Wedding Photos of China

The following “China” 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 “China” 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.

The groomsmen lined up in an orderly fashion, putting on their ties, as they prepared for the wedding in Beijing, China

The groomsmen put on their ties in unison, creating an orderly procession as they readied for the big day

The groom and groomsmen getting ready for the ceremony and long day ahead of them

The groom and his entourage primped and preened, preparing for a memorable and momentous marriage celebration

Beijing China groom preparations BEIJING photographer groomsmen Beijing Groom

The dreamy Beijing, China indoor ceremony featured a rose petal backdrop and a procession of a ring bearer, flower girl, and the beloved bride and groom

The couple was accompanied by a ring bearer, flower girl, and a backdrop of rose petals as they entered the indoor ceremony

ring bearer China BEIJING photographer Beijing rose petals flower girl roses

The bride was getting ready for her big day in a luxurious Zhejiang hotel, with a makeup artist by her side and a mirror with lights around the edges

The bride is getting ready in a luxurious hotel, with a makeup artist and a mirror surrounded by lights

Zhejiang Zhejiang Hotel makeup bridal preparations mirror and lights Zhejiang photographer mirror

At the traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in Ningbo, China, the bride and groom walked under an impressive canopy of red umbrellas and red lanterns, along a luxurious red carpet, creating a truly royal feeling

The bride and groom wowed guests as they walked under a red-hued canopy of umbrellas and lanterns at their wedding ceremony

Ningbo royal bride and groom red lanterns China Traditional red umbrellas

At the traditional wedding ceremony in Ningbo, China, the daughter of the couple acted as the flower child, arriving in a small electric toy car to give the wedding ring

The bride and groom waited at their traditional wedding ceremony for a small electric toy car, with their daughter as the flower child and the wedding rings

wedding ring delivery Ningbo Photographer electric toy car flower child Ningbo China couples daughter

The bride is radiantly framed in a cool blue hue under the venue's intricate lights in Hangzhou, China

The bride's beauty is accentuated by the cool blue hues of the venue's intricate lighting

intricate lights Hangzhou City cool blue China blue hue Hangzhou Bride Hangzhou Photographer

The bride and groom embraced in a tender moment, captured in an evocative back-to-back wedding portrait by a Beijing-based photographer

Beijing wedding image | The bride and groom hugging for this close-up China wedding portrait

China Beijing Silhouette portrait BEIJING photographer bride groom hug

A Beijing wedding photographer captured a black and white image of a couple holding hands, from a low angle, showcasing the wedding rings on their special day

Beijing China Wedding Day Detail image in BW of the wedding ring

bw image wedding ring detail Beijing China BEIJING photographer

The happy couple are about to tie the knot, and a Beijing wedding photographer is there to capture every special moment leading up to the big day

BW picture from Beijing at the Hotel Before the wedding, the bride and groom are looking out the door

China Beijing bride and groom Beijing Hotel BEIJING photographer bw image

The Sichuan wedding photographer captured a beautiful scene of the bride wearing white, against green carpet

The Sichuan bride was ready to wear shoes, in contrast to the green carpet, and the bride's white wedding dress was covered with dense plant lines, and all the elements were combined into a beautiful detail

Cheng Guo China Sichuan photographer Sichuan green carpet

At a Sichuan wedding, the bride reads the groom's heartfelt vows, captured in a touching photograph

Sichuan bride is watching the oath written to her by the groom

Sichuan Sichuan photographer Cheng Guo China wedding oath

The bride's beauty was immortalised in a stunning high contrast black and white mirror reflection photo, captured by a Shanghai wedding photographer as she was having her makeup done

China reflection photo of the bride getting her makeup done in Shanghai

symmetrical China silhouette Shanghai Photographer Bridal Makeup Shanghai

A Fujian-based wedding photographer recently captured a stunning image of the bride and her mother, with hands lovingly placed on the bride's shoulder

Artistic wedding photo from a Fujian home of the bride and mother hands

Fujian photographer China Fujian bride and mother

A China wedding photographer captured an image of a child joining in the festivities with the adults during wedding toasts

Reception photograph of a kid hanging out with the adults during this Nanning wedding

China toasting Nanning Photographer Color Song child Nanning

Before a wedding in Shanghai China, the child goes to the wrong door

Before the ceremony, the child was confused, believing the 3 women looking at their phones to be the bride, when it was actually the wrong door

Shanghai Shanghai Photographer child China

On a Shanghai China wedding stage, the guests play the Blindfold Watermelon Game

On the wedding stage, the guests were all smiles as they played the Blindfold Watermelon Game

Shanghai Photographer China Shanghai groomsmen blindfolded Wedding games watermelon game

At a Shanghai China home, getting ready in a mirror is a funny Pirate Bride

Getting ready in her home, the funny Pirate Bride with one eye covered by a mirror decoration had a memorable wedding picture taken

bride getting ready China Shanghai bw moment Shanghai Photographer

In Shanghai China at home, the couple feeds parents sweet porridge

The couple performs traditional tea ceremony rituals at home and feeds their parents sweet porridge

parents sweet porridge Shanghai Wedding Photographer Shanghai Chinese tea ceremony China Chinese ceremony riturals

At a reception in Beijing, China, a photographer captured silhouettes of the wedding party standing around a dinner table, proposing a toast, in this classic black and white image

The documentary wedding image captures silhouettes of the wedding party at the reception dinner table, joyfully toasting to the newlyweds

silhouettes Beijing Beijing Hotel BEIJING photographer China propose a toast

As the Zhejiang photographer captures candid moments, the bride and groom prepare together in separate parts of the Hotel China rooms, excitedly anticipating their union

In the calm before the storm, the bride and groom take time to prepare hair and makeup together in separate parts of the Hotel room, cherishing this intimate moment before their big day

preparing together getting ready China Zhejiang Zhejiang photographer

Beijing China wedding day portrait in silhouette

A silhouetted Chinese couple about to kiss with a round white ball resembling the moon in the background makes for a romantic wedding day portrait

Beijing BEIJING photographer China Silhouette portrait

kid holding a ball during silhouette couple session

boy with ball China BEIJING photographer couple kissing Silhouette portrait Beijing

the child is having a hard time getting the cake

child chinese hotel BEIJING photographer China Bejing cake

Beijing at Home Bride portrait in silhouette and BW

portrait of the bride as a silhouette in black and white

China silhouette portrait of bride bw portrait BEIJING photographer Beijing

The pearls inlaid on the Sichuan bride's fingernails and wedding dress are very beautiful

details showing the pearls inlaid on the bride's fingernails and wedding dress

Sichuan Sichuan photographer Cheng Guo nails China pearl inlays brides dress

The groom is watching the wedding vows he wrote to the bride, through the glass table top The layers and lines of the paper are very beautiful

through a glass table top, the groom is seen looking at his wedding vows he wrote

grooms vows China Sichuan photographer Sichuan Sichuan groom Cheng Guo

bride's niece was playing with a bubble gun

bubble gun bubbles Cheng Guo Sichuan photographer brides niece Sichuan China

on the path near the ceremony site, the contrast between the light and dark of the white floor and the soil

black and white China Sichuan path to ceremony Sichuan photographer Cheng Guo

bridesmaids doing makeup

Fujian photographer Fujian bridesmaid China makeup application

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