Wedding Photos of Grandparents

The following “Grandparents” 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 “Grandparents” 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 heartwarming wedding photography image capturing the love and bond between the grandparents, peacefully sleeping and snuggled together on a cozy couch in their London home.

A Grandparent's Slumber - A Heartwarming Wedding Moment

Grandparents assist young bridesmaid with her jacket near Santa Maria Assunta's Church in Arezzo, Italy. The photograph captures the moment against the backdrop of the city's historic center.

Assisting the Toddler Bridesmaid: A Moment of Love and Tradition in Historic Arezzo Italy

Santa Maria Assuntas Church Arezzo wedding photography young bridesmaid moment jacket backdrop citys historic center

The wedding photographer captured a timeless moment of love and joy as the bride's grandparents danced in an embrace at the Mountain Top Inn in Vermont

At the Mountain Top Inn in Vermont, the bride's grandparents danced in an embrace, radiating love

Mountain Top Inn Vermont radiating love grandparents Vermont wedding photography emotional timeless moment

Grandma fondly remembers her special day as she looks at her wedding photo, framed and mounted on a tree trunk at the outdoor reception in Montoire sur le Loire during the daytime

Grandma's heart is filled with joy as she gazes at her wedding photo, framed and mounted on a tree trunk at the outdoor reception, a reminder of that special day

France outdoor reception framed photos grandparents Loir-et-Cher France photographer Centre-Val de Loire Montoire sur le Loire

Grandparents around the couple's kid at Home in Ardèche

Grandparents are smiling and playing around the couple's kid at home

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Minnesota wedding photography of the White Bear Lake Grandparents looking at the couple

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Loring Social, Minneapolis, Minnesota black and white wedding image of the Grandparents being cute

Minneapolis black and white cute Loring Social Earl McCoy Minneapolis photographer Loring Social venue

The groom dancing with his grandparents at his Sofia, Bulgaria wedding

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Antwerpen Flanders wedding reportage photography of grandparents playing with a young boy

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Father and grandparents of the bride watching her getting ready

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A kiss between the grandparents's of the groom

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The Bride has a momment with her grandparents before the Ceremony at the Church in Zvolen, Slovakia.

The Bride has a moment with her grandparents

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wedding photography showing the bride touching up makeup with grandparents wedding photo next to her

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Haut-Rhin wedding photographer captured this photo of two grandparents crying tears of joy as they hand off their grandson to be wed at a ceremony at Ingersheim

Haut-Rhin wedding photo of two grandparents crying tears of joy as they hand off their grandson to be wed at a ceremony at Ingersheim

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Bride walks in to reveal her wedding dress to her bridesmaids and grandparents

image of the Bride walking in to reveal her wedding dress to her bridesmaids and grandparents

bridesmaids dress reveal Lancashire UK Wedding Reportage Photo UK bride grandparents

The Case Restaurant, Leicester | Grandad using hand gestures to talk to the pageboy who appears to be holding his own in the conversation

Generations Communicate: A Conversation at The Case Restaurant

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Italy Wedding Photography | Bride and groom receive a kiss on their hands from a grandparent

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Texas wedding photograph of guests waiting for the ceremony

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