Wedding Photos of Departure

The following “Departure” 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 “Departure” 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.

Wedding Photographer in Milan Image contains: black and white, vertical, car, road, cypress trees

An aerial photo of a VW coupe in Florence Tuscany contains a wedding couple driving down the road with a beautiful water view to the side

blue departure convertible driving water transportation street

Raleigh Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: bubbles, exiting ceremony, bride and groom, guests, cameras, black and white

A black and white documentary-style wedding photo captures the moment of the bride and groom exiting the ceremony, surrounded by guests, bubbles, and cameras

groom departure bubbles bubble Raleigh black and white Raleigh Wedding Photographer

humorous image of the bride and groom ducking from doves as they swoop in after the ceremony

birds church departure black and white Lecco bird

Reggio Calabria Wedding Photographer Image contains: couple, coach, street, city, black, white, ceremony

waving smiling departure street smile laughing

Public transport on a cloudy day in Rome for this black and white wedding pic

seats reflection glass black and white departure bride seat

Florence Wedding Photography | Image contains: brick road, brick buildings, red car, rain, umbrella, bride and groom

departure red buildings building brick car

Arezzo wedding photographer captured this humorous photo of the bride and groom exiting the church while being showered in soccer balls

Arezzo humorous wedding day photo of the bride and groom exiting the church while being showered in soccer balls

Arezzo ball soccer confetti bride departure steps

Wedding photograph from Sofia | Image contains: veil, city, outdoors, car, traffic, color, couple

road transportation vehicle veil bride color

Dorset Wedding Reportage | Image contains: black and white, bride, groom, confetti, ceremony, wedding guests

ceremony white departure hands flower petals sky

Messina Wedding Photographer | Image contains: guests, cameras, car, reflection, bride and groom, ceremony

Photo by: Ettore Colletto - Sant 'Agata di Militello Messina

cameras cell phones camera buildings departure Color reflecting

Ancona wedding photographer captured this photo of a bride and groom closing their eyes in a spray of rice as they exit the church

veil bride door bouquet groom Ancona

Bergamo Wedding Photographer | Image contains: kiss, color, rice, wedding quests, couple, doors

Color trees tree groom pine trees departure doorway

Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: sparklers, black and white, bride, groom, leaving the ceremony, nighttime, wedding guests

night bicycle sparklers guests sparkler bike

Madrid Wedding Photography | Image contains: vintage car, priest, cobblestone, bride and groom, black and white

departure bride veil building city road vehicle

Umbria wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of the bride and groom being heavily showered in grains of rice as they make their way down the stairs after the ceremony

stone Umbria stairway bride departure black and white groom

Wedding photograph from Atlanta | Image contains: bride, father, color, outdoors, wedding guests, bubbles

departure parents brie kiss father color bubble

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Wedding Photography | Image contains: bride, groom, bubbles, portrait, leaving the ceremony, outdoors, flowers

color bride bubbles ceremony departure groom

Arezzo Wedding Photography | Image contains: black and white, vintage car, city street, buildings, couple, kissing

vehicle departure car black and white street buildings

Arezzo wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of the bride and groom being showered with rice

Arezzo black and white photo of the bride and groom being showered with rice

Arezzo ceremony groom stone departure rice

London Wedding Photographer | Image contains: ceremony, biker, confettti, church, outdoors

confetti bike cell phone color phone church

Bari Creative Wedding Photographer | Image contains:bride, groom, van, wedding dress, heels, pasture, selfie, leaving the ceremony

color bride grass transportation driving shoes vehicle

Arezzo Tuscany bride gets carried out of the door by her groom - award winning wedding photography.

dress ceremony color departure doorway legs shoes

Zuid Holland wedding photographer captured this image of the wedding guests as seen from the backseat as the bride and groom drive off to their honeymoon

reflection mirror car South Holland Color vehicle

Rome Wedding Photography | Image contains: couple, car, phones, outdoors, driver, wedding quests

cameras camera transportation car departure vehicle

Arezzo Wedding Photography | Image contains: bride, groom, flowergirl, rice, wedding guests, leaving the ceremony

blue flower girl color ceremony rice bouquet

London wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of a bride holding hands with her mother in the car before the wedding ceremony

hand hands car departure arms London black and white

The bride and groom exit the ceremony as guests throw rice and celebrate in this black and white wedding picture composed by a Braga, Portugal documentary photographer

departure Portugal arch Braga rice arches

Rome Wedding Photography | Image contains: motocycles, cars, city, black, white, street, couple

groom car motorcycle departure motorcycles street

Paris Wedding Photojournalism | Image contains: black and white, bride, groom, leaving the ceremony, confetti, dress, suit, wedding guests, bouquet

black and white stone doorway confetti bride church departure

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