Wedding Photos of Church exit

The following “Church exit” 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.

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Some of the “Church exit” 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.

Newlyweds emerge from the beautiful Rhône church, joyfully enveloped by a shower of delicate flower petals as they begin their married life together.

Petals of Happiness: A Rhône Church Wedding

Bride and groom exiting Lisbon church, shielded under veil from rain of petals and rice, captured by a WPJA wedding photographer.

Blooming Love: A Lisbon Church Exit

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Lyon Rhône Church Exit: Guests and the bride and groom celebrate their wedding day with a burst of color and joy, as they play with smoke bombs outside the church after the ceremony.

Celebratory Burst: Lyon Rhône Church Exit in Colorful Smoke Bombs

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This photo captures the moment as the Moselle wedding couple steps out of the church and is joyfully showered with a cascade of vibrant flower petals

Moselle Wedding Bliss: A Colorful Petal Parade for the Joyful Newlyweds!

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This WPJA Honor Award-winning photo captures the joyful moment as the bride and groom exit a vibrant church in Lyon. They are surrounded by falling flower petals, adding a colorful touch to their wedding day.

Lyon: A Majestic Wedding, Immersed in Petals, Joyfully Celebrated

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In Vicenza, Veneto, at the ceremony location, mountains of rice pour over the couple like a cascading waterfall

A Romantic Rice Rain in Vicenza, Veneto: A Cascading Waterfall at the Ceremony Location

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The bride and groom make their grand exit from the church as they are greeted by a jubilant crowd of family and guests in the streets of Paris, Île-de-France. The joyous scene marks the beginning of their journey as a married couple.

Capturing Love's Triumph: Exquisite Documentary Reveals A Harmonious Union Unfolding on the Streets of Paris!

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A wedding photojournalist captured this WPJA Honor Award-winning image outside Boulay's church. It shows the bride and groom smiling as they receive bubbles and dried flowers on their faces during their church exit.

Joyful Wedding Exit: Smiling Bride and Groom Showered with Bubbles and Dried Flowers at Boulay Church

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A wedding photojournalist captured an award-winning image at Iglesia de Santa María in Torredonjimeno, Jaén, Spain. The photo shows the newlyweds exiting the church amidst a heavy rainfall of confetti.

Iglesia de Santa María: Capturing Love and Downpour of Confetti at Torredonjimeno Wedding

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This wedding image was created at a church in London, England as the bride and groom leave the church, viewed from inside the buss window

The bride and groom left a London church, seen from a bus window

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A wedding couple were showered with confetti as they exited a church in Lake Maggiore, Italy

The couple was showered with confetti exiting Lake Maggiore Church, Italy

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The joyful wedding couple left the church in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, surrounded by a shower of party favors

In Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, the wedding couple joyfully left the church with a shower of flying favors

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As the newly married couple exited the church in Marano Lagunare, Udine, Italy, their guests showered them with a confetti moment as one guest dumped a whole bag of rice on top of only the bride

The exuberant crowd celebrated the newlyweds' special moment by showering them with confetti and rice, with one guest gifting the bride with a whole bag just for her

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The newlyweds experienced a magical confetti moment outside San Giusto Cathedral, Trieste, Italy, as the excited bride and cringing groom got showered in the sunshine

The newlyweds gleefully embraced their confetti moment outside as the bride beamed with joy and the groom cringed in anticipation

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The newlyweds shared a joyous confetti celebration as they exited the Milano wedding venue, to the cheers of their loved ones

The joyful couple were showered with confetti as they emerged from the ceremony, to the delighted cheers of their family and friends

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The newlyweds waved goodbye to their happy guests as they exited the First Congregational Church in Manchester, VT amidst the changing fall colors, with a shot of them from behind

The newlyweds waved goodbye to their jubilant guests as they left the church, framed by the vibrant fall colors, with a picture-perfect view of them from behind

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The newlyweds emerged from the Church in Taranto, Apulia amidst a cloud of confetti, smoke from the canon firings, and cheers from the crowd

The happy crowd erupted into a cloud of confetti and smoke from the canon firings as the bride and groom emerged from the Church

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The couple beamed with joy as they were pelted with grains and colorful paper in the Iglesia de La Merced in Jaén, Spain, surrounded by their loved ones who cheered and celebrated, and couldn't stop laughing and smiling

A couple, surrounded by their loved ones, were all smiles and laughter as they showered each other with grains and colorful paper

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The grand facade of the Chiesa di San Camillo served as a perfect backdrop for the newlyweds' joyous exit, ready to be showered with tossed rice by the enthusiastic cheers of their guests

The newlyweds exited to loud cheers and a shower of tossed rice from their excited guests

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The happy couple beamed as they exited the church, sealing their love with a passionate kiss amidst the gentle shower of flower petals in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The newly-wed couple shared a kiss as guests showered them with flower petals

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Chicago couple exiting their downtown wedding ceremony at the Fourth Presbyterian Church under a storm of bubbles

As the couple exited their wedding ceremony at a church, their family and friends joyfully blew bubbles over them

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In Carcassonne, France, picture showing the exit of the bride and groom from the church, flower petals

The bride and groom exited the church to cheering and petals raining from above as their families and friends smiled

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World class documentary wedding photography in Jaen at the Parroquia de Santa María Magdalena showing Bride and groom leaving the church

A Jaen wedding photographer captured the newlyweds exiting the church, joyfully showered with confetti and flower petals

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A Lot-et-Garonne wedding photographer captured a unique moment of the bride and groom exiting their Chateau ceremony to guests holding rugby balls

Lot-et-Garonne documentary-style wedding image from Chateau La Hitte of the bride and groom exiting the ceremony to guests holding rugby balls

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A wedding photographer in Eure, France created this image of The groom's military comrades toss their caps into the air at the church

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Sorocaba wedding image from a Sao Paulo church exit at night with fireworks outside the windows

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Documentary photography from a wedding church in Seilhac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine of bride and groom celebrating marriage outside with family and guests

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A Liverpool wedding image from Isla Gladstone captured this Confetti rain party

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Documentary photography from Shrigley Hall wedding venue in Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK showing an outdoor Confetti exit for the bride and groom

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A wedding photojournalist at Chaumont in Vexin captured this moment during a Church exit for the couple under rain umbrellas

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