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.

Heretat de guardia photography before the wedding of Getting ready

Mumbai, India wedding photography - many Mobile devices during Bride getting ready

Mumbai, India wedding photography showing many Mobile devices during Bride getting ready

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image of a Ho Chi Minh bride getting ready before wedding

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image of a Lake Tahoe, NV bride getting ready with her friends

NV bride dress Lake Tahoe photographer NV Lake Tahoe getting ready

image of a Paris Bride Getting ready with hair issues

Ronan Jégaden Paris bride hair getting ready paris bride before ceremony

image of an Agen bridal party Getting ready before the ceremony begins

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Villa Orlando, Torre del Lago, Lucca Photo of the guys getting ready

Villa Orlando Torre del Lago Lucca guys tie hat torre del lago trees

wedding image of a Toulouse bride using a mirror while getting ready

Toulouse getting ready mirror Toulouse wedding toulouse bride Damien Dohmen

Te Werve image of the Mother of the bride with Tears

Te Werve bride Te Werve Ingeborg van Bruggen South Holland tears bride mother

sanya getting ready photograph in silhouette and black-and-white

bride getting ready photograph in silhouette and black-and-white

shadows black and white bw Hangzhou City getting ready trees China bride

anglet France wedding day photograph of three generations getting ready

Three generations, including two flowergirls, came together on the wedding day to prepare for the big event

Anglet Anglet Photographer mirror reflection black and white Pyrénées-Atlantiques France flower girls

Groom getting ready for his China ceremony

China fine art wedding photographer China artistic wedding photography flower China groom China artistic wedding photographer hands

detail of lipstick being applied to bride's lips

Kai Xiao makup Fujian artistic wedding photography Fujian fine art wedding photography Fujian bride Fujian artistic wedding photographer

image of the bride having her makeup done

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A wedding photo from Zabeel Saray Dubai shows bridesmaids slipping on their shoes

Zabeel Saray Dubai bridesmaids are pictured putting on their shoes

Elegance shoes getting ready luxury Dubai shoe bridesmaids

Captivating Reflections: Nea Ionia Attica Bride's Detail in Black and White

Reflective Elegance: Bride's Detail with Tray Mirror in Nea Ionia Attica

Nea Ionia Attica Elegance Attica photographer bride tray reflective Nea Ionia wedding photographer

Athens, Greece was the setting for a bride's wedding preparations, with a detailed, close up shot capturing the spray

A black and white photo of the bride's wedding preparations at Athens, Greece was artfully captured

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At a wedding in Baden-Wurttemburg, the bride was captured during preparations before the ceremony, with beautiful black and white imagery of her getting her hair sprayed

A Baden-Wurttemburg artistic black and white photo of the bride getting hair sprayed

Baden Wurttemberg Wedding Hair Bridal Hair Spray Bridal Updos Baden Wurttemberg Bride Preparations wife getting ready before ceremony

The groom prepared for the wedding ceremony at Hesse, Germany, as captured artfully in a bathroom with tile walls

A photo was taken of the groom getting ready in a public bathroom in Hesse, Germany

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A photo was taken of the groom getting ready in a public bathroom in Hesse, Germany

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The bride in Washington DC was expertly captured while the groom was seen tendering a foot massage to her

A photo capturing the tender moment between the bride and groom in Washington DC was created

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Boston wedding photography of woman steaming veil during the getting ready before the ceremony

getting ready Steaming Boston woman Boston wedding Kate McElwee Commonwealth Hotel Boston

Wedding photograph of bride hugging young flower girl during getting ready in Washington DC

Washington DC DC bride hugging DC getting ready flower girl Washington

At an Edmonton, Alberta wedding preparation, the groom about to put on his shoes, was captured in an artful image on the wedding day

A creative photo was taken of the groom in Edmonton, Alberta before donning his shoes

spouse high angle groom Edmonton Alberta before ceremony shoe

At the Washington Township, New Jersey venue, the bride was captured in a pro-level image highlighting the details of her face along with numerous mirrors and hands as part of her bridal preparations before the ceremony

An artistic photo of the bride with mirrors was taken at Washington Township, New Jersey

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Wedding photojournalism during getting ready at Fort McMurray | Alberta Canada photography

A unique insight into the wedding day is offered through the lens of wedding photojournalism, capturing the moments of brides and bridesmaids getting ready with makeup and accessories

Black clothing Canada make up Fort McMurray Bride and Bridesmaids getting ready Alberta

Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire, UK wedding photograph during getting ready

A woman assists a man in donning a shirt as another man enters the chamber, a giant pumpkin perched atop his cranium

Leicestershire UK documentary wedding photographer UK giant pumpkin Leicestershire photographer getting ready Prestwold Hall

The bride making final wedding preparations by tying her shoes in the Omaha, Nebraska bridal suite just before the ceremony

A bride got ready in Omaha, Nebraska's bridal suite by tying her tennis shoes before the ceremony

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Cuba wedding photography of bride and bridesmaids getting ready for a ceremony in Havana

The air was filled with joy and laughter as the bride and her bridesmaids donned dresses and prepared for the ceremony in the bride's getting-ready room

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Hedsor House Bucks UK Wedding Getting Ready - Doing up the dress

UK wedding Italianate style bw documentary wedding photographer UK River Thames Kerry Morgan perched

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