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.

View this dramatic Poplar Springs Manor dramatic seated wedding couple portrait on a vintage sofa which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Warrenton, VA from the WPJA

Poplar Springs Manor dramatic seated wedding couple portrait on a vintage sofa which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Warrenton, VA

Frederick's, Camden, London marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The flower girl from the wedding sipping a drink with an innocent expression, against a background of iconic imagery from the world of popular music

marriage reception venue wedding sipping Fredericks drink background Camden

Camp Hale, Redcliffe, Colorado outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The couple ending their wedding with a sendoff

co couple Redcliffe wedding photographer Colorado Camp Hale Redcliffe wedding Night

View this pictorial Telluride wedding photo showing The couple walks among the wildflowers shortly after their wedding in Telluride on the San Sophia Overlook, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

Telluride wedding photo showing The couple walks among the wildflowers shortly after their wedding in Telluride on the San Sophia Overlook, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado

Colorado Colorado wedding photography Telluride Telluride wedding photo Summit County photographer couple walks San Sophia Overlook

Montpellier, France outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the bride doing push-ups during the wedding

Montpellier wedding France outdoor wedding Night marriage reception party photo Lights bride

Rhodes Hall, Atlanta marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the Bride and her aunt helping brides daughter get ready for the wedding while a friend looks on

get ready Atlanta Georgia daughter wedding GA GA wedding photographer

Sofitel Singapore City Centre artful style wedding detail picture showing The wedding and engagement rings in a row

engagement rings wedding Singapore artistic ring detail in a row Sofitel Singapore City Centre artful style Charles Sng

Bodrum, Turkey wedding artistic image session for a Couple posing in a peach garden

Bodrum couple portrait couple posing peach garden artistic image session wedding Bodrum

Colorado wedding couple artistic image session with a pose for a portrait during their wedding at Holy Name Catholic Church

Colorado wedding couple artistic image session pose wedding Colorado couple portrait portrait

Liesbosch, Breda artistic image session for a Wedding couple photo shoot, with beautiful backlight

Breda artistic image session couple photo shoot Liesbosch Liesbosch bride to be wedding

A top wedding photographer in Herault captured this picture at the Domaine Fon de Rey outdoors showing the Throwing of bouquet at a wedding

bouquet Domaine Fon de Rey Herault Herault wedding photographer outdoors wedding

Henan wedding party artistic image session with shadows and light of the men from the wedding

shadows and light Henan artistic image session wedding party men Henan groom

Fujian wedding photographer contest award winning image from the hotel during the Game session at the wedding

fujian weddings fujian wedding photographer wedding hotel door games game

A top Jiangsu wedding photographer in Suzhou captured this picture of the The dogs at the wedding hotel ceremony

outdoors toasting wedding Jiangsu wedding photography dogs hotel ceremony

A wedding photographer in Occitanie created this image of mother discovering her daughter with her dress, the same dress for the mum wedding and daughter wedding so a lot of emotion

Occitanie wedding mum daughter Marion Pomes daughter emotion wedding

De Klinge bride and groom wedding portrait session on a bench with trees

De Klinge bride De Klinge wedding trees portrait session groom bench

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin adventurous wedding portrait of the bride being tossed into the air by the men

Bas Rhin men Bas Rhin bride portrait of the bride Bas Rhin photographer tossed into the air wedding

Fujian artistic wedding detail image of wedding rings

detail image wedding rings wedding rings Fujian red artistic

Avon Gorge, Hotel du Vin wedding detail picture by Bristol wedding photographer

Avon Gorge wedding Detail Picture Bristol wedding photographer Hotel Du Vin

Netherlands bride and groom wedding portrait session in the blue hour

lit blue hour light wedding groom portrait session netherlands bride

Beijing bride and groom wedding portrait session

portrait session Beijing wedding bride and groom beijing bride Beijing couple

Bas-Rhin bride and groom wedding portrait session by Stasbourg wedding photographer - In a vineyard close to the Reception Venue, I propose the couple to realize night shot. I put some backlight to have the silhouette of the couple and some details

details Backlight Stasbourg wedding photographer couple night shot silhouette Bas Rhin

Rust Manor House, Leesburg, VA bride and groom wedding portrait session with a sunbeam through the window

portrait session Leesburg bride VA bride and groom sunbeam Leesburg wedding window

Koper, Slovenia fine art wedding couple portrait with some amazing Autumn colours

wedding couple portrait Slovenia bridal Autumn colours Koper Slovenia fine art

Crested Butte, CO bride and groom standing for a quick portrait with Gothic Mountain in the background for this wedding portrait session

Gothic Mountain Crested Butte Crested Butte bride wedding CO background quick portrait

French groom is getting ready for the wedding with his team and he uses a stapler for his shirt

team stapler getting ready wedding France French Groom Lea Torrieri

Wedding photograph from Gramado Mother Church of the groom right before the ceremony

wedding Gramado Mother Church ceremony groom

Wedding photograph from the Seton Hall Chapel University, New Jersey - flower girl stands in front of the crowd before bride and groom exit the church

exit the church bride and groom crowd Seton Hall Chapel University New Jersey flower girl

Wedding photography from Bergenfield, New Jersey of the bride and groom toast during NJ backyard wedding

wedding toast bride and groom New Jersey Bergenfield NJ backyard wedding

Wedding photo from Desmond Hotel Malvern, Pennsylvania showing the bride in a Hora dance during the reception dance party

Hora reception hora dance Desmond Hotel Malvern dance party bride

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