Wedding Photos of Ceremony

The following “Ceremony” 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 “Ceremony” 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.

The Nevada WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspirational wedding photography example from Lavendar Ridge showing A comical moment during the ceremony where both the NV bride and groom laugh

Church Genoa, Italy nuptial day award-winning image of the bride and groom getting rice thrown at them after the ceremony

Julian Kanz bride and groom Italy nuptial day image Genoa photographer church rice thrown

Artistic Verona wedding picture at the Torri del Benaco Castle at Lake Garda, Italy created during the ceremony, with the view on the lake and on the little town

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Best Italy wedding photography from Brebbia showing a pic of the Groom making a small leap to avoid the Brides dress

bw ceremony wedding dress black and white brebbia Italy

Wakefield, Quebec wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture at Le Belvedere outdoor wedding venue of the hora chair Dancing ceremony

Wakefield Quebec couple Le Belvedere Quebec Quebec wedding photography Hora outdoor wedding venue

A wedding photographer at the Sunset Cliffs in San Diego created this image showing groom writes down vows during before sunset cliffs ceremony

San Diego vows San Diego groom groom ceremony wedding photographer

A top Rome wedding photographer at Villa Pocci captured this picture showing The bride couldn't hold her tears during the ceremony when her sister had their speeches

The bride couldn't hold her tears during the ceremony when her sister had their speeches

tears bride ceremony venue event outdoor vows

An Italian wedding photographer at Castello di Torre Alfina created this image of The bride and groom during the ceremony and the tears of emotion

ceremony italian wedding photographer tears emotion image bride and groom

A French wedding photographer captured a heart-warming moment of laughter between the bride and groom during their ceremony

Best wedding photography from Mairie de Saint-Maur-des-Fosses showing a pic showing a moment of laughter during ceremony

bride and groom Mairie de Saint Maur des Fosses bouquet flowers newlyweds Val-de-Marne ceremony

Colorado best wedding photography from Fort Collins showing a pic of A newly wed couple sharing a laugh as they exit their ceremony

Fort Collins wedding photography Fort Collins outdoor ceremony newly wed couple laugh exit ceremony

Best wedding photography from PA showing a pic taken Immediately after the ceremony concluded as brides grandma pulled the groom over to give him some marriage advice and tips

wedding photography grandma marriage brides groom PA groom PA

Tate, Georgia wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture at the Tate House venue showing the Bride walks through the rain to her ceremony

raining Tate rain ceremony walks Joshua Grasso umbrella

A Netherlands wedding reportage photographer in Maassluis created this image of Tears during ceremony

tears ceremony Natalja van Ommeren Netherlands wedding photographer Maassluis Maassluis ceremony

A top Ireland wedding reportage photographer at the CloughJordan House captured this picture showing Priest needs a little help reading the vows during the ceremony

Clough Jordan House picture ireland wedding photographer priest ceremony Ireland

A wedding photographer in Scotland created this image of the Bride and her father entering the ceremony

wedding photographer Scotland Mike Cook scotland bride ceremony father bride

A wedding photographer in Puglia created this image of the flower girl inside the church gesturing to the bride and groom

bride and groom ceremony priest flower girl Puglia Naples photographer

A top wedding photographer in Rennes, Brittany captured this picture of the groom holding a young child at the civil marriage counter during the ceremony

Brittany wedding picture bw bride and groom counter Brittany wedding photography groom young child

Muggia, Trieste, Italy wedding image from Emotional speeches during the ceremony

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Puerto Vallarta wedding moment image at Iglesia de Guadalupe church during the ceremony

moment Iglesia de Guadalupe church Mexico Puerto Vallarta wedding image ceremony Iglesia de Guadalupe Mexico bride and groom

Fredericksburg, MD wedding couple posed portrait session catching some breath through the rustic window after the ceremony

MD wedding couple posed catching breath window portrait session rustic Fredericksburg couple

Nanping, Fujian fine art wedding detail pic showing The hands clasped by the bride and groom during the ceremony below the blue sky

wedding detail pic Nanping hands clasped bride and groom fine art couple Fujian

Île-de-France Ceremony location wedding image of the Bride waiting with her family before the ceremony

family ceremony Lea Torrieri FR Ceremony location Bride waiting

Île-de-France Ceremony wedding photography of the bride and groom under confetti after the ceremony

confetti ceremony Lea Torrieri france wedding bride and groom flower petals

Bow Falls, Banff wedding elopement photo captured of the ceremony mirage commissioner signing the documents

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Virginia wedding photography of the choir singing at the wedding ceremony at the church

Virginia church covid wedding ceremony singing lockdown choir

Terlingua, TX wedding photography showing The bride and her bridesmaids dance around while waiting for the ceremony to begin

bridesmaids dance Terlingua the Bride ceremony TX wedding photography Nicky Byrnes

Flanders Reception wedding photography showing the Kids are playing around during the ceremony

kids wedding photography Fille Roelants ceremony Flanders Reception

Antwerpen wedding photographer captured this image from town hall showing Friend's of bride and groom (who are restricted tos tay outside) follow the ceremony in the town hall through a live stream, and cheer through the window

bride and groom mask covid wedding window cheer live stream covid 19

Trieste outdoor wedding photograph from a Italy ceremony showing the Confetti moment

confetti Trieste Trieste outdoor wedding Italy ceremony Trieste bride and groom

Lindores Abbey Distillery, Newburgh wedding photo showing the Bride before the ceremony with bridesmaids

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