Wedding Photos of Wedding Day Photo

The following “Wedding Day Photo” 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 “Wedding Day Photo” 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.

The wedding picture at Thorpe Garden, Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire captures the newly married couple and their young son cutting the cake with funny faces

The wedding of the family at Thorpe Garden, Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire is captured in a picture from cutting the cake with funny faces

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

Wedding Day Photo of the Groom prep

Somerset Somerset wedding preparations tie UK somerset weddings Wedding Day Photo getting ready

Landgoed Groenendaal Wedding Day Photos of Getting ready time. Time to put on the dress.

Wedding Day Photos of Getting ready time with the dress

Linda Bouritius Wedding Day Photo utrecht bride utrecht weddings getting ready bride dress

A wedding day photo taken at Allegro Buffet in São Caetano do Sul captures a toast being made with hands and shot glasses raised in celebration

A detail wedding image capturing a celebratory toast was taken at Allegro Buffet

Wedding Day Photo wedding details celebratory moment bride and groom toast toasting the wedding celebrations Allegro Buffet

wedding day photo of the Bride having selfie photo fun with friends

selfie photo Wedding Day Photo UK friends fun phone bride

The bride struggles with her long veil outside the Castello Xirumi di Saravalle in this photo composed by a Sicily wedding photographer.

The bride struggles with her long veil outside in this wedding day photo

Wedding Day Photo accordionist long veil Salvo Moroni Castello Xirumi di Saravalle fence outside

A picture of a bride smiling broadly beneath a large, lush tropical tree in Hawaii, United States was taken on wedding day

The bride in Hawaii was captured smiling beneath a large tropical tree on her wedding day

bride Hawaii bride tropical tree lush wedding Hawaii Wedding Day Photo

Oakland, CA wedding day photo of the groom's hand with the bride's hands | A touch of hands.

The bride and groom shared a touching hands moment at their Oakland, CA wedding

Groom's Hands Oakland connection Marriage Moment Touch Hands embrace Brides hands

Wedding photograph of bride toasting at coffee shop with girlfriend

PARIS FRANCE Wedding Day Photo French wedding photography friends celebrating Paris wedding photography bride toasting smiling

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