WPJA.com HomeWedding Photojournalist Association

Wedding Photos of Bride and groom

For Couples / Wedding Photos of Bride and groom

The following “Bride and groom” 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 “Bride and groom” 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.

Enter Keywords:  
At Château de Vallery in Yonne, a humorous wedding photo was taken featuring the bride earnestly filling a fountain of champagne while the groom can be seen sipping from a bottle
At Château de Vallery in Yonne, the bride hilariously filled a fountain with champagne while the groom drank from a bottle
laughterYonnehumorous wedding photoYonne Wedding PhotographyBride Filling FountainChateau de Vallerychampagne fountain
The bride and groom shared a kiss during their sparkler sendoff at the Star Barn at Stone Gables Estate in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
The bride and groom kissed at Star Barn, Elizabethtown, PA
happily marriedStar Barn at Stone Gables EstateElizabethtown PAPennsylvania weddingPennsylvaniaromantic momentwedding kiss
A close-up of the hands of a bride and groom, showing their intertwined fingers, against the backdrop of the stately Swinfen Hall Hotel in Staffordshire, England
Fingers Intertwined: Love's Embrace at Swinfen Hall
beautiful wedding detailStaffordshire EnglandCommitmentmarriage in Staffordshirewedding in Englandunion symbolizedStaffordshire
Guests raising their glasses in a toast at Ashridge House wedding reception
Ashridge Toast: Capturing the Joyful Cheers of a Memorable Wedding Celebration
couplecelebratingWedding Venues in HertfordshiretoasttoastingHertfordshirejoyous
A bride and groom dressed in wedding attire hold laser swords, adding a touch of fantasy to their Colorado wedding photo
Enchanting Nuptials Colorado: A Whimsical Wedding Journey
fantasy weddingStar Wars themed weddingbride and groomColoradoColorado weddinglaser sabersthemed reception
Carlos Porfírio is an artistic wedding photographer for
Photo by: Carlos Porfírio - Lisbon
bride and groomgroom playing pianoEstorilpianoLisbonForte da Cruzbouquet
The silhouette of the bride and groom against the Montana sky creates a beautiful, artistic image of their outdoor wedding
The silhouette of the bride and groom against the Montana sky creates a beautiful, artistic image of their outdoor wedding
Wedding artoutdoor wedding photographyMontanabride and groomwedding silhouetteMontana skyMontana wedding
The bride and groom shared a range of emotions at the picturesque Le jardin des Acanthes wedding reception
The bride and groom rejoiced at Le jardin des Acanthes, France
wedding celebrationPlescopwedding smilesemotional weddingbride and groom rejoicingwedding dayHappy couple
At Asti, Italy, a Piedmont bride and groom held hands outdoors in a romantic detail shot
A wedding photographer captured an outdoor shot of the bride and groom holding hands romantically
romantic detail shotAstibride and groomholding handsPiedmont wedding photographyPiedmont
This documentary-style wedding picture was taken at the ceremony in Saint Brieuc, Bretagne, and the photographer was based in Rennes, Bretagne
The wedding ceremony hugs in Saint Brieuc, Bretagne was photographed by a Rennes-based photographer
post ceremonyBrittany wedding photographyBrittanySaint Brieucbride and groomhugs
The couple celebrated their special day at Marylebone Town Hall, London, and travelled to their reception in the back of a vintage Mercedes
At Marylebone Town Hall, London, the couple travelled in a vintage Mercedes to their reception to celebrate their special day
Marylebone Town HallsmilesLondonbride and groomvintage MercedesflowersLondon wedding photography
At the church ceremony in Siena's Basilica dei Servi, Villa Cavaglioni, the groom's good humor was captured in a wedding picture as he joked and laughed during the exchange of rings
At Villa Cavaglioni's Basilica dei Servi, the groom's good humor is on full display
bride and groomBasilica dei Serviexchanging ringsSienaVilla Cavaglionijokingaltar
At Manoir de Vacheresses in France, the bride and groom shared a joyful moment of laughter and dancing before entering the reception venue
At Manoir de Vacheresses in France, the bride and groom shared a joyous moment of merriment
FranceCentre-Val de Loirereception venuedancingCentre Val de Loire Wedding Photographybride and groomlaughter
A wedding picture at Versailles, France captures the bride, groom and guests walking in the rain with clear umbrellas after the ceremony
At Versailles, France, a wedding photo shows the newlyweds and guests walking in the rain with umbrellas
VersaillesRainy dayclear umbrellasFranceVersailles Wedding Photographybride and groom
A beautiful wedding photo captured a kiss from a guest to the bride and groom after the ceremony at Limoges
At Limoges Castle in France, a guest kissed the bride with the groom at her side smiling
kissing bridesmilingLimoges CastleLimoges Wedding PhotographyguestLimogesbride and groom
The bride and groom can be seen enjoying a game of bowling in a wedding picture taken at Manosque Bowling
