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.

Hampshire wedding photographer designed this photo of guests sending the bride and groom off with sparklers in the dark

Singapore wedding photographer captured this photo of the bride waving goodbye to her parents from the car window

hands car father Color smile parents

A heavily decorated taxi ferries a wedding couple through an urban area of Monpellier Herault with blocks of flats in the background

car departure transportation color vehicle street

Rome Wedding Photojournalism | Image contains: black and white, classic car, outdoors, wedding guests, mountain

waving vehicle black and white mountain road departure

Zuid Holland wedding photographer caught the moment that the bride and groom were being wished farewell by a group of kids after the ceremony

child South Holland transportation boy waving windows window

Documentary Wedding Photography in Morbihan | Image contains: city, car, outdoors, color, street, couple

color driving departure city car vehicle town

Just married and in an Athens traffic jam for this street lit from the back black and white image of a wedding couple driving away to their starlit future

black and white traffic cars departure car vehicle

Rome Wedding Photojournalism | Image contains: bride, groom, classic car, selfie, black and white, leaving the ceremony

bride picture groom black and white vehicle departure

Lower Saxony wedding photographer caught the action in this photo of the bride and groom releasing the dove after the ceremony

laughing departure ceremony smiling bride Lower Saxony

Bari Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: motorcycle, sidecar, outdoor, couple, black, white, driveway, groomsman

black and white transportation waving bride sidecar departure

A black and white image of a wedding couple being driven away in a classic VW beetle on cobblestones in Rome as the elated bride glances back

road street departure vehicle transportation black and white

Saint-Petersburg Russia Wedding Reception Photographer | bride groom night sparklers guests laughing

sparkler guests earring sparklers smile departure night

Rome wedding photographer caught the moment in this black and white photo of the bride and groom leaving the church and being showered in rice

stairs ceremony laughing chapel bride laugh church

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

driving car black and white road Milan vehicle 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

water street driving blue convertible car color

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

bride Raleigh bubble exiting ceremony Raleigh Wedding Photographer departure black and white

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

departure church bird black and white bride Lecco

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

waving street smiling transportation departure black and white smile

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

seats clouds black and white glass departure seat

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

red color street brick road vehicle buildings

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

steps stone departure Arezzo ball balls bride

Bride and groom ride off in their car after the wedding | France wedding photo

Bride and groom ride off in their car after the wedding in France

vw car departure vintage car FR Bride and groom ride off wedding in France

Devon bride and groom leaving their car after the ceremony

leaving departure Devon England ceremony Devon bride and groom car

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