Wedding Photos of Trail

The following “Trail” 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 “Trail” 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.

The couple held hands as they giggled and walked a trail in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO for a wedding announcement photo

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs: Couple Holding Hands, Giggling on Trail for Wedding Announcement Image

The couple posed for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture on a wooden walking trail in Muir Woods, California

Muir Woods, California - Couple's Save-the-Date Wedding Announcement Picture on Wooden Trail

forest engagement trail wooden trail tall trees Muir Woods California engagement session California - Northern

The couple are enjoying a romantic walk at Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire, UK in anticipation of their upcoming wedding

The engaged couple, in love, strolled blissfully through Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire, UK

trail UK romantic walk stroll Ashridge Estate trees Hertfordshire Engagement Photography

An engaged couple poses for a lifestyle pre-wedding portrait in Central Park, New York City, walking in the sunlight among the fall colored tree leaves

In Central Park, New York City, an engaged couple take a lifestyle portrait in the fall sunlight

park engagement nyc engagement photography couple stroll fall leaves sunlight NYC Central Park nyc

A couple is captured in a black and white lifestyle engagement portrait while walking on a trail towards the camera in Sedona

A pre-wedding couple portrait shows a couple walking on a desert trail

Sedona Engagement Photographer Arizona trail black and white desert trail mountains Sedona

A young engaged couple is taking a stroll on a leaf-covered trail in the autumn forest of Mártély, Hungary during a lifestyle portrait session

A couple is taking an autumn engagement portrait while walking on a leaf-covered trail

Hungary Engagement Photographer forest engagement trail leaf covered trail Martely stroll Hungary

France best wedding photography at Chateau La Hitte in BW of bride and groom walking and holding hands in a rural meadow with a trail

rural meadow Lot-et-Garonne Chateau La Hitte holding hands trail Lot et Garonne Photographer

Lisbon lifestyle portrait forest photography for a Portugal couple who are engaged and posing for the picture and surrounded by nature in the forest filled with trees

trail nature Portugal engaged couple Lisbon lifestyle portrait picture trees

An impressive Scotland wedding image of the couple that was lit by off camera flash

Stirlingshire Scotland wedding image trail off camera flash Mike Cook ocf Scotland Couple

Adventurous, outdoor Galena Park in Nevada engagement image showing a Couple kissing in middle of forest

Nevada engagement Galena Park trail forest Outdoor trees kissing

Adventurous, outdoor Camors, Morbihan engagement image for a France Couple and a dog

Outdoor Elodie Gentit walking trail hiking Camors engagement Morbihan engagement

Scenic Central Park, NYC engagement image created as he dips his lady while surrounded by bright foliage

trail dancing foliage Central Park New York Kayla Rice NYC engagement image

A romantic Brittany pre wedding session near Bretagne as the couple walks on a trail under large trees

trail couple walking Charlotte Poudroux trees Brittany France Brittany Engagement Photography

Lago di Scanno pre-wedding portrait-session in Abruzzo, Italy on a rural path trail Under the trees

Italy Aria di Foto Lago di Scanno pre wedding trail path trees

Pre-wedding Boston City couple photo-session on a trail in the grass of the nature park setting

grass Boston Pre wedding park Boston City couple photo Boston photographer Vinh Vo trail

Pre-wedding Chicago portrait-session at Winnemac Park as a Couple kisses in front of a willow tree at sunset

Winnemac Park Chicago portrait IL Pre wedding nature trail willow tree

Pre-wedding photo-session in Parnitha Mountain, Athens, Greece showing us that Love is here along with the sunshine

Greece nature Athens Parnitha Pre wedding photo greece photographer trail Anastasia Eleni Rassia

Lake Tahoe pre-wedding portrait-session at Zephyr Cove Couple kissing with their dogs at the end of a coo pathway

walking forest dogs pathway dog couple kissing

Scotland wedding image of the Bride and groom backlit, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

Scotland couple portrait Scotland wedding image backlit trail trees kissing lit

Outdoor Arraial do Cabo, RJ couple engagement photography portrait in tree lined trail in the country

tree lined RJ couple country Arraial do Cabo trail RJ engagement Outdoor

An alternative France wedding portrait of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques bride and bridesmaids created as the girls were having fun during golden hour

Pyrénées Atlantiques bride golden hour France wedding portrait sunset girls Pyrénées-Atlantiques trail

View this picturesque Anna Maria Island wedding image in BW of the Bridal party walking down to the beach shows the scene of this couples celebration, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Florida from the WPJA

picturesque Anna Maria Island wedding image in BW of the Bridal party walking down to the beach shows the scene of this couples celebration, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Florida

picturesque Florida wedding photography walking Anna Maria Island beach Sky Anna Maria Island wedding image

Chiltern Open Air Museum, UK nuptial day award-winning image of the Bride being ferried to reception in wheel barrow

United Kingdom UK documentary wedding image wheel barrow bride Damion Mower UK Chiltern Open Air Museum

Pasadena bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot in the middle of a nature scene

The Hendrys trail Pasadena bride to be couple walking pasadena nature scene

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Steinhausen showing Love Is In The Air

trail dip Steinhausen couple Mischa Baettig kiss trees Steinhausen

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Paris showing a couple walking a trail path in the lush green woods

trail Paris Engagement Portrait lush green walking Paris couple path

Prosser Pines environmental engagement e-session of a dancing couple in the woods

Yun Li couple New York dancing loop Prosser Pines Engagement

Bois Trevou Treguignec environmental engagement e-session in black and white

Trevou Treguignec engagement kiss Bois Charlotte Poudroux bw trail Trevou Treguignec

Charente couple engagement pic session in a field

Audrey Morisson hugs Charente couple rural field trail Charente

Lover's Lane, San Francisco couple portrait in the woods on a winded trail

balloons forest trail Tyler Vu San Francisco CA Photographer woods

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