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.

Bride and groom seal their vows with a kiss

Bride and groom play the shoe game at their wedding reception

play wedding reception NV Incline Village shoe game nevada wedding venue

wedding image shot as a long exposure of bride and Groom mirroring in a pond

Peru wedding picture long exposure Lima Peru Lima wedding photography Cieneguilla wedding reflection

Wedding Day Photo at the Barn | Portrait of the Bride and Groom In the parents back yard

Barn wedding photography Bergen couple North Holland Wedding Photo Shoot North Holland Couples North Holland Wedding Day barn wedding photo session

Wedding Photos from after the Ceremony at Pasadena, CA, St. Andrew Catholic Church | The bride and groom eat fast food with their friends and family after their church ceremony

Pasadena, CA bride and groom eat fast food with their friends

bride and groom pasadena pasadena wedding friends fast food eat Brett Butterstein

wedding detail picture of the feet of the bride and groom kissing after a walk on the beach

beach wedding Hossegor France Hossegor wedding walk on beach bride and groom feet kissing

Netherlands wedding photographer at Den Helder - A sensual opening dance by the bride and groom

NL opening dance by the bride and groom

Den Helder bride and groom Dutch wedding reception image Peter Kos Netherlands wedding photographer opening dance

bride and groom during first dance

Zakynthos wedding photography bride and groom Freek Nagtzaam first dance

New Jersey Bride and Grooms' first dance together - Wedding Reception Photography

New Jersey Bride and Grooms' first dance together at the Wedding Reception

New Jersey Bride and Groom New Jersey Todd Laffler first dance bride and groom

New Jersey Image of Bride and Groom exiting the ceremony after being married

married New Jersey Wedding Photographer for New Jersey Todd Laffler exiting the ceremony bride and groom

New Jersey outdoor wedding photography | Bride and Groom exiting the ceremony after being married

New Jersey outdoor wedding photo of the Bride and Groom exiting the ceremony after being married

exiting ceremony exit bride and groom New Jersey Todd Laffler married outdoor ceremony

Liberty House, New Jersey Wedding Venue Photos | Bride and Groom are introduced into the reception

Liberty House, New Jersey Wedding Venue Photo taken as Bride and Groom are introduced into the reception

Todd Laffler New Jersey bride and groom reception Liberty House Wedding Photographer for New Jersey introduced

moment of signatures at the end of the ceremony

priest Venezia church ceremony bride and groom italy wedding photographer Edgard De Bono San Lazzaro degli Armeni

Domaine de Quincampoix, France wedding photo of the first ceremony kiss

France first ceremony kiss for the bride and groom

Domaine de Quincampoix bride and groom first ceremony kiss France wedding photo

kids of the bride and groom during the ceremony

bride and groom la petite fabriek kids during the ceremony la petite fabriek wedding photography

red embroidered umbrella with the silhouette of the bride and groom behind

China fine art wedding photo bride and groom China wedding detail red embroidered umbrella China China artistic wedding photographer Junjie Wei

Beijing wedding ceremony of bride and groom kissing while young boy keeps busy.

bride and groom kissing near young boy

kissing bride and groom Beijing wedding ceremony Beijing actual day wedding beijing wedding image

Germany Wedding Photo of Bride/Groom Dancing First Dance

Bride and Groom Dancing their First Dance

Germany wedding photo dancing first dance bride and groom North Rhine-Westphalia

Bride and groom dancing on the dance floor at their Bragadiru Palace reception.

Bride and groom on the dance floor

the dance floor Bragadiru Palace Bragadiru Palace reception bride and groom

Wedding Day Photography in Sintra, Portugal | Bride and Groom leaving the ceremony

the Bride and Groom are leaving the ceremony

Luis Efigénio leaving the ceremony Portugal Wedding Photo bride and groom Sintra

wedding photographers creates an image of a bride and groom with the New York skyline in the background

Bride Groom New York bride Skyline Background groom New York Skyline New York Bride New York Skyline

Park wedding portrait of a bride and groom shot through a pint glass

wedding portrait bride groom portrait wedding shot pint glass shot Northbrook Park bride and groom Northbrook Park wedding

Ceremony Photography from the Wedding at St. Vincent de Paul church, Chicago. Bride and groom in the church

the Bride and groom in the church

St Vincent de Paul church Tamara Gavrilovic bride and groom chicago wedding photographer in the church

Waterford Banquet & Conference Center, Elmhurst (Illinois) Venue Photography at the Wedding - Bride and groom send off

Bride and groom send off at the end of their IL reception party

Elmhurst wedding venue photography reception party bride and groom send off Waterford Banquet & Conference Center Tamara Gavrilovic

Belgium wedding portrait of a couple against a blue building, framed between two trees

portrait trees Belgium couple East Flanders bride and groom

Camp Richardson Resort Lake Tahoe Wedding Venue Photographer - Bride and Groom exit as husband and wife as guests cheer them on and their dog watches them walk out

Bride and Groom exit outdoor ceremony under the trees as husband and wife

exit under outdoor ceremony trees Camp Richardson Resort Lake Tahoe husband and wife

Metz photographer at the wedding Ceremony | Bride and groom are getting emotional during a speech

Bride and groom during an outdoor wedding speech

Metz photographer wedding speech Lucille Gaumard bride and groom outdoors

candle lit portrait session

portrait photography Palm Event Center warm bokeh yellow event center photography Candlelit portrait session orange

Wedding Venue Pictures | Portrait of The bride and groom under the black and white arches

Velletri Roma arches italy wedding venue italian wedding Villa dei Volsci Italy black and white wedding pictures

Ellesmere, UK bride and groom photo during confetti run

UK bride and groom during confetti run

confetti confetti run Ellesmere bride and groom Emil Boczek uk bride

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