Wedding Photos of The Bride

The following “The 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 “The 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.

At House in Soho, London England, the bride and her family prepare for the big day, with the stunning wedding dress hanging in the background, adding to the anticipation and excitement. A beautiful wedding scene captured.

Soho House: The Bride, The Dress, The Big Day Excitement

A tender moment captured as the groom quickly wipes away a wasp from the bride's gown, ensuring she remains undisturbed on their special day at Little Wold Vineyard in Yorkshire, England

Winged Guardians of Love: A Groom's Swift Endeavor at Little Wold Vineyard

Little Wold Vineyard England Yorkshire vineyard wedding wedding at Little Wold Vineyard Little Wold Vineyard wedding east yorkshire wasp

Top, scenic wedding photography from Vail during an outdoor ceremony at the Vail Golf Club showing The bride and her dad walk to the island in the colorful Vail Valley in the fall

vail outdoor ceremony CO wedding photography Golf Club Dad island the Bride

View this decorative Saint Cloud wedding image showing The brides cat enjoying her wedding bouquets which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Minnesota from the WPJA

wedding bouquet wedding image decorative the Bride cat Saint Cloud wedding photography

View this elegant Sichuan wedding image showing After the ceremony, the bride took off her wedding high heels and the bride's sister put on another pair of comfortable, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in China from the WPJA

Sichuan wedding image showing After the ceremony, the bride took off her wedding high heels and the bride's sister put on another pair of comfortable, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in China

the Bride wedding high heels wedding photography China Sichuan wedding image Sichuan photographer sister

Buitenplaats Sparrendaal, Netherlands artful style wedding detail picture with The bride showing the back of her dress while the groom is watching

Netherlands Buitenplaats Sparrendaal Buitenplaats bride the Bride groom watching back of dress wedding detail picture

Domtuin, Utrecht wedding bride artistic image session with The bride showing her beautiful dress in a nice slice of light

the Bride Utrecht wedding artistic image session beautiful dress Domtuin slice of light Thomas Jongbloed

Sichuan wedding bride artistic image session showing The bride is waiting for the wedding ceremony to start with colorful bubbles flying in the air, setting off the bride

bride wedding ceremony Sichuan wedding bride artistic image session colorful bubbles Cheng Guo Sichuan artistic portrait

Sichuan artful style wedding detail picture created as The bride was making up with the tigers eye pattern on the back of the mirror with an angle to let the mirror cover the brides eyes

mirror artful style tigers eye angle wedding detail picture the Bride Sichuan

A top Netherlands wedding photographer in Vianen, just outside city hall, captured this picture of The bride giving a handkiss to someone in the audience while everybody is celebrating their marriage

Vianen bride Vianen celebrating the Bride marriage Thomas Jongbloed picture

Perushtitsa, Bulgaria minimal wedding bridal photo of The bride and the bouquet

Bulgaria Perushtitsa wedding minimal Perushtitsa photographer Lubomir Jiponov bridal photo the Bride

Chengdu, Sichuan fine art wedding picture of The bride and her sisters on their way to the hotel, The bride's sister is holding the skirt corner for her and The sun is shining on their back

hotel the Bride Sisters holding Chengdu Fine art Cheng Guo

Sichuan fine art wedding detail pic of The bride touching the ring with her hand, and the groom's tie and the figure model on his chest are also interesting

Fine art touching the ring figure model chest the Bride Grooms tie Sichuan wedding detail pic

Virginia Home Ceremony wedding photography of the The Bride and Groom hugging their parents in tea ceremony

the Bride Virginia wedding photography Nam Trinh Groom hugging Home Ceremony parents

Terlingua, TX wedding photography showing The bride and her bridesmaids dance around while waiting for the ceremony to begin

ceremony the Bride TX wedding photography bridesmaids dance Terlingua Nicky Byrnes

Flanders home wedding photography showing The bride's twin sisters run eagerly to catch the bouquet outside

outside Flanders wedding photography Fille Roelants home Sisters the Bride catch the bouquet

Lindores Abbey Distillery, Newburgh wedding photo showing the Bride before the ceremony with bridesmaids

ceremony bridesmaids the Bride Lindores Abbey Distillery Newburgh wedding photo

Comunidade Hindu de Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal wedding photo showing the The bride's best man was also blessed by the bride at the Pithi ceremony, a blessing ceremony for the bride, under the look of all bride's closest family

brides family Lisboa Comunidade Hindu de Portugal a blessing Portugal Wedding Photo best man

Pennsylvania Home photo showing the Bride is getting ready and trying to get her flower girl/niece to smile while her Mom holds her. Meanwhile one of her bridesmaids is being attended to by hair and makeup as her Dad enjoys the soccer game on the couch

Home photo the Bride Pennsylvania JD Land Dad niece mom

Pennsylvania Hotel wedding photography showing the Bride getting her makeup done by one of her friends after her first attempt at doing it herself was unsuccessful

Pennsylvania wedding photo friends makeup JD Land the Bride hotel

Nikki Beach Dubai wedding photography showing the Splashing of the Champagne on the Bride

Dubai wedding photo the Bride splashing champagne Nikki Beach

Nikki Beach Dubai wedding photo of the bride Partying with the guests

the Bride guests Dubai wedding photo Partying Nikki Beach

Nikki Beach Dubai wedding photography of the Groom helping the Bride fix her dress

Dubai wedding photo the Bride dress Groom helping Nikki Beach

Omaha, Nebraska wedding photo at home of the flower girl trying to get into groom's cake, and the bride and bridesmaid caught her

Omaha grooms cake bridesmaid home flower girl the Bride

Casa della sposa wedding photography of the bride and the surprise spray of hairspray

House of the bride wedding photography of the bride and the surprise spray of hairspray

spray of hairspray wedding photo House of the Bride the Bride Emanuele Lince surprise

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes home wedding photo showing the bride's daughter hides during the preparations

Auvergne Rhône Alpes wedding photo during the preparations home Jonathan Sylvoz the Bride daughter hides

Sofia, Bulgaria wedding photography showing a traditional custom in which the father leads the bride out of her home

Bulgaria wedding photo the Bride father Sofia traditional custom home

Houston wedding photography Ceremony Location at home of the Bride checking out her long veil

Houston wedding photo the Bride long veil at home

Sicily Church wedding photography of the bride coming up the steps for the ceremony with a large group of tourists watching

church steps the Bride Sicily Church wedding photo tourists ceremony

Shaanxi wedding image of the bride having her make up done and friends are joking

Shaanxi wedding image the Bride friends make up joking

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