Wedding Photos of Culture

The following “Culture” 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 “Culture” 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 bride stands in front of the door of Eglise de Rouffiac Tolosan in France, playfully interacting with her veil

France: A Bride Playfully Interacts with Her Veil at Eglise de Rouffiac Tolosan

At Aspire Studio in Taiwan, the bride and groom looked stunning in their traditional Taiwanese Indigenous Wedding Attire during their lifestyle engagement portrait session

The beautiful engagement portrait captured the joy of the couple, dressed in vibrant colors of their culture

Taiwan PreWedding Photography culture traditional Taiwanese Indigenous Taiwanese Aspire Studio Taiwan traditional clothing

A Hagen Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, urban portrait of this Germany couple at Zeche Zollverein Essen - the couple kissing against a backdrop of industrial culture

Germany couple Germany kissing urban industrial backdrop Zeche Zollverein

Engagement Photographer | Silparamam, Hyderabad, India - A cross culture destination wedding.

Engagement Photography before a A cross culture destination wedding

Silparamam Deepak Nadh D Hyderabad couple photo Hyderabad engagement culture Engagement photography India

Documentary wedding photography at Tianjin pre-wedding rituals with groomsmen and lipstick

The Groomsman's Game: A Documentary Journey Through Tianjin's Pre-Wedding Rituals and Lipstick Tradition

lipstick Documentary culture ritual journey China bride groom

Boston documentary wedding photo - bar harbor club groom lifted in chair

Euphoric Elevation: A Boston Groom's Cheers at the Bar Harbor Club

Massachusetts photographer culture Massachusetts wedding picture joy music happiness Boston Groom

Documentary wedding photography at Athens - guests smashing plates over a man's head on the dance floor

Wedding photo at Athens of guests smashing plates on the dance floor

smashing emotions Traditional culture greece wedding picture documentary wedding plates

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