Wedding Photos of Face

The following “Face” 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 “Face” 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 romantic kiss between the newlyweds at Domaine de Chaillauroy captured on their wedding day, as he takes her face in his hands.

Elegant Newlyweds Share Loving Kiss at Domaine de Chaillauroy on Wedding Day

A spontaneous moment captured at Schloss Lüntenbeck in Wuppertal: an expressive woman making a face during the champagne reception, flanked by two men in suits.

SILLY GUESTS GOOF OFF AT SCHLOSS LÜNTENBECK WEDDING RECEPTION

Wuppertal champagne reception captured spontaneous moment Germany expressive woman

Bride playfully smashes wedding cake on groomsman's face in Holcombe, Radstock, catching him by surprise and wrapping her arm around him from behind.

Sweet Surprise: Wedding Cake Shenanigans in Holcombe

Holcombe weddings Radstock photographer cake cutting Somerset United Kingdom surprise wedding cake

ALBI, FRANCE | A Captivating Engagement Portrait: Mesmerizing Silhouette with Wall Lamp

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Milpitas wedding photojournalist captures the bride being playfully ambushed by friends and cousins, as they apply turmeric to her face and neck in preparation for her big day

Milpitas Melodies: A Colorful Wedding Ambush

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At the Oasia Resort Sentosa in Singapore, a bride is caught off guard by the large size of the rice ball she must eat during a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony. The photographer captures the genuine surprise on her face.

Singapore's Oasia Resort Sentosa: The Bride's Surprise During Traditional Chinese Wedding Ceremony

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A wedding photographer in Tuscany captures a special moment as the bride and her father step toward the outdoor ceremony venue at Villa Grabau. The father wipes his face with a handkerchief under the sunlight.

Tuscany Outdoor Wedding: Bride and Father Step Towards Venue, Emotional Tear Captured at Villa Grabau

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During the enchanting Haldi ceremony at Enchantment Resort in Sedona, AZ, this award-winning pic captures the bride as turmeric is delicately applied to her face by a woman's hand.

Enchanted Moments: Turmeric Blessing at Sedona's Enchantment Resort

turmeric yellow face Sedona event photography hand Sedona Arizona event venue

The South Asian bride had a big smile on her face as she was honoured with a traditional water pouring ceremony at her house before the wedding

The bride beamed with joy as she endured the traditional water pouring ceremony at her residence

ceremony face big smile Traditional South Asian Bride house San Francisco

The happy couple were met with a shower of confetti as they made their way out of The Walled Garden, Nottingham, UK, with the groom having a face full of it and the bride smiling in delight

The newlyweds were showered with confetti, with the groom's face covered and the bride beaming with joy

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Strasbourg contest award winning documentary wedding photography in France from the hotel preparation session with the bride reflected in art glass

strasbourg photographer bride reflected hotel preparations face wall art Strasbourg Marck Yvan

A Fazenda Boa Sorte lifestyle photo session in Brazil with a Double exposure using the horses face and the couple

rural Fazenda Boa Sorte lifestyle double exposure Brazil face photo session Brazil hills

North Carolina lifestyle couples portrait photography at Brown Mountain Beach Resort in Lenoir showing her Lip stamps of lipstick on his face because he is hers

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World's best creative wedding photography from France showing a Bride detail during the wedding make up

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World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Monticiano resort in Italy as the bridegroom looks ahead, the dense forest opens in the background as the bride clasps with him leaning her face on his shoulder, closes her eyes, feeling protected

Italy dense forest bride Monticiano Resort clasps Italy bridegroom background

A France documentary wedding photographer at town hall captured this picture of the Town hall exit, with flowers in the face for the bride and groom

town hall weddings flowers France photographer exit celebration wedding picture bride and groom

A top France wedding reportage photographer at Chateau de Raray captured this picture of a flower tossed in the grooms face

tossed outdoor wedding picture face Chateau de Raray Oise France wedding reportage photographer

A digitally enhanced Marechal Deodoro wedding image of the Brazil bride at Ponta Verde Hotel praying with her hands pressed together before her face

Ponta Verde Hotel hotel Marechal Deodoro wedding image Brazil brazil bride Ponta Verde pressed together

View this graceful Sant'Anna wedding couple has the sun behind them that creates a flare that covers the face of the groom, while the light bounces, illuminates the expression, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Camprena

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Porticciolo Romano couple e-shoot with a tender touch to her face on the hills above the water

Porticciolo Romano couple above the water touch tender face Porticciolo Latina

Modern Siena wedding portrait in Tuscany, Italy showing the groom tenderly touching the brides face

Tuscany Italy IT bride touching Siena face

A top wedding photographer in Guangxi captured this picture of a young boys face surrounded by phones with QR codes

Color Song phones Guangxi wedding picture young boy QR codes face Nanning wedding photography

Maceió, Alagoas everlasting true love image showing the Bride receives her grandmother's wedding rings and cries when she sees her

grandmother face image wedding rings Maceió Brazil everlasting

Villa Pestalozza, Miasino wedding day moment image created in BW as the Bride caresses the face of her sick father before she leaves to the wedding ceremony

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Lyon wedding photo from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes of getting ready with a witness of the groom with a stupor expression on the face

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Crazy Pool, Ruse, Bulgaria artistic wedding photo showing the Bride in love with her flowing hair

A black-and-white wedding photo with the bride gazing lovingly at the groom, her hair cascading over her face, displaying her beauty

Bulgaria face Bulgaria wedding photo Crazy Pool hair Ruse curly hair

Splendor Hotel, Taichung, Taiwan wedding image of the groom and his groomsman putting clothespins on each other's face, as they are punished by the bridesmaids during the wedding games

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The Royal Hotel, Bray wedding ceremony image of the bride and groom as their daughter buries her face in her bouquet whilst her Mum and Dad get on with the business of getting married, flanked by their two witnesses

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Backyard, Arvada Colorado outdoor wedding image of a mask snapping back onto his face, but covering all the wrong places

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Fine Art wedding portrait of the bride looking out over Siena through a window that is reflecting her face

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