Wedding Photos of Picture

The following “Picture” 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 “Picture” 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.

Wedding day picture at Plage de Vendée, portraying the bride gazing at the ocean with an artistic feel reminiscent of a painting.

Bride's Serene Ocean Gaze: An Artistic Wedding Moment At Plage De Vendée Beach

A beautiful shot capturing a guest taking a mobile phone picture of the elegant bride on her wedding day at Borgo Fregnano in Faenza, Italy.

Elegant Bride Captured by Guest at Borgo Fregnano, Faenza, Italy Wedding Day

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A documentary wedding photographer receives a WPJA Honor Award for this joyful image captured at Parker's Garage in LBI, NJ. The picture shows three sets of couples laughing on the dance floor at a wedding.

Dancing Smiles of Love and Laughter: Award-Winning Documentary Wedding Photo at Parker's Garage, LBI, NJ

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A romantic couple gazes adoringly at each other in the enchanting barrel room of District Winery in Washington DC

Enchanting Romance: A Gaze in the Barrel Room at District Winery

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Lisbon lifestyle portrait forest photography for a Portugal couple who are engaged and posing for the picture and surrounded by nature in the forest filled with trees

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A documentary wedding photographer at the Merrydale Manor captured this picture of the Bride getting in her dress and flower girl looking on

United Kingdom flower girl Over Peover bride UK documentary wedding photographer Andy Griffiths picture

Pre-wedding engagement image-session at Calle Aldama in San Miguel de Allende with the groom to holding the flash with his right hand to take this picture where the background is the great Parish

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Domaine de l'Orangerie, France indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing Grooms friends during a dance battle

battle Domaine de lOrangerie France reception party groom France friends

Borgo della Merluzza, Rome outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the bride getting her picture taken with friends whilst a guest in drinking in the foreground

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Groton Inn, MA marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing grooms people mirror fixings

Bancroft Castle Groton Inn Gibbet Hill bathroom hotel mirror fixings

Brittany marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing a child on the floor while the bride is getting ready

Brittany marriage image Children floor Brittany cat bw Elodie Gentit

Sylvanside Farm, Purcellville, VA indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing an emotional Father daughter dance

Purcellville wedding photographer dance picture Purcellville daughter Sylvanside Farm VA indoor wedding

France town hall marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the bride with her father

FOB preparation time strasbourg photographer picture Marck Yvan bride france wedding photographer

A top Istanbul wedding photographer at the Divan Hotel captured this picture of Bride is getting ready with her reflection on the mirror

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A top wedding photographer in Chalet Bolquère captured this picture showing the Getting ready scene shot from the mezzanine

Bolquère picture Chalet Bolquère mezzanine wedding photographer Bolquère bridal preparations

A top wedding photographer at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego captured this picture showing the bride laughs during vows during intimate beach ceremony

beach ceremony intimate wedding photographer bride laughs Sunset Cliffs San Diego

A top wedding photographer at Hanbury Manor in Hertfordshire captured this picture of some outdoor Wedding Tug of War on the grass

picture Hanbury Manor Tug of War outdoor wedding Hertfordshire grass

A top Netherlands wedding photographer in Vianen, just outside city hall, captured this picture of The bride giving a handkiss to someone in the audience while everybody is celebrating their marriage

marriage audience City hall Vianen bride Thomas Jongbloed handkiss Netherlands wedding photographer

A top wedding photographer in Soriano Calabro, Calabria captured this picture of The bridesmaids at the grooms house

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A top wedding reportage photographer at Christchurch Mayfair in London captured this picture of a festive Confetti shot

London ceremony Christchurch Mayfair picture festive Kristian Leven London Confetti shot

A top Montana wedding photographer in Butte captured this picture of groomsmen preparing for the marriage ceremony

Butte groom marriage ceremony Butte montana wedding photographer groomsmen picture

A top wedding photographer in Limoges captured this picture of the arrival of the bride in the back of a convertible vintage auto

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A top wedding photographer at Mas Saint Germain in France captured this picture in BW showing The groom throws a gamepad to the single men

France wedding photographer Mas Saint Germain picture France groom single men

A top wedding photographer at the Orleans Town Hall captured this picture of the groom saying, Lets get louder to the motorcycle group

groom motorcycle Orleans Town Hall Henri Deroche Orleans wedding Orléans picture

A top wedding photographer in Maryland captured this picture of the first look between dad and bride

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A top Ireland wedding reportage photographer at the CloughJordan House captured this picture showing Priest needs a little help reading the vows during the ceremony

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A top wedding photographer in Emigrant, Montana captured this picture in BW of Groomsmen playing pool

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Wedding photo from Flanders - Friends of the bride and groom pose the couple to have a picture of them on their different camera's

Fille Roelants Wedding photo Flanders pose bride and groom picture camera

Erice, Sicily artistic image of the bride getting ready at the Hotel Carmine

A picture of the bride having her hair done at the Hotel Venue was taken before the event

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Essen, Germany artistic wedding couple portrait from Margaretenhöhe during a Wedding Couple Shoot

artistic wedding couple portrait during a Wedding Couple Shoot

Photo. Wedding Couple Shoot bride and groom photo Wedding Photo Session shoot Margaretenhöhe artistic wedding picture

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