Wedding Photos of Wedding

The following “Wedding” 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” 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.

Fujian groom photos of getting ready for the wedding - smoking wedding pictures

Germany wedding photography for Solingen - Wedding Reception Rain is coming

wedding photography of Reception Rain coming

raindrops wedding reception vest Solingen photography rain Germany

Mersin/Turkey Wedding Day Photo Portrait Session | Couple going up stairs in the groom's grandfather's chicken farm.

Wedding Day Photo Portrait Session with a Couple going up stairs in the groom's grandfather's chicken farm

groom Turkey session couple photo Mersin Chicken Farm

Roma getting ready details of the groom getting help with cufflinks

image of getting ready details and the groom getting help with cufflinks

hands Roma groom accessories details cufflinks wedding

indian wedding reception dancing

dancing Sacramento Weddings Sacramento bride indian indian wedding reception Sacramento

wedding day portrait of the bride and groom coming to the location on a bike

Hoeven Hoeven Venue Bride & groom Hoeven wedding photography wedding portrait Bovendonk

Western Australia Wedding Photographer: Getting ready for the tea ceremony

Wedding Photo of the Getting ready for the tea ceremony

photographer Marriage Celebrations Western Australia Wedding Planning preparation wedding getting ready

Photo taken during bride's preparation at the pool with all the women

women pool Arad preparation Romania wedding photo

Church stairs wedding portrait of a couple while looking up

Zhejiang looking up couples wedding church stairs swirling stairs spiral stairs couple

firenze - certosa couple portrait in the windows | wedding day photography in black and white

couple portrait in the windows on wedding day photography in black and white

Firenze Brides veil photography Couple portrait windows black and white Couple portrait Black and White certosa couple portrait

wedding detail image of the Groom's tie and drink before the wedding

Bulgaria wedding image detail image wedding Bulgaria wedding photography drink Grooms tie getting ready

Portrait of the Bride and Groom indoors

Groom Indoors Photo Ragusa Passeggiata Cantina Cantina villa wedding venue photo portrait

Ring shot at a wedding in upstate NY with a praying mantis

Ring shot at a wedding in upstate with a praying mantis

Upstate NY Wedding Upstate wedding garden wedding NY New York Praying Mantis

wedding detail of the bride's hands decorated with henna

Mumbai bride Wedding Detail Henna hands Bride's Hands Henna henna wedding

wedding detail photo of the bride's shoes, bouquet and garter hanging from a clothesline

Reggio Calabria Detail Photo Bride clothesline Shoes Bouquet Garter bride shoes detail Reggio Calabria wedding

Graz Schlossberg wedding image of the bride shot from above in the backyard of the ceremony location. She picked the flowers for her bouquet herself.

wedding image of the bride shot from above in the backyard of the ceremony location. She picked the flowers for her bouquet herself.

wedding Graz Schlossberg picked flowers bouquet Graz Schlossberg ceremony picked flowers ceremony location Graz backyard wedding

wedding portrait in the autumn fog, as a motorcyclist drives by

Switzerland peaceful Muri Aargau Outdoor groom wedding

Sofia wedding photographer in Bulgaria | Little guest of the wedding crying, while her parents greeting the newly weds.

a Little guest of the wedding is crying

Little crying sofia wedding guest wedding bulgaria reception photography Boris Hristov

Bragadiru Palace Wedding Photo - kids on the dance floor during reception party

kids on the dance floor during wedding after party

Bragadiru Palace wedding after party Bragadiru Palace Wedding Photo kids

Portrait of the bride, framed through wine glasses

wine wedding BW photography bride BW wedding portrait italy bride Convento dei Neveri

wedding image of a couple in black and white with smoke surrounding them.

smoke black and white groom bw image baserri maitea couple bride Baserri Maitea

Photo of Agen, France wedding tears during outdoor ceremony

wedding tears during outdoor ceremony speech

Agen Outdoor ceremony speech France wedding ceremony image tears wedding

Sea Breeze New Jersey getting ready wedding photography showing bride's dress buttoned

Sea Breeze New Jersey getting ready wedding image showing bride's dress buttoned

Sea Breeze bride getting ready dress New Jersey wedding photography buttoned

Orchardview Weddings and Events | Photo of the Bride listening to Speeches

Bride listening to Speeches at the wedding reception venue

speeches wedding reception venue Kathi Robertson bride Orchardview Weddings and Events

wedding cake cutting photo

cake cutting wedding Burg Rheinstein photo

Wedding couple giving a speech under a tent

wedding speech under a tent Massachusetts reception venue Wellfleet

wedding at home | Detail photo of the wedding rings

Photo Detail Netherlands leaves netherlands wedding wedding rings Netherlands Wedding Photography rings

wedding venue pictures - romantic portrait in black and white of the bride and groom

wedding pictures groom romantic portrait villa di bagno villa di bagno Mantova wedding

wedding detail of the bride puckering up as blush is applied.

wedding Brazil Blush Hotel Le Chateux Joá Rio de Janeiro getting ready Brazil wedding

Groom in the barber shop before his wedding ceremony

São Paulo groom barber shop wedding Sao Paulo grooms Sao Paulo wedding photography São Paulo

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