Wedding Photos of Waiting for bride

The following “Waiting for bride” 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 “Waiting for bride” 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.

Photograph taken at a wedding in Church of Vienne - Isère - France. The bride's daughter waits for her mother, looking into the glass of the car. A cute moment frozen in time.

Sweet Moment: Bride's Daughter gazes lovingly at Mother in Wedding Car in Vienne, France

In Ragusa, Sicily, bridesmaids eagerly await the arrival of the bride at a beautiful church, captured in this WPJA Blue award-winning photograph

Anticipating the Bride: The Enchanting Church Tale in Ragusa, Sicily

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From Santa Barbara In the woods near a wedding venue, a groom waits for the bride to arrive

The groom, seated on a bench in the woods near a wedding venue and fixing his stylish top hat, eagerly awaited the bride's arrival

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Top Calabria natural wedding photography at Cattedrale di Gerace in Reggio Calabria in black and white showing the wait for the bride

A Reggio Calabria wedding photographer captured guests in black and white, waiting for the bride in a church with light shafts and flares beaming down

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Levallois Perret candid documentary wedding photography in Hauts-de-Seine, France capturing The groom and his son waiting while the bride gets ready

Levallois Perret waiting for bride France photographer Hauts-de-Seine Gaelle Caré groom and son

The young girl eagerly waited at Southfarm in Cambridgeshire for the bride to arrive, her hand pressed against the window in anticipation

The toddler girl eagerly awaited the bride's arrival, her hand against the window

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Everyone waits in excitement before the bride arrives to the Flanders ceremony

picture of Everyone waiting in excitement before the bride arrives to the Flanders ceremony

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