Wedding Photos of Parents

The following “Parents” 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 “Parents” 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 top Netherlands wedding photojournalism example from the groom's home in IJsselstein showing his parents watching as he prepares himself in the mirror

View this vital moment wedding picture in the Rocky Mountain National Park of the Parents of the bride and groom watching as their children elope during an outdoor adventure vow exchange

parents Colorado Outdoor Rocky Mountain National Park bride and groom watching vow exchange

World's most innovative and best Liaoning wedding day portrait of the groom and his parents at home near a window

bw window Liaoning silhouette China parents Vuca Zhang

This Spain wedding photojournalism picture is a prime example of what candid, nontraditional Segovia wedding photography looks like, as the couple embraces and cheers with parents in the Castile and León region

Spain wedding photojournalism Spain cheers Spain couple embraces Segovia

A top documentary wedding photographer in France created this image A few minutes before the ceremony began, with a beautiful sun unfortunately in the space of an instant it started to rain, here the bride with her parents, while waiting for the rain

Jonathan Fortuna ceremony bride raining rain outdoor wedding umbrella

Casa Romantica, San Clemente marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The parents of the bride and groom react to a remote speech delivered by Zoom on Ipad

zoom react speech San Diego wedding photography bride and groom San Clemente San Clemente photographer

The Massachusetts WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and modern Foxborough wedding image at the Renaissance Patriot Place of Parents helping the MA bride put on her veil

Renaissance Patriot Place MA bride Foxborough parents Foxborough wedding image Massachusetts veil

The Italy WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from the Grand Hotel President in Siderno, Reggio Calabria showing the IT bride and groom dancing with their parents

brass parents Reggio Calabria musicians ITALY wedding photography Grand Hotel President

Asylum Chapel, London indoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing Bride walking up the aisle with her parents and gets the giggles

walking London indoor marriage ceremony aisle Documentary Wedding Photographers London parents London wedding photography

Zhejiang nuptial day award-winning image of the moment of Respect to parents

Zhejiang wedding image Zhejiang bride and groom bowing parents respect

Zhejiang nuptial day award-winning image of the send off of the bride by parents

Zhejiang bride parents send off back seat car

Mt. Washington Mill Dye House, Baltimore indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing Bride and parents singing at the venue while groom is lifted up in the air

groom lifted Breanna Shaw Baltimore wedding reception party picture parents MD singing

London wedding reportage photography contest award winning candid moment at a Jewish Synagogue of the Bride with her parents getting ready for the ceremony

bw UK parents London getting ready Jewish Synagogue bride

A wedding photographer in Singapore created this image of the Groom presenting the bouquet to his bride while her parents looked on

bride bouquet presenting parents Charles Sng Singapore wedding photographer

Virginia Home Ceremony wedding photography of the The Bride and Groom hugging their parents in tea ceremony

tea ceremony Virginia wedding photography the Bride parents Groom hugging Home Ceremony

Outdoor wedding photography from Casa dos Noivos, Xangri-lá, Brazil showing the Bride entering with both parents while friend tidies up her veil

Outdoor wedding photo open air wedding bride entering garden weddings nature weddings veil outdoor ceremony

Seacoast Science Center, NH wedding image of the speech of the bride and groom with the parents in the foreground

Seacoast Science Center New Hampshire couple NH wedding venue speech parents foreground

Wedding photo from Pennsylvania of the groom waiting on his families sailboat for his bride coming down the dock with her parents as they are about to get married on the sailboat

PA sailboat married Pennsylvania groom sailboat JD Land parents dock

NL wedding photo At home at the parents house of the bride when she is ready to dive into her dress while Protecting her hair

at home hair dive dress Protecting Netherlands bride image Netherlands bridal photo

Outdoor, garden wedding photo from Sauveboeuf castle Dordogne France of A little girl watching her parents get married

Audrey Morisson parents get married little girl Outdoor Sauveboeuf castle Dordogne garden wedding photo

Forest Lake Camp in Chestertown, NY image of a couple embracing at the end of their ceremony on the side of a mountain as the sun gets low in the sky. Their wedding party and parents surround them.

mountain Forest Lake Camp parents outside wedding Danielle Gardner wedding party outdoor ceremony

Wedding image of a Mount Desert Island, Maine bride putting on her veil while her parents watch

veil Kate Crabtree Maine parents watch Mount Desert Island Maine bride

Washington wedding photo Parents Backyard Wedding showing the Groom carrying the bride around table at Korean Pyebaek ceremony

Korean Pyebaek Washington wedding photo WA open air wedding Logan Westom Groom carrying the bride table

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

MI Ray Iavasile Pontiac wedding venue image laugh MI wedding photo Pontiac Auburn Hills Marriott

Chengdu wedding photography from Sichuan of The bride and her parents are waiting for the ceremony to begin. On the left, the bride's sister is tidying up her wedding dress. On the right, the father of the bride spits out smoke. On the far

Chengdu Chengdu wedding photo Waiting spits wedding dress parents ceremony

Guangdong wedding image of the groom checking himself out to be sure all is perfect for the ceremony, with his parents on each side of him

Guangdong groom pic ceremony Guangdong getting ready groom Guangdong wedding image

Puglia indoor church wedding photography showing the bride hugging with parents

Puglia Puglia church weddings bride hugging parents Puglia church ceremonies

Two sons are waiting patiently and ready to give their parents the wedding rings at a town hall ceremony Tarn

wedding rings Waiting parents Town Hall Tarn wedding children patiently

Rio Grande do Sul wedding photographer - Laurentia Winery image of the Thrilled couple with parents by their side

Laurentia Winery parents Rio Grande do Sul outdoor wedding outdoor ceremony Rio Grande do Sul outdoor ceremony ceremony Rio Grande do Sul

Martha's Vineyard backyard ceremony image of the bride and her parents at the point where the father is giving his daughter to the groom

bride groom Marthas Vineyard ceremonies outside giving backyard ceremony Marthas Vineyard

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