Wedding Photos of Emotional bride

The following “Emotional bride” 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 “Emotional bride” 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.

Photographer captured a touching moment of the bride reading her vows during an outdoor ceremony in her parents' backyard in Roswell, Georgia.

Emotional Bride Reads Vows in Parents' Roswell Backyard - Outdoor Ceremony Captured Perfectly

A beautiful moment captured outside Rosate Church near Milan, Italy, as the emotional bride's grandmother embraces her with tears in her eyes after the wedding ceremony

Emotional Grandmother Embraces Bride at Rosate Church in Milan, Italy

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Emotional bride exiting vintage car at Domaine de Villot, France on wedding day, radiating elegance and anticipation.

Elegant Bride Steps from Vintage Car at Domaine de Villot, France, Radiating Anticipation

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At Château Malvirade in Lot et Garonne, the bride's eyes are filled with emotion as she sits with the groom, both looking up at the woman giving a speech.

Château Malvirade Wedding: Emotional Bride and Groom Captivated by Family Speech

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A bride at Can Xicarro in Sitges, Spain, with a single tear falling as she opens a small gift box, her white dress hanging in the background.

Bride's Emotional Moment Opening Precious Gift At Can Xicarro Wedding

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Emotional bride in black and white, standing in Sunken Gardens in Florida during her ceremony filled with love and tears of joy.

Sunken Garden Serenade: A Bride's Emotional Journey

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Emotional bride and groom grasping mother of the bride during heartfelt speech at Reception 10 bridge street, Killorglin, Ireland

Killorglin's Heartfelt Wedding: Emotional Grasping at 10 Bridge Street

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In a joyful Chicago wedding reception, an excited tattooed bride reacts to a heartfelt speech from her maid of honor. This image has been recognized and awarded by the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA).

WPJA Accolade for Emotional Chicago Bride Reacting to Maid of Honor's Speech

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The bride was filled with emotion as she and her husband were married in a London, England registry office

The bride and her husband were married in a London, England registry office, emotionally

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At the Broadway Hall, Bellingham, WA, an emotional bride reads special vows written for her new stepchildren

The bride's eyes glistened with tears as she read heartfelt vows, written especially for her new stepchildren, out loud

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Brides emotion of seeing the grandmother deliver the rings at Círculo Militar - Urca - Rio de Janeiro

The bride's memory of her grandmother delivering the rings as their ring bearer is a moment she will cherish forever

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A woman admires a dance between the bride and her mother at the Sofia Hotel Balkan

The woman was moved by the emotional bride and mother dance at the couple's reception party

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At a Perth, Western Australia Wedding Reception Party, the bride is crying during speeches

At the wedding reception, the bride was moved to tears by the toasts

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The moment was captured at the Lake Oak Meadows Weddings and Event center in Temecula, California as the bride's family sends her off after the ceremony

This beautiful wedding photograph captures the emotion of the moment as the bride's family lovingly bid her farewell after the ceremony

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World-class documentary wedding image from Juiz de Fora of an emotional bride with her mother

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At the Achnagairn Estate, Inverness an emotional bride and groom during the groom's speech for their indoor reception in Scotland

The wedding picture captured the emotional moment of the bride and groom during the groom's speech at their indoor reception

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An emotional bride and groom exit their wedding ceremony

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Emotional bride reads groom's letter

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Yelling, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom - Photo of Emotional bride leaving the church

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Antwerpen wedding photojournalism | image of a couple with the groom wiping tears as he holds brides bouquet

Moments of Emotion: A Groom's Tears in Antwerpen

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Bride getting emotional during the wedding in front of her parents in Bangkok

a Bride getting emotional during the wedding in front of her parents

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Saratoga Springs bride reads a letter from her groom

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Paris photograph of emotional bride | Wedding day moments captured in France

Paris photo of emotional bride - Wedding day moments captured in France

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