Wedding Photos of Getting ready

The following “Getting 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 “Getting 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.

Tainan wedding photographer creates an image of the brides reflection as she prepares for her wedding ceremony

Washington DC wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of a bride getting ready for the ceremony

Washington DC black and white photo of a bride getting ready for the ceremony

bride bra Washington DC getting dressed bridesmaid bridesmaids fan

A man takes a bath while another gets ready in the other room in this black and white photo by a London, England wedding reportage photographer

bathtub black and white getting ready bath bathing bathroom

Wedding image of a Leon groom hugging young boy and you can see the bride in a mirror

groom hugging young boy as you can see the bride in a mirror

dressing window getting ready preparation groom

black and white door getting ready black

Arezzo wedding photographer captured this Tuscany photo of the bride watching the soccer game as she waited for her hair to set

television tv white getting ready Arezzo hair soccer

Wedding photograph from Bouches-du-Rhone | Image contains: groom, getting ready, windows, tie, mirror, color

Photo by: Fred Bruneau - Aix en Provence

getting dressed windows Bouches-du-Rhône yellow groom getting ready church

Essex Wedding Photographer | Image contains: bride, color, orange, tradition, dark, indoors

color getting ready yellow black dark bride

Documentary Wedding Photograph in Paris | Image contains: getting ready, black and white, preceremony, groom, groomsmen, father, shoes

shoes black and white couch window groomsmen groom

doorway getting ready black and white

color getting dressed lamp tie chair stripes

Hangzhou City Wedding Photography | Image contains: getting ready, window, silhouettes, dress, bridemaids

Hangzhou City Wedding Photo of getting ready, a window, silhouettes, a dress, and some bridemaids

silhouettes black and white China windows silhouette curtains

A Jakarta bride gets some help before her Java wedding ceremony in this black and white photo

bride getting dressed black and white window gown dress

Rome Creative Wedding Photography | Image contains:black and white, bride, veil, dress, getting ready, mirror, reflection

dresser gown dress reflection windows arms

Montreal wedding photographer makes an image of the bride and bridesmaids reflections getting ready for the ceremony

makeup reflecting reflection getting ready bride make up color

Rome wedding photographer makes a black and white picture of the bride putting on her veil before the ceremony

getting ready black and white bridesmaid bride veil hands

Bali wedding photogrpaher captured this image of the bride getting assistance from all angles to lace up her wedding dress

pointing girl bride child getting dressed bed

Nouvelle-Aquitaine wedding photographer captured this photo of the groom getting assistance buttoning his cuffs

Color groomsman getting ready cufflinks getting dressed groomsmen

black and white preparation groom getting ready bowtie reflection

window preparation makeup fan getting ready black and white

Sydney wedding photojournalist - New South Wales, Australia bride getting her makeup done while her hair is in rollers

Color white brush hair getting ready preparation Sydney

Documentary Wedding Photography in Arezzo | Image contains: bride, getting ready, black, white

dress glasses black and white getting ready bride

Varese Wedding Photography | Image contains: getting ready, color, makeup, bride, indoors, painting, giraffe

giraffe make up makeup color getting ready animal

Slovenia Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: black and white, getting ready, curlers, mirror, reflection, bathroom

hands bride mirror black and white hair getting ready

mother putting on the bride's veil

bride Color chandelier dress getting ready

color getting ready mirror getting dressed building reflection

Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: mother, bride, bedroom, dress, getting ready, black, white

bedroom getting ready getting dressed windows preparation bride

A Phuket bride waits to dress for her wedding with her gown hanging in the doorway to a bright blue pool area setting the scene for a lovely image of destination wedding Thailand

getting ready pool dress gown bride window

Lombardy Wedding Photography | Image contains: black and white, getting ready, bride, bridesmaids

hair hat bed black and white mirror getting ready

Lake Tahoe wedding photographer captured this creative black and white reflection image of the groom straightening his tie before the wedding

mirrors reflecting reflection Lake Tahoe getting dressed black and white mirror

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