Wedding Photos of Hand

The following “Hand” 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 “Hand” 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.

Moselle Getting Ready Photography at the Bride's home | Brides holds the hand of a woman

Bride holds the hand of a woman

the groom kissing the hand of his bride

kissing civil bride elopement San Francisco City Hall hand elope

When the Bride no longer has stress (she is under dad's hand)

France bridal image the Bride stress hand France Montpellier

Bride and groom was walking to the ceremony location

San Jose artistic wedding photographer dress San Jose artistic wedding photography bride Vinci Wang hand San Jose fine art wedding photography

A black and white wedding image showing the bridal gown being held out by an assisting hand at Cuccaro club captures the preparations for the special day

A wedding dress preparation image taken at Cuccaro Club, Rocchetta di Vara, Italy

Rocchetta di Vara black and white hand wedding dress Preparations Italy bride

In San Francisco, a man kisses his fiance's hand during their engagement session by a Sacramento, CA photographer.

Fill the frame hand tight crop CA SF wedding engagement San Francisco fiance

Chateau Rigaud Wedding Photo - Brides mother shedding a few tears as the bride gently puts her hand on her shoulder.

Wedding Photo showing the Brides mother shedding a few tears as the bride gently puts her hand on her shoulder

Chateau Rigaud hand gently Chateau Rigaud weddings Brides mother Chateau Rigaud wedding image

Light and movement, Silhouette and action

far away Sky artistic creative hand couple

Mont Du Soleil, Kalista, Australia wedding photograph of the bride holding and the hand of a woman seated in her wheelchair

Mont Du Soleil wedding holding woman wheelchair australia wedding Kalista bride Australia

Wedding photograph from Club de Playa Solimar - the bright kisses the grooms hand during the ceremony - Lima, Peru wedding photographer

Wedding photograph from Club de Playa Solimar of the bright kisses on the grooms hand during the ceremony

Omar Berr hand Club de Playa bw ceremony Club de Playa Solimar grooms

A photograph captured at Grosvenor House Dubai shows a man's hand touching the top of a wedding cake

A wedding cake was touched by a man's hand at Grosvenor House Dubai

touching celebration Icing Dubai wedding cake hand UAE

In the enchanting wedding image, a Sofia bride leans in the car, a hand gently reaching out to the window that separates her from the man

Enchanting Wedding Image: Sofia Bride Leans in Car, His Hand Reaching to Window

gently bride sofia wedding photographer reflection man groom hand

wedding photography in Colorado of groom about to kiss bride's hand during the ceremony

ceremony photography groom romantic wedding photos bride kissing hand CO

Lazio wedding photograph from Rome | wedding reception during emotional speech

Lazio wedding photograph from Rome at the reception during emotional speech

Wedding Photograph Rome bride groom woman rome couple Lazio reception

Sicilia wedding photo of father kissing bride's hand | wedding photography before church ceremony

Amore in Sicilia: The Father's Blessing

FOB Sicily wedding Picture Sicily ceremony church ceremony Sicily Sicily ceremony venue

wedding detail image of hand reaching through dresses

De Zhou artistic wedding detail De Zhou hand De Zhou fine art wedding photo dress white

Birmingham, UK Wedding Photojournalist | black-and-white photo of the bride receiving a kiss the back of her hand

Birmingham black-and-white photo of the bride receiving a kiss the back of her hand

kiss hand Emil Boczek Birmingham weddings Birmingham-UK UK wedding photojournalist Birmingham bride

Sanming Wedding Photojournalist | magnification helps when finishing the brides eyes

Photo showing that Sanming magnification helps when finishing the brides eyes

Sanming hand bride Sanming wedding preparations Sanming getting ready Kai Xiao makeup

Groom wipes the sweat off of his forehead outside at the wedding in Reading, UK

the Groom wipes the sweat off of his forehead outside

hand reading sweating UK black and white groom

Bucurestui bride waiting before the wedding ceremony

bride waiting and getting ready before the wedding day events

bride makeup Bucharest photographer Preparations bridal Bucharest getting ready

Bride getting ready at Palm Event Center | Pleasanton, California wedding photographer

the Bride is getting ready at Palm Event Center

Pleasanton hand bride Palm Event Center getting ready California

Silhouette portrait at dusk - Brazil Sunset pre-wedding photography

Silhouette portrait at dusk during Brazil Sunset pre-wedding photo session

sunset silhouette Brazil hand Brazil pre wedding portrait engagement photos Brazil

Massachusetts Engagement Photographer. A colorful tightly cropped portrait of this couple about to kiss.

Massachusetts colorful tightly cropped portrait of this couple about to kiss

smiling hand pre wedding location New England new england engagement session Massachusetts hat

Bronx Pre Wedding Engagement Photoshoot in rim light outside

Bronx e session Bronx pre wedding portrait Bronx nyc engaged couple Emin Kuliyev New York City

A San Francisco, California wedding photograph of two little girls in pink dresses walking down the aisle while the girl on the left is putting her hand on the other's shoulder

two little girls in pink dresses walking down the aisle while the girl on the left is putting her hand on the other's shoulder

California wedding photography walking aisle pink dresses hand San Francisco California

a woman holding the groom as he tears up reading a letter

cry paper Color Barcelona crying hand white

Black and white photo of several people helping the bride with her gown by a Tuscany wedding photographer.

bride getting ready hands white black and white hand

detail photo of the bride holding a woman's hand as they both get their makeup done

hands makeup getting ready New Jersey make up hand watch

hair dryer child hand boy black and white hair

metal balloons pink color hand bride

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