At Manosque Bowling Alley, the bride and groom are playing bowling in a wedding photo
pink lightsbowlingPACAManosque Bowling AlleyPACA Wedding Photographybride and groom
At The Metropolitan Club in San Francisco, CA, a bride and groom shared a minute of joy and laughter in the warm light of the window during their portrait session
A wedding photographer captured the bride and groom's joyous laughter in the light of the window during a portrait session
window lightSan Franciscojoyous laughterbride and groomThe Metropolitan Clubwarm lightSan Francisco wedding photography
The tender loving moment of the bride caressing her groom's face during their wedding ceremony at Duino, Trieste, Italy was captured perfectly in the wedding photo
At Duino, Trieste, Italy, a color wedding photo captured the tender loving moment of the bride caressing her groom's face during their ceremony
Trieste Ceremonytender momentDuinoTriesteItalybride and groomDuino Wedding Photographer
The photographer captured the beautiful, emotional moment between the bride and groom after they exchanged their rings in Trieste, Italy
In Trieste, Italy, the bride and groom's emotional exchange of rings was beautifully captured in a BW image
emotionpost ceremonyTriesteItalyblack and whitebride and groomTrieste wedding photography
On her wedding day in Istanbul, Turkey, the bride delightedly fed seagulls in flight as she posed for her portrait session with the groom
On their wedding day, the bride and groom joyfully posed for photographs as she fed the seagulls in the air
Istanbul photographerflying birdsIstanbulWedding PhotographseagullsBosphorus Straitwedding day
The bride and groom ran hand-in-hand across the tracks of the Gare de Jouy en Josas electric cable car train tracks during their photoshoot
The bride and groom took a memorable photograph while hand-in-hand, traversing the tracks of an electric cable car
Train stationFranceFrance photographertrain trackselectric cable carWedding Photographbride and groom
At Zhrebchevo Dam in Bulgaria, a dramatic blue sunset sky framed the portrait of the newlyweds as they faced each other at the bottom of the dried up dam
In Bulgaria, Zhrebchevo Dam's blue sunset sky framed the newlyweds' portrait as they faced each other at its bottom
ewlywed portraitGurkovoblue sunsetNikolaevoZhrebchevo DamSkyStara Zagora
From a bird's-eye view, an organist played as the bride and groom, along with the priest and wedding guests, celebrated their union in a church in California
An organist provided musical accompaniment as the wedding ceremony took place in the church, with the bride and groom, priest, and guests in attendance
wedding guestsCalifornia - NorthernchurchpriestCA organist providedwedding ceremonybride and groom
The California bride and groom shared a romantic kiss during their wedding portrait between two industrial observatories
The bride and groom exchanged a tender embrace in their wedding photograph amid two industrial observatories
bride and groomindustrialCalifornia - NorthernCA Wedding photographobservatoriesCalifornia photographerembrace
The bride and groom watched a little one hugging the man giving the speech in Corrèze
The bride and groom were seated as a small child gave a hug to the man giving the speech
manspeechboy hugging manCorrezespeecheshugCorreze Photographer
The bride and groom shared a funny moment as they sat under the trees, while the low camera angle captured the sleeping dog that had joined in on the ceremony
The bride and groom shared a funny moment as they were seated under the trees during their outdoor ceremony, with a sleeping dog nearby
bride and groomdogsleeping dogoutdoor ceremonyfunnylow camera angleFrance
At the reception venue in Foggia, Apulia, the groom and the bride with their daughter running to meet them
The bride and groom were joyfully greeted by their daughter as they arrived at their outdoor reception venue
venueFoggia PhotographerApulia Wedding Venuearrivedcouple and daughterbride and groomFoggia
The newly-married couple exiting Château Saint Denis in France were showered in confetti, basking in the glorious sunlight of the day
The newly-married couple were showered in confetti as they exited Château, sun glinting off the bride and groom
Château Saint Denisexiting ceremonyFranceFrance photographersunlightChateausun
At The Fairlie, the bride and groom's expressions of joy were palpable as they joyfully greeted their dog on their wedding day
The bride and groom's jubilant welcome of their beloved pet marked their special day
The Fairlie Chicagobeloved petChicagodogsChicago photographerbride and groomdog
The bride and groom had fun as they performed the talambralu ritual at the wedding venue in Golkonda fort, Hyderabad, pouring rice mixed with turmeric on each other
The bride and groom performed the traditional talambralu ritual, pouring rice mixed with turmeric on each other at the wedding venue
HyderabadTraditionalturmeric ceremonyHyderabad Photographerturmeric and ricepouringbride and groom

Pages

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.