Wedding Photos of Wishes

The following “Wishes” 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 “Wishes” 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.

This UK wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Leicestershire wedding photography looks like, as the bride's brother wishes his grandfather well at the Prestwold Hall, as he returns back to the nursing home

View this decorative La Collina dei Desideri wedding image of a newly married couple at the end of the reception on the hill of wishes, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Bergamo, Italy from the WPJA

decorative La Collina dei Desideri wedding image of a newly married couple at the end of the reception on the hill of wishes, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Bergamo, Italy

hill decorative light strings La Collina dei Desideri weddings dusk La Collina dei Desideri Italy

Noord-Holland wedding reportage moment of some good luck wishes just before ceremony

Noord Holland wedding reportage Netherlands Teun Bakker NL bride good luck North Holland wishes

Occitanie Jewish Ceremony wedding photography showing the Bride and groom during wishes

Jewish Ceremony wedding photo wishes Occitanie bride and groom

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.