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.

Lower Saxony wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of a bride and groom participating in an old German custom of sawing a log together to surpass their first obstacle as husband and wife

Lower Saxony black and white photo of a bride and groom participating in an old German custom of sawing a log together to surpass their first obstacle as husband and wife

Jersey City Wedding Photography | Image contains: parents dancing wedding reception detail

couple dancing at wedding reception party

Color hand Jersey city photographer jersey city wedding reception image jersey city wedding photography dancing

mist chair hand hairspray black and white

Paris wedding photography | photo of the mother of the bride embracing her before she walks down the aisle

mother emotion hand parent Color bride focus

Asia wedding day photography of groom kissing bride's hand

kiss groom ring rings black and white hand

cake cutting cutting bride hand color reflection

Portugal Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: bride, groom, bottle, table, food, color

bride color table hand champagne reception

On the way to the wedding a bride and her mother do a time check in this black and white image of them seated inside a car in London England

black and white hands car watch hand holding hands

Tianjin wedding photographer shoots the action of the bride throwing the bouquet under a beautiful blue sky

tree clouds bouquet toss Tianjin trees outside

Washington DC wedding photographer created this overhead shot of the food at the reception

knife candle Color drinking flower plates eating

Ottawa wedding photographer created this unique portrait of the groom standing in front a canvas that appears to be giving him ears

hand artwork art bowtie black and white Ottawa groom

Lecce wedding photographer captured this black and white detail shot of the bride pressing the elevator button with one hand while holding her bouquet in the other

finger Lecce black and white hand bouquet

groom bride ceremony color arm red

emotion hand tears car black and white bride

Bali wedding photographers | bride and grooms daughter holding their wedding rings

hand floor rings ring details ring foot

Mystic Wedding Photography | Image contains: ceremony, color, door, bride, flowers, dress, outdoors,

wood Connecticut flowers door hand flower doorway

arm dress black and white detail hand

Tianjin Wedding Photographer | Image contains: bride, speech, microphone, reception, dress, lace

Tianjin Wedding Photo of a bride, a speech, a microphone, a reception, a dress, and some lace

Asia Color dress hand Tianjin lace China

A Philadelphia image of diamante embellished wedding heels up in the air thrown by steady hands with a plain background in PY

hand toss hands shoes detail shoe

Tianjin wedding photographer makes a picture of the wedding dress hanging up in front of a bright white background

gown arm China Tianjin phone hand white

Washington DC wedding photographer captured this photo of the groom wiping something from his eyes as the bride and best man laugh nearby

laughing Washington DC eyes hand eye hands laugh

Omaha wedding photographer caught the moment the bride was taking a selfie next to a painting of an elephant before the ceremony

hand elephant veil color portrait animal

New York City wedding photographer captured this photo of a holy fire at a wedding ceremony

hand gold nyc New York City hands detail red

hair child boy hair dryer black and white hand

hand silver balloon balloons bride pink wall

Chicago wedding photography - Black and white photo of the bride embracing her father before the ceremony

crying tears father black and white bride Chicago cry

Tianjin Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: detail, bouquet, flowers, chipmunk, tree, outdoors

Tianjin Documentary Wedding Photo with a bouquet, flowers, chipmunk, tree, and the great outdoors

Asia hand bouquet flowers yellow China Tianjin

sword reception color flower flowers cake cutting cake

Paris Wedding Photography | Image contains: bride, hug, brothers, family, love

smile bride hand hug arm color

Lower Saxony Creative Wedding Photographer in Germany | Image contains: black and white, detail shot, hands bouquet, tattoo, hug, embrace

black and white detail hands Germany tattoos embrace

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