Wedding Photos of Sanya

The following “Sanya” 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 “Sanya” 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.

An elegant wedding scene captured at The Sanya Edition Hotel in China, as the couple's niece watches attentively during their first dance, adding a sweet touch to the celebration.

Lovely Niece Observes Adoringly: First Dance Magic at The Sanya Edition Hotel in China

Bride's silhouette in a beautiful flowing veil as she gets ready at The Sanya Edition Hotel in Sanya, Hainan, China, captured near a window.

Veiled Elegance: A Bride's Morning at The Sanya Edition

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A documentary wedding photographer received a WPJA Honor Award for this image taken in Sanya, China. The photo captures the couple and guests happily participating in a game called Wine Spill.

Sanya Celebration: WPJA Honor Awarded to Photographer for Capturing Joy in Wine Spill Game

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In this documentary wedding image, set in a hotel in Sanya, Hainan, China, we see the bride gently waking up the groom on the morning of their wedding day

Waking to Forever: Bride's Tender Awakening in Sanya's Hotel, Hainan, China

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In Sanya, Hainan, China, at a hotel, the children show their care by feeding the bride potato chips

Potato Chip Feeding: Heartwarming Gesture from Children at Sanya, Hainan Hotel Wedding

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The bride's parents' emotional embrace and tears at the Chinese tea wedding ceremony in Sanya, Hainan, China was truly a beautiful moment to be captured by the photographer

In Sanya, Hainan, China, the bride's parents' emotional embrace and tears were captured in a picture at the Chinese tea wedding ceremony

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A top China wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Sanya wedding venue showcasing the gate crashing Wedding door games

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Sanya, China wedding bridal party artistic portrait session of the bride and her bridesmaids on the beach

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Sanya wedding picture of Chinese door games for groom and his friends in grass skirts

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