Wedding Photos of France

The following “France” 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 “France” 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.

Puy-de-Dome documentary wedding photography contest winning image at Château Rocher in France created as the Kids are fighting over the brides dress

Children playfully tugging at the train of a bride's dress as she gets ready for her wedding were captured by a photographer in Puy-de-Dôme, France

Best Nexon reportage style wedding photography award in Haute-Vienne, France showing a slice of A kiss in the doorway

An experienced Nexon candid wedding photographer captured an intimate moment of a bride and groom kissing in the doorway

France Haute-Vienne doorway kiss on forehead Nexon Haute Vienne Photographer

Haute-Vienne winning image of a Big hug for the bride from the best documentary style wedding photography contest in the world in Nexon, France

A Haute-Vienne wedding photographer captured a heartwarming moment of a flower girl bridesmaid giving the bride a big hug

France big hug Bride and Bridesmaids Haute Vienne Photographer Haute-Vienne Nexon

Monflanquin, France candid documentary wedding photography of the Bride throwing an axe outdoors at the reception venue

A Monflanquin wedding reportage photographer captured a bride throwing an axe far into the blue sky at the outdoor reception venue

France outdoor reception bride throwing axe tented reception Monflanquin Monflanquin Photographer

Documentary style photography from a France wedding in Monflanquin capturing the fun Bride and Groom exit from the ceremony on a tractor

A Monflanquin wedding reportage photographer captured the newlyweds' joyous exit, as they drove off the ceremony grounds on a small lawn tractor, with the groom in the trailer

France exit outdoor ceremony Monflanquin Photographer Monflanquin tractor

A France wedding photographer at Chateau Montus captured the Bride and Groom first dance under blue lights on the dance floor

A wedding reportage photographer captured the romantic moment of a bride and groom's first dance, which was illuminated by blue lights on the dance floor

France dance floor blue lights France photographer Chateau Montus first dance

Chateau de Malmont documentary-style wedding image in Occitanie of a French woman nursing a baby on a bed during preparations

A French wedding photographer captured a woman nursing a baby on a bed at a Chateau venue during preparations

Occitanie photographer Chateau de Malmont France nursing baby Occitanie

A Nimes wedding photographer captured the moment of a woman sitting on a bed and a man in the doorway buttoning his shirt, the preparations for the big day

Nimes winning documentary style wedding photography in BW of getting ready preparations

bw moment getting ready Nimes France Nimes Photographer

A wedding photo of bridal preparations at Château Saint Loup en Albret, France

Family and friends gathered at a Château to help create a perfect bridal look for her wedding day

Château Saint Loup en Albret Lot-et-Garonne Montagnac sur Auvignon Wedding Photographer Montagnac sur Auvignon France

Domaine de Massoulac, France wedding photographer captured the bridal bouquet toss outside

A French wedding photographer captured a memorable image of the bride throwing her bouquet outside, resembling a rugby sports photo

outdoor reception France photographer at night bridal bouquet toss France Domaine de Massoulac

A French wedding photographer captured an image of a bride holding a bottle in one hand and a knife in the other to cut the cake

France winning image from the best documentary style wedding photography contest in the world showing some drinking from a bottle with a knife for the cake in the other hand

France cake cutting bottle drinking Bride drinking France photographer

Best documentary wedding photo from Loiret, France showing the bouquet toss and the women try to catch it

A Loiret wedding photographer captured a group of women attempting to catch a bouquet tossed far across an open field

bouquet toss Loiret Photographer France Loiret

A lifestyle engagement portrait session in Clamart, France for a couple walking on a small path

France Clamart Clamart Photographer couple walking small path

France winning image from the best documentary style wedding photography contest in the world showing a Champagne fountain during dinner in a silhouette shot

The bride and groom shared a romantic kiss in silhouette as champagne flowed from a fountain at their wedding reception

champagne fountain France France photographer silhouette kiss Jeremie Sangare

Loire, France lifestyle engagement photography of a couple in Saint Genest Lerp walking the tree logs of barrage du Sapt

walking on logs Jessica Evrard Loire Barrage du Sapt France Saint Genest Lerp Loire photographer

A Loire, on location couple lifestyle portrait in Saint Genest Lerp, France as they sit on the branch of a tree at barrage du Sapt

Jessica Evrard Barrage du Sapt Loire photographer Saint Genest Lerp France Loire

A forest Saint Genest Lerp lifestyle couples shoot on location in Loire, France in the forest with tall trees

forest engagement Loire France Loire photographer Jessica Evrard Saint Genest Lerp tall trees

Documentary style photography from a Haute-Marne wedding in Langres, France capturing the bride tying the flower bracelet on her sister's arm

The bride's tender gesture of tying a flower bracelet on her sister's arm at her wedding was an incredibly intimate and touching moment

tying bracelet Haute-Marne Oliver Saillard France Sisters Langres Langres Photographer

A wedding photo from a Pyrénées-Atlantiques ceremony location of the best men looking at the ring

The best men looked on as the couple exchanged vows and rings outdoors during a wedding ceremony

Pyrénées-Atlantiques best men France Pyrénées Atlantiques wedding photographer Exchanging vows exchanging rings

Saint Jean de Luz lifestyle photography session in Pyrenees Atlantique, France showing the couple in BW during a small complicit pause on a pontoon

France France photographer Pyrenees Atlantique pontoon Saint Jean de Luz

A Landes, on location couple lifestyle portrait in Azur, France capturing the wonderful evening light

Azur Landes standing on dock France Landes Photographer evening light

Documentary style photography from a Lille wedding in France capturing in BW the entrance of the couple with the music men in black

Estelle Carlier bw moment Lille ceremony France dancing down aisle Lille photographer

Landes lifestyle photography session in Azur, France showing an elongated couple, with some work on geometry

Landes Photographer France Landes laying on dock overhead Azur

mom sees for the first time her son in military uniform for his wedding

mother of groom Nantes military groom France Nantes Photographer

At Domaine De Gayfie, Cajarc, France, the groom takes his bride in his arms during the ceremony

The groom embraced his bride during the ceremony, while family and friends watched from beneath the trees

Lot Occitanie Domaine de Gayfie France Cajarc Lot Wedding Photographer hug

bride dancing with father

France France photographer bw moment Castle Rochemontès bride and father dance

Documentary style photography from a Auch, France wedding capturing a bit of the dangerous evening games at the reception

reception games Auch Auch Photographer France

An Occitanie wedding photographer captured an emotional hug of the bride and her sister after the ceremony

emotional hug bride and sister Occitanie post ceremony Marion Pomes Occitanie photographer France

A wedding photographer in Aumelas, France created this image of the bride with her bouquet and ribbons strung out to her lady guests

France bouquet game bouquet and ribbons Aumelas Photographer Aumelas

Aniane, France photojournalistic wedding photography of the bride and groom cutting cake with firework sparklers

firework sparklers Aniane France cake cutting Aniane Photographer wedding cake

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