Wedding Photos of Joyful bride

The following “Joyful bride” 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 “Joyful bride” 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.

Joyful bride and groom exchanging vows outdoors at Folly Farm in Bristol, UK, with officiant and two bridesmaids standing by.

Folly Farm: Wedding Vows Exchange in Bristol for Happy Couple

A joyful bride embraces her bridesmaids in the grand setting of Prestwold Hall, filled with love and excitement, before making her way to the ceremony in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

GRAND GATHERING OF GALS: BRIDE AND BRIDESMAIDS EMBRACE IN PRESTWOLD HALL

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In Washington, DC at The Morrow Hotel, a wedding portrait session reveals the groom whimsically directing himself forward, while the bride gleefully partakes in his humor.

Whimsical Groom Directs Himself Forward as Bride Joyfully Enjoys it

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At Frensham Hall in Farnham, Surrey, a bride and groom are joyfully showered in confetti made of small circular colors

Farnham's Colorful Confetti: A Joyful Wedding at Frensham Hall

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In this image, captured by an Italian wedding photographer at Villa Hamalia in Sicily, the bride is embraced by joyful guests as she celebrates, her arms raised to the sky

Villa Hamalia in Sicily: A Blissful Bride Immersed in Love and Celebration

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In Valencia, Spain, a joyful bride prepares for her wedding at her home as she interacts playfully with her niece

Valencia's Radiant Bride: A Heartwarming Home Affair with Her Beloved Niece

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A joyful bride at Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark, Colorado, points with excitement as two llamas stand closely, seemingly ready to share a sweet kiss

Wild Basin Weddings: A Magical Moment Captured as Bride and Llamas Share Love's Delight in Allenspark, Colorado

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A joyful bride basking in the sunlight embraces her brother with a deep display of sibling love in Istanbul, Yanik Mektep

Siblings' Sunlit Embrace: A Joyful Bride's Deep Display of Love in Istanbul, Yanik Mektep

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In front of Chateau Bourguignon in Ile de France, France, a joyful bride and her family cheerfully raise their glasses in celebration, captured from a low camera angle

Cheers of Joy: A Heartwarming Moment at Chateau Bourguignon

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A joyful bride shouts with excitement, anticipating the moment she will be pronounced married during a rain-filled ceremony in Rockport, Maine

Capturing Rain-kissed Bliss: A Photographic Journey in Rockport, Maine

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A professional wedding photographer captured this beautiful image at Adile Sultan Sarayı İstanbul. The photo shows a joyful bride dancing alone on a dimly lit, backlit dance floor, with a misty atmosphere around her. This photo won a WPJA Honor Award.

Adile Sultan Sarayı İstanbul: A Captivating Dance of Joy, WPJA Honor Award Winner.

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At Margel 360 in Sofia, the bride is seen hugging her friend who caught the bouquet, while several other women and a young girl look on

The bride at Margel 360 in Sofia joyfully hugs her friend after catching the bouquet

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A joyful bride holds up her bouquet in the foreground while the groom playfully jumps in the background, framed by the stunning Mesa Overlook in Colorado Springs, CO

Mesa Overlook Bliss: Capturing Joy and Playfulness in Colorado Springs

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At the Château d'Aix in France, the bride joyfully captured a special image with her friends at the dinner table with selfies

At Château d'Aix, the bride joyfully took selfies with friends at the dinner table

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The bride glowed as she danced in the center of the Fairmont Hotel's DC reception, surrounded by her closest friends and family

At the Hotel reception, the bride was joyfully dancing surrounded by her beloved friends and family

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The bride shows her excitement as the groom pours her drink | Wedding Photograph at The Barn at Boyden Farm

The bride and groom share a joyful moment as the groom pours a drink for the bride at their wedding reception

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