Wedding Photos of Ceremony

The following “Ceremony” 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 “Ceremony” 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.

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

Pennsylvania Ceremony wedding photography showing Sign of the times as the groom gets a livestream set up for the ceremony about to start, his family comes over to say hello to the extended family that couldn't be there in person because of Covid restrict

livestream Sign of the times groom Pennsylvania family Ceremony wedding photography extended family

Shanghai, China Hotel wedding photography from when the bridegroom and bride exited after the ceremony, the bridegroom jumped up excitedly

the bridegroom ceremony excitedly jumped up bridegroom and bride Shanghai

Noord Brabant ceremony wedding photography of the couple embracing during the ceremony

Noord Brabant ceremony wedding photo Couple embracing NB ceremony Freek Nagtzaam

Pittsburgh wedding photo of a bride and groom as they hold their ceremony on the rooftop of their apartment in Lawrenceville, PA

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DoubleTree by Hilton Nashua, NH wedding photography showing kids were playing during the ceremony

Kids playing ceremony DoubleTree by Hilton NH wedding photo Nashua

Ohio wedding photography from Columbus showing the couple during a ceremony laugh

laugh Ohio Columbus Ohio wedding photo couple ceremony

Harwich MA wedding photo created as Mom looks at her daughter before the ceremony

MA wedding photo mom ceremony daughter Harwich

Larne, Northern Ireland wedding image of the bride having some final touches applied to her make-up, as her mother continues to button the back of her dress, in the moments before they leave for the ceremony

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland wedding image make up applied bride button dress

China Home wedding photo of The new couple and their wedding ceremony on the stage set up in their courtyard, and the villagers came to watch the ceremony

Gang Chen courtyard wedding ceremony stage set villagers China Home wedding photo ceremony

Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano, Taormina wedding photography showing The moment in which these spouses meet for the ceremony is intimate and intense

intense spouses meet Salvo Moroni Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano intimate the moment ceremony

French wedding photographer captured a young girl bringing the rings to the bride and groom during the ceremony

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Ahmedabad, India wedding photography from the festive Pool party ceremony Ahmedabad, India wedding photography from the festive Pool party ceremony

India wedding photography from the festive Pool party ceremony Ahmedabad India wedding photo festive ceremony Ahmedabad pool party

Sicily Church wedding photography of the bride coming up the steps for the ceremony with a large group of tourists watching

tourists Sicily Church wedding photo watching steps ceremony church

French wedding couple having pictures taken of them while waiting for the ceremony to begin

France French wedding couple Waiting pictures ceremony Lea Torrieri

Lake Tahoe wedding picture of a dog sitting patiently during the ceremony at this beach retreat

ceremony dog Lake Tahoe wedding picture beach beach ceremony sitting patiently

Wedding photo from Rio Grande do Sul of the bride and groom hugging under a clear tent ceremony

under a tent ceremony bride and groom Rio Grande do Sul hugging clear tent

Wedding photograph from Gramado Mother Church of the groom right before the ceremony

wedding ceremony groom Gramado Mother Church

Pennsylvania wedding photography of the Groom combing out his beard in final preparations for the ceremony

beard JD Land ceremony final preparations Pennsylvania wedding photo combing groom

Flanders wedding photography at a town hall of the bride and groom's son is watching the minister closely from under the table during the ceremony

under the table minister ceremony son Fille Roelants bride and groom Flanders wedding photo town hall

Donnel Lake, Michigan wedding photography of the bride with bridesmaid as they head to the ceremony

bridesmaid bride walking Michigan wedding photo Donnel Lake ceremony

City Hall in Haarlem wedding photo capturing a moment after the ceremony where the groom has his facemask ready. The bride is giving him a kiss

City Hall in Haarlem ceremony wedding photo kiss groom Thomas Jongbloed face mask

Italian wedding image of the Groom greeting a friend after the ceremony at Chiesa di San Giulio in Vizzola Ticino

greeting ceremony friend Italian wedding image Vizzola Ticino groom Chiesa di San Giulio

Nord wedding photography at the Ceremony location of Bride and groom at the end of the civil ceremony when everybody goes to the exit

ceremony civil ceremony exit Nord wedding photo bride and groom

B&W wedding photo from the Ceremony location in Chateau de Morey following Bridesmaids speech and hug

ceremony bridesmaids Chateau de Morey hug speech B&W wedding photo

Wedding photography from City Hall Marriage Registry, Hong Kong of The groom taking off the face mask and kiss the bride, upon the completion of the ceremony

groom City hall Ronnie Szeto ceremony kiss the bride face mask Hong Kong

Alagoas church wedding photography from a Maceio ceremony of 4 priests blessing the bride and groom at their wedding

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Massachusetts wedding photo from a Chatham MA private estate showing dogs during the ceremony

dog Massachusetts wedding photo Chatham MA Private Estate dogs ceremony

Massachusetts wedding photography from the Holy Trinity Church, Harwich, showing the funny Bride and groom at the ceremony

Massachusetts MA wedding photography Massachusetts church weddings ceremony Harwich bride and groom

Wedding photo from China - The newlyweds are having a wedding ceremony. A group of military training students nearby are watching the wedding ceremony.

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