Wedding Photos of Writing

The following “Writing” 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 “Writing” 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.

High angle shot of the bride writing a letter to her husband at Dockside Guest Quarters in York, Maine, on their wedding day.

Bride's Intimate Letter Writing Moment at Dockside Guest Quarters, York, Maine Wedding

Brides at Sinclar on Grand pose for an award-winning portrait in a unique chalk writing area during their wedding day.

Marrying Moments: Brides at Sinclar on Grand, Chalk Dreams Unveiled

Chalk Dreams portrait photography The Sinclair on Grand chalk Newlywed portrait wedding couple Minnesota

A superb example of a wedding detail in this Parana picture in Brazil of the groom Writing the vows before the ceremony

writing before ceremony Parana Parana wedding picture vows written suit

World's best and most unconventional wedding photography from Parrano, Umbria, Italy of the bride Writing a letter to her soon to be husband

Italy bw letter Umbria Parrano writing italy bride

World's most innovative and best Chengdu wedding photography of The groom writing down his wedding vows, from under the glass table The words on the white paper are clearly visible, We can see the shadow left by the nib on the paper

Cheng Gu writing Chengdu groom words wedding vows white paper bw

Private Residence wedding image from Asheville, NC as The groom writes his bride a poem, but uses the frame to compose his cat

writing Asheville groom photo Asheville cat NC groom Asheville groom

California outdoor wedding photo from Golden Gate Park, San Francisco of Newly-wed couple signing their marriage licenses with witnesses

masks CA Golden Gate Park Social Distancing San Francisco SF outdoor ceremony

Hitchin, UK Groom signs register with great light | Detail wedding photography

a Hitchin, UK Groom signing wedding register

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Fujian home wedding day photography getting ready - groom smoking and writing

Fujian home wedding day photography of getting ready and the groom smoking and writing

Fujian artistic wedding photography notebook writing cigar Fujian artistic wedding photographer Fujian fine art wedding photography

bride sitting and writing her vows

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro bridal image writing bride vows Rio de Janeiro bride

wedding venue photography of Getting Ready moment

Serre di Rapolano wedding photography reflection getting ready Tuscany Castello delle Serre writing

Signature photo of the marriage certificate

Millau France bride marriage certificate writing crying Signature

creative portrait of the groom shot through a Chinese character

groom portrait Beijing artistic wedding photographer writing Beijing fine art wedding photo Beijing fine art wedding portrait

London Wedding Reportage Photo | Image contains: black and white, bride, groom, ceremony, book signing

suit black and white writing bride groom

An image of a traditional bride using her smiling groom's back to write a quick note with an arch of wedding flowers in the background

yarmulkes bride pen flowers flower writing yarmulke

pen check writing hands color

black and white writing hands notes gown bride groom

Rio de Janeiro Wedding Photographer | Image contains: restroom, mirror, black, white, getting ready, groom

reflection writing groom black and white mirror

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