Wedding Photos of Touches

The following “Touches” 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 “Touches” 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.

Beautiful moment of sisterly love as the bride's sister embraces her after helping with the final touches of her dress, at Marriott Metrocenter in Bethesda, MD on the wedding day.

Sisterly Embrace: Bride's Sister Helps with Final Touches at Marriott Metrocenter in Bethesda, MD

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China: Hilarious moment captured at a hotel after the wedding ceremony as the bride's baby playfully touches her eyes

Hangzhou's Joyful Touch: A Delightful Post-Wedding Encounter at the Hotel

playful hotel touches Hangzhou Bride wedding ceremony Hangzhou City Zhejiang

Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil portrait e-session indoors with wonderful window light and soft touches

Brazil portrait e session soft Espírito Santo Aracruz indoors window light touches

Canada wedding photo from Old Montreal of the Groom accidentally pulling bride's veil as they walk together and he touches his new wedding ring

Canada bride with groom touches accidentally brides veil Canada Canada wedding photo

Radisson Blu Bosphorus Hotel, İstanbul wedding | image a child at the wedding touches the guest's face

Istanbul wedding image Salih Ustundag child wedding guest Radisson Blu Bosphorus Hotel Istanbul

couple touches faces in the afternoon sun for an intimate engagement portrait

peru wedding photographer Peru couples afternoon sun touches Steve Baldeon Santa Maria Peru engagement

Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe wedding ceremony - A touch of love. The bride gently touches the grooms face

Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe wedding ceremony image of A touch of love as The bride gently touches the grooms face

Truckee touches Lake Tahoe indoor wedding ceremony The Ritz Carlton Ritz Carlton wedding ceremony touch of love

a Minas Gerais couple touches each others faces during an engagement shoot in the park

faces touches touching garden park Minas Gerais

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