Wedding Photos of Blessings

The following “Blessings” 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 “Blessings” 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 candid shot of a traditional Indian wedding ceremony in Hyderabad, capturing the emotional moment as the bride receives blessings between her parents while the groom waits on the other side of the symbolic purdah veil, a touching wedding image.

Emotional Blessings: Traditional Indian Wedding Ceremony in Hyderabad Captures Bride's Tender Moment

A newlywed couple embraces as they are showered with rice by their loved ones outside the Baronesse Tacco in San Floriano del Collio, Gorizia, Italy.

Blessings in Bloom: A Joyful Send-Off in Italy

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Detail image of family members touching each other's hands during a wedding ceremony at Hotel Sheraton in Calgary as parents offer their blessings

Calgary wedding ceremony at Hotel Sheraton captures touching moment as family members offer blessings

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The bride and groom beamed with joy as they were showered with good wishes, blessings and water during the haldi ceremony in Hyderabad

The bride and groom were blessed and showered with water during their traditional haldi ceremony

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The groom's face was captured in a tight shot as he tried to catch his breath after getting water splashed at him in Hyderabad

At the ceremony, a tight shot of the groom's face was captured as he was splashed with water

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A China wedding day hands detail picture showing the Applause and blessings

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View this tasteful Zhengzhou wedding pic showing In local Chinese tradition, it is believed that sprinkling grain on the bride's dowry brings blessings to the marriage, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Henan from the WPJA

Zhengzhou wedding pic showing In local Chinese tradition, it is believed that sprinkling grain on the bride's dowry brings blessings to the marriage, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Henan

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China wedding photography from a Wenling, Taizhou, China Hotel At the Song Dynasty wedding ceremony in China, the bride and groom spread wedding candy to the guests to express their blessings

China wedding photography from a Wenling bride and groom wedding candy Taizhou guests blessings

Chinese wedding detail image of small papers of blessings to the bride, hung by clothes pins on strings

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Istanbul wedding image showing the tradition to give away money to others to get their blessings for the wedding

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Lancashire documentary wedding photo from reception speech - couple kissing with shadows

Eternal Blessings: Lancashire Love Captured in Shadows

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