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.

The bride and groom in Tarbes, France are captured in a black and white image of themselves getting ready together in their bedroom

The bride and groom were spotted preparing for their big day together at home, in an evocative black and white image

An emotional ceremony outside Noord Brabant was the perfect location for the bride and groom to exchange rings and exchange their everlasting love

At an emotional ceremony, the bride and groom exchanged rings, and gave hugs

bride and groom outdoor ceremony exchange rings outside exchange of rings emotional ceremony Netherlands photographer

The bride and groom mirrored each other's gestures in the Walled Garden in Nottingham, UK, with soft, out of focus flowers in the foreground

At the head table, the bride and groom affectionately mirrored each other's gestures, rubbing their eyes

Nottingham bride head table Nottinghamshire flowers emotions garden bride and groom

At the traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in Ningbo, China, the bride and groom walked under an impressive canopy of red umbrellas and red lanterns, along a luxurious red carpet, creating a truly royal feeling

The bride and groom wowed guests as they walked under a red-hued canopy of umbrellas and lanterns at their wedding ceremony

Traditional red lanterns bride and groom royal red umbrellas Ningbo China

The bride and groom leaned into each other and touched heads during the ceremony at the Parrocchia della Beata Vergine delle Grazie, during a heartfelt and intimate moment

The bride and groom shared an intimate moment, leaning in and touching heads, during their outdoor ceremony

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The happy couple are about to tie the knot, and a Beijing wedding photographer is there to capture every special moment leading up to the big day

BW picture from Beijing at the Hotel Before the wedding, the bride and groom are looking out the door

China bride and groom bw image Beijing Beijing Hotel BEIJING photographer

A Scotland wedding photographer has captured a romantic scene of the bride and groom lit by off camera flash against a moody dark sky at their reception venue

Wedding photography from a Scotland Reception Venue with bride and groom lit by off camera flash

ocf Scotland Scotland photographer bride and groom Mike Cook

At a Sichuan wedding, the newlyweds joyfully released a pair of pigeons into the sky, creating a beautiful image captured by the photographer

Sichuan wedding photo of the the newlyweds throwing the pigeons representing beauty and love into the sky

Pigeons Sichuan Photographers bride and groom Sichuan Cheng Guo

A Florence wedding photographer created a romantic portrait of a newly married couple, with the bride's tattooed arm on the groom's shoulder

Florence portrait of the newlyweds with the bride's arm on the groom's shoulder at Villa Le Piazzole

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A Nanping wedding photographer captured a stunning image of a bride and groom framed by a crack in red curtains

A Nanping hotel Group photo of bride and groom behind the curtain

framed Nanping wedding photographer Nanping red bride and groom curtains

reception party portrait of bride and groom

England reception party portrait bride and groom United Kingdom England photographer

bride and groom get lost in each other's eyes as their wedding party departs the pier for the cocktail hour

North Beach Herrington on the Bay Maryland photographer Maryland bride and groom

bride and groom lit by off camera flash

Stirlingshire stirlingshire photographer bridge couple portrait camera flash water bride and groom

Utrecht winning image from the best documentary style wedding photography contest in the world at Duurstede Castle from when the bride and groom are together, waiting and looking at their guests

bride and groom are together, waiting and looking at their guests

Utrecht Leonard Walpot watching guests Utrecht photographer Duurstede Castle Netherlands holding hands

first dance of bride and groom at the reception venue

first dance bride and groom Damien Dohmen France photographer reception venue France

bride and groom First dance

first dance UK Photographer South Farm bw moment United Kingdom bride and groom

In Vail, CO, a bride and groom share a quite minute together after their ceremony

In Vail, CO, a newlywed couple embrace in a cove above the steps

bride and groom Vail Vail photographer stairwell top of stairs

Honest and sincere emotions are on display in this wedding day picture created by a Buzios documentary wedding photographer showing the bride and groom embracing head to head at their outdoor ceremony

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Great wedding photography of the bride and groom reflected on water from South Lake Tahoe

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Top wedding photography from Reno, Nevada at Bartley Ranch during a portrait session - the bride and groom walking along a bridge

Nevada couple Reno bride and groom wedding photography Reno walking bridge Nevada

Northern California moody actual wedding day couple portrait showing the bride and groom near the beach

United States Northern California California wedding couple portrait Jipeng Han beach bride and groom moody

San Jose artistic wedding photography style in an image of the bride and groom holding hands and walking

San Jose holding hands California Untied States walking bride and groom Jipeng Han

Top, and timeless wedding photography from Alberta, Canada during a portrait session at Medicin Lake at Jasper National Park with a Bride and groom and spring flowers

Jasper Jasper National Park Medicin Lake lake National Park Medicin

A beautiful Kananaskis bride and groom portrait at Grizzly Peak in Alberta, Canada with the Bride and Groom and majestic mountain in the background

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Great wedding photography of the couple from Jasper Lake, Alberta, Canada with a Bride and groom and the stormy weather

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Banff fun actual wedding day couple portrait at Lake Louise with a Bride and groom having fun while opening the champagne

Louise Banff couple portrait fun champagne bottle Banff

A beautiful scenic Kananaskis bride and groom portrait at Grizzly Peak with the Bride and groom enjoying beautiful vista and a light snowfall

peak bride and groom vista Kananaskis bride and groom portrait Snowfall Kananaskis

Great wedding photography of the couple from Moraine Lake in Alberta, Canada with a brave Bride and groom walking on the large rock on the cloudy morning

morning large rock walking Moraine Lake photo session Moraine Lake Canada

An Annecy couple portrait of the bride and groom as they walk on the pier at sunset over the water

Annecy pier Haute-Savoie walk sunset water bride and groom

Great wedding photography of the British Columbia couple taken from Takakkaw Falls in Yoho National Park of a Bride and groom and powerful waterfall

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