Wedding Photos of Ceremony

The following “Ceremony” 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 “Ceremony” 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.

Lower Saxony wedding photographer gets a shot of a little girl relaxing under the alter at church

Wisconsin wedding photographer makes a black and white picture of the bride smiling excitedly as the groom embraces with her father after the ceremony

bride bouquet excitement watch suit black and white

The bride smiles while she signs the marriage license in this black and white image created by a Rome documentary wedding photographer

groom arch Rome signing bride black and white ceremony

veil ceremony humor outdoors color

ceremony bride groom black and white

bride and groom being blessed during their ceremony

priest black and white ceremony Venice bride italy wedding photographer venice wedding

A wedding photographer captured this photo of the bride and groom kneeling during their ceremony in the church

church groom bride color ceremony gold

Rio de Janeiro Wedding Photographer | Image contains: father, bride, ceremony, black, white, indoors

bride crying emotion black and white ceremony bouquet

Sofia Wedding Photography | Image contains: ceremony, hot, groom, bride, crown, indoors, candles, bridesmaid

chapel candle heat crowns candles color hot

altar dress ceremony Color shoes lace

ceremony veil black and white chapel church bride

San Diego Wedding Photography | Image contains: Dad, pants, fall, off, altar, bride, father, outdoor, ceremony

ceremony humor microphone pants flowers bouquet

A candle lit picture of a bride and groom exchanging marriage vows framed by guests and trees and urban high rises in Madrid Spain

orange candle night city candles cityscape

Rome Wedding Photojournalism | Image contains: black and white, groom, flowers, bouquet, bride, ceremony

ceremony bride silhouette lighting bouquet black and white

São Paulo wedding photographer designed this photo of the bride and grooms ceremony in a courtyard under a tree

Color ceremony São Paulo outdoors outside

San Francisco wedding photographer caught the moment in this emotional photo of the bride at the ceremony

flowers bridesmaid groom San Francisco ceremony Color hand

The priest takes a picture of the bride and groom in this award-winning wedding picture

pastor picture color officiant phone bride

ceremony bridal party color trees

black and white tears military groom uniform ceremony

Umbria wedding photographer | image of a young wedding guest passing the time on a phone at the wedding ceremony

ceremony dress Umbria aisle playing black and white boy

elopement photo of a private ceremony in the woods on a beachside cliff

elopement photographer small wedding intimate wedding cliff ocean elope water

Wedding photograph from Bali | Image contains: ceremony, color, kiss, lipstick, red, dress

dress veil bride ceremony focus green

France Wedding Photographer | Image contains: church, black, white, ceremony, pastor, bridesmaids, couple, groomsmen, pray, praying

Photo by: Matt Guegan - Saint Maurice

white officiant church pastor chapel prayer cross

black and white excitement flowers ceremony hands arms

black and white girl crying tears ceremony cry

Picture of a despondent Labrador flopped on green grass while his human owners marry in an outdoor wedding ceremony in Phoenix AZ

pastor color bridesmaid bridesmaids grass officiant

In this photo, inside a Landes church entrance, a wedding couple kiss passionately while children wait for the couple

flower petals doorway ceremony kiss color flowers

Victoria Wedding Photography | Image contains: ceremony, wedding guests, emotional, outdoors, sunshine

color ceremony hat guests

Key West wedding photographer caught the moment the flower girl was getting a pep talk before making her debut at the wedding

flower girl door ceremony Key West Color doorway girl

Lake Tahoe wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of the bride and groom looking at the priest as they hold hands during their wedding ceremony

bouquet black and white bride groom finger Lake Tahoe ceremony

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