Wedding Photos of Emotions

The following “Emotions” 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 “Emotions” 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.

Occitanie outdoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing Traditional musicians are playing music for bride and groom with emotions

Camp Katur, North Yorkshire, wedding reportage image of the groom as he sees his bride for the first time during the ceremony and he breaks down - a beautiful moment

United Kingdom sees bride bw Camp Katur wedding reportage groom breaks down emotions

Metz France wedding reportage image of the brides friends hugging after church ceremony

France Metz brides friends hugging emotions french wedding reportage image

Italy wedding day post-ceremony moment photo showing off Emotions in black and white

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Seine-et-Marne emotional wedding image showing strong emotions at the outdoor ceremony

outdoor ceremony Seine-et-Marne emotional emotions Seine et Marne wedding image France Charline Eberhardt

Antica Cascina Margherita, Barbania, Torino, Italy wedding photography showing the Emotions during the ceremony

Torino Antica Cascina Margherita Barbania Italy wedding photo during the ceremony emotions

creative wedding day portrait of Emotions

Bulgaria wedding wedding day portrait Sofia Bulgaria creative portrait Sofia Bulgaria creative wedding day portrait Sofia Bulgaria City Center Sofia Bulgaria emotions

Al Frassino Restaurant - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Italy wedding image of The groom's mother letting herself go to emotions with her granddaughter

restaurant Children kids Fabrizio Demasi Peschiera del Garda wedding venue Granddaughter Verona photographer

Grand hotel Sofia, Bulgaria wedding venue image of the Father giving her daughter to the groom

hotel father daughter bw hugging groom Sofia photographer

St. Joseph, Michigan wedding image showing the bride's emotions during a Heartfelt toast

MI bride St Joseph weddings toast emotions Michigan wedding image Michigan

Al Qasr Resort, Dubai wedding with a very delighted Mother of the Bride hugging her daughter

United Arab Emirates bw Dubai Al Qasr Resort mother of the bride Al Qasr Resort venue

an emotional hug between the grandmother and the bride before leaving home to go to the ceremony in Milan

milan bride emotional wedding ceremony Milan emotions Milan grandmother leaving home

The Mere, Knutsford wedding image of a family in an emotional hug

UK wedding reportage image family Janina Brocklesby The Mere hugging bw hug

Father and daughter dance at The Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Nevada crying emotions The Four Seasons Hotel NV bride Las Vegas wedding venue Las Vegas

Majic Forest - Cape Town Photographer: "It didn't take much to get this couple to show their emotions and love. So much so that a close up showcasing their pure joy was a perfect option."

It didn't take much to get this couple to show their emotions and love. So much so that a close up showcasing their pure joy was a perfect option

couple Majic Forest close up emotions Cape Town e session Cape Town engagement images

An emotional bride reacting to her dad's speech

UK wedding photo speech Dad emotions UK wedding The Barns at Lodge Farm

United Kingdom wedding photo of the bride leaving her parents house and doing a ritual to throw rice. She is crying at the same time and unable to hide her emotions.

the bride leaving her parents house and doing a ritual to throw rice. She is crying at the same time and unable to hide her emotions

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Netherlands Ceremony Photography | Wedding day emotions during ceremony

emotions during NL ceremony

Dutch Weddings emotions Netherlands Ceremony Photography NL ceremony Meral Soydas

France bride emotions showing at the outdoor ceremony at Domaine de Quincampoix

France bride's emotions are showing

Domaine de Quincampoix bride emotions outdoor ceremony France Bride showing

Bride's Emotions during the ceremony

Sagrado Castelvecchio emotions the ceremony Edgard De Bono bride

Church pre-ceremony photo of the bride's Emotions and Reflections

bride reflections pre ceremony photo emotions Padua Padua bride church

San Nicolo' Church - Padua Wedding Photography - Picture showing the Emotions between parents and the bride

Wedding Picture showing the Emotions between parents and the bride

weddings Parrocchia di San Nicolò wedding image parents Padua bride Padua Wedding Photo

Baltimore, Maryland Couple embracing with emotion | you sense the emotion of how long they waited to find each other

The high angle shot of the couple embracing in emotion against a stone wall in the corner perfectly captured their love and connection

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Zarzuela - Limeira wedding photographer | everybody crying at the reception party

Zarzuel Limeira wedding photo of everybody crying at the reception party

emotions Zarzuela hugs Zarzuel Limeira wedding photo bw crying

Sociedade Libanesa de Porto Alegre wedding - Mother and father thrilled with son

Sociedade Libanesa de Porto Alegre wedding image of the Mother and father thrilled with son

Sociedade Libanesa bw son mother Porto Alegre father

Strijbeekseweg 43b, Strijbeek, Netherlands - emotions of the family, during the outdoor ceremony in the sun

Strijbeekseweg 43b, Strijbeek, Netherlands image showing emotions of the family, during the outdoor ceremony in the sun

emotions Netherlands sun outdoor ceremony Netherlands image Strijbeek photographer Strijbeek

france wedding photography depicting dual family hugs in black-and-white

black and white Paris france wedding hugs emotions bw family

highbury hall wedding photograph of the dad ready to take his daughter to the church, but fighting back tears

highbury hall wedding image of the fob ready to take his daughter to the church, but fighting back tears

bride Birmingham wedding England bw highbury hall wedding highbury hall

Nicollet Island Pavilion wedding photograph - Bride Sobs While Dad Gives Her Away

Nicollet Island Pavilion wedding image of the Bride as she Sobs While Dad Gives Her Away

Gives Away Nicollet Island Pavilion wedding Nicollet Island Pavilion Sobs emotions

An image taken at Hotel Vila Brasil in Petrópolis, RJ captures a bride's hands holding her bouquet by her father's hands at her ceremony

A photo of the bride and her father's hands holding her bouquet at her wedding ceremony was taken at Hotel Vila Brasil in Petrópolis

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