Wedding Photos of Fairytale

The following “Fairytale” 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 “Fairytale” 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 photo taken at Château de Labastide Beauvoir showcasing the bride and groom entering with sparkler sticks, set against a beautifully lit dusk sky.

Bride and Groom Shine Bright: A Magical Entrance at Château de Labastide Beauvoir

Wedding photo taken at a castle in Gelderland, Netherlands, capturing a couple standing on the steps indoors.

Romantic Castle Wedding in Gelderland: Couple Stands on Steps in Dutch Castle

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A bride at her wedding reception at Château de Castelneau, Saint Léon, France, sitting at the head table, attentively listening to a heartfelt speech during the meal.

French Fairytale: Bride Captivated by Heartfelt Speech at Château de Castelneau Reception

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Couple in wedding attire kisses in front of Château de Goudourville, with the castle gate in the foreground creating a picturesque frame for their affectionate embrace

Château de Goudourville offers a picturesque frame as a couple in wedding attire shares an affectionate kiss

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The bride enters the room for the ceremony....her entrance is like a fairytale at the Kasteel de Schaffelaar in Barneveld

The bride's grand entrance to the ceremony at the fine wedding venue was like a fairytale

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Villa Criscione Modica fine art wedding couple portrait of the newlyweds embracing under a fairytale chandelier

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wedding portrait image using the Bride and groom in the middle of the glasses

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The bride and groom looked like a fairytale image as they sat in the garden of Schloss Eberstein on their wedding day

The couple radiated romance in the picturesque Schloss Eberstein garden

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Italy wedding Image of a bride exiting a vintage limousine as seen from the perspective of a young flower girl on the second floor

Bella Sposa: An Italian Fairytale Wedding

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