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.

Wedding photo from Oude Kerk, Dongen - the kiss during the ceremony, the wedding guests in the background

Asia wedding photo from a garden Vietnam Ceremony Location with tears of happiness

Huy Che Hoang happiness Vietnam wedding photo garden ceremony Asia tears

Wedding photo from Flanders - bride and groom take a selfie with isolated friends outside the town hall right before the ceremony

friends Town Hall Wedding photo Flanders ceremony Fille Roelants selfie outside

NJ wedding photo in black and white from the art factory, new jersey showing Silhouette of brides maid during ceremony

New Jersey ceremony picture black and white brides maid New Jersey NJ New Jersey wedding ceremonies silhouette

Outdoor France wedding photo from Domaine de la Chesney, Pressagny-l'Orgueilleux during a moment of emotional hugs after the ceremony

ceremony Pressagny lOrgueilleux Outdoor France hugs emotional France wedding photo

A Dublin wedding photo from Ireland of the Bride and her dog share a moment before she leaves for ceremony

bride Dublin wedding photo dog Dublin bride image Dublin Leinster

București wedding photo from Starea civila sector 5 With masks on during the ceremony signing

Starea civila sector Mihai Zaharia coronavirus covid 19 covid wedding mask ceremony

Civil wedding ceremony photo from Soudeilles showing some Children sad during ceremony

ceremony Soudeilles wedding ceremonies Soudeilles sad Children Civil wedding ceremony

France church wedding photo showing a child not having fun during the ceremony for the bride and groom

child ceremony bride and groom France church wedding photo Henri Deroche

Wedding photography from a ceremony in a majestic redwood grove in Marin County, California. The forest was enveloped in a mystical fog layer

California Marin County wedding photo Redwood grove forest fog

Alegranza Eventos artistic wedding detail picture of rings, hands and microphone during the ceremony

microphone Alegranza Eventos rings ceremony Alegranza Eventos wedding detail picture hands

India wedding photo from Delhi of the Haldi and Turmeric ritual ceremony

india weddings photo Delhi turmeric ritual Haldi ceremony

Vietnam wedding detail image of a red wedding dress hung and ready for the ceremony

Huy Che Hoang red wedding dress Vietnam Asia Vietnam wedding detail image ceremony seagulls

Sofia outdoor wedding photography showing Confetti during the ceremony at Koriata Restaurant, Bulgaria

Bulgaria confetti Koriata Restaurant ceremony Sofia outdoor wedding photo

Wedding photo from the Bride's home, before the ceremony, Albi South of France as The bride and her daughter just finished to get ready

South of France Albi ceremony brides home bride and her daughter France wedding photo

Chinese family home wedding photo of the bride getting ready for the ceremony

ceremony chinese getting ready Chenjie Tan family home wedding Chinese wedding image Chinese weddings

Colorado outdoor wedding photography of the Ceremony first kiss in fog

Colorado outdoor wedding photo ceremony First Kiss fog

Illinois wedding photography showing the bride and groom saying vows and Guests at Ceremony

bride and groom guests Edward Ciesielski Illinois wedding photo saying vows ceremony

Ca Mau City artistic wedding photo displaying the custom of offering wine on an Asian wedding day

This wedding photo displays the traditional offering of wine during the ceremony in an artistic, bold design with stark contrasts, captured from above

Vietnam artistic wine Ca Mau City stark contrasts bold design Traditional

Forest Lake Camp in Chestertown, NY image of a couple embracing at the end of their ceremony on the side of a mountain as the sun gets low in the sky. Their wedding party and parents surround them.

low Sky NY image ceremony mountain outside wedding nature weddings

Colorado wedding photographer created this image from a Private home, Lafayette, CO as the bride hugs grandma after ceremony

grandma open air wedding ceremony Colorado wedding photo garden weddings Private home outside wedding

A Michigan wedding photographer created this picture from Auburn Hills Marriott Pontiac of the Groom arriving for his ceremony

ceremony Michigan wedding photo Auburn Hills Marriott MI Ray Iavasile groom Pontiac

California wedding photographer captured this outdoor snowy image at Granlibakken Resort: Tahoe City, CA of The groom reacting to seeing his bride for the first time at their ceremony

groom garden weddings CA open air wedding bride outdoor ceremony Outdoor

Michigan wedding photographer created this image at the Mariott Eaglecrest Golf Course & Resort, Ypsilanti, MI of the Puja ceremony for groom

Mariott Eaglecrest Golf Course & Resort covid 19 lockdown ceremony groom Michigan Puja

Rhode Island wedding photography from Westerly showing the Bride with father just before walking into ceremony

father bride Westerly walking RI ceremony

A Rio Grande do Sul wedding photographer created this image at Mahala of the Godfathers and Godmothers crying at the ceremony

crying godfathers ceremony Mahala Rio Grande do Sul wedding photo Godmothers

Rio Grande do Sul wedding photo of the Page entering the tented ceremony

garden weddings tented Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul wedding photo open air wedding ceremony outside wedding

Rio Grande do Sul wedding photographer taking pictures at a ceremony in the backyard of the grooms house of the Groom greeting his son

Backyard outside wedding ceremony son garden weddings outdoor ceremony

Reindeer-Brittany Ceremony wedding photography of a COVID mask hug outside

lockdown Hong Phuc Bui Bride and Groom with confetti outside of Islington Town Hall London masks ceremony mask covid 19

Vlaams Brabant wedding photographer travelled to take pictures in Ireland of an Alpacca ring bearer

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