Wedding Photos of United Arab Emirates

The following “United Arab Emirates” 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 “United Arab Emirates” 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.

At a wedding at Ritz Carlton Wadi Desert, a little girl gazes in admiration at the bride, surrounded by the serene outdoors and the warm glow of the sun.

Serene Desert Wedding Scene at Ritz Carlton Wadi Desert

A playful young boy sits on a young man's shoulders, peering at the celebration event with wonder, captured on the wedding day at Ritz Carlton Al Wadi Desert.

Joyful Young Boy Riding Young Man's Shoulders Gazes at Wedding at Ritz Carlton Al Wadi Desert

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At the Ritz Carlton Al Wadi Desert, the couple exchanges rings amidst a backdrop of endless dunes, sharing a joyful laugh in the desert sun.

Rings and Laughs: Desert Wedding Delights at the Ritz Carlton Al Wadi Hideaway

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Creative couple desert pre-wedding shoot in the sand dunes captured by a Dubai wedding photographer, with the photographer's creative perspective through a pair of sunglasses revealing their silhouettes.

Desert Silhouettes: Capturing Dubai Desert Love Through Shades

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At a ceremony in the United Arab Emirates, this beautiful photo captures the bride and groom dancing together after their wedding ceremony. Their joy and love is evident in their smiles.

United Arab Emirates: A Dance of Joy and Love

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The bride posed near the window of the reception venue in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, creating graphic shadows with the horizontal blinds on the window

The wedding photographer captured a shadow picture of the bride near the reception venue window

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The engaged couple is framed in the center of their lifestyle pre-wedding portrait, taken in Ras Al Khaimah

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: Engaged couple center of symmetrical portrait

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In Ras Al Khaimah, the traditional wedding ritual of mangalsnanam is celebrated with a shower of joyous water over the newly-wed couple

At traditional weddings, a ritual known as mangalsnanam sees the newly-wed couple blessed with a lifelong relationship through a shower of water

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A detail shot of two hands holding each other, taken during a phere in Dubai, with tender soft lighting and focus, captures the feeling of the event

In Dubai, tender soft lighting and focus captures two hands holding each other in a phere

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A documentary wedding photographer at the Emirates Palace event venue in Abu Dhabi, UAE captured this Bride and groom showered with flower petals during Indian ceremony

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Dubai post proposal portrait session with a UAE engagement photographer of an Asia couple smiling and laughing

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UAE desert pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple from United Arab Emirates Exploring the Dubai desert

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UAE sands engagement photo shoot with a fun loving couple in the Dubai Desert Having a laugh

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Al Qasr Resort, Dubai wedding with a very delighted Mother of the Bride hugging her daughter

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The Ritz Dubai wedding prep photography with the bride and her Lipstick

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Bab Al Shams Desert and Resort Couple Exploring the desert during prewedding photo session for portraits

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A high-angle detail shot of a hand tying a red wedding turban at the Waldorf Astoria Dubai

The Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah served as the backdrop for a picture capturing a hand tying a red wedding turban

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Wedding Photography of a Dancing Bride

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Wedding Photography of flower girls, one is crying

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Dubai Desert wedding engagement photography | United Arab Emirates portrait photographer

Engagement photography in the sand dunes captures a couple holding one hand of the other, with sweeping dunes behind them and a hot, arid atmosphere adding a sense of adventure and excitement to the image

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United Arab Emirates Pre-Wedding Portrait Photographer | Dubai Desert Photography

This portrait captures a couple walking up a hill together in the desert sand dunes, leaving behind footprints in the smooth sand. The image conveys a sense of adventure and exploration as the couple travels through this unique landscape.

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This desert engagement photo shoot captures a couple running and holding hands through the sand, surrounded by sunshine and fun, perfectly showcasing their love and connection amidst the beautiful natural setting

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