Wedding Photos of Final touches

The following “Final touches” 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 “Final touches” 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.

A photographer captured the groom at his home in Nottingham, UK, putting the final touches to his hair before the wedding.

Pre-Wedding Prep: Groom Styling His Hair at Home in Nottingham, UK

In this scenic photograph captured by a wedding photographer at Le Grand Echerat, a bride receives assistance with her dress from a woman outside, adding the final touch

Le Grand Echerat: A Glimpse of Elegance as a Bride Embraces Tradition

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In Montpellier, at home, final adjustments are being made to the bride's dress

Montpellier's Bride Prepares: The Final Adjustments

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The Moselle bride's final touch of makeup, assisted by her maid of honor, her mother applying lotion to her arm, and her father putting on his shoes while sitting on the toilet

The Multitasking Moselle Bride and her Unconventional Wedding Preparations

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The groom was putting the final touches on his look at the Sheffield Hilton Hotel in Sheffield, UK

A wedding photographer was documenting the groom's final preparations with cuff links at the Hotel

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Metz, Moselle - At the bride's home, her witnesses assist with final touches before she puts on her dress. The two helpers in red dresses bookend the bride, creating a striking visual in this WPJA honor award-winning photo.

A Captivating Symphony: The Bride's Home in Metz

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At Ca Borghese in La Spezia, Italy, the bride's profile is framed with her final touches of make-up

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An expressive Moulins wedding day detail picture in France of the bride having her hair final touches applied

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Font-Romeu, Pyrénées-Orientales, France artful style wedding detail picture from a Reception in a chalet as the Bride putting final touches to the table decoration

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Bulgaria wedding photo showing The bride and groom getting ready by fixing the final touches of their appearance

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Larne, Northern Ireland wedding image of the bride having some final touches applied to her make-up, as her mother continues to button the back of her dress, in the moments before they leave for the ceremony

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Auburn Hills Marriott Pontiac wedding venue image of the Bride with parents for final touches and a laugh! wedding photographer for

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Ruse wedding photographer captured this Aglika Palace, Zhrebchevo, Bulgaria image during the Final touches of the bridal prep

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Final touches before the wedding ceremony

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a bride having the final touches done on her dress by her bridesmaids

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Bride and bridesmaid getting final touch up

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Black and White Wedding Photography at Glen Foerd - The Bride and her MOH putting on the final touches while her father is ready to get the party going.

Black and White Wedding Photography of The Bride and her MOH putting on the final touches while her father is ready to get the party going

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London bride getting final touches before the wedding | England wedding reportage photo

London bride getting final touches before her wedding in England

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