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.

Gilbert White house, Hampshire, UK wedding venue images - Last of the autumn light

UK wedding venue portrait showing the Last of the autumn light

sunset Hampshire UK orange purple bouquet Gilbert White house

Forest Lake Camp (Upstate New York) Wedding Portait Session at Night. | Bride and groom under the stars

Upstate New York Wedding Portrait Session of the couple at Night

NY wedding portrait NY portrait image flash Forest Lake Camp dusk silhouettes

Silhouette shot of a couple touching heads during blue hour

Louvre engagement images Louvre pre wedding portrait Louvre engagement photography silhouettes Louvre e session sunset portrait Paris

Silhouette picture of a couple walking on rocks on a cliff above the ocean at sunset

Jeremie Sangare ocean cliff Vendee silhouettes Vendee engagement photos sunset portrait

Silhouette shot of a couple touching heads in a tiny street

Les Sables dOlonne e session silhouettes touching heads Les Sables dOlonne engagement photography Les Sables dOlonne engagement images Jeremie Sangare Les Sables dOlonne

England Staffordshire engagement photographer for sunset sessions

Janina Brocklesby couple portrait session Staffordshire England Staffordshire Staffordshire engagement photography silhouettes sunset portrait

wedding venue photography portrait of couple

Cappadocia portrait dusk Cappadocia Wedding Venue Hot air balloons couple photography

beach wedding day portrait of a silhouetted couple in black and white

black and white Romantic Fate memories Beach Portrait clouds shadows Northampton

Tuscany, Siena Couple Dancing at sunset during engagement portrait session

Siena e session Tuscany Siena silhouettes Siena engagement images sunset portrait

Wedding Venue Picture | Silhouettes of the reception dancers against the tipi

wedding venue tipi dancers Picture Silhouettes Porthilly Farm Wedding Cornwall wedding reception

wedding day photo session - Golden sea portrait of the bride and groom at sunset

Portugal wedding day bride portrait golden sea silhouettes Portugal wedding groom

Shadows, sky and a couple during their Mazarron - Murcia photo session.

Murcia wedding couple architecture Murcia Mazarron historical building columns

The Lamot Mechelen wedding was beautiful, with silhouettes of the bride and groom framed in the night sky, illuminated by the hanging lights and large windows

Lit up by lights and windows, the bride and groom's silhouettes were visible against the night sky

night sky hanging lights bride and groom portrait large windows Leuven silhouettes

stonebrae country club wedding venue photo of the couple dancing at sunset against the blue sky

Couple dancing at sunset, blue sky backdrop, Stonebrae Country Club wedding venue

stonebrae country club San Francisco wedding photography San Francisco deep blue sky tall grass silhouettes bouquet

Netherlands Haarijnse Plas - bokeh silhouette portrait

sunset bokeh NL engagement session NL pre wed trees NL wedding couple Haarijnse Plas

Pre-Wedding Shoot with a couple under a tree at sunset

Barcelona Barcelona engagement photography under tree silhouettes framed in tree

Leshten wedding photographer | Rodopski Kyt bride, groom and their friends

An artistic wedding photographer captured the bride, groom and their friends toasting at dusk under strings of lights

Leshten Wedding Photography strings of lights Rodopski Kyt dusk silhouettes Leshten sunset

Gantry Plaza Park - NY couple and their dog at night during engagement session

At the Plaza, the couple and their dog at night during engagement session

dogs nyc engagement photographer NY sunset portrait puppy silhouettes Gantry Plaza Park

Chicago couple session with city skyline behind them at sunset

Urban couple session with city skyline behind them at sunset

Chicago urban Engagement silhouettes sunset sunset portrait Chicago engagement photography

Chicago pre wedding picture session with reflections and clouds

A dramatic pre wedding picture session with reflections and clouds

dramatic sky IL silhouettes sky and clouds Chicago engagement session Chicago

Bride and bridesmaid getting final touch up

bridesmaids NYC Weddings silhouettes getting ready bride The foundry nyc getting ready

Sacramento engagement photographer shot this photo of the couple embracing at Yosemite National Park at sunset

An engagement photographer shot this photo of the couple embracing at the Park at sunset

Yosemite engagement session silhouettes Yosemite National Park Couple embracing sunset portrait session

Bride and her dad head for the outdoor ceremony under the palm trees

Dad palm trees dress Phuket Phuket outdoor wedding bride Thailand

Tacoma, Washington Engagement Photography Session | Couple leans in for a kiss in an old train tunnel

Engagement Photography Session for a Couple leaning in for a kiss in an old train tunnel

kiss train tunnel Washington Tacoma train tracks silhouettes archway

Engaged couple hold hands at night in cappadocia, turkey for their engagement photo session

Engaged couple hold hands at night for their engagement photo session

Turkey lit up balloon evening engagement hot air balloon silhouettes Cappadocia engagement photography Cappadocia

Engaged couple hug in cappadocia, turkey for the engagement photo session

Engaged couple hug during the engagement photo session near hot air balloons

Cappadocia Turkey desert engagement silhouettes Hot air balloons Cappadocia engagement photographer

Los Angeles engagement photographer captured this photo of the couples silhouettes

An urban engagement photographer captured this photo of the couples silhouettes

frame in doorway Los Angeles engagement photography Los Angeles CA LA silhouettes

This engagment photo of the couples silhouettes was captured by a Mumbai engagement photographer

This engagment photo of the couples silhouettes was captured by a very creative engagement photographer

Mumbai wedding engagement Mumbai engagement photos Mumbai India silhouettes

The silhouettes of the couple holding bright umbrellas against a gray sky was captured by a Mumbai engagement photographer

silhouettes gray sky Mumbai couple holding Anupa Shah umbrellas Mumbai engagement photo

Leesburg Virginia Engagement Session at Love Sign - Virginia is for Lovers

Engagement Session at a Love Sign with silhouettes on a blue sky

LOVE sign Leesburg Engagement Photographer blue sky Leesburg Virginia Virginia is for Lovers silhouettes

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