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.

Best Mexico documentary wedding picture from the Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort and Spa showing The bride and groom take a part of the drums and light show

Best Piru, California documentary wedding photojournalism image from the Newhall Mansion showing The bride and groom kiss for the first time as a married couple

Piru kiss Newhall Mansion outdoor wedding California wedding photojournalism Newhall Mansion Brett Butterstein bride and groom

A top Paris wedding photographer captured this picture at the Pantheon showing the Bride and groom after civil ceremony

bride and groom flower petals Pantheon Paris Jean Baptiste Chauvin blue sky France Paris

A dramatic Toulouse documentary wedding photography example from Aucamville - the bride and groom surrounded by their guests

bride and groom trees Toulouse photography streaks Aucamville Toulouse documentary wedding Toulouse

Best Takirdag documentary wedding photojournalism image from Arcadia Vineyards in Turkey of the bride and groom doing a german wedding tradition

Arcadia Vineyards wedding tradition Arcadia Vineyards wedding venue Takirdag wedding photojournalism Turkey couple Turkey Takirdag

Best UK documentary wedding photography from Cornwell Manor of the the bride and groom having an intimate and fun first dance

first dance Cornwell Manor UK documentary wedding photography intimate Lights UK

Best Sussex documentary wedding photography from South Downs - the bride and groom and their dog arrive to their outdoor wedding reception

Sussex Sussex photography bride and groom dog outdoor wedding reception South Downs weddings

Best Longton Wood wedding photojournalism picture showing the bride and groom and their dog exiting the outdoor forest ceremony

exiting woods Longton Longton Wood Kent wedding couple bride and groom outdoor forest ceremony

A superb example of a wedding detail in this Decatur picture in Georgia showing the Grooms brother throwing notecards while giving a toast to the bride and groom

dance floor Decatur wedding picture Grooms brother toast Decatur bride and groom notecards

An exceptional Ferme des Oiseaux wedding image by a pro Frévent photographer exhibiting the Parents embracing the couple after the speeches

Ferme des Oiseaux parents Pas de Calais Hauts-de-France bride and groom Frévent photographer French Couple

Best France wedding photojournalism picture from Chateau de Vallery of the bride and groom surrounded by flower pedals while exiting the ceremony

ceremony flower pedals bride and groom Oliver Saillard France France wedding photojournalism Chateau de Vallery

An extraordinary Netherlands wedding image by a professional Noord Holland photographer conveying the Bride and Groom first dance

fun first dance Noord Holland photographer Teun Bakker smiles North Holland dance floor

Best Oxford, UK documentary wedding photography showing the bride and groom trying not to get soaked while it rains of their wedding day

Oxford outdoor wedding UK documentary wedding umbrella boat soaked Damion Mower

A top Lyon wedding photographer captured this picture of the bride and groom getting ready

mirror Lyon France framing getting ready bride and groom

A classic and elegant wedding portrait from Guangxi showing a tight look at the bride and groom in dark tones with some rimlight

elegant wedding portrait tight look bride and groom Guangxi Color Song classic dark tones

Best Indre documentary wedding photojournalism image from Eglise de Mezires in Brenne as The bride and groom leave the religious ceremony

French documentary wedding Eglise de Mezires Brenne wedding brass musicians Brenne bride and groom

Great wedding photography of the bride and groom at Caffe Elena in Turin, Italy as the couple embrace in their new love as husband and wife

Caffe Elena Turin weddings Turin Italy couple Italy IT wedding photography

Top, and timeless wedding photography from Oaxaca City during a portrait session for the bride and groom in the city filled with colorful painted walls

colorful MX wedding photography painted walls Oaxaca Mexico Oaxaca City portrait bride and groom

Best Bangkok documentary wedding picture from Dusit Suites Hotel showing Bride and Groom getting ready with makeup

bride and groom Dusit Suites Hotel makeup getting ready Bangkok Dusit Suites Chaiyasith Junjuerdee

A beautiful Udaipur engagement photo showing The bride and groom posing on a geometric tiled floor a day before their wedding

Udaipur Udaipur engagement photo bride and groom Joseph Radhik before wedding geometric posing

Scenic Khimsar engagement photography showing us As the sun sets, the to be bride and groom pose under a serendipitously heart shaped tree on the sand dunes

Joseph Radhik scenic sun sets bride and groom sand dunes pose India

Philadelphia wedding documentary photographer created this image at Ballroom at the Ben during the The Horah Dance for the bride and groom

PA Ballroom at the Ben John Ryan Philadelphia PA documentary photographer dance Ballroom at the Ben

Best Dordogne documentary wedding picture showing the exit of the bride and groom from the church

Jean Baptiste Duarte exit Dordogne France bride and groom Dordogne documentary wedding church

Superior wedding art detail image from a Sichuan wedding of the bride getting on the bus, as the groom and the brides sister hold the skirt for her Because the brides hairstyle is exaggerated, the groom covers the brides head to avoid collision

wedding detail Sichuan wedding bus China Asia bride and groom bride

World's most innovative and best wedding day portraits of the couple silhouetted outdoor at Chicago Theatre

urban wedding city Chicago Theatre Outdoor silhouettes bride and groom

Perth pre-wedding engagement session capturing the soon to be bride and groom walking together

Jacob Gordon Perth engagement session australia wedding photography Western Australia perth bride and groom australia photographer

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Abbazia San Pietro in Valle in BW using a light and a vintage auto to frame the bride and groom kissing

Valle wedding couple portrait Italy vintage Valle venue bw Abbazia San Pietro Valle

A documentary wedding photographer in Paris captured this picture that is showing Bride and groom happy after the ceremony

bride and groom Paris happy ceremony french wedding photographer Lea Torrieri Paris wedding picture

A wedding photojournalist on North Lake Tahoe captured this moment showing the Bride and groom exiting the ceremony with their dog

California wedding photojournalist exiting moment ceremony dog bride and groom

A top wedding reportage photographer in Berkshire UK captured this picture of the Bride and groom talking happily as they walk, followed by their wedding party, as they all walk to the reception

walk Berkshire photographer reception wedding party happily Patrick Mateer Berkshire wedding reportage

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