Wedding Photos of Blessed

The following “Blessed” 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 “Blessed” 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 beautiful couple on their wedding day in Dublin, Ireland. They stand in front of a statue of Jesus, his hands extended over them in blessing. Perfectly captured just after the ceremony, this stunning image radiates love, faith, and the start of a union.

Blessed Love: Wedding Day Bliss in Dublin, Ireland Under Jesus' Watchful Eyes

In Ras Al Khaimah, the traditional wedding ritual of mangalsnanam is celebrated with a shower of joyous water over the newly-wed couple

At traditional weddings, a ritual known as mangalsnanam sees the newly-wed couple blessed with a lifelong relationship through a shower of water

Traditional ritual shower Mangalsnanam splashing UAE Photographer United Arab Emirates

Heritage Fellowship Church, Virginia getting ready for marriage award-winning picture capturing The groom (who is also a minister) is being blessed by the groomsmen

Virginia photographer getting ready VA wedding image blessed marriage picture Heritage Fellowship Church Virginia

Comunidade Hindu de Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal wedding photo showing the The bride's best man was also blessed by the bride at the Pithi ceremony, a blessing ceremony for the bride, under the look of all bride's closest family

pithi ceremony ceremony the Bride blessed best man a blessing Comunidade Hindu de Portugal

Bride and groom being blessed by guests

Tividale Balaji Temple bride and groom Clive Blair West Midlands reportage weddings blessed guests wedding reportage

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