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.

Lopez Island Wedding Photography | Image contains: detail, suit, flowers, tie, shirt, color, boutineer

Hong Kong bridal shoes hang against a symmetrical background in a picture created before this Asia wedding

detail shoes shoe

Baden-Wurttemberg wedding photographer created this detail image of five candlesticks burning in front of a canopy lit up with purple and green lights

candle candles lights color tent detail

drink glass detail color kiss groom kissing

hand dress arm detail black and white

Taking a quick break in Overijssel at a green table outside the bride and groom rest their feet and show us their soles

shoes detail feet color shoe

Brussels wedding photographer creates a detail shot of the brides clasped hands that are covered with henna tattoo

hands Brussels ring detail hand Color white

legs detail horse color feet animal

rain water suit black and white detail

Image of a slightly blurred Messina wedding couple in the foreground holding hands while the focus is on bright pink heels on Sicily's cobbled streets

Photo by: Ettore Colletto - Sant 'Agata di Militello Messina

high heels detail Messina Color hands holding hands

Northern California wedding photographer created this detail shot of a tiny child asleep on a shoulder

color tear sleep arm detail sleeping

A wedding photographer captured this photo of the wedding bands resting on a piece of wood as the light makes them sparkle

ring detail ring rings ring details light detail diamonds

detail color lace stairs dress

A Philadelphia image of diamante embellished wedding heels up in the air thrown by steady hands with a plain background in PY

hand shoe hands detail toss shoes

Sydney wedding photographer creates an image of the brides eyes as she looks over the grooms shoulder

hair black and white black bride detail suit

white dress black and white hands detail

Bronx wedding photography detail image of the wedding rings resting on a daffodil stem

green Sky Bronx ring detail ring flowers Color

Colorado Wedding Photography on the slopes with bride and groom on the snow with skis.

cold snow skiing detail Color skis

Jiangxi Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: suit, detail shot, getting ready

Jiangxi Documentary Wedding Photo of a suit, detail shot, and getting ready

Jiangxi suit China white getting ready detail door

Washington DC wedding photographer created this overhead shot of the food at the reception

ring detail drinks candle knife hand Washington DC

detail rings ring detail color brown ring

Bahia wedding photo detail - Brazil black and white detail of the bride and groom holding their rings in the palm of their hands

ring details ring black and white hands ring detail ceremony rings

Wedding Photographer in Taipei | Image contains: detail, rings, hands, ceremony, black, white, bride, groom

hand hands rings ring detail ring detail

Lower Saxony Creative Wedding Photographer in Germany | Image contains: black and white, detail shot, hands bouquet, tattoo, hug, embrace

embrace tattoos hug tattoo hand detail Germany

Lyon wedding photographer makes an image of the brides white dress hanging against a green wall

Photo by: Franck Boutonnet - Lyon

wall Color gown lamp dress detail

chapel doors hand black and white fingers detail church

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

green focus pet grass detail ring Germany

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

China Wedding Photo of a bride in black and white

Andy Ren China artistic wedding photographer detail China fine art wedding photographer jewelry silhouette China fine art wedding photo

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

color sand detail beach footprint footprints

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.

card sunglasses reading reflections reflection face hair

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