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.

A wedding photojournalist in Spain captured this moment at the Puerto Niza in Torre del Mar After the ceremony an instantaneous kiss

A Larkspur documentary wedding photographer captured this moment of the bride Walking to the ceremony up spiral stairs

spiral stairs bride Larkspur documentary wedding photographer walking flowers Larkspur overhead view

A top documentary wedding photographer at Chateau de Jalesnes created this image of The bride after the ceremony

bride ceremony Chateau de Jalesnes Vernantes France France Bride

View this grand Ashcroft Ghost Town wedding image of The groom embracing and lifting the bride up at the end of their ceremony in front of an abandoned building which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Aspen, Colorado

Aspen Aspen wedding image Ashcroft Ghost Town Colorado lifting the bride Aspen picture abandoned building

View this emotional France wedding image of the tear of the bride during the ceremony, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Paris photographer France wedding image bride tear Paris wedding photography emotional ceremony

View this stylish Point Pleasant wedding image of the couple Holding hands after the ceremony, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Crystal Point Yacht Club from the WPJA

New Jersey couple Crystal Point Yacht Club holding hands nj wedding image ceremony wedding photography Point Pleasant

View this ornamental Budapest wedding image of ring blessings, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Mátyás templom from the WPJA

Mátyás templom ring blessings rings water ceremony Budapest photographer Budapest wedding image

A creative São Paulo wedding detail picture at Allegro Buffet showing its wedding ring time during the ceremony

São Paulo wedding picture Brazil São Paulo ceremony Allegro Buffet Allegro Buffet wedding

View this dramatic Abbazia di San Galgano image showing the Bride and Groom are coming, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Italy from the WPJA

dramatic Abbazia di San Galgano image showing the Bride and Groom are coming in Italy

guests ceremony Dramatic Italy Abbazia di San Galgano Abbazia di San Galgano image shadows

France marriage ceremony award-winning image showing a Traditional Iranian vow exchange

bride and groom ceremony Paris photographer vow exchange Traditional marriage ceremony image France

San Francisco nuptial day award-winning image of Brides dad quickly handing a handkerchief for her to wipe tears

San Francisc photographer brides Dad SF weddings nuptial day image indoors handkerchief San Francisco

Pennsylvania getting ready for marriage award-winning picture capturing the Groom doing one final mustache check before heading off to the ceremony

Pennsylvania wedding photography groom ceremony getting ready mustache marriage JD Land

Big Sky, Montana marriage ceremony award-winning image showing dogs on dress during outdoor vow exchange

outside marriage ceremony dogs Montana photographer Big Sky ceremony Montana

The Netherlands WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and sweet Kasteel Doorwerth wedding image of a flower girl during the ceremony of marriage certificate signing

Kasteel Doorwerth wedding image signing Leonard Walpot Netherlands Kasteel Doorwerth Certificate non traditional weddings

Colorado marriage ceremony award-winning image showing Windy moments outdoors in BW

windy outdoors black and white Colorado Colorado marriage ceremony Colorado outdoor wedding

Calvaire du Mont Arès - Chemin du Mont outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing The couple exchanging rings during the ceremony

Chemin du Mont couple Chemin du Mont Toulouse photographer isasouri photo Calvaire du Mont Arès outdoor marriage ceremony ceremony

Sweetheart Winery, Loveland nuptial day award-winning image. The wind blew fiercely and took the bride's veil eventually way up high into a tree

Loveland blew father outdoor nuptials Mark Creery windy walking

Timber Ridge Lodge, Keystone outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing The ceremony getting deluged by heavy rain, causing it to get cut short

Keystone outdoor marriage outside ceremony Keystone photography Mark Creery bride and groom Timber Ridge Lodge umbrella

Marylebone Town Hall, London nuptial day award-winning image of the bride arriving for ceremony

Marylebone Town Hall streets London red bus ceremony Lyndsey Goddard bride arriving

Hotel Azul, Oaxaca City outdoor marriage award-winning image showing a Zapotec ceremony moment

Hotel Azul ceremony Oaxaca City Zapotec outdoor marriage

Santo Domingo Church, Oaxaca City marriage award-winning image showing the couples Ceremony exit

couple church Santo Domingo exit parasol Oaxaca City marriage Mexico photographer

Santo Domingo Church, Oaxaca City indoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing a Sleeping flowergirl during the ceremony

church Oaxaca City wedding Santo Domingo Oaxaca City sleeping Mexico photographer

Raiski Zaliv, Goliama Zheliazna, Bulgaria outdoor marriage award-winning image showing The Bride on her way to the Ceremony

steps stairs Bulgaria outdoor marriage trees ceremony bride

Haiphong, Vietnam indoor marriage award-winning image showing bride and groom During the ceremony

ceremony bride and groom tear wipe Haiphong photographer vietnam weddings

Auvergne outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the Groom crying during the ceremony

ceremony flowers groom outdoor marriage ceremony bride and groom crying Auvergne weddings

Tenuta Pantano Borghese- Rome outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the bride is entering at the ceremony with her father

ceremony Light & Dreams entering Rome father Tenuta Pantano Borghese outdoor marriage ceremony

Landgoed Tielen, Hoeven outdoor marriage award-winning image showing that During the ceremony in the rain, the bride wipes the rain from the groom

wipes outdoor marriage Netherlands couple Landgoed Tielen ceremony Hoeven photography Hoeven

Guangdong nuptial day award-winning image of an outdoor wedding in the rain under umbrellas

rain outdoor wedding Guangdong couple Jinqi Tan Guangdong nuptial day raining Guangdong

Bluebell Railway, Sussex, UK nuptial day award-winning image of Bride and groom walking to their ceremony on an old railway station

Sussex walking Sussex wedding photography railway station underground UK nuptial day bride and groom

Revive Coffee and Wine - South Lake Tahoe outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing A groom makes a comment to the crowd of guests watching their ceremony while the bride laughs

ceremony comment crowd Revive Coffee and Wine Lake Tahoe couple guests outdoor marriage ceremony

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