Wedding Photos of Hands

The following “Hands” 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 “Hands” 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.

Sanming Fujian wedding day detail photography of the games

Fujian Reception Wedding Photography - Groomsmen dancing and holding hands

Fujian Reception Wedding Photo of Groomsmen dancing and holding hands

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Tra Vinh City Wedding Photography | After party hands dancing !

Wedding Photography of the After party hands dancing

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Roma getting ready details of the groom getting help with cufflinks

image of getting ready details and the groom getting help with cufflinks

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Cremona family preparing the groom for his wedding ceremony

image of the family preparing the groom for his wedding ceremony

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Wedding day detail photo of the bride and grooms hands in warm light

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W Hotel, Bangkok venue - love hug on wedding day

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Bansko, Bulgaria Wedding Photo | Black and White Picture of the Bride and Groom Hands from Above

Wedding Black and White Picture of the Bride and Groom Hands from Above

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wedding photographer captured this wedding detail of hands coming together to toast

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wedding detail of the bride's hands decorated with henna

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Paulinia Wedding Photography - Image contains: man, hands, liquor

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Engagement Portrait from O Butia - Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul - Photography contains: couple, hands, grass, trees, park, laughing

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Engagement Photos from Zamora - Portrait contains: harsh light, shadows, sunlight, posing, hands, love, couple

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Fremont dancing hands

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The muted light cascading through the diffused glass painted a whispery image of hands waiting to cheer a toast of love and joy in a romantic wedding at the Royal Ambassador Banquet in Toronto, Ontario

The diffused glass created a dreamy artistic tableau of hands about to toast at a wedding in Toronto, Ontario

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wedding image at a hotel of getting ready

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grandparents clinging to granddaughter's hand

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Guangzhou Dad Handover of Brides hand to the Groom - China Wedding Photo

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Gujarat wedding photographer | India wedding details and a small, white dog

An artistic photographer captured wedding details and a small, white dog on the special day

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The bride's grandmother tenderly took her hand in the bride's living room, creating a special moment between them

Grandmother and bride shared a touching moment in the bride's living room

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Suits being ironed in this dressing room

Nanping fine art wedding photo Nanping hands suits getting ready Nanping artistic wedding photography

detail of bridesmaids green dresses with a red umbrella

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The bride brings her hands up to her face when she sees her groom waiting for her at their ceremony

Erba wedding photographer hands happy Erba ceremony ride black and white

Flowergirl eats ice cream, whilst having her hair done

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Grumari Beach Garden - Rio de Janeiro Wedding | Photo of the Bride and Groom putting fire in the dance floor!

Beach Garden Wedding Photo of the Bride and Groom putting fire in the dance floor

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Door games before the wedding ceremony

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This aerial view captures hands candles and drinks placed on a wooden table in a soft evening light at La Brugeoise

The atmosphere of La Brugeoise in Bruges is captured in an aerial view of hands, candles, and drinks on a wooden table

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A wedding ceremony in Panjin captured a photograph of the couple exchanging rings

The couple exchanged rings at a wedding ceremony in Panjin, China.

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YORK MILLS GALLERY wedding venue photo | Detail shot of the paper

A creative wedding photo featuring hands and eyes gazing at a paper is captured

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ring detail with the Hands of the Groom and the Bride

Cen Lin rings detail Fuzhou artistic wedding photography joined Fuzhou Fuzhou artistic wedding photographer

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