Wedding Photos of Church

The following “Church” 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 “Church” 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.

Best Bretagne documentary wedding photography from the church altar at saint malo ille et vilaine

Miami artistic wedding photography portrait at an ancient Spanish Monastery of the Bride and Groom in this beautiful historic church

monastery spanish Florida Bride and Groom FL wedding portrait Florida Rosina DiBello Miami couple

A majestic St Lazarous Church wedding photography image from Larnaca, Cyprus showing the Bride approaching church with father as the pass the long black limo

father Larnaca Dad black limo FOB Larnaca weddings

An extraordinary Knoxville wedding picture by a pro Tennessee photographer at Sacred Heart Cathedral revealing The bride and the groom standing in the background as the church singer performs a beautiful song

TN bride and groom church Sacred Heart Cathedral standing song Tennessee Knoxville wedding picture

An exceptional Iași wedding image by a pro Romania photographer at the Saint Spiridon Church exhibiting a tearful Moment during the orthodox ceremony

Romania tears orthodox ceremony Patricia Tanase Romania bride and groom tearful Saint Spiridon Church

Best Romania wedding photojournalism picture from St Nectarie Church showing the Brides daughters reacting to her new ring after the ceremony

Romania wedding photojournalism St Nectarie Church bride after ceremony St Nectarie daughters church

Best Baixas documentary wedding picture in Pyrénées-Orientales of the Bridal party walking to the Church

church Baixas documentary wedding Pyrénées Orientales Pyrénées Orientales bride France Pyrenees-Orientales walking to Church

An exceptional Hampshire wedding image by a pro UK photographer exhibiting the Bride arrival to the Church

United Kingdom Hampshire Bride Arrival hampshire bride church outdoors Anna Mikulich

Best South of France documentary wedding photojournalism image from Church of Pérols - the bride hugging while the priest checks with the sister of the bride

Church of Perols church Pérols priest bride h sister South of France

A picturesque setting for a Cape Cod wedding in Massachusetts with The photo taken during the ceremony

Cape Cod Massachusetts wedding photo Dappled Light picturesque setting church ceremony Massachusetts

An extraordinary Trapani wedding picture by a pro Italy photographer at Madonna di Fatima Church revealing the start of the religious ceremony in Sicily

Trapani church Madonna di Fatima Sicily Italy religious ceremony Trapani wedding picture

Dramatic Matriz de Santo André wedding image of this São Paulo bride and groom with floor mirror reflections and many flowers

reflections floor mirror parish Matriz de Santo André São Paulo bride and groom flowers

Breathtaking Covadonga wedding image of a São Paulo bride in silhouette inside the church with stained glass windows

stained glass silhouette church Covadonga Brazil Covadonga wedding image

An astonishing scene during an Badia d'Ombrone wedding in Berardenga, Siena, Italy showing the moment after leaving the church is a gathering, in which guests exchange greetings and finally get in touch with the bride, and hear the church bells

overhead view Siena Badia dOmbrone siena wedding photographer drone shot church Italy

Best Dordogne documentary wedding picture showing the exit of the bride and groom from the church

Jean Baptiste Duarte exit church bride and groom Dordogne Dordogne documentary wedding France

World's most visionary and best wedding photography from Igrja Matriz de Gramado of the Bride entering church with stained glass

Igrja Matriz de Gramado stained glass bride entering church Brazil Brazil wedding photography

A high quality Somerset wedding detail picture at the Orchardleigh House in the United Kingdom created as The England bride walking towards the church with her bridesmaids, showing the garter and bridal shoes

Somerset wedding picture walking Somerset United Kingdom bridesmaids church Orchardleigh House weddings

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Östringen in the church with great natural sunlight and stained glass

Germany Germany wedding couple portrait Östringen bride and groom church stained glass natural

World's most innovative and best Östringen wedding day portraits of the bride inside the church in light with stained glass

stained glass Östringen wedding portrait Östringen light germany bride Germany

World's most innovative and best Fujian wedding photography of church Praying hands against a dark background

praying hand church China great lighting Fujian wedding photography

A select Morristown wedding detail image from Presbyterian Church in New Jersey featuring the bride and bridesmaids shoes

Morristown weddings Morisontown New Jersey Presbyterian brides shoes bridesmaids shoes

View this key moment at the Cathédrale de Langres wedding picture of the Couple exiting the church under showers of bubbles and confetti

church Oliver Saillard wedding picture France photographer Roman Catholic France Cathédrale de Langres

View this key moment at the Cathédrale de Langres wedding picture of the Couple exiting the church under showers of bubbles and confetti

Langres France photographer confetti Langres wedding photography couple exiting Roman Catholic Oliver Saillard

A top France wedding reportage photographer at Church of Caux captured this picture of A singer in the church, obviously too loud for this little boys taste

Ludovic Lieffrig church too loud singer France photographer little boy Church of Caux

A wedding photojournalist in France captured this moment as The bride and grooms dog was waiting for them at the exit of the church

dog France bride and groom exit Ludovic Lieffrig church French Couple

A top wedding photojournalist from Occitanie created this image as The bride and groom are leaving the church under confetti cannons

confetti cannons Occitanie wedding image bride and groom Ludovic Lieffrig wedding photojournalist Occitanie Occitanie church

A Italy wedding photojournalist at Abbazia di Santa Maria di Maniace captured this moment of These spouses leaving the church after waiting for the rain to stop, when suddenly a rain of rice arrives on them

An Italy wedding photojournalist at Abbazia di Santa Maria di Maniace captured this moment of These spouses leaving the church after waiting for the rain to stop, when suddenly a rain of rice arrives on them

Salvo Moroni spouses rain church Italy rice IT Italy wedding photojournalist

A prestigious Italy bride and groom photo from a Church Bracciano wedding portrait session with a silhouette kiss before leaving

Church Bracciano Italy portrait session Italy bride and groom Italy Bracciano wedding church

A top wedding photojournalist from France created this image of the brides church entrance with father

church church entrance bride father France France wedding image French wedding photojournalist

A France documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at the Church of Brouages of Kids listening to the ceremony

France documentary wedding photographer Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne priest religious ceremony ceremony France church

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