Wedding Photos of Grandmother

The following “Grandmother” 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 “Grandmother” 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.

Captivating wedding moment captured at The Mountain Terrace in Woodside, CA as the bride's grandmother wows with her dance skills on the wooden deck outside.

Grandmother steals the spotlight with dance moves at beautiful Mountain Terrace wedding in Woodside

Captured by a professional photographer at a wedding in Ascain, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France. The image showcases intricate details like grandmother's jewelry and a handkerchief, symbolizing cherished emotion.

Intricate Details at Ascain Wedding in Pyrénées Atlantiques: Grandmother's Jewelry and Handkerchief Embrace Emotion

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This wedding photo captures a heartfelt moment at a Shandong, China hotel, where the bride's wedding ring is adorned with her grandmother's handkerchief.

Sentimental Touch: Bride's Ring Wrapped in Grandmother's Handkerchief at Shandong Hotel Wedding

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A beautiful moment captured outside Rosate Church near Milan, Italy, as the emotional bride's grandmother embraces her with tears in her eyes after the wedding ceremony

Emotional Grandmother Embraces Bride at Rosate Church in Milan, Italy

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A heartwarming moment captured during a wedding ceremony at Stone Manor Country Club in Middletown, MD, as a grandmother using a walker attempts to photograph her beloved niece amidst the prayer time.

Grandmother's Tender Moment: Beloved Niece on Wedding Day at Stone Manor Country Club

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In Buckinghamshire, UK, a heartfelt moment unfolds as a grandmother lovingly straightens the groom's tie, while he humbly kneels before her on his wedding day.

Grandmother's Tender Touch: Buckinghamshire, UK Wedding Moment with Groom and Tie Adjustment

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In the streets of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, a loving moment unfolds as the bride's grandmother helps her keep her dress dry on the way to the bridal car.

Bulgarian Grandma's Bridal Car Dash: Dress Rescue in Plovdiv Street

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Grandma lovingly kisses the bride on the cheek against a backdrop of the picturesque Gruyère countryside, in a cherished moment filled with warmth and joy.

Cheek to Cheek: A Kiss from Grandma in Gruyère

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In this award-winning wedding detail capture in Aix, PACA, France, the bride delicately holds her grandmother's necklace, as the artistic photographer offers a unique perspective from above, focusing on the bride's hands and jewelry.

Aix, PACA: Delicate Bride Holds Grandmother's Necklace, Artistically Captured Above

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At Magnicourt, Granny helps a little girl retrieve her fallen cuddly toy from under the stroller

Magnicourt Moments: A Touch of Love

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At the Tourterelle Inn in New Haven, Vermont, a grandmother gazes affectionately at the bride and groom as they exchange vows outdoors on a sunny lawn

Enchanted Grandmother: Witnessing Love Blossom at Tourterelle Inn, Vermont

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In this image captured by a wedding photographer in France, at Domaine du Bois saint Mard, a grandmother lovingly helps a young girl put on her shoes.

Charming Moments at Domaine du Bois Saint Mard: A Grandmother's Gentle Touch as She Helps the Little One with Her Shoes

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In this image captured at Les Terres de Saint-Hilaire in Ollières, Var, France, a groom shares a heartfelt moment of affection with his grandmother during a wedding celebration

Embracing Family Bonds: A Grandson's Tender Love on Les Terres de Saint-Hilaire, Ollières, Var, France

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In this photo captured by a wedding photographer in France, a granddaughter stands in Selles saint denis town hall, reading a text message with tearful emotion, while her grandmother offers support.

Emotional Granddaughter Finds Solace in a French Town Hall, Supported by her Loving Grandmother

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A touching moment as the bride embraces her wheelchair-bound grandmother, shedding tears of joy after the ceremony at Los Sueños Marriott Ocean Resort, Herradura Beach

Capturing Love's Embrace: A Bride's Tearful Joy with her Wheelchair-bound Grandmother at Los Sueños Marriott Ocean Resort

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Scene captured by a wedding photographer: The bride's grandmother discovers her in her wedding gown and shares a heartfelt embrace in front of a mirror. Both their expressions are visible through the reflection.

Reflections of Love: Grandmother's Heartfelt Embrace with Bride in Wedding Gown

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In this documentary wedding image, the bride is seen reaching out towards her grandmother, enveloped in the loving presence of her family, creating a genuinely heartwarming moment

Generations United: Capturing a Heartwarming Minnesota Family Bond

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The bride is emotionally moved to discover her grandmother at the town hall square in Le Louroux

Unexpected Reunion: A Bride's Emotional Discovery at Le Louroux Town Hall Square

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A touching moment at an outdoor ceremony in East Flanders, Flanders, as the grandmother lovingly places her hand on the back of her daughter

A Heartwarming Gesture: A Grandmother's Loving Touch at an Outdoor Ceremony in East Flanders

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A bride and her grandmother share an emotional embrace in Sens, Yonne, Burgundy, captured in a WPJA Purple award-winning photograph

Bridal Bliss: A Heartwarming Embrace in Sens, Yonne, Burgundy

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In the streets of Paris, Île-de-France, the bride's determined grandmother tries to adorn her hair with a veil, battling against the relentless wind. A heartwarming moment captured during a bustling Parisian wedding.

Capturing Love Against the Wind: A Heartwarming Moment of a Parisian Wedding

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In Mayenne, at the reception venue, the newlyweds receive advice from their grandmother, as captured in this heartwarming moment

Cherished Wisdom: Grandmother's Endearing Words Embraces Newlyweds in Mayenne

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A wedding image was captured at a rental property in Santa Barbara, featuring the bride embracing her grandmother on a rustic porch with her stunning dress hung behind them

The bride and grandmother were captured in a Santa Barbara rental property porch setting

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A tender moment between the bride and her grandmother is captured in a wedding picture taken at Braxted Park during her arrival

At Braxted Park, a tender moment between the bride and her grandmother was captured in a wedding picture

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At a wedding ceremony in Perth, Western Australia, an elderly relative was moved to tears while witnessing the signing of the marriage certificate

In Perth, Western Australia, an elderly relative was moved to tears at a wedding ceremony

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The photographer at the W Hotel in Chicago, IL captured a beautiful moment of the bride kissing her grandma right before walking down the aisle

At the W Hotel in Chicago, IL, the bride tenderly kissed her grandma right before her walk down the aisle

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At a home in Occitanie, a Grandma makes a dress alteration

A grandma at the bride's home is sewing alterations to the gown by hand

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In Istanbul, Anadolu Kulubu, the grandma is looking at her granddaughter's wedding dress

Grandma tenderly caressed her granddaughter's hanging wedding gown

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Brides emotion of seeing the grandmother deliver the rings at Círculo Militar - Urca - Rio de Janeiro

The bride's memory of her grandmother delivering the rings as their ring bearer is a moment she will cherish forever

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A grandmother talks to her granddaughter at the Wychmere Beach Club, Harwich MA wedding venue

At a Beach Club wedding venue, the grandmother and granddaughter had a conversation during the social break between the ceremony and reception

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