Wedding Photos of After ceremony

The following “After ceremony” 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 “After ceremony” 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.

At St. Andrew's Church in Guernsey, after the ceremony, the bride tenderly pays her respects at her father's graveside, honoring his memory on her special day.

In Loving Memory: A Bride's Heartfelt Tribute at St. Andrew's Church, Guernsey

A spectacular France wedding couple photograph from Abbaye Royal du Moncel in Pontpoint, FR resulting in a beautiful Bride and groom portrait after ceremony

Pontpoint weddings Pontpoint France after ceremony Abbaye Royal du Moncel French bride and groom France couple portrait

Top, and timeless wedding photography from Castle Pines, Colorado during a portrait session for The bride and groom during a dance privately after the ceremony

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Estes Park rustic actual wedding day couple portrait in Colorado showing A bride and groom on a stroll after the ceremony

A rustic actual wedding day couple portrait in Colorado showing an Estes Park bride and groom on a stroll after the ceremony

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Best Los Angeles documentary wedding photography showing the Bride and groom have a cigarette break after the ceremony

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Breathtaking Alberta wedding image of a Canada couple after the ceremony at the lake

Canada Couple Eliza Slobodzian Canada AB bride and groom after ceremony Alberta wedding image mountains

Best Udine documentary wedding picture showing some After ceremony jokes

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Best Romania wedding photojournalism picture from St Nectarie Church showing the Brides daughters reacting to her new ring after the ceremony

Romania wedding photojournalism Romania St Nectarie after ceremony new ring daughters

A top Colorado wedding photographer captured this picture at The Barn at Raccoon Creek of the The bride and groom navigating through the rain after the ceremony with help from the brides father

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World's top and most original United Kingdom wedding portrait photography at the Oxford Town Hall of bride and groom sitting after their ceremony

Oxford Town Hall United Kingdom wedding portrait UK couple photography Damion Mower sitting after ceremony Oxford bride and groom

World's most innovative and best Rocky Mountain National Park wedding day portraits of A bride and groom sharing a passionate minute alone together after their ceremony

Passionate after ceremony portrait Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado bride and groom National Park weddings

World's most artistic and best wedding couple image from Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary resulting in a detail shot of the bridal bouquet after the ceremony

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World's best and most unconventional Leicestershire wedding portraits from Long Whatton of the Bride and Groom going for a post ceremony walk

United Kingdom Leicestershire wedding portraits Long Whatton venue walk UK Bride and groom Leicestershire Nathan Walker

A top Heenvliet wedding photojournalist at De Hoecksack created this image showing the The wedding couple is being covered with confetti after the ceremony

confetti wedding couple Heenvliet wedding photojournalist De Hoecksack Heenvliet photographer Thomas Jongbloed after ceremony

This Pennsylvania wedding photojournalism picture is a prime example of what candid, nontraditional West Chester wedding photography looks like, as the bride and groom exit the Saint Agnes Parish church after their ceremony

Saint Agnes Parish West Chester PA after ceremony church Pennsylvania St Agnes West Chester wedding photography

Pieve di San Pietro, Gropina nuptial day award-winning image of the bride leaving the church in the back of the car after the ceremony

bride Pieve di San Pietro Gropina nuptial day after ceremony leaving church Gropina photographer

Saint Cast, France nuptial day award-winning image of The couple just after the ceremony

bride and groom France couple Saint Cast France photography France after ceremony church

The Spain WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from Merchant Logo Finca La Montaña event venue showing the SP Couple exits ceremony under confetti

spain wedding photography Merchant Logo Finca La Montaña Spain confetti SP Couple Finca La Montaña

izmir, Karaburun wedding bride artistic image session for some bridal portraits after the ceremony

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A top Czech wedding photographer in Beskydy captured this picture of Congratulatory hugs outdoors after the ceremony

Czech wedding photographer outdoors Czech hugs after ceremony Beskydy

Black and white Paris wedding picture of a France bride eager to join the car at the end of the ceremony

Paris wedding picture Sports Car black and white bw France vintage

Arizona wedding photography showing bride hugging daughter in laws after ceremony

AZ bride outdoors AZ bride hugging flowers

San Francisco Documentary wedding image of the happiest hug after the ceremony

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Maria Alm documentary wedding image of an emotional father hugging the groom after the ceremony

Maria Alm emotional Austria Austria wedding image groom Salzburg

Maysville, Georgia documentary wedding image of a mom hugging her son after ceremony

son mom Georgia documentary weddings Georgia wedding image hugging after ceremony Maysville

Annapolis, Maryland emotion and love wedding moment photo showing the bride After the ceremony was over she grabbed her husband and just fell into his arms and cried

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Italy wedding day post-ceremony moment photo showing off Emotions in black and white

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England artistic wedding photo from England of the Flower girl holding her sign up even after the ceremony

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Reception Venue, Pyrénées- Orientales, France artistic wedding image by the boats - a couple portrait after ceremony

boats France artistic wedding image after ceremony France couple portrait

A Hautes-Pyrenees (65) wedding photographer captured this moment in Occitanie After ceremony of the Bride and guests with emotion

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