Wedding Photos of Mother

The following “Mother” 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 “Mother” 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 featured image from the Blue Hill Farms in Virginia among the best wedding photography showing Mother of the groom wiping off sweat dripping from the grooms face

Best Beijing documentary wedding photojournalism image from Getting ready as The bride is making up and her mother is crying

making up crying Beijing getting ready bride Beijing wedding photojournalism

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

Waiting groom Occitanie wedding photographer bride Occitanie ceremony mother

Occitanie wedding reportage photojournalist created this image showing bride and her mother with emotion just after wearing the dress for first time

wearing Gard Occitanie wedding photojournalist Occitanie mother France emotion

Birmingham, UK wedding reportage photographer captured this moment showing a Happy Muslim bride looking at her mother

UK Muslim bride Birmingham bride uk wedding reportage Emil Boczek Birmingham happy

Best Driebergen documentary wedding photojournalism image from Buitenplaats Sparrendaal showing One of the bridesmaids is feeding her mother with cake

cake Thomas Jongbloed Driebergen documentary wedding feeding mother Buitenplaats bridesmaids

Best France documentary wedding photojournalism image from Hôtel MGallery Nest La Défense showing the Last check for the groom with his mother before going to the ceremony

Hôtel MGallery groom France Nest La Défense France documentary wedding mother

Amherst Island wedding documentary photographer created this image of the Bride helping her mother get ready for the wedding inside a yurt

mother yurt inside bride get ready Lake Ontario Amherst Island

Easthampton, Massachusetts wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at The Boylston Rooms showing the bride and her mother embracing

The Boylston Rooms MA bride Boylston Rooms wedding venue Easthampton mother Massachusetts

A creative black and white Massachusetts wedding photo at The Marriott Boston Logan for a Mother daughter portrait near hanging bridesmaids dresses

black and white bridesmaids dresses mother The Marriott Boston Logan MOB Boston Logan wedding venue dresses hanging

San Francisco wedding reportage photographer captured this moment created as Mother and aunt of the bride kill time during hair and makeup

hair MOB mother San Francisco aunt CA weddings

A top documentary wedding photographer from New Hampshhire created this image at home of The mother of the bride tearfully hugging her daughter

at home New Hampshhire wedding image NH Sarah V Martinez daughter bride mother

An Italian top documentary wedding photographer at Conti di San Bonifacio Gavorrano in Tuscany created this image showing The preparation of the bride, mother, grandmother, father and her dog

grandmother bride mother IT wedding photographer Maurizio Gjivovich Italian documentary weddings Conti di San Bonifacio Gavorrano

A Worcestershire documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at The Wood Norton showing A hug between the bride and her mother and a handshake from the brides dad for the groom

brides Dad handshake Worcestershire documentary weddings mother The Wood Norton FOB

A top wedding reportage photographer in Lecco captured this picture of a motherly embrace

Italy IT embrace bw Luigi Rota IT wedding reportage photographer emotions

Wake Forest, NC marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded Bride hugging her mother at the end of her wedding day

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Pagosa Springs, Colorado nuptial day award-winning image of Bride sharing a moment with her mother while looking at a special album in the morning

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The Virginia WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and quirky Charlottesville wedding image at The Event Barn at Mt Ida Farm created as The groom dances with his mother

Brittany Diliberto Mt Ida Farm dance Event Barn groom quirky Virginia

Dockside Guest Quarter, York, Maine nuptial day award-winning image of The bride and her mother photobombed by the flower girl as they come down the aisle on the wedding day

Dockside Guest Quarter bride nuptial day image Maine York photographer flower girl mother

Saint Cast, France nuptial day award-winning image of The bride crying with her mother

Patrick Lombaert tears MOB mother France nuptial day Saint Cast church

France marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the First look by mother after the bride got ready

mother first look bride Jean Baptiste Chauvin france weddings marriage preparation time getting ready

France nuptial day award-winning image of The mother extremely moved in the arms of the bride

Lille weddings bride emotions mother MOB arms

France marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing The mother preceded by the bride descending the stairs before leaving for the ceremony

Lille photographer leaving mother France wedding picture preparation time ceremony France

Riserva Naturale Orientata La Timpa outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing These spouses are walking along a nature path and a woman waiting to become a mother looks at them with a satisfied air as they pass in front of them

woman Salvo Moroni walking mother National reserve outdoors Catania

Roedermark marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing Bride and mother head to head in BW

bw bw Roedermark marriage head to head at home bride MOB

Amsterdam marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing an excited bride waiting for the arrival of the groom with sister & mother

NL preparation time bride Teun Bakker excited Amsterdam wedding picture mother

Big Sur, CA outdoor wedding image of Mother and grandmother of the groom taking shots of tequila

Big Sur wedding photography cliffside Garrapata State Park taking shots CA Photographer CA outdoor wedding image March

San Diego best wedding photography from Sunset Cliffs showing a pic of the Groom choking back tears as he facetious with his mother on his intimate wedding day

San Diego groom wedding photography Sunset Cliffs intimate groom wedding day

Best wedding photography from Milan showing The mother and the best man helping him fix the tie but at that moment the tension is felt and the groom cant take it anymore

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A San Diego wedding photographer at The Thursday Club created this image of The bride and her mother in a warm hug

The Thursday Club getting ready warm hug image San Diego mother of bride bride

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