Wedding Photos of Grandmother

The following “Grandmother” 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 “Grandmother” 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.

Domaine de Gaillac à Gaillac outdoor wedding moment image of the France bride having a nice talk with her grand mother

Lisbon loving wedding moment created as the The bride greets her emotional grandmother after getting married

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Siracusa family love wedding moment image of the groom and grandmother

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Sofia, Bulgaria creative bridal reflection mirror wedding Portrait of the bride in the old mirror of her grandmother

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Creative wedding detail image from Slovenia of these special wedding rings that were made from the brides grandfather and grandmother rings

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Alagoas wedding photography from the Brazil ceremony of a crying grandmother at grandson wedding

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West Midlands wedding photographer created this image at a Private venue in Birmingham, UK of a Muslim bride with her mother and grandmother

West Midlands grandmother Emil Boczek Birmingham Muslim West Midlands wedding photo UK

A Savoie wedding photographer captured this image in Chambery of the wedding preparation scene with bride, sister, mother and grandmother

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MD wedding photo from The Belvedere, Baltimore as The groom, his best man, and his grandmother wait to leave the hotel

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Mum and grandmother both cry together just before the bride enters the ceremony room at this UK wedding

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A Colorado bride is sharing photo moments with her mother from her phone that took place earlier in the day

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While the bridesmaids remove confetti from her hair, the bride shows her wedding ring to her grandmother at Château de la Rive, Cruet, Savoie, France

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Image from Case De Garden, Izmir, Turkey showing the grandmom can not hold the bride because of the pandemic

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Jinhua home wedding photo from the bride's home of The bridesmaids making up and the bride and grandmother were chatting

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wedding photo from Grandmother's house, Paceco - Sicily of the bride and groom greeting to grandmother

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Montana home wedding photography from Philipsburg of grandma taunting a dog with hors d'ouvres

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The bride gives her grandmother a kiss on her wedding day before leaving to the ceremony - Miami, FL wedding photographer

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Wolverhampton, UK Asian Groom with his grandmother in this award winning wedding image

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Wethele Manor, UK wedding reportage image of a couple and grandma

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Palm Event Center, Pleasanton, California wedding image of the Granddaughter and Bride (Grandmother took care of Bride when mother was away during Viettnam war in Saigon)

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The groom is kissing his grand-mother at a Toulon, France wedding

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Tree House Cosoba wedding image of the bride and grandmother hugging at the end of ceremony

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Bride having a moment with her grandmother before ceremony at the White Church in Bucharest

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The groom comforts his emotional grandmother at Avrig Church wedding ceremony

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an emotional hug between the grandmother and the bride before leaving home to go to the ceremony in Milan

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The Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape intimate moment between the groom and his grandmother during their wedding day preparations

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Town Park, Fort collins, Colorado wedding day photo of the bride's grandmother greeting her after the ceremony with a forehead-to-forehead moment and big grins.

Fort Collins grandmother grins moment greeting forehead to forehead Fort Collins

Shaanxi home photos at the wedding | The bride, the bride's mother and grandmother embraced each other

Xian brides hugging bride black and white embracing mother

Skylark Farm, Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK | Wedding venue photography | The bride with her grandmother

Skylark Farm, Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK - Wedding venue photography of The bride with her grandmother

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Le bois d'Oingt wedding day photos | Grandma moment, this picture is important for the bride, because she lost her grandma few days after the wedding.

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Coralie Garavel Le bois d Oingt france wedding photographer grandmother France Bride bride Auvergne Rhône Alpes

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