Wedding Photos of Father

The following “Father” 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 “Father” 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.

Netherland - Rotterdam - Lake 7 Wedding Photographer | Image of Sons waiting on father (the groom) to arrive

Wedding Image of Sons waiting on father, the groom, to arrive

Seckford Hall, Suffolk wedding day photography = Father seeing his daughter just before the ceremony

outdoor wedding day photography of the Father seeing his daughter just before the ceremony

Sharron Gibson Wedding Day Photography Seckford Hall flowers outdoors daughter father

Wedding Photography showing a Kiss between dad and bride

Dad bride father kiss wedding photography Castello Pupillo

Wedding Photography from The Pines at Genesee | Father of the bride giving a toast at the reception.

Wedding Photo from The Pines at Genesee of the Father of the bride giving a toast at the reception.

venue father toast Colorado bride Pines at Genesee

Robacher Watermolen Hauwert wedding photo of the father giving away his daughter during the ceremony

outdoor, garden wedding photo of the father giving away his daughter during the ceremony

Netherlands ceremonies outside Robacher`s Watermill NL ceremony outside Hauwert giving away outdoor ceremony

Pyramid Lake Resort, AB, Canada Wedding ceremony photography - image of the father giving away his beloved daughter.

outdoor Wedding ceremony image of the father giving away his beloved daughter

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Fujian Wedding Ceremony Photography - The Bride's father speaks, bride cries

Fujian Wedding Ceremony Photography showing The Bride's father speaks, bride cries

Fujian groom China Academy of Oil Painting Fujian ceremony image Fujian wedding photography black and white

The bride is excited to dance with her father at the Trigger in Chicago in this photo by a Chicago, IL wedding photographer.

The bride is excited to dance with her father in this photo

chicago bride Trigger dance excited IL wedding photographer father

The Westin Resort & Spa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | An emotional moment of father and daughter before the ceremony.

photo of An emotional moment of father and daughter before the ceremony

Puerto Vallarta emotional father bride moment father Mexico spa

La Cucina Sabina Wedding Day Photos - Bride says goodbye to the father after the dinner living for the honey moon

Wedding Day Photo of the Bride saying goodbye to her father after the dinner living for the honey moon

Stefano Snaidero Sabina emotional mother father La Cucina Sabina bw

Colshaw Hall wedding photography - Father of the bride was the butt of the joke from groom with his wife and daughter laughing along

wedding photography showing the Father of the bride was the butt of the joke from groom with his wife and daughter laughing along

mother reception bride funny uk wedding reportage laughing father

Sometimes marriage is one of the few moments when you feel your family together

mother emotion bride father Brazil bride with parents

The Savile Club, London, UK | Bride walking down to ceremony with her father

wedding image of the Bride walking down to ceremony with her father

UK windows The Savile Club Bride and father staris staircase father

SACRAMENTO WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY - Dad with disabilites walks his daughter down the church aisle

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY of Dad with disabilites walking his daughter down the church aisle

CA church ceremony pews ceremony father church aisle entrance

alto da capela - porto alegre - brasil black-and-white wedding photography

black-and-white wedding photography from the ceremony of bride and dad

emotion alto da capela Brasil black and white father monochrome

wedding ceremony with a detail of cherry blossoms in the foreground

Fuzhou artistic wedding photography cherry blossoms Vinci Wang walking ceremony Fuzhou bride

Sociedade Libanesa de Porto Alegre wedding - Mother and father thrilled with son

Sociedade Libanesa de Porto Alegre wedding image of the Mother and father thrilled with son

Porto Alegre wedding father emotions mother Sociedade Libanesa Porto Alegre bw

chicago wedding ceremony photograph of the bride getting dads' help with her dress train

chicago wedding ceremony image of the bride getting dads' help with her dress train

ceremony bw bride help Chicago Dad

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

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Sarnia, Ontario, Canada wedding reception photograph of The Father and Daughter Dance

Sarnia, Ontario, Canada wedding reception image of The Father and Daughter Dance

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St. Regis Aspen wedding venue reception photography | Father and son on the dance floor.

St. Regis Aspen wedding venue reception image of a Father and son on the dance floor

CO St Regis Aspen son Regis colorado wedding venue Colorado reception Aspen

Stadhuis Leiden, De Poort | father tears hugging the bride

Stadhuis Leiden, De Poort wedding image of father tears while hugging the bride

De Poort wedding image De Poort father hugging tears South Holland Leiden

An image taken at Hotel Vila Brasil in Petrópolis, RJ captures a bride's hands holding her bouquet by her father's hands at her ceremony

A photo of the bride and her father's hands holding her bouquet at her wedding ceremony was taken at Hotel Vila Brasil in Petrópolis

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A dad sees the bride before the wedding ceremony | Dad's first look

Dad sees the bride before the Nottinghamshire wedding ceremony - a photo of Dad's first look

UK indoor Dad wife bride father Nottinghamshire

Valencia bride in limo on wedding day | Kiss on hand from father

Valencia image of the Bride in limo on wedding day with a Kiss on hand from father

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A dad sees his daughter a little too soon! | Getting ready for wedding ceremony in Oxford, MS

photo of a A dad seeing his daughter a little too soon while Getting ready for wedding ceremony

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Spittleborough Farmhouse, Wootton Bassett UK wedding photo | Funny candid moment during bridal prep with bridesmaids and the father of the bride

a Spittleborough Farmhouse, Wootton Bassett UK wedding photo of a Funny candid moment during bridal prep with bridesmaids and the father of the bride

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Father of the bride choking on champagne after seeing the bride in her dress | Euridge Manor Wedding | The Lost Orangery, Euridge Manor, Wiltshire UK

image of the Father of the bride choking on champagne after seeing the bride in her dress at Euridge Manor Wedding, The Lost Orangery, Euridge Manor, Wiltshire UK

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Washington, D.C. wedding photo of Mother and Father of the Bride laughing

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Bursa, Turkey documentary wedding photo of dad getting emotional with bride

Unveiling Emotions: A Father's Love in Bursa

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