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.

Bucurestui bride waiting before the wedding ceremony

bride waiting and getting ready before the wedding day events

Groom getting help shaving

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Bridesmaids helping the bride get ready | Bride prep, Princeton, NJ

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Bride gets emotional while around her bridesmaids before the wedding ceremony in Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido

the Bride gets emotional while around her bridesmaids

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Bride enjoys a drink before the wedding ceremony in Rio de Janeiro

the Bride enjoys a drink

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Gloucestershire bridesmaids getting the groomsmen ready in the UK

the bridesmaids getting the groomsmen ready

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Emotional moment between maid of honor and bride while getting ready before the wedding. - Saint Charles Country Club Wedding

an Emotional moment between maid of honor and bride while getting ready before the wedding

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Bride doing a face mask before the wedding in Los Angeles, California, USA

a Bride doing a face mask

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Bride and maid of honor getting ready before the wedding ceremony in Abbazia San Faustino

a Bride and maid of honor getting ready

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Flower girl watches as the bride gets ready before the wedding ceremony in Spring Branch, Texas

a Flower girl watches as the bride gets ready

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Bride getting ready before the wedding ceremony in Rutland, Vermont

Bride getting ready for the VT wedding ceremony

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Bride doing her makeup before the wedding ceremony with her dress hanging behind her in Ubeda

Bride doing her makeup before the ceremony with her dress hanging behind her

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Bride and maid of honor checking each others teeth at the wedding reception in Ruse, Slovenia

the Bride and maid of honor checking each others teeth

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Women help the bride with her dress

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Little girl waits while bridesmaids in red dresses finish getting ready at the dreys in the United Kingdom

a Little girl waits while bridesmaids in red dresses finish getting ready

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bridesmaids take a selfie while the bride finishes getting ready

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Bridesmaids and bride talking and taking pictures while getting ready

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Americana bride and her father getting ready to walk down the aisle at the wedding ceremony

the bride and her father getting ready to walk down the aisle

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Romania bride getting her dress ready with her bridesmaids - Slatina wedding photography

the bride getting her dress ready with her bridesmaids

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Mantova bride getting ready before the ceremony

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Bridesmaid helping the bride get something stuck in her teeth before the wedding in Bear Valley, CA

the Bridesmaids helping the bride get something stuck in her teeth

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Bride getting help with her dress before the wedding ceremony in Miami, Florida

Bride getting help before the ceremony

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Photo of groom getting his tux fixed

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Photo of the bride and groom getting help getting ready

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Bride and dad getting ready - Private home, Limbiate, Italy

the Bride and dad getting ready at a Private home

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Groom getting help putting his tux on before the wedding ceremony in Calabria

Groom getting help putting his tux on in the mirror

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Groom Reading a letter before the wedding

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bride getting her hair ready before the wedding

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Groom and groomsmen before the wedding

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