Wedding Photos of Getting ready

The following “Getting ready” 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 ready” 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.

An Attica wedding photographer captures the bride's reflection in mirrors as she prepares for the special day before the ceremony begins in striking black and white

The Attica wedding photographer gracefully immortalizes this momentous day with stunning black and white reflections of the bride's anticipation before the ceremony

The lips of the bride being colored red at the Hotel Jerome

The bride's lips bloomed a vibrant red, contrasting gracefully against her ivory dress at the historic Hotel Jerome

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bride getting ready with her dog

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Swiss Hotel Bosphorus wedding venue detail photo | A wedding dress hanging on the 1st floor behind the bulbs

The pristine wedding dress hung elegantly on the first floor, bathed in the warm glow of the light bulbs, at the luxurious Swiss Hotel Bosphorus wedding venue

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Bride and bridesmaid getting final touch up

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Cancun, Mexico Getting ready photography | Inflating the 'love' balloon

Getting ready photography showing the Inflating of the 'love' balloon

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Bridesmaids take a first look at Bride in her dress

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Saiggon, Vietnam School Yard Wedding Photography. Bride and groom were getting ready.

Bride and groom were getting ready at the school yard

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A woman is partially covered by the bride's dress as she helps the bride get ready

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The bride is surrounded by people helping her get ready

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Woodhall Manor, Suffolk, UK Wedding Reportage Photography | Father of the bride breaks down after seeing his daughter for the first time in her dress before she heads off to meet her husband to be.

Father of the bride breaks down after seeing his daughter for the first time in her dress before she heads off to meet her husband to be

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Brides parents house during the morning preparations. Cambridgeshire, UK Tipi wedding in the Brides parents garden, The brides sister is keen to avoid any injury as the bride excitedly opens the first bottle of champagne

Tipi wedding in the Brides parents garden, The brides sister is keen to avoid any injury as the bride excitedly opens the first bottle of champagne

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A woman helps the bride close the back of her dress in the final countdown to the ceremony

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The groom gives his dog a hug before the ceremony

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Domaine de Montagenet Wedding Photograph | Bride Getting ready

Wedding Photograph of the Bride Getting ready

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Villa Corsini Tuscany photos of the bride getting ready on a hot day with fans

Villa photos of the bride getting ready on a hot day with fans

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wedding photograph of the bride getting ready at the camping tent

Wedding Photograph Leonard Walpot Therschelling wedding preparations camping tent outdoors Therschelling getting ready bride

Landgoed Salentein photo of the dress going on | The bride getting ready with mother and sisters

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Charlton House Hotel, Somerset, UK Wedding Day Photo - Groom prep

Wedding Day Photo of the Groom prep

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Changsha, China Wedding Photo | Ready is the bride

Changsha, China Wedding Photo of getting Ready of the bride

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Grandma was there to witness the entire getting ready - From hair to make-up to of course champagne

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Photo before the ceremony at Santa Maria della Pieve - Arezzo | The bride helped by 2 red bridesmaids

Photo before the ceremony of The bride helped by 2 red bridesmaids

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Landgoed Groenendaal Wedding Day Photos of Getting ready time. Time to put on the dress.

Wedding Day Photos of Getting ready time with the dress

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Photography of the bride before her wedding ceremony at Santa Maria della Pieve - Arezzo - The first look between tha bride and her father

Photography of the bride before her wedding ceremony of the first look between tha bride and her father

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Suits being ironed in this dressing room

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Bride looking excited as the unknown women helping her with the wedding dress

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wedding photograph showing fun between the bride and her sister while getting ready for ceremony

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Wedding Moment Photo of the Bride Getting Ready for the Church

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