Wedding Photos of Resting

The following “Resting” 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 “Resting” 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 romantic wedding portrait captured in Venice, Italy. The newlyweds are mesmerized by the beauty of the Grand Canal as they gaze affectionately, her head resting on his shoulder. A dreamy image of love and connection on their special day.

Enchanted Love On the Grand Canal: Romantic Wedding Portrait in Venice, Italy

A guest at Glewstone Court Country House in Herefordshire, UK, succumbs to the post-dinner slump on a wedding day. The tranquil ambiance and food made for a memorable celebration.

Herefordshire Wedding Bliss: A Guest's Post-Dinner Slump at Glewstone Court

Herefordshire Documentary Wedding Photography post dinner Herefordshire sofa Resting Glewstone Court Country House couch

A WPJA Honor Award-winning photo captured at Manoir de la Perrière in Messas, France. The image shows everyone enjoying the cocktail, except for the bride's resting uncle.

Resting Uncle: A Moment of Solitude Amidst Wedding Celebration in France

cocktail hour Messas Messas Documentary Wedding Photography Loiret Manoir de la Perrière Resting

The couple posed on a wooden park bench in the Budakeszi Arborétum in Hungary, surrounded by lots of green foliage, resting on each other

Hungary's Budakeszi Arborétum: Capturing the Couple's Joyful Engagement on a Wooden Park Bench

center framed Resting park bench Hungary PreWedding Session Budakeszi Arboretum Hungary

A wedding picture captured the moment of a couple standing in a doorway at Mezin, France, with a man resting on a bench outside

In Mezin, France, a couple stood in a doorway, with a man resting on a bench nearby in a wedding photo

bright sunlight Resting bench Lot-et-Garonne Mezin Wedding Photography framed in doorway Mezin

The engaged couple enjoyed a peaceful pre-wedding portrait session in Ezeiza, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the bride resting her head on her groom's lap

In Ezeiza, Argentina, the couple shared a peaceful pre-wedding portrait session

peaceful portrait Argentina Ezeiza PreWedding Photography Buenos Aires Ezeiza Resting

A wedding photo from a Frankfurt wedding showing a tender moment between mother and daughter

A tender moment was shared between mother and daughter as they rested on a couch, with the mother being under a blanket

frankfurt wedding photographer Germany Resting Frankfurt mother and daughter blanket tender moment

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portrait from Monticiano resort using a tilt-shift, the couple is in a basement below ground level, from the window filters a soft light, the bride is laid on a staircase as if resting while the groom looks on

Tuscany Monticiano couple Italy Italy wedding couple portrait Monticiano Resort window

Frankfurt nuptial day award-winning image of Confetti mess and resting grandmas

confetti broom mess Frankfurt Frankfurt photographer grandmother

Chicago, llinois fine art wedding detail pic of the brides hands resting under her veil

Chicago Resting llinois IL weddings veil llinois bride detail pic

Cappadocia pre wedding image - Rest in the carpet shop!

a pre wedding overhead image of a couple Resting in the carpet shop

Resting carpet shop couple overhead image Cappadocia

In a captivating black and white image captured in Nea Ionia Attica, the groom's eyes are fixed on the delicate necklace resting in his palm, lost in the significance it holds

Lost in Time: Groom's Gaze on a Delicate Necklace in Nea Ionia

Attica photographer groom necklace Resting Nea Ionia groom delicate Nea Ionia Attica

Grandfather of the Bride resting before the wedding | Nantucket Massachusetts | Private Home Wedding on Nantucket Island

image of the Grandfather of the Bride resting before the wedding at Private Home Wedding on Nantucket Island

MA grandfather Private Home Wedding Nantucket Nantucket Island before wedding

Wedding photojournalism at Hayes, London of older guest sleeping before ceremony

Eternal Rest: Moments of Peace at Hayes

rest quiet guest nap sleeping London older

Engagement portrait session of a couple in Shenandoah National Park

Engagement portrait session of a couple in formal black and white clothing, with the woman resting her head on her partner's shoulder

Shenandoah National Park black and white formal clothing Shenandoah PreWedding Session Resting head formal

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