Wedding Photos of Getting married

The following “Getting married” 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 “Getting married” 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.

Jeremy Sauterel is an artistic wedding photographer for Fribourg

Photo by: Jeremy Sauterel - Villaz-Saint-Pierre Fribourg

View this elegant Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing in a portrait together before getting married, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing in a portrait together before getting married in Colorado

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The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs indoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing the couple Getting hit in the face with rice as they walk down the isle after getting married

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Orleans wedding reportage photography contest award winning candid moment in France showing Grandpa and grandma are getting married in a civil hall ceremony

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Crear, Kilberry, Scotland wedding reportage moment of the groom feeling the emotion as he takes the congratulations from his daughters after marrying Natalie

Crear, Kilberry, Scotland wedding reportage moment of the groom feeling the emotion as he takes the congratulations from his daughters after getting married

Kilberry daughters emotion Crear getting married Scotland wedding reportage

Siena, Italy wedding reportage image of the mother of the groom full of joy for her son who is getting married

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Siena, Tuscany Fine Art Engagement Image from just the front of the Church where they will be getting married

Italy Tuscany Arturs Sulainis Siena couple getting married church Siena

Lookout Mountain - Golden, CO bride and groom walk together during portraits after getting married at the courthouse

The newlyweds took a stroll together while posing for pictures after their courthouse wedding ceremony

Autumn Parry portraits Golden Lookout Mountain courthouse together getting married

Blue hour CO wedding photo from Lookout Mountain - Golden as the couple posed for portraits after getting married at the courthouse

The couple posed for beautiful blue hour wedding portraits at the Mountain after getting married at the courthouse

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London wedding reportage photo of A couple celebrating getting married at Greenwich Yacht Club

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Pennsylvania wedding photograph of the Bride & Groom getting married on his father's sailboat as the families shadows show on the adjacent sailboat.

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Photo of the Bride and groom getting married as a dog watches during a beach ceremony in Gary, Indiana

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California outdoor wedding photography of a bride and groom getting married in front of a small group of friends and family at a private estate in Lake Tahoe, CA

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China wedding photography in the Beijing Hotel Before the ceremony, the bride is mending her make-up, and the bridesmaids laugh at the game of just getting married

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The Royal Hotel, Bray wedding ceremony image of the bride and groom as their daughter buries her face in her bouquet whilst her Mum and Dad get on with the business of getting married, flanked by their two witnesses

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WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.