Wedding Photos of Get ready

The following “Get ready” 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 “Get ready” 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 top Ireland wedding photographer captured this picture at the Borris House in County Carlow showing Bride and Bridesmaid are two sisters breast feeding their newborn babies as they get ready to get dressed for the wedding

Amherst Island wedding documentary photographer created this image of the Bride helping her mother get ready for the wedding inside a yurt

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This Illinois wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Chicago wedding photography looks like, as the Groom helps other groom get ready for their wedding at the Nobu Hotel

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Villa Ambra, Tulenovo, Bulgaria marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the groom waiting for the bride to get ready

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Rhodes Hall, Atlanta marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the Bride and her aunt helping brides daughter get ready for the wedding while a friend looks on

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Reception wedding photography created as The bride waits to get ready, she looks out the window to try to see her future husband

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California vacation rental home wedding photography from the Airbnb during Getting Ready showing Teamwork at its best - bridesmaids help the bride get ready in any way possible

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Italy black and white wedding photography from Varese at the bride's House From the corridor showing a point of view of the bride's made helping the bride to get ready

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a bride and her bridal party get ready

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Mom helps her daughter to get ready

Cambridge bridal image Kimpton Marlowe Hotel Cambridge MA get ready Cambridge bride mom Cambridge wedding photography

a father taking a nap while the girls get ready for the wedding

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The bride pats her groom's masked face as they get ready together

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The bride, her bridesmaids and her family get ready in a beachside cottage

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A young boy plays with his reflection while the groomsmen get ready

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Women get ready for the ceremony by a school bus

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The family has a nice moment together as they get ready for the ceremony at Tay Ninh in this black and white wedding photo composed by a Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam photographer.

The family has a nice moment together as they get ready for the ceremony in this black and white wedding photo

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Wequassett Resort Wedding Photographer | The Groom is helping his groomsmen to get ready with is tie and getting the sweat wiped from his brow by another

Resort Wedding Photo of The Groom helping his groomsmen to get ready with is tie and getting the sweat wiped from his brow by another

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China Bridesmaids Get ready at the Hotel.

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Khon Kaen, Thailand bride getting makeup applied for wedding photos.

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Bridesmaids help the bride get ready over a beautiful view of Detroit from the Marriott at the Renaissance Center

Photo by: Ray Iavasile - Birmingham Michigan

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China groom and groomsmen helping each other get ready before the wedding ceremony

the groom and groomsmen helping each other get ready

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Bridesmaid and bride laugh as they get ready for the wedding ceremony in China

Bridesmaid and bride laugh as they get ready for the ceremony

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WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.