Wedding Photos of Dressed

The following “Dressed” 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 “Dressed” 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.

Photographer captured a beautiful portrait of the bride sitting by a window at Hotel Aníbal in Linares, Jaén, Spain. The bride gazes at her bouquet and dress is fanned out on the floor.

Stunning Portrait by Window at Hotel Aníbal, Linares, Jaén, Spain

A bride gets dressed for her wedding at Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club in Arizona, United States, surrounded by elegant bridal attire and soft natural light.

A Bride's Journey at Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club

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A moment of anticipation for the bride's family was captured at Maryborough House in Cork, where a room full of people dressed for the wedding watched as she prepared for her big day

The bride's family experienced anticipation at Maryborough House, Cork on the wedding day

big day Maryborough House room full of people dressed Cork preparing brides family

National Gallery of Art, East Building, DC urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a couple dressed in formal clothes and smiling

East Building DC East Building National Gallery smiling dressed DC Johnny Shryock

Wedding photography from Pibrac in Haute-Garonne in Occitanie of the Church exit of the bride - Contrast between her white dress and the black outfit of her witness. One in white without mask and umbrella, the other with white mask, dressed in black

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East Riding of Yorkshire wedding photography from the indoor England Ceremony location showing a Bored girl dressed in yellow complimenting the wedding decor

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Beijing bridal portrait on wedding day - dressed in blue

Beijing bridal portrait on wedding day of white dress and dressed in blue

Blue wedding day Asia white dress dressed China Beijing artistic wedding photographer

This is the moment the dressed flower girl sees the bridegroom kissing the bride's foot.

the bridegroom flower girl kissing moment the Bride dressed

a little boy who doesn't want to be dressed

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De Lelie, Veurne wedding venue photography of kids dressed up and relaxing.

wedding venue photography of kids dressed up and relaxing outside

Joshua Dhondt De Lelie kids relaxing Veurne photography dressed Veurne

Lot-et-Garonne wedding photographer captured this photo of a bride wearing a floral crown putting on red sandals, as an identically dressed flower girl tries to do the same

Lot-et-Garonne wedding photo of a bride wearing a floral crown putting on red sandals, as an identically dressed flower girl tries to do the same

Lot et Garonne red sandals dressed Lot et Garonne wedding photo floral crown flower girl

HCMC - Viet Nam | Let's go pick up the bride … the groomsmen make their way down the street dressed in red

HCMC - Viet Nam wedding day image of the groomsmen making their way down the street dressed in red

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Wedding photojournalism at Zuid Holland of groomsmen and small boy in matching outfits at the wedding reception

Dressed to Impress: A Portrait of Groomsmen and the Little Gentleman in Zuid Holland

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