Wedding Photos of UK

The following “UK” 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 “UK” 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.

Outside at the Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire, UK, an outdoor recessional & confetti toss by family and friends

Family and friends performed a confetti toss over the happy bride and groom outside at the Hall during a recessional

A dancing guest lost in the music, but found in the light at the Hardwick Manor Farm, Home Marquee, Hardwick, Northants, UK

A guest danced to music with great light beams shining down on the dance floor

Home Marquee UK dance floor streams of light Hardwick Manor Farm Hardwick Northants Wedding Photographer

The Page Boy remains calm amidst the full emotional range of the Bridal Party inside the Endon, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

The Page Boy kept his cool while chilling with the Bridal Party in the getting ready room

Stoke on Trent UK Endon Staffordshire Staffordshire Wedding Photographer Page boy getting ready

The little girl is captivated by the guitar and the guitarist looks at her happiness while her mother and baby sister chat with a guest at the Cotswolds, UK, Primrose Hill Barn

The guitarist watched with delight as the little girl was captivated by the guitar at the wedding reception venue

young Girl Cotswolds wedding photographer UK Cotswolds guitarist musician Cotswolds Reception Venue

In Cotswolds, UK, at Primrose Hill Barn, smiles of joy and love on the faces of the Groom’s family just after the Bride has walked down the aisle at the start of the ceremony

The Groom's family were filled with joy when the Bride walked down the aisle at the ceremony

Cotswolds Ceremony Cotswolds Grooms family Cotswolds wedding photographer UK Primrose Hill Barn

Amid the rain, a couple sheltered in a brick archway at a Sculpture Park, embracing and enjoying their time together

Couple stand sheltering from the rain in a brick archway, hugging and having fun at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire, UK

hugging West Yorkshire Engagement Portrait red brick wall West Yorkshire UK Yorkshire Sculpture Park

In a serene image of minimalism, a couple stands in a clear sky, embracing each other in a frame filled with negative space

Couple stand holding each other, in a sky of negative space at Bolehills, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

Sheffield Engagement Portrait holding each other negative space minimalistic portrait UK Bolehills Sheffield

A couple embraced in a romantic kiss in a quaint suburban street, lined with cars and trees

Couple stand kissing in the middle of a cobbled street, framed by trees, houses and cars at Crookes, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

Sheffield cobbled street car lined road tree lined road UK Sheffield Engagement Session Crookes

The couple, locked in an embrace, gaze into the horizon, surrounded by a lush field of tall grass

The couple sits embraced in a field of long grass, looking into the future at Everingham, North Yorkshire, UK

Everingham Engagement Photography UK North Yorkshire Everingham tall grass field locked in embrace couple sits

The University's brick buildings frame a newly-engaged couple, who stand in the middle of the road in a striking vertical image

Engaged couple stands in the middle of the road, framed by tall brick buildings of the Hallam University of Eyre Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK

Sheffield Engagement Photography UK framed between buildings Sheffield South Yorkshire middle of road Hallam University of Eyre Lane

At a beautiful farm house in Derbyshire, UK, a marquee reception was set up with colourful lanterns hanging below the white tent ceiling to create a unique and memorable wedding setting

Derbyshire, UK: a farm wedding reception with colourful lanterns, and white tent ceiling

colorful lanterns marquee reception Derbyshire Photographer Derbyshire family and friends Derbyshire UK white tent

The bridal party laughed together at golden hour during a group portrait session on the rooftop of Manchester Hall, Manchester, UK, with the city glowing a golden hue in the background

At Manchester Hall, Manchester, UK, the bridal party laughed together at golden hour with the city glowing a golden hue in the background

group portrait Rooftop golden hue Manchester photographer UK Manchester golden hour

At Thunderbridge, Yorkshire, UK, the couple stand in the middle of a road, framed by trees, outside their wedding venue, sharing a kiss

The newly-wed couple exchanged an intimate kiss in a picturesque setting, framed by trees in the middle of the road outside their wedding venue

West Yorkshire Yorkshire photographer UK sharing a kiss framed by trees middle of road Thunderbridge

Bride arriving at wedding ceremony with maid carrying her wedding train at The Oratory Birmingham, UK

