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.

Pictures of the Bridal party riding from the ceremony to the reception at The Pines at Genesee on a party bus.

The Bride with her bridal party wait for a bus to take them to the ceremony

Chelsea weddings ceremony Royal Hospital Chelsea wedding image Chelsea bride bridal party Kristian Leven Royal Hospital Chelsea

Osnabruck, NL wedding photographer | Picture of the Bridal party crossing the street on their way to the groom

outdoor wedding Picture of the Bridal party crossing the street on their way to the groom

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Right after the ceremony, the newlywed couple celebrates it with their bridal party

Britt Scripps Manor newlywed California outdoor ceremony California wedding couple couple

Photo of the bridal party and groom getting ready for the ceremony at the Groom House in Saigon by a Vietnam wedding photographer.

wedding Photo of the bridal party and groom getting ready for the ceremony at the Groom House

Saigon bridal party Saigon groom vietnam wedding photographer groom getting ready

The bridal party and guests make their way through a calenda, or Oaxacan street parade, in this photo by a Mexico wedding photographer.

The bridal party and guests make their way through a calenda street parade

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Wedding photo of bridal party on the dance floor at the Amiana Resort in Nha Trang

a black and white Wedding photo of bridal party on the dance floor

grayscale Vietnam bridal party monochrome black and white Amiana Resort Nha Trang

The bride and groom are reflected in a mirror held by the bridal party in a stunning wedding image taken in Il Mirto, Rosolini, Italy

The bride and groom were captured in a reflection at Il Mirto, Rosolini, Italy

Italy Italy wedding Rosolini stunning wedding bride groom wedding image Il Mirto

Sydney, Australia Wedding Photo - Three Blue Ducks Sydney - First look of the bride

Wedding venue Photo of First look of the bride

bride Sydney laughter smiles Three Blue Ducks John Benavente bridal party

St Salvators Chapel, St Andrews Wedding Photo - Groom and groomsmen praying before the ceremony

Wedding Photo of the Groom and groomsmen praying before the ceremony

pray St Andrews church praying groomsmen St Salvators Chapel chapel

St Salvators Chapel, St Andrews wedding photography | Entrance of the bride with her father in black-and-white

wedding photography showing the Entrance of the bride with her father in black-and-white

St Andrews indoor event St Salvators Chapel indoor wedding bw black and white church

wedding photography of the bridesmaids helping each other with Sandwich teeth

bridemaids bridal party pink belgium wedding photographer Fabriek Antwerpen

Making of the bride at Casa das Canoas, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil wedding photographer

Making of the bride wedding photography

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wedding reception photo of the bridal party pairing up at the party

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This photo was taken at Hoi An - bridal party holding their bouquets during the ceremony and wiping tears

This photo was taken of the bridal party holding their bouquets during the ceremony and wiping tears

wiping tears bouquets Hoi An bridal party Hoi An wedding photography ceremony

Bella Eventos Casamento wedding photographer | Brazil WPJA

wedding image of the bride and groom with a bridesmaid dancing in fog

contrast party bridal party reception fog silhouette

Hilton Garden Inn Fargo, ND wedding photographer | Eye on the prize. Flower girls watch as bridesmaid attempts to win their prize of choice.

wedding photography showing her Eye on the prize as Flower girl watch a bridesmaid attempts to win their prize of choice

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A portrait session with a bridal party tossing flowers into the air at dusk behind a kissing couple took place at Phu Quoc, Vietnam

The couple kissed at Phu Quoc, Vietnam, while the bridal party threw flower bouquets in the background at sunset

dusk bridal party flower bouquets tossing bouquets Vietnam groom wedding

image of Traditional traditional Chinese door games entertainment this bridal party

Xining Xining gate crashing Binbin Wong traditional chinese Xining wedding games door games Xining groom door games

image of a San Francisco, California Bride at her wedding with bridal party before ceremony

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image of a New York City couple crossing the street with bridal party and guests during their wedding

balloons wedding in NY street guests Brian Hatton New York City New York City couple

London wedding photograph of bridal party on a bus avoiding the rain | before the ceremony in England

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A big Bridal party hug | Devon wedding photography

image of A big Bridal party hug at a wedding

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Prim and Proper, Detroit, MI | wedding reception photograph of bride toasting bridal party at the bar

bridal party bride toasting Prim and Proper Ray Iavasile MI bar

Documentary wedding photography at London with lots of kids and bridesmaids getting ready

Pre Wedding documentary wedding England London wedding photography Candid Wedding Photos bridal party getting ready

Hangzhou City wedding photography of groom and bride with bridal party

Hangzhou City wedding photography of the groom and bride with bridal party

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Wedding photo of vintage car and bridal party from Porto, Portugal

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Hérault getting ready image of bridesmaids heading out of the house

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black and white image of the bride getting ready in Santa Margherita Ligure

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maid of honor hugs bride as emotional bride looks on for Shadowbrook at Shrewsbury NJ Wedding

image of the maid of honor hugging bride as emotional bridesmaids looks on for Shadowbrook at Shrewsbury NJ Wedding

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