Wedding Photos of Prep

The following “Prep” 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 “Prep” 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.

A beautiful bride gracefully makes her way down a staircase in the prep house at Whinstone View, Middlesborough, UK, in this enchanting wedding day photograph.

Enchanting Moment: Bride Descending Staircase at Whinstone View, Middlesborough, UK Wedding Day Capture

Best Colorado documentary wedding photography showing the Groom prep session with the guys and mirrors

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A top Caminha wedding photographer captured this picture of a young girl with a door and shoes

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Shepshed, Leicestershire wedding documentary photographer created this image The flower girl using her mums make up kit during prep

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France wedding photography in Paris of pre-ceremony Family prep with the flower girls

Paris flower girls pre ceremony France wedding photo family Prep

Pennsylvania wedding photo from the Hotel during Prep as the Groom is helping the bride get the dress down from where she hung it up when the checked into their bed and breakfast for their elopement

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The Elvetham wedding picture of the Bride leaving after prep for the cermeony

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London Bride Prep Wedding Photo

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Charlton House Hotel, Somerset, UK Wedding Day Photo - Groom prep

Wedding Day Photo of the Groom prep

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Wedding photo shoot with bride prep in mirrors in Zhejiang

Reflections of Love: A Bride's Journey in Zhejiang

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Paris documentary wedding photo of bride getting help with her dress

Elegance in Paris: Capturing the Bride's Moments

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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.