Wedding Photos of Hair

The following “Hair” 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 “Hair” 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.

An expressive Moulins wedding day detail picture in France of the bride having her hair final touches applied

Overlook Golden Gate, San Francisco couple e-shoot above the bridge with her hair held up on the wind

wind Tyler Vu bridge SF San Francisco Overlook Golden Gate San Francisco couple

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot at El Valle in Panama of a couple hugging in a wind gust

wind gust hugging Panama hair Ruben Parra Panama pre wedding Photoshoot

Maceió, Alagoas portrait e-session created as the woman smiles while her fiance is watching, and her hair is flying

watching woman wind bw hair Monica Guimaraes windy

Maceió, Alagoas environmental engagement e-session with a Man and woman smiling and dancing on the beach

Alagoas engagement e session Maceió dancing sunset Maceió photographer man and woman dance

Santa Monica Pier Fine Art Engagement Image in the beach sunlight with a light wind

Santa Monica couple sunlight CA hair beach Matei Horvath wind

Malibu Fine Art Engagement Session near the water at sunset in the soft wind

Malibu engagement session Maiibu kiss sunset CA couple Matei Horvath CA

Agriturismo il Rigo creative couple wedding portrait is taken in the wheat field, during the summer the wheat is dry, the photo is taken from below while the wind moves the hair of the couple

Siena wedding portrait Agriturismo il Rigo couple dry summer wind

LI NY wedding photography as A bride shows her hair to her friends as they all prepare for her wedding ceremony. They are all outside in the backyard of a private residence on a sunny fall day

LI friends prepare hair wedding photography sunny bride

NL wedding photo At home at the parents house of the bride when she is ready to dive into her dress while Protecting her hair

at home dive Netherlands bridal photo NL wedding photo House of the Bride NL parents

Wedding photo from Hangzhou, China. Hotel While the groom was busy answering the phone, the bride helped the groom trim his hair.

hair China The groom the Bride groom Hangzhou

Wedding photography from Ongal complex, Karpachevo, Bulgaria of the Bride getting her hair done while chatting with her little daughter

hair little daughter bulgaria bride chatting wedding photo Ongal complex Detelina Krasteva

Trapani wedding photo from the Barber shop as the groom prepares his hair

Trapani bride image groom Trapani barber shop Trapani wedding photo prepares

Colorado creative wedding photo from Windsong Estate, Severance of the bride and bridesmaids doing hair and makeup

Colorado Windsong Estate bridesmaids Colorado wedding photo Bonnie Sizer makeup bride

Krakow wedding photography from the Malopolskie Reception Venue of a guest dancing with her hair in the air

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Crazy Pool, Ruse, Bulgaria artistic wedding photo showing the Bride in love with her flowing hair

A black-and-white wedding photo with the bride gazing lovingly at the groom, her hair cascading over her face, displaying her beauty

bride gazing lgroom hair ruse wedding photographer curly hair Crazy Pool Ruse black-and-white

An image from the waist up with the blue sky as the background, the couple plays and her hair swings in the breeze during their engagement portrait session at Huntley Meadows Park in VA

VA breeze Huntley Meadows Park Huntley Meadows Park pre wedding portrait hair waist up blue sky

Wedding photography of a Foligno, Umbria Bride getting ready

getting ready hair Umbria bridal photo Umbria bride Foligno room

A moment during the bridal prep, the bride was hanging up her wedding gown, while the MUAs were putting the make-up on the bride's best friend in Sai Kung, Hong Kong

makeup bridal preparations wedding gown coronavirus COVID Ronnie Szeto Sai Kung

Sunnyvale wedding photography | man dropping by with a cute mask on

Sunnyvale wedding photography of a man dropping by with a cute mask on

CA covid19 getting ready mask coronavirus masks hair

Netherlands Wedding Photo | The groom tries to fix something on the bride's head, after the ceremony

Netherlands Wedding Photo created as The groom tries to fix something on the bride's head, after the ceremony

groom covid19 hair Freek Nagtzaam Social Distancing coronavirus bride

NL wedding photo of the Noord Brabant getting ready at the brides home with the daughter of the bride

daughter black and white Noord Brabant weddings Noord Brabant wedding preparations getting ready hair Noord Brabant getting ready

Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil E-Session with a couple against a big, blue sky with her wearing flowers in her hair

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Belgium Wedding Image of the bride's hair and make-up being done before the ceremony

bride Belgium masks coronavirus hair Social Distancing covid 19

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes outdoor pre-wedding portraits for a young couple in love

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photographer Using the setting sun as back light for this silhouette photo of the engaged couple at Majic Forest, Cape Town

engagement photos Cape Town pre wedding session Majic Forest hair wind Majic Forest

Couple Engagement Photo Session | Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil - The yellow butterfly

Couple Engagement Photo Session with The yellow butterfly in her hair

couple Brazil Parana pre wedding yellow butterfly hair Engagement photo session

England Kent Pre Wedding Shoot - The wind causes the bride's hair to blow wildly

Pre Wedding Shoot as The wind causes the bride's hair to blow wildly

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A couple with their hair blown in the wind during engagement portraits in Désert d'Agafay

A couple with their hair blown in the wind during engagement portraits in Desert

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Discovery Center Engagement Photography with whispers

Round Mountain e session Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center Round Mountain engagement images Shannon Cain Engagement photography laughing Round Mountain

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