The bride's majestic entrance in the warm sunshine, with her maid carrying her luxurious wedding train, was truly breathtaking

Birmingham UK The Oratory Birmingham Birmingham wedding photographer warm sunshine entering ceremony

Guests mirroring portrait paintings mounted on the wall behind them at Colwick Hall, Nottingham, UK

The guests resembled the portrait paintings mounted on the wall behind them

Colwick Hall Nottingham Wedding Photographer mirroring artwork Nottingham Nottinghamshire low angle wall paintings

Guest with a wet bum is of interest outside The Walled Garden, Nottingham, UK

A gentleman at the wedding with wet pants

Nottingham wet pants guest Nottinghamshire Humorous Nottingham Wedding Photographer The Walled Garden

Bride gives Groom a cheeky look during ceremony at The Walled Garden, Nottingham, UK

The Bride gave the Groom a cheeky look during the wedding ceremony at the altar

Nottingham Wedding Photographer Nottinghamshire altar The Walled Garden Nottingham officiant garden Ceremony

Bride and groom standing on fountain water at the Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel, London, UK

bride and groom standing on water fountain

Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel fountain UK couple portrait London London photographer

The bride and groom share a first kiss - photographed from behind the bridesmaids at the Rudding Church in Harrogate, UK

The bride and groom shared a romantic first kiss, captured from behind the bridesmaids at the church ceremony

bridesmaids England UK North Yorkshire Wedding Photographer First Kiss North Yorkshire Rudding Church

The mother of the bride cries during some emotional speeches at the Highfield House in Driffield, UK

At the estate house wedding reception venue, the mother of the bride was visibly emotional and hid her face with a napkin during some of the speeches

Driffield Wedding Photographer Highfield House east yorkshire crying Driffield napkin mother of bride

A Northumberland wedding photographer captured the thrilling moment when men were lifted onto the shoulders of guests during a traditional hora celebration on the dance floor

UK contest award winning documentary wedding photography at Barn on the Bay in Northumberland showing a hora style celebration on the dance floor on the shoulders of guests

dance floor hora style celebration UK Barn on the Bay Northumberland sitting on shoulders Scott Carney

Wedding photograph from Wasing Park, UK of a boy at sweets trolley

The boy is seen smiling as he fills his bag with candy from the glass jars of the sweets trolley at the wedding

happy boy candy sweets trolley Wasing Park UK Berkshire wedding photographer Berkshire

Best Ashton Lodge Country House wedding venue photography in Warwickshire, UK capturing Bride and Grooms daughters shocked expression during the first kiss

Clive Blair First Kiss Ashton Country House bw weddings Warwickshire Photographer Warwickshire UK

At Hilton St Mary's, Dorset, UK, a guest puts on the brides veil and throws bouquet

The groom looks on as a guest puts the bride's veil on himself and playfully throws the bouquet for a humorous moment

Humorous Dorset throwing bouquet playful Hilton St Mary's Dorset wedding photographer brides veil

Documentary photography from Shrigley Hall wedding venue in Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK showing an outdoor Confetti exit for the bride and groom

Andy Griffiths church exit Macclesfield UK Cheshire photographer confetti shower Cheshire

Wedding photo from Over Wallop, Hampshire, UK showing bride and groom showered with confetti after church ceremony

A wedding photo of the bride and groom being showered with confetti after a church ceremony was taken

Over Wallop post church ceremony showered with confetti hampshire wedding photographer Hampshire UK

Elvaston Castle post proposal portraits by a Derbyshire wedding photographer of a happy UK couple cuddling in view of castle

Derbyshire Nathan Walker UK couple Elvaston Castle Derbyshire Wedding Photographer UK cutting

A London chic wedding day detail picture at The Asylum as the bride climbs into Mustang car backseat

London Mustang muscle car Asylum United Kingdom UK England

Best Kent, UK wedding photojournalism picture from Lympne Castle venue of The flower girls looking somewhat bored as the groom delivers his speech to his new wife

UK speech Lympne Castle Kent new wife UK wedding photojournalism

Kent, UK wedding reportage photojournalist created this picture at the Lympne Castle as The bridesmaid is bewildered by the meeting the bridal party

UK wedding photojournalist Kent bridal party uk wedding reportage bridesmaid Lympne Castle UK

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