Wedding Photos of Hug

The following “Hug” 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 “Hug” 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.

Sofia environmental engagement e-session of couple sitting on a bench

San Francisco Documentary wedding image of the happiest hug after the ceremony

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Sofia, Bulgaria documentary wedding image of the bride and her mother hug each other

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Trieste, Italy Fine Art Engagement Image showing a Hug, kiss and smiling eyes

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Castello di Valenzano - Arezzo - Italy wedding reportage image of a big hug between bride and her make-up artist

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Aiguebelette Fine Art Engagement Image with The couple is in front of a lake

fog clouds France couple mist hug lake France

Metz France wedding reportage image of the brides friends hugging after church ceremony

french wedding reportage image emotions Metz brides friends hug bw France

Villa Di Bagno - Bancole - Mantova wedding reportage capture of the sister of the groom after she has made his daughter fall asleep, the groom approaches the baby and the sister with a sudden hug, hugs both of them

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Maceio engaged couple picture session with a sunset hug at the water

Renner Boldrino beach Maceio engagement photographer hug sunset portrait water Maceió

Pine Lake, GA engaged couple picture session with a hug from behind

Pine Lake GA engaged couple GA picture session trees soft light hug GA

Castelo Branco Serta wedding real moment image showing a hug from the sister-in-law right after the end of the civil ceremony

Serta Castelo Branco Serta wedding Castelo Branco Portugal photographer bw hug

Puglia father-daughter wedding moment picture of a hug

Puglia wedding picture Apulia wedding moment father daughter Italy Puglia

Nantucket Island emotional wedding day moment of a MA Bride and her father sharing an emotional and tearful hug before the ceremony

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Bakers Beach, San Francisco pre wedding portrait session with a flying kite

Bakers Beach CA kite flying SF portrait session blue sky CA engagement photography

Lille, Hauts-de-France fine art wedding flowers picture showing The father of the bride making a hug to the groom

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Cirencester Park mini embracing couple photo session with a warm hug

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The garden of Koriata, Sofia wedding photo at the restaurant showing A hug from a loved one

loved one Lubomir Jiponov restaurant hug The garden of Koriata Sofia wedding photo

The Royal Hotel, Bray, Ireland wedding photography showing the daughter remains fascinated by her bouquet even after the ceremony has finished as The two of them hug their witnesses

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B&W wedding photo from the Ceremony location in Chateau de Morey following Bridesmaids speech and hug

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Hotel La Palma Stresa Italy couples Hug at the sunset artistic wedding portrait by the flowers

Italy wedding couple Hotel La Palma Stresa hug Italy flowers artistic sunset

Reindeer-Brittany Ceremony wedding photography of a COVID mask hug outside

Bride and Groom with confetti outside of Islington Town Hall London Social Distancing Hong Phuc Bui ceremony masks covid wedding covid 19

Italy outdoor wedding photography from a Rossino castle garden ceremony of the mother's hug before the ceremony

Rossino Rossino castle mother garden Ceremony Rossino ceremonies outside ceremony Luigi Rota

Canada engagement portrait with a posed couple in Old Montreal, Quebec cuddling and laughing under a willow tree

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Wedding photography at Alto da Capela - Porto Alegre - Brazil showing the Bride thrilled to arrive at the altar

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Artistic wedding photography at Crescent Falls, AB, Canada with a Hug at the waterfalls

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Île-de-France wedding reception image of the sister's hug after speech

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Wedding image from Certaldo, Tuscany showing some love for the bride

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Luleburgaz Crying bride hugs her father while leaving home

COVID emotion FOB Luleburgaz bride and father Luleburgaz father of the bride Erkin Agsaran

England Church wedding reportage photography created as a couple embraces after their first kiss as two priests - one English and one Polish - chat and laugh together in the foreground

Patrick Mateer England church ceremonies laughter hug two priests England church weddings couple embraces

Utrecht wedding photo of a Netherlands home groom and dad hug

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