Wedding Photos of COVID

The following “COVID” 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 “COVID” 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.

Greve in Chianti Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait in Tuscany from Just before Covid pandemy late winter of 2020, year when the couple wanted to get marry, but they couldn't

Wedding image from the 2nd District Court of Appeals, Fort Worth, TX showing the bride and groom standing apart from each other in an elevator under a social distancing covid sign

This wedding image shows the bride and groom socially distanced in an elevator wearing masks

Wedding image from the 2nd District Court of Appeals covid sign standing apart COVID sign Social Distancing elevator

Paris wedding image of the Bride and groom exchanging vows under their mask during covid

bride and groom COVID mask Exchanging vows Paris wedding Lea Torrieri

Arezzo, Tuscany creative detail image showing the age of Weddings and Covid

Tuscany bride and groom Tuscany weddings masks COVID lockdown Arezzo

Pennsylvania Ceremony wedding photography showing Sign of the times as the groom gets a livestream set up for the ceremony about to start, his family comes over to say hello to the extended family that couldn't be there in person because of Covid restrict

Pennsylvania extended family COVID Ceremony wedding photography Sign of the times JD Land groom

Istanbul wedding photo showing smiling faces despite the masks

Nilufer Nalbantoglu smiling faces masks Istanbul wedding photo COVID

Noord Brabant wedding photo from a Netherlands at-Home event of a Take-away wedding diner delivered in covid time

Take away at Home event Netherlands Noord Brabant wedding photo Elke Teurlings COVID wedding dinner

Shenandoah National Park wedding image of a couple laughing at their dog during their vows at Point Overlook

coronavirus Point Overlook Brittany Diliberto Virginia outdoor wedding Virginia outdoor ceremony elopement Virginia

Coronavirus, COVID, Madison backyard wedding image of the groom and bride talking through zoom with their parents after getting married

Madison backyard wedding image of the groom and bride talking through a zoom video conference call with their parents after getting married

Madison intimate wedding Ilana Bar av COVID WI Madison small wedding Madison bouquet

Exchanging rings at your beachside elopement ceremony on a holiday weekend means unexpected guests will be cheering you on from afar in bathing suits at Ogunquit, Maine

Ogunquit intimate wedding Sarah V Martinez coronavirus beach ceremony COVID Ogunquit York County-ME

Colorado wedding photography from a Small wedding ceremony at the top of a mountain

small wedding Colorado mountains Colorado intimate wedding rocks Shea McGrath coronavirus

Backyard wedding image of the bride's siblings sharing well wishes during a Korean ceremony

masks coronavirus backyard wedding Korean Logan Westom Korean wedding ceremony Korean ceremony image

Los Angeles wedding image of the newlywed couple kissing after being announced as Mr. and Mrs. at their backyard wedding ceremony where their family members attend in-person and via a Zoom call

COVID CA kiss coronavirus Los Angeles outdoor ceremony Los Angeles

Tears run down on the bride's face during a Balboa Park (San Diego) elopement wedding ceremony while family members watch it via a live-streaming call

bride Balboa Park COVID elopement CA tears coronavirus

Île-de-France wedding Reception venue image of Dancing at the wedding party

Île de France Île de France wedding COVID coronavirus wedding venue dancing Lea Torrieri

Elliston Vineyards at Sunol wedding image of the bride and helpers saying hi to grandparents who could not attend the wedding in person

facetime call coronavirus COVID bride bridesmaids Sunol bridal photo

Wedding image of Neidpath Castle, Peebles, Scotland Guests during the ceremony wearing their COVID masks

coronavirus ceremony masks Scotland bridal Neidpath Castle Scotland

Oakland wedding photography of the groom and bride - Let me wipe the happy tears for you

CA bride groom wiping tears COVID Oakland

Bridesmaids adjusting the veil one more time on the happy bride at her Oakland, CA wedding

Oakland bride Oakland sunflowers COVID help adjusting veil

Image from a Île-de-France wedding Reception venue of Guests playing baby foot at wedding reception

baby foot Lea Torrieri Île de France wedding reportage Île de France reception foosball guests

Wedding image showing The St Oswalds Church, Oswestry, UK vicar waiting for the bride to arrive before her ceremony - She was more than a bit late

pre ceremony St Oswalds Church Oswestry vicar Oswestry church ceremony coronavirus COVID

Chester Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, Chester, UK Wedding ceremony image of the bride and groom as they wave to the livestream as they walk out of their wedding ceremony

Chester small wedding ceremony UK coronavirus livestream Chester intimate wedding

Île-de-France Reception venue wedding image of Guests during cocktail hour

coronavirus guest mask Île de France cocktail hour Lea Torrieri Île de France wedding

Wedding image of Protestant Temple, Toulouse, France Guests by pair getting ready to get to the right place

coronavirus Toulouse wedding France Protestant Temple guests COVID

East Riding of Yorkshire wedding photography of guests applying hand sanitizer

Yorkshire wedding photo Patrick Mateer black and white photo Yorkshire East Riding coronavirus Hand Sanitizer

Guest entering to the church in Toulouse, France while it is raining

Toulouse church ceremony France coronavirus Toulouse church COVID

Wedding photography from Town Hall Leuven showing a kiss with COVID Safety first

Leuven small wedding masks COVID balcony wedding couple Town Hall Leuven

Town Hall Leuven wedding photo of the First Kiss

COVID Town Hall Leuven Leuven First Kiss coronavirus Town Hall Leuven groom

Wedding photography at the Town Hall Aarschot with a covid masks Entry 2020 style

Aarschot Ceremony entrance coronavirus Aarschot intimate wedding covid masks Aarschot small wedding

Wedding photography from Wit's End, Ellijay, GA of the Brides reacting to a toast from a distance

COVID Wits End outdoor reception Ellijay Ellijay outdoor weddings coronavirus GA

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