Wedding Photos of Ceremony

The following “Ceremony” 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 “Ceremony” 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 Long Island, NY wedding photographer captured this picture of the Groom getting overwhelmed with emotion during the ceremony A top Long Island, NY wedding photographer captured this picture of the Groom getting overwhelmed with emotion during the

Best Tunnels Beaches documentary wedding photography showing a flower girl tossing flower petals at the ceremony

flower girl tossing UK Tunnels Beaches documentary weddings ceremony Tunnels Beaches

A top Occitanie wedding photographer captured this picture of Groom and his mother waiting for the bride with emotion

groom Waiting emotion Occitanie wedding photographer mother church France

An exceptional Costa Rica wedding image by a pro CR photographer at Iglesia Católica de Asunción de Belén Heredia exhibiting the Bride and groom laughing during the ceremony

Costa Rica Iglesia Católica laughing Asunción Costa Rica wedding image ceremony CR photographer

A tasteful Udine documentary wedding photography example from La Brunelde in Fagagna showing the Brides vows during ceremony

Fagagna La Brunelde La Brunelde weddings bride IT vows

A top featured image from Jackson, NH among the best wedding photography at Whitneys Inn showing The bride and groom waving after exiting the ceremony and crossing the street to the reception venue

NH wedding photography street crossing NH bride Jackson weddings ceremony NH

An extraordinary Lodz wedding image by a professional Poland photographer conveying the Bride and groom hugging during their ceremony

PL Bride and groom Lodz Lodz wedding image hugging Poland photographer ceremony

A top Northern Ireland wedding photographer captured this picture at Hare Krishna Island showing The bride and groom gently holding one anothers heads, symbolically, towards the end of the ceremony

bride and groom holding heads Hare Krishna Island wedding Jonathan Ryder ceremony symbolically Northern Ireland

A top San Francisco wedding photographer captured this picture of The brides mom giving the bride a hug after walking her down the aisle to the ceremony as The grooms family looks on with teary eyes

teary eyes california bride Grooms family aisle California san francisco wedding photographer

An exceptional Buitenplaats Amerongen event venue wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Netherlands photographer communicating the Bride and groom leaving the ceremony, guest watching, laughing

Buitenplaats Amerongen weddings Netherlands photographer ceremony laughing NL bride and groom leaving Buitenplaats Amerongen

Best France wedding photojournalism picture from Chateau de Vallery of the bride and groom surrounded by flower pedals while exiting the ceremony

bride and groom Oliver Saillard exiting France Chateau de Vallery ceremony flower pedals

An extraordinary Spoleto wedding image by a professional Umbria photographer at Villa Pianciani showing The bride was crying during the ceremony held by her friends

Villa Pianciani ceremony crying Villa Pianciani wedding venue friends Spoleto wedding image Italy

Praiseworthy Paris wedding photography sample from France showing the Wedding ring exchange ceremony from a low angle

France Paris wedding photography ring exchange Patrick Lombaert ceremony Paris low angle

World's most innovative and best Chengdu wedding photography from the moment of the ceremony When the bride comes out, the brides parents hold the skirt for her, the brides mother holds the brides hand, and the bride holds her fathers arm

brides hand China bride father Brides mother ceremony holds holding

A first rate wedding detail picture from a Hoeven marriage event at Landgoed Tielens in The Netherlands showing The text of the wedding official got completely wet during the ceremony due to the rain

rain wedding official Hoeven Landgoed Tielens venue NL wedding picture raining ceremony

A Paris documentary wedding photographer captured this multi layered moment from an Iranian ceremony with masks

Iranian moment ceremony paris wedding photographer masks multi layered Lea Torrieri

A documentary wedding photographer in Paris captured this picture that is showing Bride and groom happy after the ceremony

ceremony bride and groom happy Paris wedding picture Paris french wedding photographer Lea Torrieri

A wedding photojournalist on North Lake Tahoe captured this moment showing the Bride and groom exiting the ceremony with their dog

California wedding photojournalist moment Lake Tahoe exiting North Lake Tahoe ceremony

A wedding photojournalist in Blue Hill, Maine captured this moment of The bride and her wedding party watching out the window as guests enter the ceremony

window bride ceremony Maine wedding photojournalist wedding party Blue Hill guests

A documentary wedding photographer in East Yorkshire UK captured this picture of A woman using her partner as a table to write their wedding card just before the ceremony

UK documentary weddings UK wedding picture woman UK Photographer partner east yorkshire Patrick Mateer

A documentary wedding photographer at Timberlock Camp in Indian Lake, NY captured this picture of A joyful moment exiting the ceremony

A documentary wedding photographer at Timberlock Camp in Indian Lake, NY captured this picture of A joyful moment of brides exiting the ceremony

joyful ceremony Timberlock Camp moment exiting NY wedding picture

An Indian Lake NY documentary-style wedding image at Timberlock Camp showing a moment as Guests react to an emotional moment in the ceremony

Indian Lake emotional Timberlock Camp react moment ceremony

A Italy documentary style wedding image showing a moment in Parrano, Umbria showing the couple and their outdoor Exit from the Ceremony

Parrano exit Umbria ceremony Umbria couple Parrano wedding image

View this significant moment in Nicolaikerk, Utrecht wedding picture of the bride and groom leaving the church after the ceremony

Nicolaikerk documentary weddings Utrecht wedding picture Utrecht photographer Nicolaikerk leaving church bride and groom ceremony

A Netherlands documentary wedding photographer at Markiezenhof in Bergen op Zoom captured this picture of the bride with her friends after the ceremony

friends Markiezenhof ceremony Bergen op Zoom NL wedding photographer bride Leonard Walpot

A Illinois documentary-style wedding image showing a moment at the Westin Hotel Itasca during an Indian ceremony outdoors under umbrellas

An Illinois documentary style wedding image showing a moment at the Westin Hotel Itasca during an Indian ceremony outdoors under umbrellas

ceremony indian Westin Hotel Itasca Illinois documentary wedding outdoors Illinois wedding image

View this impressive Philadelphia wedding image showing the Bride watches as her bridesmaids team up to dry off the bouquets before heading off to the ceremony

Philadelphia photographer bridesmaids Philadelphia ceremony Philadelphia wedding image JD Land bouquets

A top Belgium wedding reportage photographer town hall captured this picture of the ring bearer inspecting the rings during the ceremony

town hall ceremony picture rings Belgium Belgium wedding reportage ceremony inspecting Belgium photographer

A Flanders wedding reportage photographer captured this moment of the girls getting ready for the ceremony

Flanders Flanders photographer flanders wedding reportage Sven Soetens girls ceremony getting ready

View this emotional, powerful Raamsdonksveer wedding image at De Stek venue capturing the brides parents and sister are very emotional during the ceremony

Netherlands photographer ceremony brides parents Raamsdonksveer De Stek NL outdoor weddings

Pages

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.