Wedding Photos of Down the aisle

The following “Down the aisle” 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 “Down the aisle” 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.

At Sopwell House in the UK, the bride and groom walk down the aisle with beaming smiles outside, surrounded by friends, creating a heartwarming scene of love and companionship.

Sopwell House's Love-filled Aisle: Bride, Groom, and Friends Shine in Heartwarming Ceremony

A heartwarming wedding moment captured at First Presbyterian Church in Hackensack, NJ. The bride shares a tender glance with her father as he accompanies her down the aisle, creating an unforgettable memory.

Hackensack Heartwarming: A Bride's Tender Glance Down the Aisle

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In this award-winning image, the couple shares a tender kiss while walking down the aisle after their outdoor wedding ceremony under the trees in Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Whispering Love: A Blissful Kiss at Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe

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In Iowa, at the ceremony/reception venue, a flower girl prepares to push the bride and groom's baby in a quaint vintage carriage down the aisle

A Whimsical Journey: Flower Girl Pushes Bride and Groom's Baby in Charming Vintage Carriage at Iowa Venue

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At the Het Houtse Meer in Den Hout, the wedding ceremony begins. The groom, captured by a wedding photojournalist, shows his uncertainty and hesitations through his facial and body expressions.

Uncertainty and Hesitations: An Intimate Wedding Moment at Het Houtse Meer in Den Hout

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The bride's aunt guides the young flower girl on how to present the wedding rings to the couple, captured by a talented wedding photojournalist at the charming Santa Venerina - I Giardini di Villa Fago.

Whispers of Tradition: A Treasured Exchange in Santa Venerina - I Giardini di Villa Fago

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At the outdoor Kansas City Missouri Wedding ceremony, the bride walking down aisle

The bride is walking towards her family and friends, followed by a dog, at the outdoor wedding ceremony

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The bride and her father walk down the aisle through all of the guests at The Woodlands Conference Center, Williamsburg VA

The bride and her father were walking down the aisle, surrounded by their family

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Seacoast Science Center, NH wedding photo showing While the bride was walking down the aisle while her father was almost crying

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The bride is escorted down the aisle by her father, perspective is from the officiant, the groom holds his hand over his face in awe at their Falls Church, Virginia backyard wedding

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Kildare, Ireland Documentary Wedding Photographer - Godfather sees bride for the first time when he arrives to walk her down the aisle

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Wedding Ceremony Photographer for the Overhills Manor - Baltimore Maryland - Walking down the aisle with daddy

the bride is Walking down the aisle with her father

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the ring bearers have a laugh as they head down the aisle

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Bridesmaid watching the bride come down the aisle

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the bride getting ready to walk down the aisle

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Little man was not feeling coming down the aisle by himself

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London bride and parents walking down the aisle before wedding ceremony

London Love: A Family's Journey Down the Aisle

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