Wedding Photos of Bride getting ready

The following “Bride getting ready” 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 getting ready” 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.

A stunning Broomfield CO wedding image at the Chateaux at Fox Meadows showing the Bride getting ready in a photo backlit with hairspray

A La Spezia, Italy wedding day detail picture of hands helping the bride during Getting ready

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Apeldoom wedding documentary photographer created this image of the Bride getting ready as mom helps her get into wedding dress

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Best Manisa wedding photojournalism picture from Lidya Sardes Hotel Thermal and Spa showing the Bride is getting ready by her sister

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A top Missouri wedding photojournalist created this image of the Bride getting ready at home with a window reflection in BW

missouri wedding photographer bride getting ready Deanna Johnson Missouri window reflection

Compton Verney getting ready for marriage award-winning picture capturing the Father seeing his daughter for the first time in her dress

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Siena marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the bride getting ready

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Novi Sheraton Hotel, Michigan marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the Bride getting zipped into her dress and everyone is thrilled for her

Michigan wedding picture bride gown preparation time Ray Iavasile dressing dress

The Spain WPJA is proud to award this non traditional Malaga wedding image at San Pedro de Alcantara showing the bride Getting ready at Maria de los Ángeles

Spain bride getting ready Malaga wedding image Maria de los Ángeles Malaga bride San Pedro de Alcantara

A top Istanbul wedding photographer at the Divan Hotel captured this picture of Bride is getting ready with her reflection on the mirror

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Fujian wedding photographer contest award winning image sample of family at home with balloons during the bride getting ready time

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Nanjing, Jiangsu wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture from a China Home during the session of the bride Getting Ready

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Massa Carrara Duomo fine art wedding bridal jewelry image of the Bride getting ready

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Gelderland, Netherlands creative, fine art wedding photo of the bride Getting ready with eye makeup

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United States wedding photography of bride getting ready during Bridal prep and Moments with mom

Colorado wedding photography of bride getting ready during Bridal prep and Moments with mom

Bridal prep bride getting ready Colorado wedding photo Moments with mom

Hacienda Chekul Tulum wedding photo of the Bride getting ready with her friends

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Limoges wedding photography with the Bride getting ready and people helping and taking pictures

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Illinois wedding photography from Ovation Chicago showing the bride getting ready

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Illinois wedding photo from the Thompson hotel Chicago showing the bride getting ready

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Relais Borgo Ortaglia, Montepulciano, Italy wedding photograph of the bride getting ready

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Noord Brabant wedding photography in black and white of the bride getting ready

bride getting ready black and white Freek Nagtzaam Noord Brabant wedding photo

Villa Godi Piovene, Vicenza, Italy artistic Bride getting ready wedding photo

A bride is receiving assistance putting on her shoes for a "getting ready" wedding photo taken from ground level

Villa Godi Piovene Vicenza bride getting ready Vicenza Wedding Photographer

Virginia wedding photography from Arlington showing Mom helping the bride getting ready with her shoes

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Wedding photographer captured this moment from Montana, Bulgaria of the Bride getting ready

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Villa Necchi alla Portalupa wedding image of the bride getting ready by putting on her shoes

Gambolo bride image bride getting ready Villa Necchi alla Portalupa Gambolo wedding image Gambolo Italy

China actual day wedding photography from Zhejiang at Home of the bride Getting ready

Zhejiang Chenjie Tan China bride image China China bridal photo home bride getting ready

Netherlands wedding image of the bride getting ready during a hot summer in a small room

NL Netherlands wedding image bride getting ready Thomas Jongbloed Netherlands summer Netherlands bride image

art wedding detail photography picture created as bride's getting ready against all white background with her lipstick

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Campania Puglia wedding photo of the bride getting ready in multiple mirrors

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A Brunswick, Maine dog watches his owner get dressed for her wedding day

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