Wedding Photos of Hands

The following “Hands” 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 “Hands” 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.

In this black and white wedding photo taken at The Florian in Germantown, Wisconsin, the photographer captures a close-up shot of the bride and groom's hands, as they delicately put on each other's rings. The bride's elegant dress can also be seen.

The Florian Affair: Graceful Embrace, Frozen in Time

At Chateau de Gency, guests are served mini burgers on trays, as they prepare to indulge in a delectable food experience

Chateau de Gency: Enjoy Delectable Food Experience with Mini Burgers Served on Trays

food Served on Trays hands Food Experience cocktail hour Delectable Mini Burgers

Detail image of family members touching each other's hands during a wedding ceremony at Hotel Sheraton in Calgary as parents offer their blessings

Calgary wedding ceremony at Hotel Sheraton captures touching moment as family members offer blessings

blessings jewelry Calgary Wedding Photography Calgary touching moment Hotel Sheraton black and white

A close-up of the hands of a bride and groom, showing their intertwined fingers, against the backdrop of the stately Swinfen Hall Hotel in Staffordshire, England

Fingers Intertwined: Love's Embrace at Swinfen Hall

Staffordshire hands England couple Staffordshire England Symbolizing Love Commitment England

The groom and his best men stand in a row, hands crossed, as they take part in a heartfelt wedding ceremony at Little Wold Vineyard in Yorkshire, England

Hearts Bound in Yorkshire: A Groom and His Best Men Unite at Little Wold Vineyard

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Chengkai Lee is an artistic wedding photographer for Fujian

Photo by: Chengkai Lee - Fuzhou Fujian

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An extraordinary wedding photo in Budapest, Hungary capturing the beauty of couples' hands on a shifter or throttle in a unique detail shot.

Shifted Bliss: A Captivating Detail of Love's Acceleration in Budapest, Hungary

unique detail Hungary throttle hands Budapest Artistic Detail Budapest

The couple posed for their save-the-date engagement pre-wedding announcement picture in Maceió - Brazil, with the ring being slid on the woman's hand in a low camera angle to show a new perspective of an old ritual near the stunning Atlantic ocean

Maceió - Brazil: Couple's Engagement Pre-Wedding Announcement Picture Near Atlantic Ocean

Maceió hands Maceio Engagement Portrait low camera angle engagement ring beach session

After the turmeric ceremony in Ahmedabad, India, the bride's family ceremoniously joined hands in a traditional celebration

The family joined hands after the turmeric ceremony

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At Avon Hill Lodge in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, the bride was captured on the dance floor playing air guitar, surrounded by guests pointing at her

At Avon Hill Lodge in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, the bride danced with air guitar surrounded by cheering guests

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In this tender detail image, many hands are embracing family members in a farewell hug at a home in Beijing, China

A farewell embrace is shared amongst family members at the bride's home, depicted in a detailed image

Asia BEIJING photographer China Bejing family farewell hug Beijing hands

The bride is at home being helped to close her dress so that she is ready to join her future husband at the wedding ceremony in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, with details of her back visible in the picture

In Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, the bride is being helped to close her dress

Pays de la Loire buttoning dress wedding gown Helping hands Maine-et-Loire hands Maine et Loire Photographer

The couple are holding each other's hands, shot from below in Jaén, Spain, with trees and sky above them

In Jaén, Spain, the couple hold each other's hands, framed by trees and sky

low angle Jaén Spain hands couple trees Jaen photographer

At Patio Huaje in Oaxaca City, the details of the ceremony included hands, feet, flowers, drinks, programs, in a shot from above looking down on the guests

In Oaxaca City, Patio Huaje, a venue detail image of hands, feet, flowers, drinks, programs for a ceremony, viewed from above

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The couple at Moulin de Saint Yves in Cléguer are sharing a pint, with their hands reaching in from opposite sides and the beer forming a center point between them

At Moulin de Saint Yves in Cléguer, the couple are sharing a beer, their hands about to join in the middle

Morbihan photographer hands wedding rings beer Moulin de Saint Yves Morbihan Cléguer

At the Beijing bridegroom's home, a detail picture with strong spotlight with a dark background highlighting the couple's hands intertwined and the rings prominently displayed

From a Beijing bridegroom's house, a detail image with intertwined hands with a spotlight and dark background

spotlight hands dark background Beijing BEIJING photographer

A wedding photo of the bride and groom stacking their hands and admiring their rings inside the Domaine des Cigogneaux - Labaroche

The bride and groom admired their rings while their hands were stacked together

Grand Est Wedding Photographer rings Labaroche Grand Est Domaine des Cigogneaux hands Haut-Rhin

A detail shot of two hands holding each other, taken during a phere in Dubai, with tender soft lighting and focus, captures the feeling of the event

In Dubai, tender soft lighting and focus captures two hands holding each other in a phere

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The Bride Team Wristbands were displayed in a circle formation at Salle du Grand Air in Oise

In Oise, France, the Bride Team Wristbands were arranged in a circular formation at Salle du Grand Air

Oise hands Oise Photographer circle formation team bride Salle du Grand Air

In a garden of Nancy, France, the couple is kissing with their hands touching in the foreground making a triangle shape

France Jonathan Fortuna Nancy photographer couple kissing Nancy garden engagement hands

At a Sao Paulo Sul wedding, a photo capturing the moment four men cheered with shots was recently taken against a dark background

Sao Paulo photo of four hands holding shots during the reception

São Paulo sao paulo photographer hands shots

Pre wedding photograph of a Washington DC couple showing hands with prints of hands and saying You can't stop us

hands DC photographer Washington DC couple kissing

Putting the wedding rings on the newlyweds hands, the camera captured the holy ceremony from a low angle at the Holy Trinity church in Ruse, Bulgaria

In Ruse, Bulgaria, this Holy Trinity church's low angle view captured the wedding rings on the newlyweds' hands

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The couple's hands intertwined, the bride's shining ring visible, captured from a low angle in a Verfeil, Haute-Garonne wedding ceremony

In Verfeil, Haute-Garonne, a low angle wedding ceremony shot captured the couple's interlocked hands, the bride's ring sparkling

Haute-Garonne hands Verfeil wedding ring wedding ceremony Haute Garonne Photographer low angle

An inspiring image from a Lodz wedding at the Palm House in Poland showing the bride and groom Hands on the background of red fish

hands palm house fish Palm House venue Lodz wedding stones Poland

A great wedding day detail image from Paris of a bouqet on a table surrounded and framed by hands

Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne Paris wedding receptions table bouqet framed Paris wedding venue France

A superb example of a wedding detail in this Istanbul picture at Fener Rum Patriarchate in Turkey showing the hands during the ceremony with the brides bouquet of flowers

flowers ceremony Fener Rum Patriarchate weddings Istanbul brides bouquet hands Turkey

A La Spezia, Italy wedding day detail picture of hands helping the bride during Getting ready

hands La Spezia bride bw toned Italy wedding La Spezia

An impressive black and white Ghent wedding photography picture in Belgium showing suits, arms, and hands

arms hands suits Ghent wedding photography black and white Belgium Ghent

A France wedding day detail picture of the bride reflected in the piano as her hands press the keys

reflected piano keyboard hands keys French bridal portrait France

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