Wedding Photos of Tender

The following “Tender” 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 “Tender” 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.

Award-Winning Portrait: In the beautiful Guadeloupe, the bride and groom embrace with joy and smiles, as the wind tousles their hair. The groom wraps his arms around her, giving a tender kiss on her cheek, evoking a radiant smile.

Guadeloupe's Blissful Embrace: A Radiant Kiss in the Wind's Caress

A professional wedding photographer in Beaver, PA captures the heartfelt moment when the bride's sister-in-law delicately applies makeup to her daughter, the flower girl, in preparation for the special day. This image was recognized by the WPJA.

WPJA Accolade showcases tender familial bond as flower girl prepares for wedding

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Newlyweds embrace against a majestic sunset backdrop at Domaine de Chaillauroy in Centre-Val de Loire. This stunning portrait captures the beauty and romance of their special day.

Eternal Love: Newlyweds Embrace at Majestic Sunset in Centre-Val de Loire

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A stunning portrait captures the intricate henna designs on the bride's hand as she and her partner share a tender hug at Livermore Shiva Vishnu temple on their wedding day.

Henna-Adorned Love: A Tender Embrace at Livermore Shiva Vishnu Temple

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A loving couple poses together in a beautiful location called Le Porge, capturing an intimate and tender moment illuminated by warm tones and a subtle lens flare

Le Porge Couple's Intimate and Tender Moment Captured in Beautiful Location with Warm Tones and Lens Flare

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A couple is captured in a tender embrace at sunset, bathed in the warm glow of the sun in a creative wedding portrait taken at Villa la Palagina in Tuscany, Italy

Tuscany, Italy: Romantic sunset embrace captured in a creative wedding portrait at Villa la Palagina

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The bride and groom lovingly met in their Apulian Church, touching their foreheads in a tender embrace

A couple shared a tender embrace, touching their foreheads lovingly, ahead of their church ceremony

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A sweet and serene Washington DC engagement session showing A tender embrace between a couple

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Montpellier pre-wedding photo-session with a tender backlit kiss at sunset

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Pre-wedding photo-session in Sancerre with a tender Kiss under a wall of street graffiti

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The Italy WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from The Castello Borghese in Nettuno RM of a tender look between bride and groom at outdoor ceremony

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Porticciolo Romano couple e-shoot with a tender touch to her face on the hills above the water

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Hertford Castle, Hertford, UK wedding couple artistic image session showing a tender couple embrace

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Siena, Tuscany wedding couple artistic image session with a tender nose touch with the brides dress behind them

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La Sosta del Cavaliere wedding portrait art of an Italy bride and groom embraced in the corner of light, as the bride rests on his chest while both eyes closed are tenderly connected

La Sosta del Cavaliere wedding portrait bride eyes closed rests tender connected

Spain True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at the Patios de Viana in Córdoba illustrating a couple having a tender minute together in the courtyard

Córdoba Patios de Viana Spain tender Córdoba couple courtyard

Bismarck, ND wedding photography of a tender reception hug

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A Trieste wedding photographer captured this moment at Stanjel Castle, Slovenia of the tender First dance

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Brno tender loving couple portraits high Above the city

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DaLat, Vietnam engagement photo session in the afternoon sunlight with a tender and loving touch

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Apulia bride and groom portrait - tender crossing of hands in a intimate moment

bride and groom portrait with the tender crossing of hands

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Het Stift Weerselo Wedding Photo of Mother and daughter moment

Wedding Photo of a tender Mother and daughter moment

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Dublin wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of a tender moment with grandma at a ceremony taking place at Clonabreany House

Dublin black and white wedding photo of a tender moment with grandma at a ceremony taking place at Clonabreany House

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Hamilton, Montana Wedding photojournalism of bride and mom before ceremony

Behind the Scenes: A Mother's Love in Hamilton

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France wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple looking over water | Paris pre-wedding pictures

A couple shares a tender moment as they gaze out at the water, the woman wrapped in the man's arms in this romantic engagement portrait

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In love | pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple in shade and sunlight | London portrait shoot

An engagement picture of couple in shade and sunlight, with dappled lighting creating a tender and romantic atmosphere

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Montreal wedding engagement photos with a horse for a Quebec couple

The wedding engagement photo was shot under the neck of a horse, with the romantic couple creating a tender and intimate atmosphere in the image

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love touch engagement photos | Natural attraction | Manhattan wedding and engagement photos in New York City

The engagement photo featured the couple in all white clothes and a white background, with their foreheads touching and creating a tender and intimate atmosphere in the image

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Spain pre-wedding engagement photography in the sun at the park - Madrid photographers

The engagement photography took place in the sun at the park, with the sunlight creating a rim light effect on the couple and they were shown touching their faces together, creating a tender and intimate atmosphere in the image

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