Wedding Photos of North Carolina Wedding Photography

The following “North Carolina Wedding Photography” 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 “North Carolina Wedding Photography” 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.

At Sweet Magnolia Estate in Cornelius, NC, flower girls lie on their bellies at the feet of bridesmaids on the grass, looking bored during the ceremony.

Bored Flower Girls: Unimpressed Attendants at Sweet Magnolia Estate Wedding in NC

At the Ballantyne Country Club, NC, the father of groom is fixing his suit for pictures

The father of the groom is fixing groom's suit by cutting a thread with his teeth

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North Carolina wedding photojournalism | black white family reception party moment

A family comforting the groom, touching his face, is a touching moment captured in black and white wedding photojournalism

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The silhouetted figures of the groom with his father in prayer in North Carolina, hands clasped together in reverence, are captured in stunning black and white in this beautiful wedding photograph

The silhouetted groom and his father joined hands in prayer at the wedding

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North Carolina bride getting ready black white dress bridesmaids

The bride is putting on her white dress, with her bridesmaids helping, her hands coming up through the neck

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