Wedding Photos of Abbey

The following “Abbey” 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 “Abbey” 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 young flower girl stands near her pew row in Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, UK, eagerly leaning out to catch a glimpse of the bride and groom as they exchange vows, her hand held by an adult beside her.

Eager Flower Girl at Sherborne Abbey Wedding Ceremony

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Glamorous Wedding Portrait Elegantly Showcases Love and Connection at Moncel Abbey Venue

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Modern Eberbach Abbey wedding portrait of the Germany bride lit with stained glass

stained glass Eberbach Abbey Germany Eberbach wedding portrait abbey lit

San Galgano Abbey, Siena, Italy fine art church ruins wedding couple picture of the bride and groom are kissing after the ceremony

church ruins Fine art Italy wedding couple picture San galgano Abbey Italy Siena

San Galgano, Tuscany engagement photo of a couple in the Abbey

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Abbaye de Villers, Belgium engagment photo | This image was taken in one of the big spaces in an old abbey, which was destroyed for a big part during WWII

engagment image was taken in one of the big spaces in an old abbey, which was destroyed for a big part during WWII

Belgium Belgium pre wedding portraits Bob Baeyens Belgium engagement photographer abbey Belgium e shoot Abbaye de Villers

bride and groom portrait in black and white with some wind

abbey Tuscany wind San galgano Abbey black and white Italy IT bride and groom portrait

San Galgano Abbey Tuscany wedding photography | Bride and groom portrait after ceremony

An artistic wedding photographer photographed a bride and groom portrait after the ceremony at the Abbey

abbey Tuscany old world architecture Tuscany wedding portrait San Galgano Abbey Tuscany

stanbrook abbey wedding photograph of a happy bridesmaide dancing down the stairs

stanbrook abbey wedding image of a happy bridesmaide dancing down the stairs

womens Roman Catholic abbey bridesmaid monastery getting ready Cambrai

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