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.

Beijing bridal party getting ready for the ceremony, as a flowergirl falls asleep

Donnel Lake Michigan state wedding image of the groomsman details with the rain

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Kitchener, Ontario wedding image of the best men and best dog waiting for the ceremony to commence

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The throwing rice after the ceremony at San Martino a Mensola Church in Florence

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Bride & Groom wiping tears away as they read each other their vows during their elopement in WY

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A socially distanced scene during the wedding ceremony at The Old Courthouse, Guildhall, UK

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Image of the flower girl at the ceremony at cog hill country club

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Ceremony, Diamante Italy outdoor wedding image showing the groom can kiss the bride

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Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France Coronavirus wedding ceremony image with face masks

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Colorado outdoor wedding photo from a Breckenridge Couple exchanging rings ceremony

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Zuid Holland drone wedding photo during ceremony showing social distancing during the event

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San Pietro in Montorio Church, Rome, Italy wedding image showing the sunlight enters directly from the window during the ceremony on the praying couple

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Wedding image showing Two generations of love...interconnected at St Stephen’s Church, Church Road, North Mundham, West Sussex

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Love is not cancelled! Big confetti and bubbles run wedding photography from Horsham Park, West Sussex

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Bas-Rhin church wedding image showing the mother and child

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The future spouses before they take hands and the daughter shakes that of the father, all united in this wonderful moment at Palazzo Cavalli Venice Veneto Italy

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Pennsylvania outdoor wedding photo from the Backyard Wedding of Flower girls doing their thing as their Aunt continues to chase them around the house while waiting for the ceremony to start.

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Bride tries not to cry during the wedding ceremony at Cain Manor, UK

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Puglia church wedding photo of a flower girl seated and reading during the ceremony

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wedding detail photography picture showing the ceremony blessing of the rings

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Estes Park, CO wedding photography showing the Couple laughing after ceremony

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Colorado wedding photo from Evergreen of an outdoor Ceremony on a deck

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wedding photography from the Parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kalisz, Poland of The masked minister handing the priest rings on a tray

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Flanders town hall wedding reportage image of 2 kids have eye contact while they are being nurtured by parents before the ceremony

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Belgium Wedding Photography | The bride's palliative dad waves and watches his daughter getting married in the town hall through an ipad

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wedding photograph from the Ceremony venue in Toulouse, France of the Grooms little niece taking iPhone pictures during the ceremony

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Wedding reportage photo from England of the ceremony showing A bride and groom fighting back tears during a reading - the reader's stance mirrored by the celebrant

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wedding photography from Mumbai, India during the haldi ceremony - brings out some of the best reactions Capturing the action and reaction together is the key

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Outdoor, beach wedding photograph from Clark's Cove, Nantucket Island MA of Guests showering the newlyweds in dried flower confetti made by the bride from roses from their favorite beach

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Sunset beach wedding photo from Clark's Cove, Nantucket Island, MA of One of the 'flower girl' pups watching the ceremony

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