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.

Cascata del Toce, Italy engaged couple have a hug into the mountains during photo session

Agen, France wedding reportage photography of a big hug

smiles hugging bw bouquet outdoors France wedding reportage photographer

Covadonga, Bauru, São Paulo outdoor wedding image of a hug between the groom and the bride after the first kiss

Covadonga photographer hug Bauru wedding image São Paulo outdoor wedding First Kiss Bauru bride

London United Kingdom wedding image of a Groom sharing a hug with his grandma after she sprays him some money while dancing in with his grooms men during the reception ceremony

dancing UK groom London wedding reportage United Kingdom wedding image London Ola Bamigboye Grooms men

Scicli Beach La Fornace Italy wedding image of an outdoor Emotional Hug

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Italy wedding day image of A spontaneous hug between the groom and the bride at Palazzo Zeno, during the reception

bw Venezia Venezia groom and bride Palazzo Zeno reception italy wedding image Italy

Provence wedding reception hug between father and son

french wedding photographer Provence France father and son Provence wedding reception hug kiss

an emotional hug between the grandmother and the bride before leaving home to go to the ceremony in Milan

emotions bw Milan hug milan bride wedding ceremony Milan

The Mere, Knutsford wedding image of a family in an emotional hug

Janina Brocklesby hug Mere Knutsford emotions family hugging bw

Canada engagement portrait session with a Hug by the lake

Banff National Park AB portrait session Engagement Banff National Park pre wedding portraits Banff National Park e shoot Banff National Park engagement photos

A spontaneous hug and smile from the newly engaged couple

Minas Gerais engagement images Minas Gerais e session smile hug Victor Ataide Minas Gerais newly engaged couple

San Francisco engagement photo session | A hug in front of a passing cable car

A trolley hug in front of a passing cable car

CA San Francisco engagement photographer trolley San Francisco e shoot San Francisco pre wedding portraits hug San Francisco

Corby engagement photography in black and white

engagement photography in black and white with a hug and a kiss

hug Engagement photography Corby bride Corby Corby wedding photographer black and white

Engagement Photography Session from Rio de Janeiro / Brazil - When every little thing is in your place. For Some couples you need to give instructions about your hands, your heads etc. Others seems to know how to be fit in a hug perfectly.

Engagement Photography Session with a couple who can fit in a hug perfectly

hug Rio de Janeiro Brazil railing couple engagement photography session

Brother of the groom hugs bride tightly on dance floor during Bear Brook Valley - NJ wedding image

bride hug dance floor Bear Brook Valley brother hugs new jersey wedding photographer

Lyon Love Portraits for a Couple | Pre Wedding Engagement Session with a Hug

portraits for a Couple during a Pre Wedding Engagement Session with a Hug

Lyon pre wedding portraits Lyon engagement photographer engagement session Lyon engagement photos hug pre wedding portraiture Coralie Castillo

Guethary pre wedding portraits - A girl is giving a hug to her future husband

pre wedding portraits while A girl is giving a hug to her future husband

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Vesc, France wedding photography | Grasshopper hugs and men

Grasshopper hugs detail shot

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Terra Residence, Sofia bride and groom photography | All smiles and hugs

All smiles and hugs for the happy bride

Sofia wedding venue Terra Residence sofia wedding photographer hug sofia weddings Sofia venue

Chateau de Bagnols indoor wedding portrait of the bride and groom

Chateau de Bagnols bride groom Chateau de Bagnols bride and groom Chateau de Bagnols bridal hug

Cidade de Goiás Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: hug, couple, buildings, sky, sunset, alley

Engagement Portrait contains: hug, couple, buildings, sky, sunset, alley

alley sunset couple Goiás e shoot buildings Goiás pre wedding portraits

Brazil Pirenópolis Engagement Portrait of a Couple

Pirenopolis engagement images Pirenopolis e session smiles sun embrace Pirenopolis engagement photography Pirenopolis

Brazil Teresópolis Engagement Session Photography - Portrait

boat water dock Pirenopolis pre wedding portraits Brazil Pirenopolis couples

Engagement Picture Session - Portrait

Praia da Vila e session Praia da Vila engagement images Willian Mariot beach Praia da Vila engagement photography trees Praia da Vila pre wedding portrait

New York City Bride's home wedding photo of the bride getting ready

the bride getting ready at home

New York wedding photographer New York City NYC Weddings Emin Kuliyev home bride hug

Bride with her family during the drinks reception

reception Scotland scotland wedding photographer scotland weddings bride Mansfield Traquair

Groom hugs the bride

romania weddings Romania wedding photographer hug romania bride bride and groom

The bride hugs a young girl at the venue

bride ceremony albacete wedding venue Antonio Calatayud hug spain bride Albacete

the end of the wedding vows for the bride with a hug

Sursock Palace hug beirut weddings beirut wedding venue beirut wedding photographer Beirut

Couple session in the mountains of the Sila national park, Calabria | Image contains: hug, embrace, love, forest, trees, woods, sunlight

Couple session in the mountains of the national park

Calabria engagement session sunlight Sila national park forest hug woods embrace

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