Wedding Photos of Brides parents

The following “Brides 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 “Brides 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.

Bride, Groom, and Bride's parents toast with shots at Skyline Lodge Highlands, NC, celebrating the union and the start of a new family.

Toasting new beginnings: Bride, Groom, and Bride's parents celebrate at Skyline Lodge, Highlands, NC

Bride's parents making their grand entrance at the Castle in Old Saybrook CT, greeted by joyous and familiar smiles of loved ones.

Castle Elegance: The Grand Entrance of the Bride's Parents in Old Saybrook CT

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The bride's parents make a dramatic exit from Eglise Saint-Vincent in Urrugne, France, running through a tunnel of guest hands and arms

Dramatic Exit: Bride's Parents Embrace Joyful Tunnel of Love and Support in Urrugne's Eglise Saint-Vincent

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Marble, Colorado. The bride's parents observe the ceremony at the water's edge, captured by a documentary wedding photographer for a WPJA award-winning image.

Serene Elegance: Marble, Colorado. Parents' Intimate Gaze Immortalized in Wedding Photo

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The bride's parents react with amusement to a cheeky comment made by the groom during his speech at Kilworth House Hotel in Leicestershire

Amusing Groom's Comment Delights Bride's Parents at Kilworth House Hotel

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The bride's parents are surrounded by wedding party members with dusting sweepers in a Jewish wedding tradition, at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts

Dusting Sweepers and Celebrations: A Vibrant Jewish Wedding Tradition at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts

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In Milpitas, California, the bride's parents lovingly wash away turmeric from her face using hot water, capturing a heartfelt and beautiful moment during the traditional Indian wedding ceremony

Unveiling Love: A Heartfelt Moment Unfolded in Traditional Indian Wedding

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A bride is presented to her parents and family during a Yoruba ceremony at the Short Pump Hilton in Richmond, Virginia, USA

Yoruba Ceremony Captures Timeless Moments of Love and Tradition

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A heartwarming moment as the bride's parents proudly witness their daughter wearing the traditional Xiuhe in Xi'an, China during the wedding

Unveiling Traditions: Bride Embraces Tradition with Xiuhe in Xi'an

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This beautiful urban wedding image was captured on the happy couple's special day as they walked to the bride's parents' home to start their future together

The couple's special day was celebrated with a walk to the bride's parents' home, creating a beautiful wedding image

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The bride's parents' emotional embrace and tears at the Chinese tea wedding ceremony in Sanya, Hainan, China was truly a beautiful moment to be captured by the photographer

In Sanya, Hainan, China, the bride's parents' emotional embrace and tears were captured in a picture at the Chinese tea wedding ceremony

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The moment right after the veil was draped over the bride's face by parents at her home in Singapore

Before the groom arrived to take the bride away, moments after her parents had draped a veil over her face at her home

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The newlywed couple stopped to seal the night with a romantic kiss and dip while the guests lined up the walking lane with sparklers in the backyard of the bride's parents

The couple celebrated their special night with a romantic kiss and a sparkler-lit walk down the backyard lane

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World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Fujian, China of the Hands of the bride and the elders at home

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World's most innovative and best Chengdu wedding photography from the moment of the ceremony When the bride comes out, the brides parents hold the skirt for her, the brides mother holds the brides hand, and the bride holds her fathers arm

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View this emotional, powerful Raamsdonksveer wedding image at De Stek venue capturing the brides parents and sister are very emotional during the ceremony

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Washington, D.C. wedding photo of Mother and Father of the Bride laughing

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