Wedding Photos of Traditional

The following “Traditional” 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 “Traditional” 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.

Virginia wedding photographer captured the moment where the groomsen waited at the bottom of the stairs excitedly as the groom descends wearing Vietnamese traditional closthing for the first time

groomsmen Vietnamese descends VA groom Virginia Wedding Photo Nam Trinh

Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple wedding detail of the bride's jewelry in Aurora

wedding detail bride brides jewelry Sri Venkateswara Swami Balaji Temple Traditional Aurora

Ca Mau City artistic wedding photo displaying the custom of offering wine on an Asian wedding day

This wedding photo displays the traditional offering of wine during the ceremony in an artistic, bold design with stark contrasts, captured from above

Traditional bold design wine artistic stark contrasts Ca Mau City Photographer Asia

An Istanbul wedding photographer caught this funny moment at the Bride Home in Gaziemir, Turkey of the bride and her cat at traditional Turkish receiving bride ceremony

ceremony Turkish Turkey Traditional Funny moment cat

Turkey wedding photography from Gaziemir showing a goodbye kiss at traditional Turkish receiving bride ceremony

Turkey Traditional receiving bride Turkey wedding photo ceremony Turkish Turkey bridal photo

A Prague wedding photographer created this image at a Brno event showing the Traditional welcome drink after arrival to the venue

Brno wedding couples venue Brno event Prague wedding photo welcome drink Brno bride with groom

Fujian hotel Portrait of bride and groom in traditional Chinese costume

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England wedding photo of The bride fed by an elderly relative at her Mehndi ceremony

bride mehndi England wedding images Hollie Mateer Traditional black and white England

Asia wedding photo from Mountain of San'ao, Heishui County, north of Sichuan Province, China showing The bride's father sends the bride to marry

Sichuan Province father China wedding Heishui wedding traditions mountain

India, Ahmedabad Wedding Photographer | Last ceremony, the bride enters like a queen.

India, Ahmedabad Wedding Photo from the Last ceremony, as the bride enters like a queen.

India Traditional Ahmedabad Jean Baptiste Chauvin bride arriving Night Ahmedabad wedding ceremony

India, Ahmedabad Indian Wedding Photo of the Holi ceremony

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The engaged couple sits at a terrace in front of a traditional tavern in the streets

Lisboa engagement photos Lisboa engagement photographer Alfama e shoot engaged couple tavern streets Lisboa

Tuscany Photographer showing Indian wedding traditions

Indian wedding traditions of haldi

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engagement session in the French Pyrénées with traditional clothing

Turmenistan Franco Traditional Franco engagement session smiling pre wedding location Franco formal

Toronto Engagement Photography - Couple holding each other and posing for portrait.

Engagement Photography of a Couple holding each other and posing for portrait

Traditional indian pre wedding shoot Toronto architecture Toronto symmetry

Princeton University Chapel wedding photo of the bride and groom silhouette

wedding portrait of the bride and groom

New Jersey wedding photography rustic New Jersey artistic wedding photo Princeton University Chapel Traditional romantic classic

Groomsmen and Groom wearing their hats in a Traditional Nigerian Wedding

Dolton wedding photographer Dolton bride Nigerian Dolton weddings Olu Akintorin Chicago Traditional

Samujana Villas, Koh Samui Pre Wedding Portrait Shoot - The couple were trying to have a martial arts competition in traditional Chinese wedding outfits.

Samujana Villas, Koh Samui Pre Wedding Portrait Shoot with The couple trying to have a martial arts competition in traditional Chinese wedding outfits

pre wedding session Samujana Villas Samujana Villas karate fun Samujana Villas engagement photographers Will Tee Koh Samui

Bride and groom in traditional post wedding game

wedding reportage Tividale Balaji Temple Traditional West Midlands wedding reportage bride and groom Clive Blair West Midlands reportage weddings

The bride during her traditional fun chooses her successor

Traditional Aleksandrow lodzki the Bride Pelikan Wedding Hall Poland fun

Five Gables, Netherne, London Wedding Photos - Traditional Wedding Dance Photography with Money Flying

traditional Wedding Dance with Money Flying

Five Gables London Wedding Photos Money Flying Wedding Dance Netherne Traditional

Dren, Sofia wedding photographer | Bulgarian traditional dance in traditional clothes

dancing in traditional clothes

dancing clothes sofia wedding photographer Dren Traditional

İstanbul couple shopping in a traditional bazaar during pre-wedding portrait shoot

shopping Istanbul engagement photos bazaar Traditional Istanbul wedding engagement Istanbul

Wedding Photography at the Bride's Home /Mersin/Turkey | A traditonal Turkish dance and the reflection on the glass table

A traditional Turkish dance and the reflection on the glass table

Turkish dance dancing the reflection Turkey wedding photography Turkish Turkey

Wedding Photographer for the Dockside Guest Quarters in York Maine | The bride and groom laugh during the traditional tea ceremony on their wedding day

The bride and groom laugh during the traditional tea ceremony on their wedding day

York Maine tea ceremony bride and groom Traditional wedding day laugh

India traditional wedding photos - Entangled, for life

Hyderabad Entangled Hyderabad bride Traditional Hyderabad bridal image wedding life

Bride and groom playing traditional German wedding game

Traditional The High House bride and groom UK wedding game Fillongley German

The traditional pouring over a vibrant fire against a dark backdrop captured every detail of the special day at the Paradise Banquet Hall in Ontario

At a traditional Toronto wedding, captured with hands pouring over a fire against a dark backdrop and details of the special day

toronto weddings traditions Toronto Traditional dark backdrop fire wedding detail

People dancing in a traditional dance during the reception

Romania wedding photography Traditional People dancing Mogosoaia Lake Romania marriage photo

The bride and guests dance and celebrate a traditional Indian wedding

Tuscany wedding image Traditional indian wedding tuscany weddings guests celebrate Donatella Barbera

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