Wedding Photos of Paper

The following “Paper” 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 “Paper” 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.

The couple beamed with joy as they were pelted with grains and colorful paper in the Iglesia de La Merced in Jaén, Spain, surrounded by their loved ones who cheered and celebrated, and couldn't stop laughing and smiling

A couple, surrounded by their loved ones, were all smiles and laughter as they showered each other with grains and colorful paper

colorful confetti laugh colorful Iglesia de La Merced Jaen photographer showered loved ones

World's most innovative and best Chengdu wedding photography of The groom writing down his wedding vows, from under the glass table The words on the white paper are clearly visible, We can see the shadow left by the nib on the paper

bw nib paper Chengdu wedding photography white paper Cheng Gu shadow

View this creative Sichuan wedding image showing The bride's mother needs to write down some things to be prepared for the wedding, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Sichuan wedding image showing The bride's mother needs to write down some things to be prepared for the wedding, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

Sichuan photographer wedding photography Sichuan wedding image write down paper Brides mother hands

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

capturing moment gazing paper Detail Shot eyes wedding photo York Mills Gallery wedding venue

Lyon wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of a bride reading her speech from a piece of a paper as she wipes a tear from her cheek

Lyon wedding photo of a bride reading her speech from a piece of a paper as she wipes a tear from her cheek

wipes speech wedding ceremony bw reading paper french bride

a woman holding the groom as he tears up reading a letter

Barcelona crying hand paper white cry Color

a woman standing on a bed while the bride, reflected in a mirror, gets her hair done in the other room

mirror black and white reflection door hair paper letter

North Carolina Wedding Photography | Image contains: black white speech notes detail

Photo by: Christobal Perez - Raleigh North Carolina

Chapel Hill reading black and white North Carolina paper suit hands

paper white black and white speech

jewish beard paper black and white hats

Bangkok wedding photographer captured this photo of the wedding rings sitting on a newspaper showcasing the date the bride and grooms wedding

ring detail newspaper white letters ring paper Bangkok

Charleston Wedding Photography | Image contains: paper, pen, color, bride, hands, reflection, table

face reflection Color hands paper hand

hands speech paper black and white microphone

paper tie hands black and white watch

paper planes

Boston wedding photographer captured this photo of a wedding guest giving a speech at a reception being held under a tent

Lights pages dance floor toast tent Boston paper

London wedding photographer captured this photo of the bride and groom exiting the ceremony amid a storm of paper airplanes

London wedding photo of the bride and groom exiting the ceremony amid a storm of paper airplanes

airplanes ceremony bride London groom Color England

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