Wedding Photos of Detail

The following “Detail” 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 “Detail” 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 Day Detail in Fujian showing a sliver of the bride and groom through a door

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Fujian artistic wedding photography ring detail Fujian Fujian fine art wedding photography detail rings Joy Qin

A photograph of a bouquet of flowers was taken in the Jersey Channel Islands for a bridal detail shot

A bridal detail shot was taken at a Jersey Channel Island location using a bouquet of flowers with their shadow

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wedding detail of the married couple holding hands

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This high-angle shot captured in South Yorkshire, is an exquisite detail of the bride, showcasing her immaculate makeup application; vibrant red lipstick adorns her lips, adding a touch of elegance to her enchanting beauty

Exquisite Detail of the Bride: Immaculate Makeup Application with Vibrant Red Lipstick

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This high-angle black and white detail captures the innocence of a baby crawling on the ground amidst a scattered trail of flower petals and the flowing veil at this beautiful wedding in Antwerpen

Innocence Unveiled: Baby Crawling Amongst Flower Petals at Beautiful Antwerpen Wedding

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Wedding pictures by Algarve, Portugal photographer of the groom smoking while his groomsmen figure out the buttons on a shirt

Unraveling Elegance: The Groom's Smoking Break

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wedding ring detail surrounded in striking blue

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bride portrait in black and white

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Photo of woman holding a candle as the wax melts onto her hand

candle Romania detail Slatina

hand detail black and white church carving fingers chapel

Lower Saxony wedding photographer captured this detail shot of the wedding rings resting on their dogs nose in Germany

pet animal Germany green rings ring details focus

China Wedding Photographer | Image contains: bride, black and white, necklace, silhouette, lit, portrait

China Wedding Photo of a bride in black and white

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Sydney Wedding Photo Details | Image contains: beach, wedding dress, footprints, sand, beach, detail shot

footprint sand detail color footprints beach

Detail photo of the bride reading a card that can be seen in the reflection of her glasses. Created by an award-winning California wedding photographer.

Color letter face hair detail California card

black and white light doors detail silhouettes church

Mielec wedding photography - Podkarpackie detail shot of the wedding rings while focusing on the beautiful diamond

detail ring detail rings blur Mielec ring details diamond

Thuringia Documentary Wedding Photography in Germany | Image contains: groom, shoes, reflection, grasshopper, detail shot, bug

bug Black shoe detail Germany insect

Singapore Documentary Wedding Photography | Image contains:decorations, outdoors, detail shot, setting up, flowers, stairs

green stairs color outdoors detail

Barcelona wedding photographer captured this detail photo of the brides blue shoes under her lacy dress

floor turquoise gown dress Color lace detail

detail black color white steps priest

Atlanta wedding photographer captured this photo of the wedding rings resting on embroidered fabric

Atlanta diamonds grey ring detail emblem gold detail

Wedding Photojournalism in Venice | Image contains: detail, feet, bride, dress

a detail of the bride's bare feet on a wood floor

venice wedding photographer foot detail wood black and white feet floor

Illinois Wedding Detail Photos | Image contains:buttons, detail shot, dress

dress buttons color silhouette detail

New South Wales wedding photographer captured this detail image of a tiny flower girl dress and slippers waiting for it's occupant

New South Wales wedding detail image of a tiny flower girl dress and slippers waiting for it's occupant

New South Wales detail shoes arm getting dressed Australia

black and white drinks glasses detail trees

Taipei wedding photojournalism - Taiwan black and white image of the brides wedding band resting on top of a vintage camera lens

rings diamonds black and white ring detail ring detail Taipei

Wedding Photography in Zuid Holland | Image contains: detail, groom, hands, bride's, bouquet, ceremony

color flowers hands detail bouquet

Milan Wedding Detail Photos | Image contains: roses, bouquet, detail shot, sink, getting ready

flowers bouquets detail color sink bathroom

Burlington wedding photographer captured this image of a groom focusing on buttoning the cuffs on his shirt in preparation for the wedding

getting dressed hand cufflinks Burlington detail VT

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