Wedding Photos of Wedding preparations

The following “Wedding preparations” 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 “Wedding preparations” 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.

Black and white photo of a young man sitting in a chair as others get ready

groom making of | winning black-and-white photograph

groom 'making of' in a winning black-and-white image

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France bridesmaids admire the bride in her dress - Chateau Dumas weddings

the bridesmaids admire the bride in her dress

Chateau Dumas before ceremony wedding preparations getting ready bridal Emil Boczek black and white

One of the bridesmaids tears up while getting her hair done as the bride puts her dress on

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The father of the bride tears up seeing his daughter in her wedding dress

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A mirror is held up for the bride as members of the bridal party watch her and take photos

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Black and white photo of the groom getting ready in his room in front of a mirror in Shropshire, UK by an England wedding photographer.

Black and white image of the groom getting ready in his room in front of a mirror

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A photograph of a bride and her sister crying after exchanging gifts which was a reminder of their late nan

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Fief de la Thioire bride getting ready - Black and White photography in France

bride getting ready in Black and White photography

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Groom getting help shaving

Patrida wedding preparations Imathia bridegroom shave before ceremony Patrida wedding photography

bridal party having fun before the wedding

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Bridesmaids helping the bride get ready | Bride prep, Princeton, NJ

image of Bridesmaids helping the bride get ready

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Bride gets emotional while around her bridesmaids before the wedding ceremony in Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido

the Bride gets emotional while around her bridesmaids

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Gloucestershire bridesmaids getting the groomsmen ready in the UK

the bridesmaids getting the groomsmen ready

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Emotional moment between maid of honor and bride while getting ready before the wedding. - Saint Charles Country Club Wedding

an Emotional moment between maid of honor and bride while getting ready before the wedding

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Bride doing a face mask before the wedding in Los Angeles, California, USA

a Bride doing a face mask

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Bride and maid of honor getting ready before the wedding ceremony in Abbazia San Faustino

a Bride and maid of honor getting ready

ITALY wedding photography getting ready Pietralunga weddings bridal bridal party Pietralunga Italy

Bride and maid of honor checking each others teeth at the wedding reception in Ruse, Slovenia

the Bride and maid of honor checking each others teeth

Dean Zagar monochrome black and white bridal party Slovenia wedding preparations getting ready

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