Wedding Photos of Catching

The following “Catching” 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 “Catching” 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.

The happy single women enjoyed the moment as they eagerly awaited the catching of the brides bouquet outside the Domaine de Fon de Rey reception party

At the reception, single women gathered eagerly, hoping to be the lucky one at far right to catch the brides bouquet

Morais Vineyard, Bealeton marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded bridesmaid catching a bouquet

bridesmaid catching Bealeton photographer Bealeton marriage bouquet Morais Vineyard Bealeton reception venue

The Netherlands WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and quirky Maasland wedding image at Brasserie Oostgaag showing the Friends of the NL bride catching and fighting for the flowers

catching Netherlands Brasserie Oostgaag friends fighting Maasland Maasland wedding

The bride is walking in the passage under the Leidsche Rijn bridge in Utrecht, perfectly in the light catching the wind

utrecht wedding photographer Thomas Jongbloed wind bride walking bridge passage catching

wedding photograph showing throwing the bouquet and the bridesmaid is catching it

Maasland Lickebaertshoeve bridesmaid catching Maasland outdoor weddings throwing

Sanderling Resort, Duck, NC, USA Wedding Event Photo - Bridesmaid reacts after her dress tears while catching the bouquet

Wedding Event Photo of Bridesmaid reacting after her dress tears while catching the bouquet

catching bridesmaid Sanderling Resort duck bouquet NC indoor wedding event

guests bouquet bridesmaids girls catching black and white

black catching bridal party color bouquet red

WI bridesmaid catches bouquet in this wedding photo

color bridesmaid bouquet catch bouquet catching flower girl

humor bridesmaid black and white flowergirls girls catching

Lombardy destination wedding reception photograph of women guests catching the bride's bouquet

Lombardy destination wedding reception photo of women guests catching the bride's bouquet

Lombardy destination wedding women guests Lombardy reception photo brides bouquet catching

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.