Wedding Photos of Brides dress

The following “Brides dress” 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 “Brides dress” 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 woman framed by a delicate red gown as an iron presses the brides dress in preparation for her wedding day.

Ironing Out the Details: Getting Ready for Wedding Ceremony

Chicago, Illinois-based wedding photographer captures a stunning and modern image during a bride's preparation at home. The photograph showcases the bride's dress hanging in the background, creating a stylistic composition with dual mirror reflections.

Chicago Bride's Stylistic Dress: Modern Reflections in Dual Mirrors

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An artistic wedding photographer captures a unique detail shot as the Hainaut bride carefully hides the wedding rings in her bra behind her dress, adding a touch of intrigue and secrecy to the special day.

Hidden Treasures: An Artistic Capture of Hainaut's Secret Wedding Rings

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In the city of Poitiers, France, the elegant wedding gown patiently awaits the bride.

Exquisite Elegance: Behind the Scenes of a Glamorous Wedding in Poitiers

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An award-winning wedding day image captured by a creative photographer at Casina Macchia Madama in Rome. The photo showcases intricate details of the bride's dress, veil, and the groom's hand, beautifully illuminated by soft, warm sunlight.

Ethereal Sunlight Embraces Intimate Vows in Rome's Macchia Madama

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At The Castelnau des Fieumarcon in Lectoure, Gers, France, the two men witnesses gracefully step over the train of the bride's dress during the ceremony

Lectoure Legacy: An Elegant Encounter at Castelnau des Fieumarcon

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Son of the bride plays with the wedding dress in Wierden, Netherlands, as the family observes

Wierden Wedding: Son Expresses Joy through the Bride's Wedding Dress

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An artistic wedding photographer captures a close-up image at the bride's house in Bovezzo (Bs), featuring the bride's shoe beautifully framed through a delicate veil of her wedding dress.

Bovezzo Bride's Shoe: An Artistic Captured Moment Through Veiled Delicacy

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This black and white image captures the exquisite details of bride's dress and bouquet at Château de Puyrigaud in Léoville, Charente-Maritime, France

The French Fairytale: A Captivating Glimpse of Elegance at Château de Puyrigaud

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A detailed shot of pastel-colored confetti elegantly surrounding a wedding dress laid on the ground, capturing an artistic scene at Townend Estate in the picturesque Lake District, England.

Captivating Wedding Details: Pastel Confetti and Elegance at Townend Estate, the Lake District

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Bride's dress on display at Villa la Palagina in Tuscany, Italy, captured in a stunning black and white detail image

Tuscany, Italy | Bride's Dress Showcased at Villa la Palagina in Stunning Black & White Detail Image

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Delhi, India: Outdoor shot captures the details of the bride's dress hanging against a stunning backdrop, surrounded by warm sunlight in the hotel area

Outdoor Shot of Bride's Dress Hanging in Hotel Area in Delhi, India, Capturing Stunning Backdrop and Warm Sunlight

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The wedding detail beautifully captures the intricate detail of the bride's dress and ring in black and white in Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda, Maryland: Capturing the Intricate Detail of a Bride's Dress and Ring in Black and White

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A wedding photo taken at Domaine des Marais, Isère shows the bride's dress caught in the groom's wheelchair

The bride's dress was captured in the groom's wheelchair at Domaine des Marais, Isère in a wedding photo

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At Bordeaux, a photographer captures the fluttering details of the bride's dress on her shoulder in a preparation shot for her big day

A wedding photographer captures a preparation shot of the bride's shoulder details

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After the breathtaking ceremony in Florence, Tuscany, the bride's dress sparkled near the reflection of a puddle in a cut-tile courtyard, surrounded by grand buildings

The wedding photographer captured an unforgettable image of the bride's dress near a puddle in a cut-tile courtyard

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At Fronteira Palace in Lisbon, there was a beautiful soft light on the bride's dress, with a bridesmaid leg moving in the brides direction in this detail shot taken of the steps outdoors

At Fronteira Palace in Lisbon, a detail shot of the bride and bridesmaid gracefully walking the outdoor steps was illuminated by a beautiful soft light

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The sunlit scene of the bride and groom at Jardin Etnobotanico in Oaxaca City was made even more magical with the bride's wings on her dress softly fluttering in the breeze, while the groom's hand helped to complete the effect

At Oaxaca City's Jardin Etnobotanico, the sunlit bride and groom were enhanced by her dress softly fluttering and his hand

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A wedding photo from Carcassonne, France, in the car, the groom tries to look under the bride's dress

The groom was being cheeky as he tried to look under the bride's dress in their wedding photo taken in the car

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The bride's dress was captured in a window at a São Caetano do Sul wedding, providing a scenic image of the getting ready location

Brazil detail image | the outside of the getting ready location with the bride's dress in a window

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Getting ready pic from the Equinox Resort of Manchester, VT of a bridesmaid steaming the bride's dress

A bridesmaid helps to make her vision come alive by steaming her dress at the luxurious resort for the getting ready photo

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At the Hodsock Priory Wedding Venue in Nottinghamshire, England, the bride and her brightly attired guests were framed in a beautiful image captured of the bride's dress and garter

Nottinghamshire, England: Bride and guests in bright attire, beautifully framed in a captured image of the bride's dress and garter at Hodsock Priory Wedding Venue

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The pearls inlaid on the Sichuan bride's fingernails and wedding dress are very beautiful

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Puy-de-Dome documentary wedding photography contest winning image at Château Rocher in France created as the Kids are fighting over the brides dress

Children playfully tugging at the train of a bride's dress as she gets ready for her wedding were captured by a photographer in Puy-de-Dôme, France

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A York, England stylishly simple wedding day detail picture of the brides dress just after confetti is thrown at Skipridge Farm

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A Yorkshire chic, rustic wedding day detail picture of the brides dress with mud on it at Thwaite Mills wedding venue

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Best Omaha documentary wedding picture from the UNO Thompson Center at the University of Nebraska as the Bridesmaids are lacing up brides dress too tight

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