Wedding Photos of Mother

The following “Mother” 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 “Mother” 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.

Limerick wedding reportage image from Munster at the Home of Groom showing Breakfast with the groomsmen with his mother looking on

The Bride's daughter puts lipstick for her mother at their home in Courbevoie, France

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A Colorado bride is sharing photo moments with her mother from her phone that took place earlier in the day

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wedding photography from a Private venue, Birmingham, UK of an Emotional father of the bride

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wedding reportage photography from England during the ceremony showing A mother cries during the processional, hiding her face completely with a handkerchief

Hollie Mateer England East Yorkshire wedding reportage walking down the aisle east yorkshire bride mother

Mantova, Italy Wedding Image | The mother of the groom, very sick and supported by her husband, expresses the desire to get up to check that the child is in order

Mantova, Italy Wedding Image of The mother of the groom, very sick and supported by her husband, expresses the desire to get up to check that the child is in order

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wedding photography image from Villa Podernovo di Monticiano, Siena, Italy of The Bride's mother helping the daughter to wear shoes

wedding image from Villa Podernovo di Monticiano, Siena, Italy of The Bride's mother helping the daughter to wear shoes

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Outdoor Quebec wedding photography from Parc du Mont Royal, Montreal of the Wedding couple and mother of the groom chatting with guests who attended the wedding online

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Upton Barn Wedding Image | Father of bride reacting seeing his daughter in her dress

Upton Barn Wedding Image of the Father of bride reacting seeing his daughter in her dress

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Asbury Park, New Jersey wedding image of a Mother embracing daughter during bittersweet moment at Asbury Park

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Palm Event Center, Pleasanton, California wedding image of the Granddaughter and Bride (Grandmother took care of Bride when mother was away during Viettnam war in Saigon)

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Happy bride and her mother dancing at a Kustendil, Bulgaria wedding venue

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Shaanxi home photos at the wedding | The bride, the bride's mother and grandmother embraced each other

Xian brides mother black and white hugging bride embracing

Mom watching bride getting her make up done

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Dolna Strehova, Slovakia wedding pictures of the Groom and mother

the Groom hugs his mother

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Wedding photography at a venue in Montagnac, France | The bride takes off her panties with these bridesmaid

The bride takes off her panties with her bridesmaids

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Mother and best friend become emotional after seeing the bride

Netherlands wedding photographer Hoeven wedding photography mother Bovendonk getting ready black and white

Grandma is holding the bride's hand

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Brookstreet Hotel /Aquatopia - Wedding pictures of the Bride Getting ready

the Bride Getting ready with some help

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The brides parents walk her down the aisle

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Île-de-France Ceremony of the Wedding: The bride's mum and the bridesmaids are drying the bride's tears

The bride's mother and the bridesmaids are drying the bride's tears

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The bride's mom and sister rigorously getting rid of a few wrinkles

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The mother of groom wipes lipstick off him after kissing at front of aisle

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The groom swings his mother around while the bride looks amusingly and lovingly to her husband's dancing moves

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Antwerpen - The bride is dancing with her parents right after the first dance, on the same song they danced 24 years ago when the parents got married when the bride was 4 - emotional moments.

The bride is dancing with her parents right after the first dance, on the same song they danced 24 years ago when the parents got married when the bride was 4 - emotional moments

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Bride get ready for the ceremony

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Bride and mother embrace while getting ready prior to the ceremony

NC wedding image embrace Neil Thurston mother NC wedding bride Corolla

Wedding pictures from a home in amsterdam, netherlands - hug grooms and mother

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The mother of the bride is helping her with the veil

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