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.

Colorado Paint Mines - Bride and groom blue hour portrait

a Bride and groom blue hour portrait in the mountains

White Sands National Park - Bride and groom on sand dunes

a National Park Bride and groom on sand dunes

CO engagement sand dunes White Sands National Park CO wedding photo bride and groom CO wedding image

Alamagordo, NM Bride and groom under the stars

Bride and groom pre-wedding portraits under the stars

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Royal Gorge Bridge - CO Bride and groom on bridge

Bride and groom prewed portraits on a bridge

CO bride and groom Royal Gorge Bridge bridge prewed portraits

A future bride and groom posing in front of their future wedding chapel Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Island, Portugal

A future bride and groom posing in front of their future wedding chapel on the hill by the sea

sea future hill Portugal couple photo Ponta de São Lourenço portugal wedding photographer portugal bride

New Jersey black and white portrait of the bride and groom under a tree

New Jersey black and white wedding day portrait of the bride and groom under a tree

black and white portrait trees bride and groom bride new jersey wedding photographer

Okanagan Lake Wedding Photo - Couple strolling back to the limo from the beach

clouds Kelowna wedding photographer Okanagan Lake bride and groom Jessica Schlamp sand ocean

Picture of a Longyan couple in Fujian, China | Couple's Wedding Day Portrait

China black and white Longyan fine art wedding photo Longyan artistic wedding photographer silhouette Longyan wedding photographer Longyan fine art wedding photographer

Picture from Albecq, Guernsey Couple against stormy sky | Creative wedding portraits of the bride and groom

Nick Despres bride and groom portrait clouds Sky Albecq wedding photographer Guernsey

Casa Valduga - Bento Gonçalves - Rio Grande do Sul | Wedding venue photo of the bride and groom posing for an intimate portrait

Rio Grande do Sul weddings Bento Gonçalves Porto Alegre posing portrait Casa Valduga

Minas do Camaquá - Rio Grande do Sul wedding venue photography | Portrait of the bride and groom near sunset with off camera flash - OCF

Porto Alegre bride and groom dusk bride portrait sunset

Praia do Rosa - Santa Catarina | Creative portrait of the bride and groom under the blue sky in the field

bride and groom clouds groom Praia do Rosa Porto Alegre Santa Catarina wedding photographer low angle

Portrait at Vinícola Monte Sant'Ana - Wedding Day photo of the bride and groom up in the clouds against the blue sky

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Santa Maria - Rio Grande do Sul portrait of the bride and groom walking with reflection of sky and trees

Santa Maria trees Porto Alegre wedding reflection bride and groom grass

Free Photo Session Location - Cetona, Tuscany - ITALY | Couple Portrait in the ancient village of Cetona, Tuscany

Wedding Photo Session Location - Cetona, Tuscany - ITALY | Couple Portrait in the ancient village of Cetona, Tuscany

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Slovenia wedding photographer At the hall of storage place making a portrait of the Couple in the front of specific wall

Slovenia wedding photographer At the hall of storage place making a portrait of the Couple in the front of a huge blue wall

portrait slovenia wedding photographer bride and groom minimalism Dejan Zagar symmetry Ljubljana

Slovenia wedding portrait In the forest | Walking towards the photographer when then is a strong sun shining trough the forest

dress bride and groom lens flare bokeh Dejan Zagar forest gown

Les Cabanes des Pêcheurs, Le Canet-en-Roussillon | Wedding couple portrait on the big day

Le Canet en Roussillon portrait Pyrenees Orientales creative bride and groom Les Cabanes des Pêcheurs

İncek Garden, Ankara Couple is standing next to a door highlighted with orange and the whole scene is seen looks like a hanging picture on the picture tree

portrait Ankara bride and groom dusk framing İncek Garden

Bologna, Italy creative portrait of the couple in front of the church

Italy warm tree bride and groom Bologna wedding photographer church

Ceremony location, Eyne - Couple portrait in front of their favorite mountain below the blue sky and clouds

clouds portrait bride and groom Pyrenees Orientales Eyne mountains

Utrecht Creative Portrait of wedding couple on a blanket of autumn leaves

Zuid Holland wedding photographer portrait Utrecht wedding photography leaves Autumn bride and groom drone

certaldo italy Couple Portrait on wedding day from a high, drone angle in black and white

trees drone black and white Certaldo wedding images bride and groom Italy

Formentera Island Couple Portrait | Wedding photography outside using an overhead drone

cliff bride and groom Formentera Island Florence wedding image drone desert

Certaldo italy Couple Portrait near the building in the rain | Wedding day photography when it's raining

raining rain stairs Certaldo weddings portrait Italy

Brazil Reception Portrait of the Bride and Groom | Black and white wedding day photography indoors

black and white portrait bride and groom Lights Victor Ataide Brazil indoor

Church of Ruigoord, Amsterdam photography | Portrait of wedding couple while guests are eating outside

shadows Church of Ruigoord church bride and groom amsterdam weddings portrait

Villa Castelletti, Tuscany bride and groom creative wedding day portrait in the bamboo

Villa Castelletti bamboo bride and groom Tuscany wedding pictures Donatella Barbera portrait

Certaldo, Tuscany bride and groom portrait | Wedding photos in black and white with dark clouds and sky overhead

black and white portrait Donatella Barbera fog clouds bride and groom Tuscany wedding photos

Tuscany, Italy bride and groom | Outdoor wedding photography of first kiss under arches

Florence wedding photographer kiss tree ceremony Tuscany bride and groom Outdoor

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