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.

In Brabant Wallon, Wallonie, a local fanfare girl is bringing balloons into the church for a special ceremony

A wedding photographer captured the local fanfare girl bringing balloons into the church

At Eglise de Rossinière, the bride's entrance into the church was a moment captured in the BW wedding picture

At Eglise de Rossinière, the bride's entrance was captured in a BW wedding picture

brides entrance Riviera Pays dEnhaut Vaud bw moment Vaud Engagement Photography church Eglise de Rossinière

The bride and groom are seen from the back of Église Notre-Dame in Durtal, France, during their wedding ceremony

The wedding ceremony of the couple can be observed from the rear of the church

windows wedding ceremony Durtal France high angle couple Eglise Notre Dame

From a bird's-eye view, an organist played as the bride and groom, along with the priest and wedding guests, celebrated their union in a church in California

An organist provided musical accompaniment as the wedding ceremony took place in the church, with the bride and groom, priest, and guests in attendance

bride and groom California photographer church California - Northern priest wedding ceremony CA organist provided

The couple, shocked and surprised, discovered a goat at the ceremony exit at Domremy Landeville's church

The couple were astonished to find a goat waiting for them outside the church as they exited their wedding ceremony

Haute Marne north eastern France shocking surprise church goat ceremony exit Domremy Landéville

The funny moment during the ceremony at the Geneva Church as a young man held up a mic for the bride to speak into

At a church ceremony, a young man was part of a lighthearted moment when holding up a microphone for the bride to speak into

Geneva Wedding Ceremony microphone church Funny moment Geneva young man Geneva Photographer

As the young flowergirl passed out high fives to the guests in the pews of St. Joseph Chapel in Falmouth MA, it was a truly memorable moment of the ceremony

The flowergirl delighted guests at the Chapel ceremony with a high-five as she passed them in the pews

flowergirl Falmouth flower girl pews church Massachusetts guests

The bride and groom lovingly met in their Apulian Church, touching their foreheads in a tender embrace

A couple shared a tender embrace, touching their foreheads lovingly, ahead of their church ceremony

loving groom ceremony Apulian Church church ceremony touching church embrace

Two little girls are hugging at church's exit among soap bubbles in the sunny afternoon in Saint-Amand's church in France

Two little girls hugged under bubbles in the sunny afternoon outside the church

French photographer little girls afternoon hugging outside Saint Amands Church bubbles

The exterior of the Church of Saints Giuseppe and Floriano in Verderio (Lc) is seen from behind the bride and groom's car in a black and white image

Lecco church exterior seen in black and white from behind bride and groom's car

church Verderio Church of Saints Giuseppe and Floriano black and white wedding car Lecco lecco photographer

Matera Italy church image of a child during the celebration

A young child played during the church wedding ceremony

child Luigi Porzia Matera Matera Photographer Italy church

At the House of the Bride in Gerace, Reggio Calabria, the bride hands the ring bearing pillow to the bridesmaids as everything is almost ready to go to church

The bride hands the ring-bearing pillow to the bridesmaids of her young girl entourage, as everything is almost ready to go to the church for the wedding

ring bearing pillow bridesmaids Reggio Calabria Reggio Calabria photographer church Italy

In the silhouette of the doorway at Flanders church in Belgium, a man is seen talking face to face, down to the level of a child, in this wedding picture

In the silhouette of the church door, a man is seen talking face to face, down to the level of a young child, creating a beautiful moment captured in a wedding picture

silhouette in doorway Flanders Belgium photographer church Belgium Sven Soetens

The groom waits for his bride in front of a Perugia church, surrounded by his groomsmen arranged in a staggered echelon formation

Perugia church: Groom, surrounded by groomsmen in echelon formation, awaits his bride

Perugia Groom and groomsmen echelon formation black and white church Perugia photographer

couple in front of church for backlit portrait

couple portrait Chicago photographer church Chicago Illinois backlit portrait

This creative wedding day photograph captures the vibrant detail of a bride descending the colorful rainbow-painted stairs of a church in Toronto, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario: Bride descending colorful rainbow-painted stairs of church in wedding day photo

colorful church Ontario descending stairs painted steps Toronto Toronto photographer

Documentary style photography from an Occitanie wedding in France of The bride and groom coming out of the church

A newly married couple kissed in the sunlight outside a church in Occitanie, France, as guests cheered

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Jongieux engagement announcement photo idea showing a blue backlight silhouette situation with The groom kneeling in front of the bride, just below the church

Savoie Photographer Savoie Silhouette portrait Jongieux Florian Maguin groom kneeling blue backlight

photography from Just out of the church

Italy photographer staircase Italy windows church

An after the marriage proposal Charentes Maritimes engagement photograph showing a Silhouette of a couple touching heads through the ruins of a church

Charentes Maritimes Photographer church touching heads Jeremie Sangare Charentes Maritimes silhouette

San Miguel de Allende lifestyle couples portrait photo in Portales del Centro taken in the portals of the town center with the main church in the background of the photo and the couple looking distant with the effect of the suns rays

town center Guanajuato suns rays San Miguel de Allende lifestyle Jorge Alcala Goded portals Portales del Centro

Bordeaux wedding documentary photographer created this image of the couple exiting the church

bordeaux wedding photographer France Bordeaux France couple exiting church

A top Gorizia wedding photographer captured this picture of the couple leaving and saying Keep calm, we are coming

Italy Gorizia Gorizia wedding photographer church leaving couple

Best Portugal documentary wedding photojournalism image showing a young flower girl throwing a tantrum on the church floor

church Nuno Lima Church wedding tantrum red carpet floor child

Belgium wedding documentary photographer created this image at home of the bride going to church

church Sven Soetens reflection belgium bride at home glass Belgium

A top Occitanie wedding photographer captured this picture of Groom and his mother waiting for the bride with emotion

Marion Pomes ceremony Waiting Occitanie mother bride Occitanie wedding photographer

Occitanie wedding reportage photojournalist created this image of the Bride and groom behind church leaving

France Occitanie wedding photojournalist bride and groom Occitanie wedding reportage Occitanie Marion Pomes Gard

Best Bretagne documentary wedding photography from the church altar at saint malo ille et vilaine

bride and groom Brittany cameras church Ille et Vilaine altar France

Miami artistic wedding photography portrait at an ancient Spanish Monastery of the Bride and Groom in this beautiful historic church

Florida Bride and Groom Ancient monastery Miami historic Florida spanish

A majestic St Lazarous Church wedding photography image from Larnaca, Cyprus showing the Bride approaching church with father as the pass the long black limo

father Cyprus bride Larnaca weddings Cyprus black limo Bride approaching church St Lazarous Church

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