Wedding Photos of Silhouettes

The following “Silhouettes” 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 “Silhouettes” 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.

An after the marriage proposal Confluence engagement photograph in Lyon, France created in BW just as The couple approach for a kiss

Couple photography in Orleans during a pre wedding engagement shoot at the Sunset Forest

silhouettes Orléans France Orléans photographer sunset portrait

Pleasanton Engagement Photos. Northern California couple posing with their Love at the discovery Museum

Tyler Vu California - Northern silhouettes discovery museum Pleasanton Pleasanton photographer

Saint Coulomb couples portraits lifestyle session in France on top of the huge rocks with martial arts creative posing in their silhouettes

rock hills martial arts France Saint Coulomb France engagement photography silhouettes Patrick Lombaert

A Turkey lifestyle couple photo session in Cappadocia with silhouettes against an orange and blue sky

blue sky Cappadocia photo session Cappadocia orange sky Turkey lifestyle couple Turkey

Boston Seaport lifestyle couples photography at sunset with silhouettes and the city skyline

Massachusetts Boston lifestyle city silhouettes Boston Boston couple photography

Adventurous, on location Thailand engagement photography at Khao Yai National Park showing the near sunset silhouettes and the reflection

Thailand engagement photography Khao Yai National Park silhouettes reflection sunset Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Thailand

Scenic Fartura engagement picture at sunset with walking on water silhouettes

silhouettes São Paulo Brazil beach water walking sunset

A romantic and sweet Mlochow engagement photo for A couple celebrating their engagement day, a moment of tender kisses, while the golden sun beautifully illuminates their silhouettes

silhouettes tender kisses romantic Poland engagement Poland couple Tomasz Budzynski Mlochow engagement

Tuz Golu engagement photo showcasing the nature of the low sun and their silhouettes

Istanbul tuz gölü Istanbul engagement photographer silhouettes seaside engagement low sun

World's top and most original Bordeaux wedding portrait photography at Chateau Giscours using silhouettes of groom and pregnant bride during reception

silhouettes Château Giscours reception groom pregnant bride Bordeaux wedding portrait photography

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Darmstadt against a colorful painted wall with silhouettes

Darmstadt painted wall Darmstadt wedding couple silhouettes colorful Germany portrait images

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Bayern using Silhouettes and lights

Germany portrait image Bayern wedding couple silhouettes Lights Bayern bride and groom Germany

Kansas City pre-wed portraits for a fun couple on the rooftop of a parking garage using their silhouettes with buildings

KC pre wed portrait Kansas City MO Kansas City couple Rooftop Kansas City wedding photography Missouri

World's most innovative and best wedding day portraits of the couple silhouetted outdoor at Chicago Theatre

silhouettes Outdoor Chicago Theatre Chicago Silhouetted couple Illinois

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Val d'Orcia, Italy of The couple with an incredible sunset behind them

sun flare kiss sunset Italy couple Italy Val dOrcia silhouettes

Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Collins fun-loving couple pose as Sunset orange highlights their silhouettes

Fort Collins Colorado Lucy Schultz Horsetooth Reservoir orange silhouettes sunset

Rodemack picture session for a carefree engaged couple showing silhouettes and blowing on a dandelion

bw Rodemack engaged couple Rodemack Jonathan Fortuna dandelion blowing Rodemack picture session

Pre-wedding Mousson couple portrait-session at sunset with heads touching and silhouettes

silhouettes Mousson Pre wedding France Mousson couple portrait sunset Jonathan Fortuna Mousson

Pre-wedding portrait-session in Niteroi, RJ against an orange sky with sun silhouettes of their kiss

sun Niteroi photographer RJ kiss sunset orange sky

An original Nanping wedding art image in China detailing the silhouettes of the groom and bride

flower art china couple Nanping silhouettes Nanping weddings China Groom and bride

View this dramatic Les Vergers du Roy Bride and groom during a night shooting at their wedding, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France from the WPJA

dramatic Les Vergers du Roy Bride and groom during a night shooting at their wedding, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France

Dramatic france wedding lit FR wedding photography bride and groom silhouettes Jean Baptiste Chauvin

An alternative Spain wedding portrait of the Cordoba bride and groom at Patios de Viana with a yellow light, silhouettes and building arches

Patios de Viana Patios de Viana weddings building Spain wedding portrait Córdoba yellow light

An original Glendale wedding couple image from Chevy Chase Country Club in Southern California resulting in a Sunset portrait with reflections and silhouettes

Chevy Chase Country Club California - Southern Country Club sunset portrait silhouettes reflections Southern California couple

Estes Park bride and groom to be, posturing for an engagement image at Bear Lake in the RMNP

RMNP reflection Colorado silhouettes Estes Park bride to be Autumn Parry Estes Park

Muggia couple e-shoot in Trieste, Italy with Silhouettes and a ladder cage system

silhouettes cage sunset Muggia couple Trieste Italy

Yellowstone wedding couple artistic image session with the bride and groom on a mini island at sunset

silhouettes Yellowstone mini island sunset portrait

Romantic Italian Villa Gardens wedding portrait of the bride and groom with silhouettes in an arch

IT bride and groom Italian Italian Villa Gardens villa arch silhouettes

Romantic Somerset, UK wedding portrait at the Maunsel House with an orange sky and bride and groom silhouettes

Maunsel House wedding venue UK Bride and groom UK wedding portrait silhouettes Somerset couples romantic

Colorado couple e-shoot in Boulder shown in silhouette for their forest engagement

upside down trees boulder engagement couple silhouettes double exposure Engagement

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