia State Park lifestyle portrait photography session as they are silhouetted against the water with the sky reflected below

Caledonia photography session water Sky Pennsylvania Caledonia State Park Caledonia pose

A Nova Friburgo Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, sunset portrait of this Rio de Janeiro couple silhouetted by the sunset

RJ sunset Rio de Janeiro couple silhouetted Nova Friburgo Engagement Photographer Nova Friburgo sunset portrait

A France Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, sunset portrait of this Hossegor couple silhouetted at dusk by the sea and surfers

dusk surfers sunset portrait silhouetted sea Hossegor Hossegor couple

An impressive Kallo wedding image of the Beveren couple in East Flanders, Belgium with silhouetted family members by the large windows

Beveren windows Kallo Belgium wedding portrait Beveren couple Kallo wedding image Sven Soetens

A creative black and white Zhejiang wedding photo with back to back bride and groom silhouetted against white background with double exposure of a tree

silhouetted branches Zhejiang back to back double exposure China

A Massachusetts Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, evening portrait of this MA couple silhouetted at the Boston Seaport

massachusetts wedding photographer evening portrait MA Massachusetts Boston Seaport Boston

A beautiful Saint Coulomb, France engagement photo from France of The couple silhouetted against a dusk sky in Plelan le Petit

silhouetted Sky dusk France engagement photo Saint Coulomb France couple Plelan le Petit

A beautiful Khao Yai National Park, Thailand engagement photo for a silhouetted couple portrait

couple portrait Khao Yai silhouetted Thailand Thailand engagement Chaiyasith Junjuerdee National Park

The Stockade, Schenectady, New York couple pre-wed portrait of a young couple holding hands and running on a dock in a river as they are silhouetted by the sunset

holding hands New York photographer running New York wedding photography dock NY sunset

View this dramatic Oxford wedding image at The Perch in the UK of silhouetted guests dancing against fairy lights

UK fairy lights silhouetted guests Oxford photographer Oxford wedding image

Mennetou sur Cher night engagement image of a couple silhouetted with fireworks going off behind them

silhouetted Mennetou sur Cher Cher engagement image Night Cher couple cher photographer

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Truckee, California as the Groom and bride are silhouetted against a sunlit mountain peak at dusk

dusk California Groom and bride holding hands Truckee wedding portrait photography from Truckee blue sky

Dallas pre-wedding photo-session in Texas with a silhouetted couple embracing near the trees and buildings

purple Dallas pre wedding photo buildings trees 3M Studios Dallas photographer Vinh Vo

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