Wedding Photos of Bride & groom

The following “Bride & groom” 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 “Bride & groom” 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.

Pennsylvania wedding photograph of the Bride & Groom getting married on his father's sailboat as the families shadows show on the adjacent sailboat.

Church wedding photography of the bride & groom at the exit of the church

church wedding photo Bride & groom Lille church exit

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Reception Venue Bride & Groom dancing with friends

Coralie Castillo Bride & groom Auvergne Rhône Alpes Reception Venue dancing friends

Chicago Bride & Groom Sharing Their First Dance at the reception

reception Bride & groom open air wedding venue first dance Chicago IL Edward Ciesielski

Illinois wedding photography of the Bride & Groom Cooking Dinner at home

Cooking Dinner Bride & groom at home Illinois wedding photo Edward Ciesielski

Chicago Bride & Groom Arriving At Reception on a dock

Edward Ciesielski outdoor receptions garden receptions Chicago Arriving outside reception Bride & groom

Ireland wedding reportage photo from a Reception at Kinnity Castle of The Bride & Groom where made to team up in this fun game. The Bride is behind the curtain and using her hands as if they were the grooms to complete some random tasks

Jamie Gillies reception Bride & groom bride Kinnity Castle tasks Ireland

Madoc, ON wedding image from the bride & groom's home of the bride getting ready for the wedding and touching up her lipstick

home touching Madoc bridal photo Viara Mileva Madoc Bride & groom bride getting ready

Stirlingshire Scotland Reception Venue Portrait Photography | Bride & groom sillhouetted against uplighters and downlighters

Mike Cook Stirlingshire wedding photography portrait Bride & groom Scotland sillhouetted

Scotland Botanic gardens portrait photo. Bride & groom in front of glasshouse in black and white photography.

Scotland Botanic gardens wedding portrait photo - Bride & groom in front of glasshouse in black and white photography

Botanic gardens Scotland wedding portrait glasshouse Mike Cook portrait Bride & groom

Scotland Reception Venue Portrait | Bride & groom backlit in the woods early evening.

Scotland Wedding Reception Venue Portrait - Bride & groom backlit in the woods early evening

portrait Mike Cook Bride & groom Scotland wedding photography backlit Stirlingshire

As the bride & groom entered the dining room

Grantham Grantham wedding reportage Bride & groom Stoke Rochford Hall dining room wedding reportage

La Finca de Villanueva wedding venue photography | Bride and groom lit OCF portrait at sunset

wedding venue photography of the Bride and groom in a lit portrait at sunset

Lit OCF Portrait Bride & groom OCF Portrait wedding venue photography Bride & Groom Portrait wedding photography sunset

wedding day couple shooting

breathtaking scenery desert sunset Outdoor love story Cyprus Bride & groom

Wedding Photography at the Four Seasons Atanta | Bride & Groom Portrait with flower mural

Wedding Photography of the Bride & Groom with a flower mural

Atanta Atlanta wedding Flower mural photography wedding portrait art mural flower mural portrait

wedding day portrait of the bride and groom coming to the location on a bike

Hoeven Venue biking wedding Bovendonk Hoeven wedding photography Hoeven Bride & groom

Villa Giusso Photo of the Bride & Groom with the guests caught in the rain

Villa wedding Photo of the Bride & Groom with the guests caught in the rain

guests umbrellas Bride & groom Francesco Survara Villa Giusso villa raining

Photo of the Bride & Groom living in their own little world just moments after the ceremony

embrace The Park Savoy bride with groom Salt and Sonder Studio Park Savoy own little world bw The Park Savoy

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.