Wedding Photos of Father first look

The following “Father first look” 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 “Father first look” 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.

An emotional moment captured during bridal prep in Sheffield, UK, as the bride and her father share a first look in the mirror, with her sister in the background.

Unforgettable Tenderness: A Father-Daughter First Look in Sheffield

The emotional gesture of a father's love was felt the moment his teary eyes met the first look of his daughter in the cozy library of an Isere Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Hotel

An emotional father's tearful eyes met his daughter's as she stepped into her new role as a bride

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Bride's dad discovers his daughter in a pre wedding Photo

The bride's father saw her for the first time in her wedding gown

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Bride leaving for Church and meeting Father for first look at Chenies Manor, Buckinghamshire

The bride met her father at the manor estate for a first look before heading to the church for her wedding

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Rugby, UK wedding image featuring the father of the bride delighted to see his daughter | Father Daughter First Look at the Bourton Hall

A wedding picture capturing the special moment of the father of the bride's first look at his daughter on her wedding day

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At the bride's house, her father's first look pre-ceremony | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Black and White Wedding Image

A black and white wedding image of the bride and her father holding hands before the ceremony at the bride's house captures the first look they shared

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