Wedding Photos of Dad

The following “Dad” 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 “Dad” 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 top wedding photographer in Maryland captured this picture of the first look between dad and bride

A France wedding photographer at Château du Croisillat in Caraman created this image showing Dad is getting ready with cologne

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Cave Castle, South Cave, East Yorkshire wedding reportage image of the bride getting out of her wedding carriage, while her mum and dad have a kiss together in the foreground. A lovely and unexpected moment

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Normandie wedding image of true love showing Dad discovering his bride daughter

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Pennsylvania Home photo showing the Bride is getting ready and trying to get her flower girl/niece to smile while her Mom holds her. Meanwhile one of her bridesmaids is being attended to by hair and makeup as her Dad enjoys the soccer game on the couch

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Netherlands bride is getting buttoned up by her mother as dad passes through covering his eyes

Netherlands Dad buttoned up covering eyes Netherlands bridal photo Netherlands bride image Arjan van der Plaat

The Valentine, DTLA wedding photography of the bride hugging dad

Heather DeCamp bride DTLA wedding photo hugging Dad The Valentine

Wedding photography from the Thief River Falls, MN of a young girl holds on to her dad on the "party trailer ride"

Dad young Girl Thief River Falls bridal party MN trailer

France wedding photo at the Home of the bride and groom as The bride's dad discovers his daughter under the eyes of his two brothers

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East Riding of Yorkshire black and white wedding photo showing the Dad watching proudly as his daughter gets ready on her wedding day

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French tent wedding photo from a Private place at La Romieu, Gers, France of A dad is looking at his daughter lying on the dance floor

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Church of Poussan France wedding image of the bride's dad kissing her hand after leading her down the aisle

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Antwerpen wedding photo from Flanders at the reception venue of the bride hugging her palliative dad goodbye before he leaves

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Belgium Wedding Image | the bride carresses her palliative dad right after the ceremony

Belgium Wedding Image taken as the bride carresses her palliative dad right after the ceremony

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Belgium Wedding Photography | the bride's father evokes a sad response while entering church (he passed away 1 month later because of a tumor)

Belgium Wedding Photography of the bride's father with a sad response while entering church

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UK, Hertfordshire, Parents Home wedding reportage image of A dad stepping out of a shed just before the service

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Groom's dad speak to the groom and his brother during the getting ready process at their private home on Martha's Vineyard

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wedding detail photography picture showing The dad is holding the rings

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Auch, protestant church, France wedding image of Dad holding his daughter and both are crying

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A dad hugging his daughter on her wedding day in Arette, France

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Emotional Wedding Ceremony with the bride crying and hugging her dad at the Villa Eva, Amalfi Coast, Italy

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The bride has arrived in the churchyard and dissolves in a kiss to her daughter who awaits her with relatives and dad for the ceremony in Bergamo, Italy

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Shaanxi hotel photo in black and white of the Bride and father

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Whitby Castle Westchester, New York wedding venue photography | dad and daughter cry before wedding

Whitby Castle Westchester, New York wedding venue photo of dad and daughter crying before wedding

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Woodend Sanctuary, Chevy Chase MD wedding photography | Father of the bride rides in the back seat of the car with the three tier cake his daughter, the bride, made from scratch.

Woodend Sanctuary, Chevy Chase MD wedding photography - the Father of the bride rides in the back seat of the car with the three tier cake his daughter, the bride, made from scratch.

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New York City Wedding Ceremony Photography | Bride and her dad wait inside before entering the ceremony

New York City Wedding Ceremony Photo of the Bride and her dad waiting inside before entering the ceremony

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Ketubah signing at ceremony location of bride with her parents | N. CA wedding photography

Ketubah signing at ceremony location of bride with her parents in this N. CA wedding photo

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The bride, her dad and Poppy the doodle making their big entrance

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Photos of Bride and her dad walking down the aisle to begin the ceremony

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An emotional bride reacting to her dad's speech

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