Wedding Photos of East Sussex

The following “East Sussex” 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 “East Sussex” 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.

Bride and groom on boats and paddleboards on the River Rother, Newenden, East Sussex. Love is in the air as the groom reaches out to hold the bride's hand, their vessels perfectly aligned. An idyllic wedding day moment captured on the water.

Newenden's Nautical Nuptials: Love Blossoms as Boats Align on Rother

Reluctant flower girl and her mother amidst guests outside St Bartholomew's church in Burwash, East Sussex on the wedding day. A candid and heartwarming moment captured at ceremony location.

Burwash Blossom: A Reluctant Flower Girl and Her Doting Mother

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Wedding guests on boats and paddleboards raise a toast to the bride and groom at the Bodiam Boating Station on the River Rother in Newenden, East Sussex.

A River of Love: Guests Float with Joy as they Toast the Newlyweds at Bodiam Boating Station in East Sussex

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Wedding reception at Proud Caberet in Brighton, Sussex, England. Guests enjoy the fiery performance during the celebration.

Fiery Delight: A Spectacular Wedding Reception at Proud Cabaret, Brighton

Brighton and Hove fiery performance celebration East Sussex Proud Caberet England Brighton Wedding Photography

The couple enjoyed a romantic sunset embrace illuminated by the warm light of the setting sun during their engagement shoot on the dunes of Camber Sands, United Kingdom

Camber Sands, United Kingdom: A Romantic Sunset Embrace Illuminated in their Engagement Shoot

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This engaged couple posed for an engagement shoot in the unique, golden sand dunes of Camber Sands in the United Kingdom, with sunset warm light capturing their tender embrace and sun flares gracing the frame

Engagement Shoot in Camber Sands, United Kingdom: Capturing a tender embrace in golden sand dunes

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A couple poses romantically during their engagement shoot in the beautiful sand dunes of Camber Sands, United Kingdom, captured by a creative photographer

Camber Sands, United Kingdom: Engaged couple captures romantic moments in stunning sand dunes

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A couple in Rye, United Kingdom, posed for an engagement shoot on a trail with a hug and a kiss

Rye, United Kingdom: Couple's engagement shoot captures a trail hug and kiss

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The bride is framed in the doorway of the White House in Rye, creating an enchanting wedding image

The bride stands poised in the doorway at a lower level of the venue

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At the bride's home in Hove, East Sussex, a close-up shot from a low angle captured the image of the hands buttoning up the bride's dress

In Hove, East Sussex, a low-angle close-up of the bride's hands buttoning her dress was captured

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Two sets of bridesmaids legs can be seen beneath the dresses handing from the curtain rail at the Pelham House wedding venue, Lewes, East Sussex

Two sets of bridesmaids legs are visible beneath the dresses suspended from the curtain rail

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Kids on their phones and iPads sitting beside a wall at The Depot, wedding reception venue in Lewes, East Sussex

Children at the wedding reception venue were playing games on their phones and iPads

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Kids during drinks at the outdoor reception in Glynde, a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, United Kingdom

Kids enjoyed the fun at an outdoor reception party in the sunshine, surrounded by lush green foliage

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Hove beach, East Sussex Portraits of an engaged Couple on the beach

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East Sussex wedding photojournalism image of a RYE couple walking down the street under umbrellas in the rain

wedding photojournalism image of a couple walking down the street under umbrellas in the rain

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Girl smiling at her fiancee with sun hats at the beach during engagement shoot

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Silhouette engagement portrait of couple hugging in a fortress

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Newly engaged couple walking hand in hand on a cobblestone road during their pre-wedding engagement shoot

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Couple laughing on the beach for engagement portraits

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Ticehurst, East Sussex, UK wedding image of sleeping flower girl in the church pews during the ceremony.

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Bride and groom during their vows

East Sussex Bartholomew Barns ring bride and groom

Bridesmaid trying to avoid the rain with an umbrella at the wedding at Bartholomew Barn, East Sussex

a Bridesmaid trying to avoid the rain with an umbrella at the outdoor, rainy wedding

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the ring bearer receives final adjustments of his tie

Bartholomew Barn getting ready East Sussex ring bearer tie

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