Wedding Photos of Exchange

The following “Exchange” 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 “Exchange” 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.

Photograph taken at a wedding ceremony in Belin-Beliet, Gironde, France. The image features the wedding rings being exchanged in a beautiful outdoor garden setting.

Stunning Wedding Rings Exchanged in Enchanting Garden Ceremony at Belin-Beliet, Gironde, France

At Caesar Palace, Dubai, the varmaal exchange ceremony of a south Indian wedding where the bride and groom are lifted up high by their friends and family and have to garland each other in the most fun manner possible!

Vibrant Varmala Exchange: South Indian Wedding Extravaganza at Caesar Palace, Dubai

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Emotional bride wipes a tear while exchanging vows at Villa Punto de Vista in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.

Waves of Love: Emotional Vows at Villa Punto de Vista

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A talented documentary wedding photographer captured a stunning black and white image of a winter wedding ceremony in Silverthorne, Colorado. The photo shows the couple with guests braving the snowy weather to exchange their vows outdoors.

Snowy Silverthorne: Capturing the Elegance of a Winter Wedding Ceremony

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The bride and groom exchange rings at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, in a touching moment of their wedding ceremony

Wedding Ceremony in Hackney, London: The Bride and Groom's Touching Ring Exchange at The Round Chapel

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A Mumbai documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at Ajmera I-land ground of The groom kissing his bride moments after they exchange garlands as the wedding ceremonies kick off

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Wedding photography from a Church in Croydon, UK showing the Exchange of the rings

The wedding photography captured the exchange of rings at the Church

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Kasteel Hackfort, Vorden wedding photography showing the Flower girl participating in exchange of wedding rings by her mom and dad

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During the exchange of garlands in an Indian wedding

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Bled Church, Bled, Slovenia Wedding Ceremony Photos - Their kid is checking if everything goes by the plan

Wedding Ceremony Photo showing Their kid is checking if everything goes by the plan

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Nelson bc wedding photographer | nearly drops the ring during Castlegar BC outdoor wedding ceremony

The Precarious Exchange: A Moment of Tension at a Castlegar BC Wedding

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