Wedding Photos of Greeting

The following “Greeting” 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 “Greeting” 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 documentary wedding photographer captured this black and white image at a home in Lodi, Wisconsin. The photo shows the brother of the groom greeting the couple after their ceremony. It won an award from WPJA.

Groom's Brother Embraces Newlyweds after Ceremony in Lodi, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Groom Wisconsin bw Lodi WI black and white image brother embraces

An extraordinary Brittany wedding picture by a pro Morbihan, France photographer revealing an expressive guest greeting the bouquet holding bride

Britttany flowers guest Hong Phuc Bui french bride France bride

An extraordinary Diepenheim wedding image by a professional Overijssel, Netherlands photographer conveying the greeting hugs between the groom and his brother, and bride and her sister in law, while grandma and others awaits their turn

hugs sister in law greeting Leonard Walpot NL bride a Netherlands brother

A documentary wedding photographer in Bordeaux captured this picture of a Pregnant bride getting ready while family is greeting guests

bride greeting getting ready Bordeaux Bordeaux family guests

Lazio nuptial day award-winning image of The bride greeting people from a small car on the way to the restaurant

Lazio bw greeting estaurant Lazio photographer streets bride

Italian wedding image of the Groom greeting a friend after the ceremony at Chiesa di San Giulio in Vizzola Ticino

ceremony friend greeting groom Vizzola Ticino Italian wedding image

Rio Grande do Sul wedding photographer taking pictures at a ceremony in the backyard of the grooms house of the Groom greeting his son

son garden weddings Backyard Rio Grande do Sul ceremony open air wedding

A Dublin wedding photographer created this image outside the Kilternan Church, Dublin, Ireland of the Groom greeting his dog after the ceremony

Leinster ceremony greeting Kilternan Church outside Ireland Dublin wedding image

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 Town Park Colorado greeting forehead to forehead colorado bride moment

palmi- reggio calabria - photo of the dog's greeting to the bride

wedding canine photo of the dog's greeting to the bride

palmi bride pets reggio calabria weddings bride Palmi dog

Wedding hall "Cristal" Rzgow, Poland wedding venue photography | Greeting the bride and groom

wedding venue photography of the Greeting the bride and groom

Poland wedding venue Poland Rzgow Banquet hall bride and groom Łódź Voivodeship

Citrus Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka. The couple put garlands on each other as a greeting and blessing, but this is usually made into a mini-game to see who can do it first, without being garlanded themselves. The winner will always have the upper hand

The couple put garlands on each other as a greeting and blessing, but this is usually made into a mini-game to see who can do it first, without being garlanded themselves

Citrus Waskaduwa game garlands Sri Lanka couple blessing Sri Lanka greeting

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