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.

Horsham Park, West Sussex artistic wedding photo of the bride and grooms shoes on the grass

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Verona, On outdoor wedding ceremony photo from the bride and groom's home of the groom making a grand entrance down the aisle

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Ontario wedding photo from Verona outdoor ceremony of the bride and groom feeding cake to each other

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Murcia wedding photo of the Church exit for the bride and groom

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Bulgaria wedding venue Restaurant image of the after Party celebration dancing

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A bride and groom pose on the shores of Lake Tahoe, Zephyr Cove, surrounded by thick fog

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Agen, France outdoor wedding photo of the bride and groom exiting under bubbles

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Couples dancing, the bride and groom in the middle at White House, Biloxi, MS wedding venue

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La Scuderia Eventi wedding portrait of the bride and groom in convertible car at sunset

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Yellowstone wedding portrait of the couple in their big day in the mountains

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Agriturismo Crealto, Alfiano Natta, Italy silhouette at the Sunset portraits with the bride and groom

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Hotel Korona Palace Leczyca, Poland wedding photo of The bride and groom during the blessing by their parents

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Outdoor, beach wedding photography from Agriturismo Crealto, Alfiano Natta, Italy showing - Here comes the Bride & Groom

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Wedding reportage photo from England of the ceremony showing A bride and groom fighting back tears during a reading - the reader's stance mirrored by the celebrant

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wedding photography from the Rosenberg Skyroom at the University of the Incarnate Word of the Couples first dance seen through the reflection of the venues window

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Wedding photography from Villa Podernovo di Monticiano, Siena, Italy created as The bride and the groom listen to the bride's father speech

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Wedding photography from the church, sliedrecht, netherlands of the bride and groom worshipping during the ceremony

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Florida wedding photograph from an Ocean Key Resort showing the First Dance with bride and groom

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Florida photography from a backyard wedding, private home, Orlando of the Bride and Groom walking up to the top of the deck after their ceremony

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Napa California wedding photography of A bride-grooms tender moment in the other room

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Bulgaria wedding photo from Augusta restaurant, Montana of the bride and groom playing table football

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Frankfurt Römer wedding photography of the Bride and groom at the church exit

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wedding day silhouette portrait of the bride and groom under the cypress trees

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Casa de Santa Teresa, RJ artistic wedding photo of the bride and groom launching a balloon

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Church of Saint Albert Chmielowski, Lodz, Poland fine art wedding detail photography close-up of the hands of the bride and groom leaning against the edge of the pond

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wedding portrait at the company of the grooms father for an industrial look

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An intimate portrait at the sunset of the bride and groom at the Hotel Ristorante Belvedere, Isola Pescatori, Lake Maggiore, Italy

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Villa Godi Piovene, Vicenza, Italy portrait of the birde and groom in black and white

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Wedding Day detail of a the bride and groom showing their rings to grandma who stayed home and chose to not take the risk to get infected.

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