Wedding Photos of Wedding gown

The following “Wedding gown” 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 “Wedding gown” 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.

A heartwarming moment at The Bride's House in Jarnac, France as the father views the sight of his daughter in her beautiful wedding gown, surrounded by her mother, sister, and niece in this candid wedding day photograph.

Tender Moment at The Bride's House in Jarnac Captures Emotion of Father Seeing Daughter

In Paris, Île-de-France, a bride adjusts her wedding gown near a window as she prepares for her big day, captured by a wedding photographer.

Unveiling Dreams: A Parisian Bride's Journey to Happily Ever After

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In Foggia, Apulia, at the bride's home, she is seen peacefully holding her bouquet in a gentle illumination, ready for the wedding ceremony

The Serene Bride: A Moment of Peace in Foggia, Apulia

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A heartwarming detail captured at Residence House Ruse Boutique Hotel in Ruse, Bulgaria. The maid of honor gracefully helps the bride with her elegant wedding gown.

Graceful Maid of Honor Assists Bride with Elegant Wedding Gown at Residence House Ruse Boutique Hotel in Bulgaria

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This urban wedding image was created in Orleans: the bride changed into her wedding gown in a concrete underground parking structure, with witnesses present

A wedding gown was changed into in Orleans' underground parking structure, witnessed by guests

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Photo by: Carlos Porfírio - Lisbon

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Detailed wedding gown shot at Domaine de Fon de Rey - a creative and warm-toned reflection captured beautifully.

Reflective Elegance: A Captivating Glimpse into the Domaine de Fon de Rey Wedding

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At sunrise in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, the couple in love poses for a portrait as the bride gracefully holds out her gown

The couple in love posed for a portrait at sunrise, with the bride elegantly displaying her gown

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The bride is at home being helped to close her dress so that she is ready to join her future husband at the wedding ceremony in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, with details of her back visible in the picture

In Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, the bride is being helped to close her dress

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The bride's delicate skin tones are beautifully complemented by the soft white of the lace sleeve of her wedding gown, creating a romantic atmosphere in her home in Sliven, Bulgaria

The bride's wedding gown, with its lace sleeves and complementary delicate skin tones, creates a romantic atmosphere in her home

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At Tunnels Beaches wedding venue in Devon, England, a close up of the bride's wedding gown and the groom's shoes and trousers against a grey slate floor make for a beautiful wedding picture

Devon, England's Tunnels Beaches wedding venue features a stunning wedding photo of the bride's dress and groom's shoes and trousers on a grey slate floor

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A talented Hong Kong wedding photographer captured exquisite textures of the bride's gown, hands and shoes in a pre-wedding photo session

BW artistic wedding photo from Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong showing textures of the wedding gown, embellished with the bride's hands and her shoes, shot candidly during bridal prep

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At the Ruse Bulgaria Bride's home, she is dressing up in the wedding gown

The Bride is getting ready for her special day at her home, donning the wedding gown of her dreams

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Top Maine natural wedding photography at the Southern Maine Community College created as The bride and her mom reach for her wedding gown handing in the window under outdoor lighting

the bride and her mom reach for her wedding gown handing in the window under outdoor lighting

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Bride's dad discovers his daughter in a pre wedding Photo

The bride's father saw her for the first time in her wedding gown

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Bride reacts when father enters room at Carriage Hall, Nottingham, UK

The bride was overcome with emotion when her father entered the room and saw her dressed in her wedding gown

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San Francisco wedding planning detail photo ideas - California photography showing the Wedding gown and shoes on the front porch of a rustic cabin

San Francisco, California photography showing the Wedding gown and shoes on the front porch of a rustic cabin

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A top Bulgaria wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Ruse wedding venue, Cosmopolitan Hotel, showcasing the bridesmaids helping the bride get her wedding gown on

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Wedding photography from Wong Keng Tei, Sai Kung, Hong Kong (Bride's home) - Bride having her make-up done, the natural surroundings of her house and her wedding gown were reflected by the glass door of there terrace.

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Picture of a Schenectady, NY bride wearing her wedding gown holds her sleeping baby while a little flower girls straightens her train.

Danielle Gardner straightens NY bride wearing sleeping baby wedding gown train

Bride is getting some help putting on her wedding gown for her France ceremony

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Philadelphia bride gets some help from her mom and sister putting on her wedding gown

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Italian wedding image of the hands of the bride while she is nervously holding her veil

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Detail photo of bride's dress and veil on sand dunes at the Great Sand Dunes National Park (Mosca, CO)

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Pisa wedding detail image of his hand on her gown in black and white

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Sestri Levante low angle getting ready photo of the back of the dress getting buttoned

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Borgo Santo Pietro, Tuscany, Siena, Chiusdino image of The Wedding dress hanging during the active getting ready session

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Covadonga bouquet detail of the bridal flowers and dress on the natural ground

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Tsarevo, Bulgaria Wedding rings detail image with her dress and bare feet on the grass

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Image of The bride ironing her dress before her wedding at Château de Brissac, France

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