Wedding Photos of Arms

The following “Arms” 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 “Arms” 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.

Award-Winning Portrait: In the beautiful Guadeloupe, the bride and groom embrace with joy and smiles, as the wind tousles their hair. The groom wraps his arms around her, giving a tender kiss on her cheek, evoking a radiant smile.

Guadeloupe's Blissful Embrace: A Radiant Kiss in the Wind's Caress

At the Walled Garden Beeston, a dancing shot from the evening reception party under the tent

The guests at the evening reception party under the tent danced with their arms criss crossing to make an interesting shape

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Indre photojournalistic wedding photography at Chateau de l'Isle Savary of the excited children as they are channeled by the arms of adults

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An impressive black and white Ghent wedding photography picture in Belgium showing suits, arms, and hands

Ghent wedding photography Belgium suits Belgium groom hands black and white Sanne De Block

View this fine example of the best in the world wedding photography from Bursa, Bey Konagi of the Newly weds celebrating with arms in the air

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sensitive Poland wedding Detail of engagement ring just before the ceremony

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France nuptial day award-winning image of The mother extremely moved in the arms of the bride

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Montreal Botanical Garden outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot showing a Man holding woman up in his arms in a pine wood at sunset

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Best wedding photography from France showing a pic of Sisters and brother in arms

wedding photography France groom arms Sisters brother France

Volunteer Landing Park, Knoxville portrait e-session - man holding his future wife in his arms behind a stone tower

TN photographer holding e Session TN Bryan Aleman Volunteer Landing Park Knoxville

Mercer Island Washington authentic wedding image of bridesmaids saying a prayer over bride before the wedding ceremony

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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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Bride jumps into the arms of men to catch her during her reception at the Allegro Buffet

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A couple engaged behind the windows of a building entrance hall in Toulouse. They extend their arms and hand to each other in this picture.

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A happy engaged couple near the big wheel in Toulouse. The fiancee is in the arms of her fiancé.

A happy engaged couple near the big wheel in Toulouse with The fiancee is in the arms of her fiancé

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At the end of the ceremony, the bride got very emotional and started crying in the groom’s arms at a Church in Ansião, Pombal, Portugal

Ansião Nuno Lima emotional Church in Ansião groom Portugal bride and groom Portugal

An engaged couple drink beer, arms linked

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New Jersey wedding shoot with a bride surrounded by guests

Jersey Love: A Bride's Joyful Gathering

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Maine wedding photograph of a guest swinging his small boy by the arms at sunset near the tented reception

Sunset Swing: Maine Wedding Guest Plays with Young Son

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The bride and groom sat together, her hand on his arm, as their family and friends gave heartfelt speeches in the background of their wedding reception

A unique image of love and celebration was captured at a wedding venue in Florence, Italy

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Guests reach for the bouquet at the wedding reception in McLean, VA

Guests reach for the bouquet during the bride's toss

McLean bouquet toss bride hands reception bouquet flower

Washington D.C groom sings in front of the guests at his wedding reception

a groom sings in front of the guests

Washington DC singing arms groom Lights DC photographer sings

hands black and white arms toss reception bouquet

Documentary Wedding Photograph in Lima | Image contains: reception, color, dance, wedding guests, indoors

hands laughing smile laugh color arms smiling

This San Francisco bridal party poses in the rotunda and is photographed from below in this CA wedding image

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Baden-Wurttemberg wedding photographer captured this humorous photo of the groom being tossed in the air during the wedding reception

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Slovakia Wedding Photographer | Image contains: reception, groom, throw garter, catch

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An aged southern belle is saluted and flanked by the groom and his best man with their raised fist pumps in the air in an indoor Texas wedding candid

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Catania wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of the wedding guests leaping for a the brides bouquet outside an old church

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