Wedding Photos of Grand entrance

The following “Grand entrance” 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 “Grand entrance” 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.

A bride joyfully reacts as she enters Cissbury Barns in West Sussex for dinner in this wedding photo.

Breathtaking Moment: Bride's Joyful Entrance to Cissbury Barns Dinner in West Sussex Wedding Photo

A fun image captured at Resorts Casino Atlantic City NJ as the newlyweds make a grand entrance into their reception in festive wedding attire.

Party Time in Paradise: Newlyweds Sparkle at Resorts Casino Atlantic City

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A romantic moment at a Nanping Fujian hotel as the bride and groom make a grand entrance during their wedding dinner, surrounded by guests capturing the happy occasion on their cameras.

Grand Entrance: Love & Joy at Nanping Fujian Hotel - Bride and Groom's Perfect Wedding Dinner

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A wedding party at Nestldown in Los Gatos, California, gazes up the stairs of the Chapel as the bride and her father make their grand entrance to the outdoor, wooded ceremony.

Nifty Nestldown Nuptials: Staircase Steppin' to Say "I Do"

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Bride's parents making their grand entrance at the Castle in Old Saybrook CT, greeted by joyous and familiar smiles of loved ones.

Castle Elegance: The Grand Entrance of the Bride's Parents in Old Saybrook CT

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In Bar le Duc, Meuse, the bride and groom make a grand entrance to the cocktail on horseback, galloping towards their happily ever after.

Bar le Duc's galloping bride and groom make a grand entrance

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The K Club in Ireland provides the backdrop for a touching moment captured by a wedding photographer. The bride's family gazes in awe as she makes her grand entrance.

Ireland's Captivating K Club: A Bride's Grand Entrance Leaves Her Family in Awe

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Guests at Oceanview Nahant in Massachusetts cheer as the bride and groom make a boisterous entrance, filling the air with joyous screams

Wedding Bliss: A Captivating Journey of Love and Laughter Unveiled

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In Bangkok, Thailand, wedding attendants rush to fix the bride's train as the couple prepares for their grand entrance

Unforgettable Bangkok Nuptials: Wedding Fervor as Couple's Grand Entrance Looms

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At Saltmarshe Hall in Howden, England, the bride's bridesmaids are beautifully captured descending the grand staircase and reflecting in the entrance as they make their way to the elegant wedding ceremony

Bridesmaids descended the grand staircase at Saltmarshe Hall, Howden, England

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The couple made a grand entrance to their wedding at Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny, Ireland, which caused some disruption

The couple caused disruption arriving grandly to their wedding at Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland

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A high view from the Berkeley Castle reception venue in The Cotswolds as the United Kingdom bride is applauded by all her guests as she makes a grand entrances to sit in the room for dinner

The bride was met with enthusiastic applause from her guests as she made her grand entrance into the castle's reception venue

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View this dramatic wedding image taken at the Crest Center in Asheville, NC of the Bride and Groom making their grand entrance lit by natural light coming in through the windows

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Markree Castle, Ireland marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the grand Entrance of bride and groom

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Wedding photography from Shoes & Brews, Longmont, CO of the bride and groom just before their grand entrance

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Arizona wedding photography from Hacienda del Sol Resort- Tucson of the bride and grooms grand entrance

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Verona, On outdoor wedding ceremony photo from the bride and groom's home of the groom making a grand entrance down the aisle

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Groomsman and bridesmaid do a grand entrance chug

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Phuket wedding photograph of groom arriving in vintage convertible auto in Thailand

Phuket Dreams: The Groom's Grand Entrance

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Malibu, California couple enter their outdoor wedding reception - Bride and Groom Grand Entrance

Sunset Splendor: A Malibu Couple's Grand Entrance to Happily Ever After

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Waldorf Astoria Dubai wedding photo | wedding photograph of the groom arriving in a red convertible Ferrari as men dance before the car

GROOM'S GRAND ENTRANCE: FERRARI, MEN, & WEDDING CELEBRATION!

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