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.

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

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

Boston photographer trail Boston Pre wedding nature Boston City couple photo 3M Studios Vinh Vo

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

trees IL Pre wedding trail couple kisses Chicago portrait sunset

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

greece photographer Greece Parnitha Pre wedding photo Athens hugging Anastasia Eleni Rassia sunshine

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

walking pathway couple kissing dog forest

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

kissing lit Scotland Scotland wedding image Scotland couple portrait backlit bride and groom

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

Arraial do Cabo RJ photography portrait trail Outdoor RJ couple RJ engagement country

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

sunset walking France Charline Eberhardt trail Pyrénées Atlantiques bride trees

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

Sky Florida beach picturesque trail bw Anna Maria Island

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

reception bride Chiltern Open Air Museum wheel barrow trail Damion Mower UK documentary wedding image

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

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

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

dip Mischa Baettig trail engagement portrait Steinhausen kiss Steinhausen couple

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

Middle Island trail New York Prosser Pines Loop Trail couple dancing

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

Bois black and white trail Trevou Treguignec engagement bw kiss France

Charente couple engagement pic session in a field

Charente couple Charente France engagement pic session France trail field Audrey Morisson

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

San Francisco couple portrait balloons woods forest CA Photographer trail Tyler Vu

Big Basin, California forest pre wedding shoot

California couple California Big Basin California pre wedding shoot trees trail Tyler Vu

A Brno couple walk on the hill during a rural engagement shoot under the clouds

trail rural engagement Brno hill walking path rural

Duino, Trieste, Italy engagement portrait image from the woods with sunlight

Duino Trieste engagement photos Italy woods pre wedding locations Trieste trees

Humboldt Park, Chicago couple having fun during a relaxed engagement photo session

couple Chicago engagement session trail having fun Chicago pre wedding location Chicago Relaxed

During the Transition to the wedding, the Vehicle got stuck in mud so bride had to hike it out in CO

bride barefoot Colorado Colorado bridal photo trail CO

Black Balsam Knob, NC Wedding | Bride exits ceremony on mountain trail

Black Balsam Knob, NC Wedding picture showing the Bride exiting the ceremony on a mountain trail

NC rainy day weddings NC Black Balsa rain coronavirus NC wedding rain

Portrait Session with an Engaged Couple - All Roads lead to you

trail Ireland engagement photographers Cliffs of Mohr hill pre wedding shoot Ireland grass

Tuebingen, Germany Bride carrying the groom on her back | Engagement Photography - Image contains: trail, hiking, forest, trees

Tuebingen, Germany Bride carrying the groom on her back in this Engagement Photo

Germany trees forest trail Tuebingen hiking

Central Park, NYC - The wonders of Central Park - Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: walking, bubbles, winter, trees, trail

Central Park, NYC Engagement Photography with a couple walking near large bubbles

Olu Akintorin bubbles winter trees Central Park trail nyc

Saco, ME Engagement Portraits on a Trail in the Trees - Photo with a Flare in the Fall

Saco, ME Engagement Portraits on a Trail in the Trees with a Flare in the Fall

ME Saco ME engagement photos Saco ME pre wedding portraits trail Corey Butler Saco Flare

Niteroi - RJ / Brazil Engagement Photographer: "Stop the car at the side of the road, walk a little by a trail and you may have some wonderful surprises."

The loving embrace of the engaged couple, framed by the blue sky and trees, captures the romance of the picture session

side of the road surprises RJ wonderful Niterói trail

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil engagement session on a nature walk/Trail

A black-and-white engagement session on a nature walk or trail features the couple in matching white clothes, surrounded by natural beauty

nature walk Brasil Brasil engagement session trail Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro e session

London park engagement shoot featuring a squirrel!! England Engagement Photographer

The park engagement shoot featured a squirrel as the couple walked along a trail, with the couple shown squatting down to capture the adorable animal on camera

squirrel trail park engagement London park engagement London squatting down London engagement photography

Hand of God light in the trees of California - Engagement Photograph

The Hand of God light in the trees was captured in a lane, trail, and sun beams in the forest, creating a dramatic atmosphere as the engaged couple walked through the scene

light trail sun beams trees dramatic atmosphere California e session Hand of God

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