Wedding Photos of Winter

The following “Winter” 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 “Winter” 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.

Fallen Leaf Lake, California Girlfriend follows him up a fallen tree at fallen leaf lake for a pre-wed picture

Emerald Bay, California couple Enjoying the roses on a windy mountaintop where they got engaged

winter Emerald Bay winter engagement session snowy California snow

Fallen Leaf Lake, California couple perches on a stump while their Husky wanders around the frozen lake waters during a creative pre-wed portrait shooting session

beach lake Fallen Leaf Lake dog water California

AB artistic wedding pic from Cornerstone Theater, Canmore, Canada of the couple in winter holding the hands

AB wedding pic frozen holding hands Canada winter Canmore

Mountain romance artistic wedding photo from Tower of Babel, Banff National Park, AB, Canada

mountain Banff National Park winter AB Tower of Babel romance

AB, Canada Wedding Photographer of the groom with his groomsmen playing with umbrellas at Cornerstone Theater in Canmore

winter Cornerstone Theater groom Canada snow canada wedding photographer AB

Winter Wonderland wedding photo of a couple embracing in a snowy landscape at Bow Lake in Alberta, Canada

snowing Winter wonderland AB winter snowy landscape Bow Lake

Winter Illinois wedding photo from Maggie Daley Park, Chicago of the Groom ice skating before the ceremony

before ceremony Edward Ciesielski Illinois wedding photo Maggie Daley Park winter Chicago Groom ice skating

FR engagement photo shoot with a jeep in the snow at Cevennes France

snow cold Cevennes winter snowy 4x4

RI pre wedding portrait session with an engaged couple sitting on log at the beach at Weekapaug Point, Rhode Island

Rhode Island sand water scarf winter beach

Colorado engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Breckenridge, CO with a kiss of winter light

winter kissing Colorado pre wed photo Breckenridge snow winter light sunlight

Colorado pre wedding and engagement photography catching the last winter light in Breckenridge, CO

cabin winter light CO engagement images Colorado Breckenridge mountains

FR engagement photo shoot in Pyrenees France with a couple jumping in the winter snow

Pyrenees FR engagement photo shoot Audrey Morisson winter couple jumping France snow

FR engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Pyrenees France with a couple on a trunk in the snow

winter Audrey Morisson winter engagement session snowy France snow cold

An snowy engagement session in single digit weather on top of a mountain in Boulder, CO

boulder snowy mountain pre wedding locations Boulder single digit weather

Boulder, CO Mountain Engagement session after a heavy snowfall the day before

Boulder pre wedding portrait CO engagement photos Boulder snow snowy single digit

UK bride clasps onto her dress and drink on a wintry day at the wedding venue

UK East Yorkshire wedding photography wintry day east yorkshire winter wedding venue East Yorkshire fine art wedding picture

Candle lit couple engagement picture session of a warm hug on a cold night at Lake Maggiore, Italy

Italy engagement shoot Italy Night candle Lake Maggiore winter pre wedding image Italy

Cascata del Toce, Italy engaged couple have a hug into the mountains during photo session

winter Italy Cascata del Toce Italy e shoot Italy pre wedding portraits snow Italy engagement photos

Frenchtown, New Jersey Winter Engagement Session

engagement session Frenchtown engagement photos holding hands Frenchtown winter New Jersey trees

Megeve Portrait of the bride and groom in front of sparklers

sparklers portrait outdoors Megève artistic wedding photography Megève winter

Iceland couple playing on black sands beach for their prewedding portrait session

laughing pre wedding locations Iceland Iceland engagement photos winter Iceland couple

The young couple embrace as the sunlight filters through the trees at Sawmill reservoir in Breckenridge during their winter engagement session

The young couple embrace as the sunlight filters through the trees at the reservoir during their winter engagement session

filters Breckenridge pre wedding portraits embrace Sawmill reservoir sunlight trees

A couple share a kiss along snowy Boreas Pass Road in Breckenridge at twilight during a winter engagement session

A couple share a kiss along a snowy Pass at twilight during a winter engagement session

Boreas Pass Road Breckenridge engagement images Breckenridge engagement photography snowy Breckenridge e session kiss

A skier skies past a couple as they embrace on Boreas Pass Road during their winter engagement photos

A skier skies past a couple as they embrace during their winter engagement photos

skier winter Boreas Pass Road Colorado pre wedding portraits colorado engagement photographer skies

a young Couple having fun during the winter engagement session in the snow and trees

engagement session Banff National Park engagement photographer Banff National Park pre wedding portraits snow Banff National Park e shoot trees winter

Snowfall kisses during winter engagement photo session at the water

Casey Durgin York Maine engagement photography Cliff House winter York Maine pre wedding portrait Engagement York Maine

Love engagement session in the winter with snow at the lake

lake engagement session winter Courchevel e session Castille Alma Courchevel engagement photography Courchevel engagement images

Winter Snow Engagement session

Ontario wedding image winter engagement session Elora snow Ontario

Engagement session in Guelph, Ontario, Canada of a couple walking through the snowy woods with their dogs

a couple walking through the snowy woods with their dogs for engagement pictures

Canada Engagement Guelph bride dogs Guelph weddings Canada wedding photo snow Canada wedding image

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