Wedding Photos of Virginia

The following “Virginia” 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 “Virginia” 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.

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At Avon Hill Lodge in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, the bride was captured on the dance floor playing air guitar, surrounded by guests pointing at her
At Avon Hill Lodge in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, the bride danced with air guitar surrounded by cheering guests
The photographer at Ashton Creek Vineyard in Richmond, Virginia captured a beautiful moment of the bride and bridesmaids tearfully witnessing the groom's heartfelt vows
At Ashton Creek Vineyard in Richmond, Virginia, a beautiful moment of the bride and bridesmaids tearfully witnessing the groom's heartfelt vows was captured
The photographer captures the couple's lifestyle engagement portrait at dusk, with the Virginia Skyline Drive as a backdrop, glowing with the sunset
Virginia Skyline Drive sunset: A couple's lit lifestyle engagement portrait at sunset
At Wintergreen Resort in VA, the ceremony was held in the mountains under a blue sky, with a creative reflection at the bottom adding extra interest to the photograph
At Wintergreen Resort in VA, the ceremony was captured in a scenic mountain backdrop under a blue sky and a reflection at the bottom
At Stonewall Vineyards in VA, the wedding party posed for black and white portraits, with the man joyfully jumping and flying over the low laying women
At Stonewall Vineyards in VA, the wedding party posed joyfully with the man jumping and flying over the women
At Westin Dulles, Virginia, a lovely towering wedding cake before drapes lit with beautiful purple lights
At Westin Dulles, VA, a wedding cake with purple lit drapes
The couple exchanged vows amidst the majestic beauty of Luray Caverns, VA, USA, surrounded by stunning speleothems such as columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and mirrored pools
The beauty of the natural speleothems, such as columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and mirrored pools, provided a breathtaking backdrop for exchanging marriage vows in the caverns
The bride poses with a large bouquet of fall-toned flowers in the majestic mountains of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
The bride is artfully captured with her bouquet of flowers in a natural outdoor setting with soft illumination
The couple enjoys a vibrant embrace in the forest of Shenandoah National Park on their wedding day, illuminated by the sun's glorious rays
The couple passionately embraces in the sun-drenched forest, face to face
A beautiful wedding scene in the forest of Woodlands Conference Center, Ceremony, Virginia, USA
The towering trees of the forest provide a majestic backdrop for an outdoor wedding ceremony
The couple are captured in black and white in the tranquil forest of Airlie, Virginia, USA on their special wedding day
The couple are captured in a tranquil forest in a beautiful black and white profile picture
From the Inn at Little Washington, Washington VA, a detail image of the engagement ring displayed between the bride's shoes that are of a similar design
A detailed image of an engagement ring artfully photographed between the bride's shoes
The bride and groom posed for a black and white portrait outside of their Lynchburg, Virginia wedding venue, with an intimate focus on her bouquet details
In Lynchburg, VA, the bride and groom posed for a black and white portrait with a focus on her bouquet details
After cocktail hour with friends, the couple took beautiful sunset and blue hour photos with lanterns outside their reception venue in Lynchburg, Virginia
The couple captured the romantic ambiance of the evening with their portrait illuminated by lanterns at their reception venue during the sunset and blue hour
The bride and groom happily opened their gifts together at The Westin Washington Dulles, VA, USA, excited as they opened each gift bag
Beaming with joy, the bride and groom eagerly opened their gifts together, delighting in each surprise
The bridesmaids gracefully glided up the wet stone steps, each carrying a clear bubble umbrella, on the way to the Airlie VA wedding
Bridesmaids gracefully ascended wet stone steps, umbrellas in hand, each clutching a beautiful bouquet of pink and white roses
The bride, holding her bouquet in Washington VA, straightened the bowtie of the little ring bearer
The bride, bouquet in hand, fixed the ring bearer's bowtie as he stood dapper in his suit
The bride glowed radiantly as she gracefully walked down the aisle, bathed in the warm sunlight
Gleaming with joy, the bride's father proudly escorted her down the aisle in a beam of sunlight
In Richmond, Virginia, a couple's reflection in a vintage car's rearview mirror showed him leaning in to kiss her face
Richmond, Virginia: Couple reflected in vintage car's rearview mirror, the groom kissing her cheek
At Keswick Vineyards in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, the Bride's Godmother placed her hand on the Bride's mother's shoulder during the ceremony in a sign of support and love
At the outdoor ceremony, the Bride's Godmother placed her hand on the Bride's mother's shoulder
At a Private Residence in Glen Allen, Virginia, the mom holds back tears during tea ceremony gifting
The mom held back tears during the Chinese tea ceremony as she gifted her daughter a necklace
At The Space Downtown, Charlottesville, Virginia, a bride is doing yogi limbo while her wife, family and friends watch
A bride is performing the limbo on the dance floor at the venue while family, guests, and friends watch
At Chinmaya and Venkat's Hindu wedding ceremony in Chantilly, VA, the bride ceremoniously dropped buds into a Kalasha, an integral part of the wedding ritual
At a Hindu wedding ceremony, the bride symbolically seeks the blessings of a divine mother by dropping buds into an earthen pot, known as a Kalasha
At a Backyard Wedding in Virginia Beach, cheers and a drink toast to the couple
The warm sunshine was the perfect element needed for toasting the couple with cheers and drinks at a backyard wedding
In Alexandria, VA, the couple are sitting on the rocks next to the Potomac River at sunset
In Alexandria, VA, the couple are sitting on the rocks next to the Potomac River at sunset
An Alexandria, VA sunset portrait for a couple embracing at the boat docks on the Potomac River
An Alexandria, VA sunset portrait for a couple embracing at the boat docks on the Potomac River
Portrait of a VA couple on the boat dock overlooking the Potomac River in Alexandria
Portrait of a VA couple on the boat dock overlooking the Potomac River in Alexandria
In Alexandria, VA, an engaged couple in an alley in Old Town with brick walls and roads
In Alexandria, VA, an engaged couple in an alley in Old Town with brick walls and roads
An Alexandria, VA young couple with their dog on a stone walkway framed by two red brick walls
An Alexandria, VA young couple with their dog on a stone walkway framed by two red brick walls
A peaceful portrait for the wedding day couple
The wedding day couple enjoyed a peaceful portrait against a solid background of redish orangish colors

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