Wedding Photos of Bridal party

The following “Bridal party” 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 “Bridal party” 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.

Best Baixas documentary wedding picture in Pyrénées-Orientales of the Bridal party walking to the Church

An exceptional Provence wedding photojournalism sample by a professional France photographer showing the relaxing Getting Ready session for the bridal party

relaxing Getting Ready session Provence France photographer bridal party France

An extraordinary Missoula wedding picture by a pro Montana photographer revealing the bride drinking straight from a big jug of jungle juice on the bridal party transportation bus

jug MT bride Missoula wedding picture Montana photographer Missoula transportation

World's best creative wedding photography from France showing us The bride flying in the air wearing sneakers as she is tossed by the bridal party

air Lille wedding photography flying France Bride tossed sneakers

A top Maine wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Bar Harbor wedding event showing the bridal party getting ready together

Bar Harbor wedding Cadillac Mountain bay Shore Path Kate Crabtree bridal party Mount Desert Island

This Canada wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional Ontario wedding photography looks like, as the bridal party races to get the dresses ready for the wedding

This Canada wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional wedding photography looks like, as the bridal party races to get the dresses ready for the wedding in Ontario

pool Canada wedding photojournalism dresses races bridal party wedding photography

A top NYC wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Manhattan event venue as guests and the bridal party are Dancing the night away

nyc bridal party dancing NYC wedding photojournalism Casey Fatchett Night Manhattan

This Massachusetts wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Boston wedding photography looks like, as the bridal party watch the bride and her dad have their first look at the Fairmont Copley Plaza

Copley Dad first look Massachusetts wedding photojournalism Fairmont Copley Plaza Fairmont Massachusetts

A wedding photojournalist in Mystic, CT captured this moment of a Bride laughing during a toast with bridal party

Mystic wedding photojournalist toast Mystic ct cheers laughing

View this fine example of the best in the world wedding photography at the Bear Brook Valley in Fredon, New Jersey showing us the Bridal party reacting during game of Flip Cup

bridal party drinking games Bear Brook Valley reacting Fredon New Jersey game

Chiaravalle della Colomba, Castell' Arquato marriage ceremony award-winning image showing The arrangement of the brides veil before entering the church

bridesmaids Chiaravalle della Colomba bridal party arrangement church Castell Arquato photographer Castell Arquato

Somerset, England nuptial day award-winning image of The bridal party arriving at the church in the rain as the wind blows their umbrella inside out

umbrella blows church England bridal party England wedding reportage Somerset photographer

St. Dunstan's Church, West Peckham, Kent nuptial day award-winning image of The bride and one of her bridal party share a funny moment during the couple's rain soaked departure in their open top vintage sports car

Kent nuptial day vintage soaked departure West Peckham photographer Kent Funny moment

Le Cellier, France marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing Getting ready for the bridal party

Le Cellier Le Cellier bride preparation time getting ready bridal party France marriage France photography

Colorado outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the Bride and groom just married

Colorado lake Shea McGrath Colorado outdoor marriage ceremony mountains denver photographer bride and groom

Cambridge, UK outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded a grooms reaction to the bride holding the cake knife

cake knife reaction United Kingdom Photographer Cambridge Cambridge wedding reportage bridal party

Bodrum, Turkey outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded a Groom in air under trees and lights

turkey outdoor reception Lights bridal party Groom in air Turkey photographer Bodrum

View this picturesque Anna Maria Island wedding image in BW of the Bridal party walking down to the beach shows the scene of this couples celebration, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Florida from the WPJA

picturesque Anna Maria Island wedding image in BW of the Bridal party walking down to the beach shows the scene of this couples celebration, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Florida

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Edward Whittall Garden, Izmir, Turkey indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing bride and guests are dancing at the reception

Edward Whittall Garden İzmir Izmir photographer Turkey indoor wedding reception Turkey wedding photography dancing

Lazio marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the Bride is getting ready while many things happen around her

bw Rome photographer Lazio Lazio wedding picture marriage preparation time bridal party

View this tasteful York Beach wedding showing The bridal party goes out to the beach to do their group photos, despite the remnants of a hurricane outside, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Maine from the WPJA

beach wedding photography in Maine outside Maine wedding Portland-ME hurricane Corey Butler

Île-de-France wedding bridal party artistic image session at the Reception venue of The brides team on different windows

Île de France France Bride bridesmaids Pierrick Roland windows bridal party

Pyrénées-Orientales, France wedding bridal party artistic image session showing smoke grenades and the Bride and groom with bridal party

France bride and groom Pyrenees-Orientales artistic image session wedding bridal party Pyrénées Orientales bridal party

A cottage in Yorkshire, UK wedding reportage photography showing The bride and her bridal party get ready on a busy wedding morning

Patrick Mateer makeup UK Yorkshire yorkshire wedding reportage bridal preparations bridal party

UK wedding reportage photograph from the Getting ready address in Yorkshire of The bridal party getting their shoes on

The wedding reportage photograph captures the bridal party getting their shoes on during the Getting Ready address

Patrick Mateer bridal party UK wedding reportage photography Yorkshire shoes getting ready

Guangdong wedding detail picture of a nervous bridal party

nervous Guangdong bride Guangdong wedding Guangdong bridal party Detail Picture

Fujian home wedding photography of the full bridal party coming down the stairs with a red umbrella

coming down Fujian wedding photo red umbrella Shubin Shen bridal party home stairs

Magnac Laval wedding photography showing the bridal party getting ready

bridal party getting ready Magnac Laval wedding photo

Wedding photography from the Thief River Falls, MN of a young girl holds on to her dad on the "party trailer ride"

bridal party young Girl Dad MN trailer Thief River Falls

Los Gatos, California wedding photography of the bride and the bridal party popping champagne

Los Gatos popping champagne bridal party California wedding photo bride Tyler Vu

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