Wedding Photos of Gown

The following “Gown” 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 “Gown” 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.

The wedding dress photographed in the mirror with the bridal shoes at Villa la exemplify the details that make a wedding special

At Villa la, a wedding's special details are exemplified in a photographed mirror with the brides dress and shoes

Best wedding image ideas for the Golyama Zhelezna wedding planner of bride Get ready with glass reflections, gown and silhouette

Golyama Zhelezna Ivelina Cholakova glass reflection Bulgaria photographer Silhouette portrait gown

Great wedding photography of the bride and groom reflected on water from South Lake Tahoe

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A creative black and white Beijing wedding photo during a bridal session

China China bridal session gown black and white dress creative Beijing

An outstanding Pigeon Forge wedding picture of this Tennessee bride with the trees and sky in the background

Bryan Aleman gown Sky trees Pigeon Forge wedding picture dress outdoors

A Chicago elegant wedding day detail picture shot at the Royal Sonesta Hotel showing the bridal gown handing near the window

A Chicago elegant wedding day detail picture shot at the Royal Sonesta Hotel showing the bridal gown hanging near the window

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China artistic wedding photography style in A detailed picture of the bride about to get on the bus

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An impressive black and white Madrid wedding photography picture showing the brides Mothers hands with wedding veil

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Estes Park wedding reportage photographer captured this moment as the Groomsmen grab the dress to adjust it while the young ring bearer looks on

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Apeldoom wedding documentary photographer created this image of the Bride getting ready as mom helps her get into wedding dress

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An extraordinary Bar Harbor wedding image by a professional Maine photographer conveying The wedding couple celebrate as they come back up the aisle

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An inspiring image from a La Cour Doree wedding in Charnay, France of the brides feet as she is putting on her bridal shoes

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An impressive black and white Siena wedding photography picture showing that Sometimes Brides need help to close the dress

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World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Casa Wilfrido, Gramado showing the Details of the brides shoes and gown

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A first class Washington DC wedding portrait of this bride and groom at the Ritz Carlton resulting in a Beautiful window lit portrait

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World's most artistic and best wedding detail image from Isola Pescatori on Lake Maggiore, Italy of the Bridal Bouquet held in the brides hands above her gown

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World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Fanhams Hall, UK showing the Bride puts on her shoes

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World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Demissos Hotel in Cappadocia of the Bride and groom kissing on the hotels stairs and her bridal gown floating on air

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World's most visionary and best wedding photography from Chengdu, Sichuan as the bride goes out, her friends hold the skirt for her, a beautiful walking dynamic, and the lines of the skirt are also very beautiful

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World's most innovative and best Netherlands wedding day portraits of the bride and groom out in nature enjoying some Sunset love

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World's best and most unconventional Fosdinovo, Massa Carrara bridal wedding portrait from Castello Malaspina illustrating The beauty of the bride and her dress

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A New York documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at Timberlock Camp in Indian Lake as The bride uses her climbing skills to get her dress down

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A Netherlands wedding photojournalist captured this moment at home getting ready for the bride in her dress

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A top Cevennes documentary wedding photographer from France created this image While walking in nature the bride has taken her dress in a bramble, a guest comes to her rescue

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A Saint Tropez documentary-style wedding image showing a moment of the Passage of the brides dress

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A top wedding photojournalist from Italy created this image as the bride puts on the veil at home

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A Colorado documentary style wedding image showing a moment showing the Bridesmaids reacting to bride

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View this stylish Yorkshire wedding detail shot the brides engagement ring and extravagantly beautiful dressing gown, captured during the getting ready stage, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in England from the WPJA

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China wedding image of bride Having a rest, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

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View this imaginative Sichuan wedding image showing a newspaper display column near the ceremony site and on the column are recent social and realistic news

Sichuan wedding image showing a newspaper display column near the ceremony site and on the column are recent social and realistic news

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