Wedding Photos of Gown

The following “Gown” 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 “Gown” 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.

Seven Generations Winery Hotel & SPA, Ruse, Bulgaria | Photo of The Wedding Dress hanging in the window

Wedding Photo Detail of the Dress Hanging Outside

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Bride getting into her dress

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Bride is having her make-up done and her wedding dress hanged on a big window with a city view

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the bride hidden beneath her dress as she gets help

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Boathouse at Mercer Lake, New Jersey Wedding Photographer | Bride's sister adjust bride's dress

Boathouse at Mercer Lake, New Jersey Wedding Photo of the Bride's sister adjusting bride's dress

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A quiet moment getting ready with family

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Daughter looks how mom gets on her dress

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the father helps with the bride's dress

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Detail image of the bride's dress hanging on the front porch of the Wellspring Spa in the woods of Washington State

A bride's dress hangs on a porch in Washington's woods, a picture of beauty

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Swiss Hotel Bosphorus wedding venue detail photo | A wedding dress hanging on the 1st floor behind the bulbs

The pristine wedding dress hung elegantly on the first floor, bathed in the warm glow of the light bulbs, at the luxurious Swiss Hotel Bosphorus wedding venue

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Lacing of the wedding dress before the ceremony in Verona, Italy

Lacing of the wedding dress before the ceremony in black and white

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Omaha, NE photograph - Getting a bride dressed with her gown going over her head

Omaha, NE photo showing the bride dressing with her gown going over her head

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image of a Lake Tahoe, NV bride getting ready with her friends

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A black-and-white photograph of a bride in a white dress standing in a picturesque archway in the grounds of Toulouse Country House has been captured

Toulouse Country House, France was the site of a wedding picture featuring a bride in a white dress standing in an archway

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A black and white bridal detail shot of the bride's shoes under her gown was artfully created at the venue in La Spezia on the wedding day

A bridal detail photo of her shoe was taken in La Spezia on the wedding day

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A bridal gown in white hung in a dark room at Haute Garonne was used to artfully create a professional image on a wedding day

A photograph was taken in Haute Garonne of a white bridal gown in a dark room

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The bride in Washington DC was expertly captured while the groom was seen tendering a foot massage to her

A photo capturing the tender moment between the bride and groom in Washington DC was created

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At Siena, Italy, a pro-image artfully capturing the beauty of a bridal gown hanging within a doorway down the hall

A professional BW photograph of a bridal dress hung in a doorway at Siena, Italy

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A french bride stands with others on a stone walkway in Ain

In Ain, France, a picture was taken of a bride and her party standing on a stone path, featuring only their legs and dresses

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Wedding photos of bridal prep in Bartholomew Barns

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Wedding photojournalism at Malibu, CA | bride getting helped into her gown

Wedding photojournalism at Malibu, CA of a bride getting helped into her gown

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Bride with a really dirty wedding dress getting lifted up by the groom on the dance floor inside a tented reception | Crossed Keys Inn | New Jersey Wedding Photography

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Thornbury Castle near Bristol Wedding Photography of kids playing under the dress

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Picture of a bride getting ready

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Pictures of a bride getting helped into her dress - Grand Rapids wedding photographer

Grand Rapids wedding Picture of a bride getting helped into her dress

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Atlanta documentary wedding photo of the girls having fun with the bride's dress

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Genoa, Italy wedding photography - father of bride getting emotional on first look

Emotional Echoes: A Father's Reaction in Genoa

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