Wedding Photos of Wet

The following “Wet” 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 “Wet” 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.

Amidst the intermittent downpours at The Mountain Terrace in Woodside, CA, this award-winning wedding photographer skillfully framed a stunning image, showcasing the unique charm of a rainy ceremony.

The Mountain Terrace Rainy Charm: An Award-Winning Wedding Frame

A French Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this night, urban portrait of this Moulin Rouge couple walking on a crosswalk at night

urban wet streets Night walking Moulin Rouge couple

A beautiful Seville portrait in Spain of the Couple kissing inside the car

wet raining rain drops Seville Seville bride portrait glass Spain

Beijing wedding documentary photographer created this image at home during a Rainy Wedding

at home Beijing documentary photographer China rainy wedding outdoors umbrellas

Best Timberville, VA documentary wedding photojournalism image from Showalters Orchard showing the Bride and dad walking down the aisle in the rain

raining rain VA documentary wedding walking Virginia aisle

A top San Francisco wedding photographer captured this picture showing It rained so hard during the reception even the ground underneath a massive tent was straight up mud and Here the bride gets help removing her muddy shoes

reception wet tent muddy California shoes ground

A first rate wedding detail picture from a West Yorkshire marriage event at Thwaite Mills wedding venue showing the UK bride and her friends shoes and feet as they walk in the rain

UK wedding picture uk bride Thwaite Mills shoes Thwaite Mills wedding venue United Kingdom rain

A first rate wedding detail picture from a Hoeven marriage event at Landgoed Tielens in The Netherlands showing The text of the wedding official got completely wet during the ceremony due to the rain

Netherlands outdoor wedding Hoeven marriage event Landgoed Tielens venue ceremony raining Landgoed Tielens

Grand Est outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded A girl falling for the bouquet

girl deck wet bouquet toss falling marriage reception party

Grand Est nuptial day award-winning image a raining day but a big smile of the bride :)

bw bride smile rain Grand Est nuptial day wet

Pyramid Island, Jasper National Park, AB, Canada outside forest picture session before the wedding day while crossing a wet bridge over the water on a Rainy afternoon

wet water Pyramid Island pre wedding Pyramid Island AB Jasper National Park

ChongQing, China fine art wedding picture of the brides Hand flowers at the feet of the couple

The couple's wedding photo features the bride's bouquet at their feet and grass around them

bouquet wet Gang Chen China fine art wedding China ChongQing photographer couple

Toledo, Parana pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple posing in the water in wet t shirt for an Intimate photo

hugs Parana wet shower Tenderness love embrace

Wabash Ave in Chicago, IL couple is Stopping traffic during their engagement shoot at night with wet urban streets

engagement photos Chicago Stopping traffic Chicago pre wedding portrait Chicago urban Night streets

MT wedding elopement photo from Rock Creek, Montana as the groom carries bride through water to ceremony

wet Rock Creek MT wedding image Rock Creek MT photography Rock Creek forest MT Rock Creek MT photographer

Willow Falls engagement portrait session with a Couple under waterfall

pre wedding location Willow Falls wet Willow Falls engagement session waterfall water Willow Falls

wedding day rain gets some guests wet

outdoor reception raining guests wet rain Rotterdam Rotterdam outdoor reception

The groomsmen carry the bride and hold umbrellas over her to keep her dry in the rain

bride raining Huizhou Huizhou photographer Max Ming rain Huizhou wedding image

Miguel Onieva is an artistic wedding photographer for Madrid

Photo by: Miguel Onieva - Madrid Madrid

turquoise sprinkle bride clothes Madrid bridal gown wet before ceremony

Brazil waterfalls make ideal backdrops for pre-wedding portraits

water Goiás waterfalls pre wedding portraits Goiás Goiás photographer wet

Umbria destination engagement session | pre-wedding portraits with the couple of getting soaked by crashing waves on the rocks

Umbria pre-wedding portraits with the couple of getting soaked by crashing waves on the rocks

Umbria engagement photographers wave ocean pre wedding session Umbria Umbria wet

Extremely fun Seattle pre-wedding portraits in the public water fountain

Seattle engagement photos wet pre wedding locations Seattle Seattle water formal wear Logan Westom

São Paulo wedding photographer captured this portrait of a bride playing in a pool still wearing her wedding dress

Color pet dog São Paulo gown animal reception

black and white transportation vehicle wind weather bus water

wet dirt floor lace stone black and white dress

Lecco Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: umbrellas, ceremony, father, bride, flowers, rain, outdoors

rain dress umbrella umbrellas black and white gown

Santa Fe Wedding Photography | Image contains: bride, groom, black and white, wedding reception, rain, water, wet, wedding guests

laughing laugh water black and white bride wet smiling

Malopolskie wedding photographer caught the rain speckled jacket of the groom in this black and white shot

suit Malopolskie rain black and white church ceremony wet

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.