Wedding Photos of Getting ready

The following “Getting ready” 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 “Getting ready” 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 exceptional Chicago wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Illinois photographer communicating the bride hugging friends at the IL hotel room during the getting ready

A top Lyon wedding photographer captured this picture of the bride and groom getting ready

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An extraordinary Lyon wedding picture by a pro France photographer revealing the relaxed Getting ready and ironing of the hanging bridal gown

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Best Oradour sur Glane documentary wedding photography from Chateau Laplaud in Haute Vienne showing The brides daughter plays in her moms dress while she gets ready

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Best Bangkok documentary wedding picture from Dusit Suites Hotel showing Bride and Groom getting ready with makeup

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A Gelderland, Netherlands wedding day image showing a Getting ready Groom at the barber getting a shave

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Limburg wedding documentary photographer created this image of some getting ready with teenagers

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A select Cyprus wedding detail image from Korineum Golf and Beach Resort in Kyrenia as the groom is getting ready with help on his cufflinks

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World's best creative wedding photography from Fujian, China showing hairspray lit during the Bride in makeup

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World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Fujian, China with the Groom wearing a tie to the projector

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World's best and most unconventional wedding photography from Sichuan showing The brides sister is preparing skirts for the bride These three skirts will be worn for the bride at different times on the wedding day

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World's top and most original wedding photography from Henan showing the red dress at the moment of waiting

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World's best and most unconventional wedding photography from Osimo, Italy showing The falling powder at the brides home during getting ready makeup time

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World's best and most unconventional wedding photography from Washington DC showing us in BW that The bride is getting ready

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A first class Tuscany wedding portrait of this Florence bride getting ready

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World's best creative wedding photography from Chateau des Chézeaux, Indre showing The bride, helped by her friends, is getting ready

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A top Maine wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Bar Harbor wedding event showing the bridal party getting ready together

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A top documentary wedding photographer from France created this image at the Castelnau of a dog and a woman in curlers

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An Italian documentary wedding photographer at La Brunelde in Fagagna in Udine captured this picture of the Bride getting ready and putting her shoes on

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A documentary wedding photographer in Bordeaux captured this picture of a Pregnant bride getting ready while family is greeting guests

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A Pennsylvania wedding reportage photographer captured this moment in BW showing the Groomsmen working together to figure out their pocket square situation

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A Netherlands wedding photojournalist captured this moment at home getting ready for the bride in her dress

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View this comical Netherlands wedding image of a window cleaner at home during the bride getting ready session

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A France wedding photojournalist at Domaine de Courtalain captured this moment of the Groom getting ready with some help by the groomsmen putting on his pants

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A Flanders wedding reportage photographer captured this moment of the girls getting ready for the ceremony

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A Occitanie wedding reportage photographer captured this little girl watching what is happening under the shutter

An Occitanie wedding reportage photographer captured this little girl watching what is happening under the shutter

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A top Cotswold documentary wedding photographer from the UK created this image of Girls getting ready

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A top France wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Lyon hotel wedding location showcasing the Groom getting ready with family members

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This Massachusetts wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Brewster wedding photography looks like, as the bride is having a getting ready moment with bridesmaids

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A top wedding photojournalist at Radisson Blu in Bucharest created this image of the Bride and groom dancing in the hotel room before ceremony

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