Wedding Photos of Church

The following “Church” 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 “Church” 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.

St Salvators Chapel, St Andrews Wedding Photo - Groom and groomsmen praying before the ceremony

Wedding Photo of the Groom and groomsmen praying before the ceremony

St Salvators Chapel, St Andrews wedding photography | Entrance of the bride with her father in black-and-white

wedding photography showing the Entrance of the bride with her father in black-and-white

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Victoria-AU wedding photography at the church - Bride's father has a cry during the ceremony

wedding photography at the church as the Bride's father has a cry during the ceremony

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chicago - saint michael's church wedding ceremony photography | bride's father sees his daughter at the church

church wedding ceremony photography as the bride's father sees his daughter at the church

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Victoria-AU wedding photographer - Wedding ceremony Image showing the bride entering the church

a Wedding ceremony Image showing the bride entering the church

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Alicante Wedding Photography - bride and groom showered with confetti as they leave the church ceremony

Wedding Photography showing the bride and groom showered with confetti as they leave the church ceremony

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Galway, Ireland Wedding Reportage Photo - Arrival of the bride at church

Galway, Ireland Wedding Reportage Photo showing the Arrival of the bride at church

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Fortezza del Priamar, Liguria, Italy - Rice toss at the bride and groom as they leave the church

Fortezza del Priamar, Liguria, Italy wedding image of the Rice toss at the bride and groom as they leave the church

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alcoy Wedding Photograph of a bride and groom smiling during their indoor wedding ceremony

alcoy Wedding image of a bride and groom smiling during their indoor wedding ceremony

Spain bride and groom alcoy Wedding image Spain Alcoy smiling smiles

Orthodox Patriarchate Istanbul - Bride and Groom Doing The Ceremonial Walk

Orthodox Patriarchate Istanbul wedding image of the Bride and Groom Doing The Ceremonial Walk

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Stanford Memorial Church, Palo Alto wedding Ceremony Photo of the bride and groom exiting the church

Stanford Memorial Church church exiting church bride and groom Palo Alto wedding Ceremony CA

highbury hall wedding photograph of the dad ready to take his daughter to the church, but fighting back tears

highbury hall wedding image of the fob ready to take his daughter to the church, but fighting back tears

Banquet hall Moseley tears church Birmingham wedding bride

Trofa, Portugal Church wedding - Windy Wedding day with the red carpet blowing away

Trofa, Portugal Church wedding image from a Windy day with the red carpet blowing away

church blowing Trofa Portugal Church wedding Luis Efigénio Portugal Church wind

San Antonio, Texas wedding photography - Father and daughter line up pre ceremony in front of a statue of Jesus hanging on the cross

San Antonio, Texas wedding photography of Father and daughter line up pre ceremony in front of a statue of Jesus hanging on the cross

San Antonio photographer San Antonio pre ceremony statue Philip Thomas cross bw

The cross, the couple and the church - Sofia Engagement Photographs

The engagement shoot featured the couple posing with a cross in front of a church and historic building ruins

Sofia engagement photography building Ruins tall cross The cross church couple historic buildings

Ouro Preto lit portrait of engaged couple at a church

The lit portrait featured the engaged couple at a church, with green light illuminating the scene and the couple framed in the door of the building as silhouettes

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Brazil pre wedding portrait of a couple near a church - Ouro Preto

The pre-wedding portrait featured a couple posing near a church, with the couple at the far left of the frame and historic buildings in the background

Ouro Preto Engagement Photography church Ouro Preto lit portrait historic buildings

Florensac, France Church ceremony photograph of a young flower girl pulling on the brides Vail

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A photograph was taken of the ceremony taking place at the church of Pardesca in Bianco, Reggio Calabria, Italy during the celebration of communion

A BW wedding image was created at the Church of Pardesca, Bianco, Reggio Calabria, Italy, during Communion

Reggio Calabria ceremony celebration Bianco Italy communion wedding

A photo taken upon arrival at Church San Benedetto Abate in Cetraro, Calabria, captures the intricate detail of the wedding dress and veil

The wedding dress and veil of the bride from Cetraro, Calabria were captured in detail in her photos taken at Church San Benedetto Abate

Calabria love beauty Cetraro San Benedetto Abate San Benedetto Abate wedding joy

A Black and White image taken from behind shows the Bride entering the Church in Lille in her flowing white Wedding Dress

At the Church in Lille, the Bride in her white Wedding Dress entered - Black and White detail shot taken from behind

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In the Sofia church ceremony, as the couple exchanged vows, a regal image emerged with the traditional crowns, a bottle of wine symbolizing unity, as a mesmerizing wedding detail in the foreground

Regal Image: Sofia Church Ceremony with Traditional Crowns and Symbolic Wine Bottle

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London wedding ceremony photography with a couple signing the marriage certificate

The bride tenderly reaches out to a baby as she and her partner signed the marriage certificate in the back room of the church, sealing their union with a timeless photograph

London civil wedding reaching out sealing the union church baby signing marriage certificate documentary wedding photographer London

Pictures of a couple kissing outside church by a top Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias wedding photographer

Spain Gran Canaria Islas Canarias wedding Spain couple outside kissing

photograph from London post-wedding ceremony

photograph from a London post-wedding ceremony

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wedding photograph of little girl running out the aisle from Shandong, China | wedding ceremony

wedding photograph of little girl running out the aisle from a Shandong, China wedding ceremony

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Bridesmaid unfolding the veil in the church during ceremony | Helping the bride in Zaragoza, Spain

image of a Bridesmaid unfolding the veil in the church during ceremony Helping the bride

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Catholic Church in Bojano Poland after Wedding Ceremony | Throwing Flowers at Bride and Groom

image from a Catholic Church in Bojano Poland after Wedding Ceremony of the Throwing Flowers at Bride and Groom

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Church kids entering ceremony from above - Murcia Wedding Photography

Murcia Wedding Photography of Church kids entering ceremony from above

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Wedding photograph captures dove being released after ceremony in Palmi-Calabria

Wedding image captures dove being released after ceremony in Palmi-Calabria

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