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.

In Brescia, Lombardy at the Bride's Grandmother's home, it is time to laugh

At the Bride's Grandmother's home, the Bride and Groom in a tender and loving moment with the elder generation

At the De Landgoederij in Bunnik, the wedding venue during the reception, grandmother is having fun with bubbles with her grandchild

At the wedding venue during the reception, Grandmother was having a blast playing with bubbles outdoors with her grandchild

grandmother De Landgoederij grandchild Thomas Jongbloed Bunnik Photographer Bunnik fun with bubbles

Flanders, Belgium contest award winning documentary wedding photography from the indoor Ceremony as children of the bride and groom get very emotional during the vows and their grandmother tries to console them

children of the bride and groom get very emotional during the vows and their grandmother tries to console them

Flanders ceremony emotion indoor ceremony grandmother Flanders photographer Belgium

The bride tenderly caresses her grandmother's face with love in a stunning wedding photo, captured at a Villa

World class documentary wedding photography in Villa di Ulignano in Tuscany showing the bride caressing her grandmother

Julian Kanz Villa di Ulignano Tuscany Tuscany bride Tuscany photographer grandmother

The bride prepares her wedding next to her grandmother at Gîte du lieu de réception - Beaujolais estates, a charming castle at the winegrower's vineyards in the countryside

The bride is preparing for her wedding in a picturesque setting, alongside her grandmother at a castle in the countryside vineyards

Beaujolais Estates stone walls grandmother Dress hanging Beaujolais Wedding Photographer

Isere contest award winning documentary wedding photography of the father of the groom holding two cameras getting his picture, and one for the grandmother

grandmother France Isere Isere Ceremony Isere Photographer father of groom two cameras

Estes Park wedding venue photography at the Black Canyon Inn of grandmother touching grooms cheek during reception

Estes Park photographer grandmother reception party Estes Park touching cheek Black Canyon Inn

Nouvelle Aquitaine based wedding church photography of the grand mother with a son of bride

son of bride Church wedding Nouvelle-Aquitaine grandmother Nouvelle Aquitaine photographer Damien Dohmen

Honest and sincere emotions are on display in this Lafitte Auditorium, Jean Lafitte wedding day picture created by a Louisiana documentary wedding photographer showing Grandmother of the bride gets her earrings put on by a group of bridesmaids

Lafitte Auditorium venue bridesmaids Louisiana grandmother sincere United States Jean Lafitte

This authentic and emotional Liguria wedding day moment from Diano Castello, Imperia was recorded by a documentary wedding photographer showing the Bride and her grandmother

authentic Julian Kanz Imperia documentary weddings grandmother Italy Diano Castello emotional

A heartfelt display of emotion is captured in this Rivarennes wedding day moment by a Indre, France documentary wedding photographer showing the bride and her grandmother moved after the secular ceremony

grandmother secular ceremony Gaelle Caré emotion Centre-Val de Loire France Rivarennes photographer

Colorado Springs wedding documentary photographer created this image at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort showing a Surprise first look between bride and her grandmother

first look Colorado Springs Cheyenne Mountain Resort venue Cheyenne Mountain Resort grandmother Bonnie Sizer surprise

Best Chengdu documentary wedding picture created as The newlyweds let the pigeons fly into the sky as The brides grandmother and aunt are watching

Chengdu newlyweds fly Cheng Guo Chengdu documentary wedding grandmother China

An exceptional Hoeven wedding image by a pro Netherlands photographer at the Bovendonk venue exhibiting The bride congratulated by her grandmother, a big contrast, but how similar they look

congratulated NL bride Hoeven Bovendonk venue Netherlands photographer Bovendonk

An Italian top documentary wedding photographer at Conti di San Bonifacio Gavorrano in Tuscany created this image showing The preparation of the bride, mother, grandmother, father and her dog

dog IT wedding photographer mother Maurizio Gjivovich Conti di San Bonifacio Gavorrano FOB grandmother

A Offaly documentary-style wedding image showing a moment of the Bride visiting her granny in nursing home after getting married

An Offaly documentary style wedding image showing a moment of the Bride visiting her granny in nursing home after getting married

Offaly documentary wedding image granny Offaly bride bride Offaly grandma

A top documentary wedding photographer from a hotel in Changsha City created this image at a hotel ceremony of the grandmother saw her granddaughter being the bride

ceremony bride China documentary wedding photographer grandmother China Granddaughter outdoor ceremony image

Estância das Oliveiras - Viamão marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the Sister and grandmother of the bride praying outside

Viamão photography outside Estância das Oliveiras grandmother Viamão ceremony image praying Viamão marriage

Lake Maggiore, Italy outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the Bride hugging her grandmother

Italy marriage ceremony image grandma bride Italy outdoor wedding Lake Maggiore photographer hugging

Carmaux Town Hall nuptial day award-winning image of an Emotional moment of the brides grandma after the ceremony

Carmaux Emotional moment grandmother Town Hall emotions bride

Frankfurt nuptial day award-winning image of Confetti mess and resting grandmas

sweep confetti Frankfurt Frankfurt wedding image cane mess

Big Sur, CA outdoor wedding image of Mother and grandmother of the groom taking shots of tequila

cliffside married Big Sur misty March grandmother Kate Hampson

Beijing artful style wedding detail picture in BW as The bridegroom took the hand of the brides grandmother

hands Beijing grandmother black and white bw China

Quiberon, France wedding photography showing a Hug between the bride and her grand mother

Quiberon wedding hugs grandmother France Quiberon Patrick Lombaert Quiberon bride

The Lombardi House, Los Angeles, California wedding photo showing Tears run down on the grooms face as he hugs his grandmother

tears hugs Lombardi House LA outdoor ceremony grandmother Los Angeles

A wedding photographer in Vendee created this image showing The bride embraces her grandmother after covid pandemics and cries

France emotion Crying bride grandmother Vendee Jeremie Sangare

Fujian artful style wedding detail picture of the bride and grandmother clasping hands

bride Fujian artful detail Fujian wedding detail picture grandmother clasping hands

Chamonix Mont Blanc France wedding reportage image of a grandma and the groom holding each other

France wedding reportage image Mont Blanc Chamonix Mont Blanc grandma France holding

Golden Gardens Seattle Washington wedding photography moment from when the Bride kisses grandma on her forehead

Washington washington wedding photography Seattle grandmother forehead WA bride bw

Maceió, Alagoas everlasting true love image showing the Bride receives her grandmother's wedding rings and cries when she sees her

face Monica Guimaraes Brazil everlasting Maceió bride true love bw

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