Wedding Photos of Dress

The following “Dress” 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 “Dress” 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 creative black and white Beijing wedding photo during a bridal session

A beautiful Filemore, Minnesota bridal portrait of her dress and veil lit up by neon signs

dress neon signs lit Filemore Minnesota Minnesota bridal portrait veil

An outstanding Pigeon Forge wedding picture of this Tennessee bride with the trees and sky in the background

Bryan Aleman Sky outdoors dress Tennessee bride background Tennessee

Great wedding photography of the Rotterdam couple from the Maastunnel as The bride is showing her beautiful dress to her husband

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China artistic wedding photography style in A detailed picture of the bride about to get on the bus

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An impressive black and white Madrid wedding photography picture showing the brides Mothers hands with wedding veil

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An exceptional Luebeck wedding image by a pro German photographer exhibiting a bridesmaid getting ready as the brides dress is still hanging

German photographer DE bride bridesmaid Lübeck Luebeck wedding image hanging getting ready

Occitanie wedding reportage photojournalist created this image showing bride and her mother with emotion just after wearing the dress for first time

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A natural France documentary wedding photography example from home as Bride breast feeds her baby just before wearing her dress, a emotional moment for everybody

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Estes Park wedding reportage photographer captured this moment as the Groomsmen grab the dress to adjust it while the young ring bearer looks on

gown Mark Creery ring bearer brides dress dress Estes Park Colorado

Los Angeles wedding reportage photojournalist created this image showing the Bridesmaids prepare the dress for the bride

California dress Los Angeles wedding photojournalist LA bride LA photographer Kate Hampson

Best Leicestershire documentary wedding photography from the Kilworth House showing The father of the brides response upon seeing his daughter in her dress

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Best Paris documentary wedding photojournalism image from Maison des Polytechniciens as The Brides family wash and dry the dress which was dirty due to the rain

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An extraordinary Bar Harbor wedding image by a professional Maine photographer conveying The wedding couple celebrate as they come back up the aisle

Sarah V Martinez celebrate Bar Harbor wedding image outdoor wedding dress bouquet gown

Best Oradour sur Glane documentary wedding photography from Chateau Laplaud in Haute Vienne showing The brides daughter plays in her moms dress while she gets ready

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An inspiring image from a La Cour Doree wedding in Charnay, France of the brides feet as she is putting on her bridal shoes

bridal shoes France Jessica Evrard rug Charnay wedding venue Charnay La Cour Doree

A first class Washington DC wedding portrait of this bride and groom at the Ritz Carlton resulting in a Beautiful window lit portrait

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World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Fanhams Hall, UK showing the Bride puts on her shoes

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World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Domaine de Verderonne, Oise of the French Brides shoes under the dress

Oise dress wood floor Domaine de Verderonne Charly Fromentin shoes french bride

An esteemed Vianen bridal portrait session at a Utrecht, Netherlands wedding created as The bride is showing her beautiful dress in the wind which blows through the gate

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World's most visionary and best wedding photography from San Clemente Hotel Kempinski, Venice, Italy of the The bride walking down the stairs with her dress and veil flowing behind her

Venice bridal session Hotel Kempinski Italy Michele Agostinis San Clemente Hotel Kempinski Venice italy bride

High quality Estes Park wedding portrait session with this Colorado bride and groom at Black Canyon Inn in front of Longs Peak

Longs Peak Estes Park Longs Peak wedding portrait mountains Black Canyon Inn Colorado bride and groom Colorado

World's best and most unconventional Fosdinovo, Massa Carrara bridal wedding portrait from Castello Malaspina illustrating The beauty of the bride and her dress

Malaspina Castle Fosdinovo bride dress Massa and Carrara Castello Malaspina venue Massa Carrara bridal portrait

World's most innovative and best Plou, Cher wedding day image of The bride having her dress replaced by her witnesses

Centre-Val de Loire dress Plou Cher wedding image France Gaelle Caré witnesses

World's most innovative and best Chateau des Chézeaux, Indre wedding photography of The bride getting her dress ready to get dressed

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A wedding photojournalist in Georgetown DC at the Westin captured this moment as The bridesmaids help the bride into her dress

Johnny Shryock DC at the Westin bridesmaids VA wedding photojournalist Virginia Arlington dress

A New York documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at Timberlock Camp in Indian Lake as The bride uses her climbing skills to get her dress down

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A Netherlands wedding photojournalist captured this moment at home getting ready for the bride in her dress

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A top Cevennes documentary wedding photographer from France created this image While walking in nature the bride has taken her dress in a bramble, a guest comes to her rescue

gown nature walking bramble Ludovic Lieffrig France wedding image dress

A documentary wedding photographer in Catania captured this picture of bridesmaids captivated by the beauty of the bride and her dress

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