Wedding Photos of Groom

The following “Groom” 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 “Groom” 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.

An extraordinary Diepenheim wedding image by a professional Overijssel, Netherlands photographer conveying the greeting hugs between the groom and his brother, and bride and her sister in law, while grandma and others awaits their turn

Overijssel weddings NL bride a Leonard Walpot groom brother grandma Netherlands photographer

A most creative BW daytime wedding photo from The Pinery at the Hill in Colorado Springs showing the groom and groomsmen smoking cigars

bw smoke Colorado Pinery Colorado wedding photo hill

A top Hebron, Connecticut wedding photographer captured this picture at Easterseals of Oak Hill Camp Hemlocks as the groom and a flower girl smile and embrace others in celebration just following the wedding ceremony

Easterseals of Oak Hill Camp Hemlocks embrace Oak Hill groom flower girl Hebron smile

A top Rupert, Vermont wedding photographer captured this picture at The Old Gray Barn showing the bride is joyfully lifted off the floor during her first dance with her groom during their first dance in a barn as family and guests watch

Rupert floor The Old Gray Barn barn guests groom family

Best Castleton on Hudson wedding photojournalism picture from Stablegate Barn and Vineyard showing A bride pretending in jest that she is going to cut her grooms throat as the two prepare to cut their wedding cake inside a barn

New York - Upstate inside pretending wedding cake Hudson wedding photojournalism NY jest

An exceptional Montreal wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Quebec photographer created After the wedding reception, as the bride and groom are driven off on a motorcycle with sidecar by the grooms cousin

Montreal wedding photojournalism sidecar urban driven Canada groom After wedding reception

Best Philadelphia documentary wedding photojournalism image showing the bride living her best life on the dance floor and Being framed by the groom and her uncle in the foreground

JD Land Philadelphia uncle framed groom PA dance floor

An exceptional Santa Teresa wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Rio de Janeiro photographer at Solar Real event venue revealing the grooms issue with rice in his hair

Rio de Janeiro photographer groom Santa Teresa wedding photojournalism Solar Real event venue rice Santa Teresa

A Santa Teresa, Hotel Bela Vista wedding image from Rio de Janeiro showing the bride watching the groom having another drink at the reception venue

Hotel Bela Vista Brazil RJ reception venue groom drink Rio de Janeiro bride

An exceptional Owlerton, Nottinghamshire wedding image by a pro UK photographer at The Pumping House exhibiting The grooms nephews and his father presenting the rings to the couple during the marriage ceremony

nephews groom Nottinghamshire wedding image Pumping House weddings Nottinghamshire rings The Pumping House

Leicestershire wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at the Prestwold Hall as The groom lifts his bride in the air during the evening celebrations

evening bride in the air lifts groom Prestwold Hall wedding venue Leicestershire wedding reportage

Best Paris documentary wedding picture of The Groom and his friend getting ready

friend getting ready France groom Paris Paris documentary wedding

A top featured image from Antwerpen among the best wedding photography showing The groom and one of his groomsmen laughing hysterically together

laughing Antwerpen Fille Roelants Antwerpen wedding photography groomsmen groom

An extraordinary Antwerpen wedding picture by a pro Belgium photographer revealing The grooms daughter hugs her father right before entering the outdoor ceremony

Antwerpen outdoor weddings Belgium Antwerpen outdoor ceremony Belgium photographer groom Fille Roulants

Best Birmingham, UK documentary wedding picture showing Men energetically applying Haldi paste to groom before his wedding

Clive Blair UK documentary wedding Birmingham groom Haldi paste before wedding UK

Best France documentary wedding photojournalism image from Hôtel MGallery Nest La Défense showing the Last check for the groom with his mother before going to the ceremony

before ceremony groom France documentary wedding mother Hôtel MGallery Nest La Défense Nest La Défense

Best La Defense documentary wedding photography from Hôtel MGallery Nest showing the The Groom takes a breath and drinks before getting ready

Hôtel MGallery Nest France groom drinks La Defense documentary wedding Hôtel MGallery Nest La Défense

Colorado wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at the Holy Name Catholic Church as the groom gives a toast during their wedding reception

colorado wedding photographer groom Colorado Holy Name Catholic Church speech

Scottsdale, Arizona wedding documentary photographer created this image of the Sanctuary Resort showing The groom tries to take the garter from his bride at the reception

garter reception arizona wedding photographer groom Scottsdale Sanctuary Resort wedding venue Arizona

An exceptional Walpole NH wedding photojournalism sample by a professional New Hampshire photographer at Alysons Orchard communicating the bride spinning with the groom at their wedding reception

New Hampshire photographer Alysons Orchard wedding venue Sarah V Martinez New Hampshire NH wedding reception Walpole wedding photojournalism dancing

Best France documentary wedding photojournalism image from Domaine du Fohet of the groom and his close friends having fun on the dance floor

Oliver Saillard Domaine du Fohet France dance floor fun groom France wedding photojournalism

A Montpellier wedding day detail picture of the brides legs tightly wrapped around the groom in the sunlight

brides legs French photographer Montpellier bride Montpellier wedding France sunlight

An extraordinary Oxford wedding picture by a pro UK photographer revealing the bride being lifted by the groom for the first dance

Oxford wedding picture UK Photographer United Kingdom bride lifted Oxford United Kingdom bride and groom Oxfordshire

Great wedding photography of the groom from China by the hotel window with his groomsmen all in silhouette

Color Song China wedding photography silhouette window Guangxi hotel China

Fujian at home wedding picture of the Groom and best man tidying up clothes

groom Fujian clothes best man Fujian wedding picture Asia

A sweet and serene Los Gatos engagement session with the groom to be saying I Love every minute being with you

groom streets sitting Los Gatos engagement urban kiss

Guangdong artistic wedding photography style in an image showing the groom presenting flowers to the bride

Guangdong wedding photography bride style groom Guangdong flowers China

An exceptional Oaxaca City wedding image by a pro Mexico photographer exhibiting the Groom and family walking around the city

family groom painted walls city Oaxaca wedding image Mexico photographer

A black and white Colorado documentary wedding picture from Greenbriar Inn showing the Boulder bride wiping grooms tear during toasts

A black and white Boulder, Colorado documentary wedding picture from Greenbriar Inn showing the bride wiping grooms tear during toasts

boulder toasts groom wiping Colorado documentary wedding Greenbriar Inn weddings Boulder bride

An extraordinary Poland wedding image of the groom playing pool with the best man just before leaving the house

West Pomeranian cue ball house Poland pool leaving

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