Wedding Photos of Brides family

The following “Brides family” 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 “Brides family” 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 pro documentary wedding photographer captured this WPJA award-winning image during cocktail hour at San Miguel de Allende. The photo shows the bride's family, showcasing the photographer's expertise in capturing candid moments.

San Miguel de Allende Cocktail Hour: Award-Winning WPJA Photo

The K Club in Ireland provides the backdrop for a touching moment captured by a wedding photographer. The bride's family gazes in awe as she makes her grand entrance.

Ireland's Captivating K Club: A Bride's Grand Entrance Leaves Her Family in Awe

Ireland Documentary Wedding Photography brides family touching moment K Club grand entrance gazing at bride Ireland

A bride is presented to her parents and family during a Yoruba ceremony at the Short Pump Hilton in Richmond, Virginia, USA

Yoruba Ceremony Captures Timeless Moments of Love and Tradition

Virginia Documentary Wedding Photography Yoruba Ceremony brides parents Richmond Short Pump Hilton brides family

A moment of anticipation for the bride's family was captured at Maryborough House in Cork, where a room full of people dressed for the wedding watched as she prepared for her big day

The bride's family experienced anticipation at Maryborough House, Cork on the wedding day

brides family preparing anticipation big day Maryborough House wedding dressed

Best Paris documentary wedding photojournalism image from Maison des Polytechniciens as The Brides family wash and dry the dress which was dirty due to the rain

France rain brides family Maison des Polytechniciens dirty dress

Texas nuptial day award-winning image of the groomsmen helping the groom bring gifts to the bride's family

Texas photographer DFW wedding photographer gifts Vinh Vo Texas wedding image Texas - Northern groom

Comunidade Hindu de Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal wedding photo showing the The bride's best man was also blessed by the bride at the Pithi ceremony, a blessing ceremony for the bride, under the look of all bride's closest family

Lisboa Portugal Wedding Photo ceremony blessed the Bride best man

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