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.

black and white gown hands

water color fingers string hands

lighting color hands notes groom

mehndi rings hands reflection pond color

hands bw bride candles boys lighting

bouquet women toss silhouettes hands

priest veil hands groom church color bride

make up white head hands

portrait hands groom black and white face

hands Connecticut bridesmaids flower window black and white hair

New Jersey wedding black and white photo of a celebrating groom being lifted into the air by his groomsmen

hands New Jersey laugh arms reception dance

Krakow wedding photographer captured this photo of a little girl dancing with other wedding guests at the reception

yellow hands Color child girl dancing holding hands

Documentary Wedding Photography in New Jersey | Image contains: reception, color, champagne, glasses, server, wedding guests

drinks New Jersey white server reception Color

Victoria Wedding Photographer | Image contains: groom, shave, tattoos, preceremony, barber

shave hands hair hand tattoo razor flower

hands reception color groom arms bride

suit groom black and white white getting dressed hands getting ready

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

embrace dark hand arms smiling color

Impromptu image of an exuberant groom deliberately dropping wedding cake on his bride's head in outdoor Tel Aviv by night

cake night cake cutting lei leis hands

Lower Saxony reflection image with the bride, groom and bridal car in Germany

Lower Saxony reflection image with the bride, groom and car

hands Color transportation door reflecting reflection groom

Florence Wedding Photographer | Image contains: black and white, bride, getting ready, wedding dress, robe

crying black and white tear getting ready doorway emotion

Phoenix wedding photographer gets a shot of a little girl who is extremely excited to receive her wedding favor

plants Arizona hands Color plant AZ Phoenix

Key West wedding photographer captured this photo of two bridesmaids helping the bride button the back of her dress before the ceremony

white bride hands bracelet getting dressed dress

Messina wedding photographer seized the moment in this photo of the couple kissing as the violinist played behind them

Photo by: Ettore Colletto - Sant 'Agata di Militello Messina

Color violinist violin bride Messina hands musicians

Burlington wedding photographer captured this image of a groom focusing on buttoning the cuffs on his shirt in preparation for the wedding

getting dressed cufflinks Color VT detail Burlington

Toronto detail of hands during traditional ceremony

black and white water hands

rings mehndi red hands sand bride

black and white boy hands

rings hands vows groom black and white bride

rings gown hands bracelet groom bride

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