Wedding Photos of Bride preparation

The following “Bride preparation” 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 preparation” 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.

At Domaine des Grands Cèdres in Cordelle, Loire, the bride makes final dress adjustments before heading to the ceremony.

Elegant Beginnings: The Bride Prepares at Domaine des Grands Cèdres

In the elegant Guarda Golf Hotel in Switzerland, the bride's getting ready chaos is beautifully captured as everything falls into place in her room.

Swiss Elegance: The Bride's Getting Ready Chaos

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A beautiful moment captured as the bride dresses up in her home in Rhône, raising her arm to slip into her wedding dress.

Rhône Reflections: The Bride's Elegance Unveiled

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London England hotel bridal room pre-ceremony, bride fans out her translucent veil in the room - a moment captured before the wedding

Pre-Ceremony Bliss: London Bride Fans Out Translucent Veil in Hotel

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During the enchanting Haldi ceremony at Enchantment Resort in Sedona, AZ, this award-winning pic captures the bride as turmeric is delicately applied to her face by a woman's hand.

Enchanted Moments: Turmeric Blessing at Sedona's Enchantment Resort

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At Villette Castle in Menestreau en Villette, this wedding photograph captures the special moment of the bride and her family getting ready together

The bride and family prepped at Villette Castle, Menestreau en Villette

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Romania Wedding Venue Pictures. Photo taken during bride's preparation

Wedding Venue Picture taken during bride's preparation

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A wedding photo of the bride getting ready at Penzion na Zeleném statku before her wedding at Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie in Bučovice was taken

A professional photographer captured a wedding image of the bride getting ready with backlit spray

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A BW emotion Wedding Photo captured a special moment of the Mother of the Bride and Bride preparing for the wedding at the Caledonian Club in London

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Khon Kaen, Thailand wedding photography of bride getting prepared for the actual day

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Cohasset, Mass wedding photography of little girl watching bride getting ready

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A Calabria bride prepares for the biggest moment of her life in a captured wedding pic

A beautiful and unique image captures the bride's anticipation for her special day

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