Wedding Photos of Groom and friends

The following “Groom and friends” 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 “Groom and friends” 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.

In a Parisian wine cellar, the groom and his friends share a laugh, illuminated by a single lamp. Laughter and friendship fill the air in this award-winning wedding day portrait.

A Lamp-Lit Bond: Groom and Friends in Parisian Cellar

A vibrant photo of the groom and his close friends, celebrating together in a hotel room in Jaipur - The Pink City

A Jaipur Affair: Capturing the Groom and his Comrades in Vibrant Revelry

groom and friends comrades drinking group portrait Jaipur Artistic Portrait hotel room The Pink City

At Les Lodges du Lac in Saint-Alban-de-Montbel (73), the happy and smiling groom was thrown in the air by his bestmen and friends, captured from a low camera angle

At Les Lodges du Lac in Saint-Alban-de-Montbel, the groom was joyfully thrown in the air by his bestmen and friends

low camera angle Les Lodges du Lac Saint-Alban-de-Montbel Savoie Savoie groom thrown Savoie Photographer groom and friends

The groom and his friends posed boldly for a black and white group shot on the Cherry Orchard Residence's brick deck, creating a stunning reflection near the brick wall

BW group portrait of groom and his friends on Cherry Orchard Residence's brick deck balcony

groom and friends Sofia Vitosha mountain Cherry Orchard Residence black and white brick wall bw portrait

Documentary wedding photographer at Vale da Corga event venue in Trofa, Portugal captured the Friends of the groom gathered, and upon entering the dining room, they shot him into the air

Porto Portugal Trofa Vale da Corga groom and friends Porto Photographer

BW documentary wedding photographer at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Decatur, Georgia captured this The best man whispering in the grooms ear as they wait to walk down the aisle

Georgia Decatur Photographer best man Decatur groom and friends Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

The bride gets help from her groom and friends

Deer Park Villa Fairfax the Bride California groom and friends

Villa Mbastita wedding venue photography at the pool with the Groom and friends

outdoor, night wedding venue photography at the pool with the Groom and friends

Villa Mbastita wedding venue pool groom and friends Villa Mbastita

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