Wedding Photos of Summer

The following “Summer” 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 “Summer” 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.

A vintage-inspired black and white photo captured at the prestigious Winery Zvonko Bogdan in Palić, Subotica, featuring a wedding party joyfully returning from a church ceremony in cars under a rainy summer sky.

Vintage Elegance: Wedding Party Returns from Church in Cars at Winery Zvonko Bogdan

A young girl reaches out for a glass of orange juice at a hot Summer wedding at St Michaels Manor Hotel in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Sunny Sips: A Summer Wedding at St Michaels Manor Hotel

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Lifestyle couple portrait at Haughley Park, Suffolk. An engagement shoot in the early summer evening. The couple stands facing each other, embracing gently. She playfully lifts one leg, captured by the photographer.

Engaging Elegance | Haughley Park Couple's Enchanting Early Summer Shoot

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Superior wedding art detail image from a Elena, Bulgaria wedding day at Rayuvski Han Complex of the wedding rings surrounded by summer flowers

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World's most innovative and best Raiski Zaliv, Troyan, Bulgaria wedding day portrait of the couple in the beautiful summer sunset

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Pre-wedding engagement image-session in Pistoia, Tuscany with a warm early summer sunset

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Casa Makari on-location portrait e-shoot under the summer sun with a tender kiss

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Colorado Springs couple portrait, as he gives his fiancee a smooch on the cheek in front of the incredible summer view of Garden of the Gods.

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Clear Creek, Golden, Colorado pre wedding engagement session in nature embracing in the hot summer sun on this green pathway

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Fort Collins, Colorado pre wedding couple session in nature in the summer greenery with the golden light of the evening sun

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Agriturismo il Rigo creative couple wedding portrait is taken in the wheat field, during the summer the wheat is dry, the photo is taken from below while the wind moves the hair of the couple

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Golden, Colorado Sun bathes the flowering meadow in golden light during this summer engagement session

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Netherlands wedding image of the bride getting ready during a hot summer in a small room

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Chelyabinsk couple portrait - Russia pre wedding images

Chelyabinsk indoor summer couple portraits

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summer loving couple engagement portraits on a boat on the open water

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Aman at Summer Palace Beijing Chinese wedding tradition detail photography

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An aerial image of a newlywed couple in a red convertible sports car amidst a picturesque Tuscan landscape at Castiglioncello

The newlyweds drove a red convertible in the beautiful Tuscan landscape of Castiglioncello Toscana

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Engagement shoot in Miami Beach, Florida - sunny summer kisses

The engaged couple posed for a beautiful photo on a sunny summer day, with the sunlight adding a warm glow to the image as the woman wore a stunning red dress and the couple shared tender kisses, celebrating their love and commitment to each other

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Summer prewedding portrait photo shoot session on the stairs with hand rails

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Greetings from Wisconsin the nation's summer backdrop postcard for a silhouetted engagement portrait

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New South Wales, Australia church wedding photography in documentary-style on a hot day with fans

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Umbria wedding photographer captured this unique portrait of the bride and groom as fog shrouds the patio where they are standing

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Madison Documentary Wedding Photography | Image contains: bride, black and white, dress, getting ready, bouquet, flowers

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Charleston groom trying to cool down before the wedding | South Carolina wedding photojournalism

Charleston groom trying to cool down before the wedding in South Carolina

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