Wedding Photos of Holding hands

The following “Holding 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 “Holding 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.

Donner Lake on location portrait e shoot of a couple walking along the beach holding hands

Taíba portrait e-session - couple walking on beach with a dog

Brazil pets holding hands Taíba Brazil photographer dog walking

Halsweh Quarry Park Christchurch environmental engagement e-session of the couple dancing

sunshine Liz Robson Christchurch New Zealand couple Christchurch engagement holding hands

Crete Senesi, Siena portrait e-session of a couple holding hands with the hills and valleys as a backdrop

valleys Crete Senesi Siena Portrait Italy couple Tuscany hills Siena

Volunteer Landing Park, Knoxville on-location portrait e-shoot - the couple holds hands at the park with the Henley Street Bridge and the Tennessee River as their background

Knoxville couple holding hands TN Knoxville couple portrait background blue sky park

Volunteer Landing Park, Knoxville environmental engagement e-session of the couple standing by one of the park trees holding hands while people are walking by

Knoxville engagement walking holding hands Volunteer Landing Park Tennessee Bryan Aleman couple standing

Volunteer Landing Park, TN environmental engagement e-session of a couple walking through the park as they hold hands

Knoxville couple park TN Engagement Volunteer Landing Park Bryan Aleman Knoxville holding hands

Central Park, New York City on-location portrait e-shoot of couple framed under the opening of an overpass

opening nyc Central Park photographer overpass New York City couple portrait NYC couple Casey Fatchett

Assis Chateaubriand portrait e-session of couple at sunset holding hands in a field

Heloisa Todescatt sunset portrait Assis Chateaubriand walking in field Assis Chateaubriand Photographer holding hands

Restaurant Shtastlivetsa, The Happy man, Sofia Artful Engagement Picture with The groom to be is holding the hand of his fiancée

restaurant Sofia engagement photographer Tatyana Chohadjieva holding hands windows Restaurant Shtastlivetsa

Boituva Pre Wedding Photoshoot for a sunset couple portrait

field Boituva sunset Boituva couple holding hands Silhouette portrait

Central Park, NYC Pre Wedding Photoshoot with a Kiss under cherry blossom tree

holding hands NYC couple Central Park cherry blossoms nyc couple kissing

Paris Montmartre Fine Art Pre Wedding Portraits while walking through town past La Maison Rose

couple walking Paris couple urban town Henri Deroche Paris city

J V Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Fine Art Engagement Image showing they Love in two layers

California engagement black and white bw monochrome J V Fitzgerald Marine Reserve reflection Tyler Vu

Perth Artful Engagement Picture of a young couple in BW Laughing together

Perth couple shoot tree Jacob Gordon bw perth monochrome black and white

Jaen couple engagement pic session at Hotel Noguera de la Sierpe in Arroyo Frío on the wooden dock at the water, sitting and holding hands

Jaén wooden dock Jaén engagement photographer Arroyo Frío holding hands Hotel Noguera de la Sierpe

Golden Gate Canyon State Park pre - wed image of the Couple walking and holding hands

colorado engagement photographer Shea McGrath holding hands Golden Gate Canyon State Park couple walking

Muggia, Trieste, Italy beach couple photography session before the wedding day

Open sky beach couple photography session before the wedding day

Italy beach engagement Trieste Muggia holding hands Muggia photographer

Ambar, DC indoor photo session with the couple before the wedding day sitting at a table and holding hands

Black and white, artsy indoor photo session with the couple before the wedding day sitting at a table and holding hands

DC engagement photographer sitting at table monochrome bw Ambar black and white DC

Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park pre wedding portrait created as The couple holds hands while they show their engagement ring

A pre wedding portrait created as the couple holds hands while they show their engagement ring

holding hands Great Smoky Mountains National Park low angle Cades Cove tennessee engagement photography engagement ring

Croatia night couple portrait while holding hands and silhouetted

A dramatic night couple portrait while holding hands and silhouetted

Croatia PreWedding Photography holding hands between two hills night portrait silhouettes Croatia

Creative wedding photo from a Church in Croydon, UK of the Bride and groom holding hands

The bride and groom held hands and sat down for a wedding photo at the church

Emil Boczek Creative wedding photo church Croydon holding hands UK Bride and groom

Big Bend National Park micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a couple holding hands under a light

lit holding hands mountain photo session wedding couple Big Bend National Park light El Paso

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tennessee couple Showing off the engagement ring as they look at each other in the eye

woods forest holding hands Tennessee Bryan Aleman engagement ring outdoors

Yoho National Park wedding portrait of couple kissing and holding hand at Emerald Lake

lake Yoho National Park canoe Emerald Lake couple wedding portrait couple kissing

Artistic Valašská Polanka wedding portrait of a bride and groom holding hands in the forest

holding hands bride and groom Valašská Polanka wedding portrait Artistic Valašská Polanka forest

Chengdu, Sichuan artistic wedding photo showing the entrance of the auditorium where the ceremony is held. The bride and groom are holding hands

The bride and groom, hand in hand, were captured in a beautiful wedding photograph at the entrance to the ceremony venue

Sichuan photographer Chengdu Sichuan door knockers holding hands

Ribarica wedding detail image of an elderly woman giving a small wedding gift to the little bridesmaid at St. Ekaterina Resort

An image of an elderly woman giving a small wedding gift to a little bridesmaid outdoors on the grass is a detail from a wedding

holding hands Ribarica Ribarica Photographer bridesmaid elderly woman gift St Ekaterina Resort

Siena wedding photographer captured these newlyweds with their dog after their ceremony at La Terrazza del Chiostro

This black-and-white wedding photo captures the newlyweds walking with their dog after their ceremony

holding hands black and white Tuscany la Terrazza del Chiostro Siena dog Siena photographer

Brazil engagement portrait with a posed couple running through the streets of Cidade de Goiás holding hands in red shirts

Cidade de Goiás pre wedding portraits Cidade de Goiás red dress Cidade de Goiás engagement picture Goiás engagement photography holding hands couple running

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