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.

View this decorative Praia de Ipioca wedding image of Bridesmaids try to reach the brides bouquet, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Maceió from the WPJA

Praia de Ipioca wedding image of Bridesmaids try to reach the brides bouquet, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Maceió

View this aesthetic Frigiliana wedding detail pic of the hands of the couple as they hug, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga from the WPJA

Frigiliana wedding detail pic of the hands of the couple as they hug, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Málaga

Frigiliana photographer wedding detail pic hands Malaga Frigiliana hug Malaga wedding photography

View this tasteful Philadelphia wedding pic showing the Bride adjusts her dress, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Pennsylvania from the WPJA

Philadelphia wedding pic showing the Bride adjusts her dress, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia wedding pic VA bride Philadelphia Pennsylvania hands PA wedding photography gown

Italy wedding image in BW of the brides dress at home,

italy wedding image centered bw home taranto photographer black background brides dress

An expressive San Miguel de Allende wedding day detail picture taken from above the heads of the bride and groom to frame the image well showing the hands of the couple touching and it is really loving

heads Mexico couple hands San Miguel de Allende Jorge Alcala Goded Mexico bride and groom from above

View this stylish Genoa wedding image of friends helping the bride, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Villa Sorgiva from the WPJA

Genoa wedding image of friends helping the bride, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Villa Sorgiva

Genoa wedding image Genoa photographer friends bride helping Villa Sorgiva wedding photography

sensitive Poland wedding Detail of engagement ring just before the ceremony

rings engagement ring sensitive before ceremony hands suit warsaw wedding photography

The Netherlands WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and colorful Echteld wedding picture at Kasteel Wijenburg of the NL bride Getting ready

Netherlands hands Echteld Peter Kos makeup NL bride Kasteel Wijenburg

A digitally enhanced Marechal Deodoro wedding image of the Brazil bride at Ponta Verde Hotel praying with her hands pressed together before her face

Ponta Verde Hotel hands bw Ponta Verde praying brazil bride Brazil

View this aesthetic Savannah, Georgia wedding pic illustrating - Nevertheless she prevails, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Kehoe House from the WPJA

hands hug Georgia wedding pic Georgia bw flowers Savannah

Cesena black and white wedding day image in Italy detailing the brides mother is sweetly taking care of the rings

bw italy weddings Brides mother black and white Cesena Caterina Errani Italy

Beijing artful style wedding detail picture in BW as The bridegroom took the hand of the brides grandmother

China grandmother hands black and white Beijing bw

Paris wedding couple artistic image session with the Bride and groom in the car

Pierrick Roland hands Paris auto Paris couple bride and groom car

Mantua wedding art detail picture Ritrattistica in Piazza Erbe of the bride walking on the cobblestones with bare feet, detail of the shoes in her hands

cobblestones Ritrattistica Mantua wedding picture bride walking Ritrattistica bride Mantua shoes

Black and White Guangdong wedding picture in China at home of the bride and her fathers hands

father Jinqi Tan at home Guangdong wedding picture black and white hands china weddings

Fujian artful style wedding detail picture showing Mom puts on her daughter the jewelry given by relatives and friends

artful style mom wedding detail picture Fujian friends jewelry

Black and white Crete Senesi wedding picture in Siena, Tuscany, Italy during a very small and intimate Elopement event

Tuscany bride and groom hands Siena fingers Crete Senesi wedding picture black and white

Cesena wedding art picture in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy resulting in a detail of the bride and grooms hands candidly caressing the wheat, a symbol of life

Cesena wedding picture symbol of life Emilia Romagna region wedding hands wheat Italy Emilia-Romagna

Gotse Delchev wedding art detail picture in Blagoevgrad of the Bulgaria bride and groom and the priest hands during the ceremony

priest Bulgaria bride and groom Blagoevgrad weddings Gotse Delchev Blagoevgrad Bulgaria

Wenzhou wedding art detail picture in China of the bride and grooms hands with a ring and the cross on the wall of the Church behind them

China bride and groom Asia ring wall Wenzhou China

Allegro Buffet wedding art image in Sao Paulo, Brazil showing toast details of the hands and shot glasses

Allegro Buffet wedding image Allegro Buffet hands São Paulo taking shots shot glasses Sao Paulo wedding venue

True Love Engagement Picture Session at Pantano de El Jándula in Jaen showing a couple in BW with a tight focus on faces and hands

Pantano de El Jándula Jaen Engagement Picture Session Jaen couple Jaén tight focus bw faces

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the Golden Mile Tower in Singapore displaying a Singapore couple having fun with light and shadows

bw light Timothy Sim singapore engagement portrait veil Singapore hands

Mercer Island Washington authentic wedding image of bridesmaids saying a prayer over bride before the wedding ceremony

bride hands before wedding ceremony Mercer Island authentic bw Washington wedding image

Chicago, Illinois fine art wedding picture of the groom holding the cross in his hands

IL wedding picture Illinois groom holding groom Illinois fine art hands

Utrecht wedding photograph from In the car of the bridal couple when The bride is nervous and checking if her hands are shaking, with a face mask with her

hands bridal nervous haking Utrecht wedding photo couple the Bride

Wedding photography from the Sichuan venue of The bride throwing the flower in her hand, which is a symbol of love and happiness, behind her. Friends of the newlyweds are snatching flowers, and many hands reach high

Cheng Guo happiness friends hands flowers Sichuan venue newlyweds

AB artistic wedding pic from Cornerstone Theater, Canmore, Canada of the couple in winter holding the hands

hands holding Canada Canmore winter couple

Poland at-home artistic wedding photo from Zachodniopomorskie of the bride's nervous hands while the bridesmaid is fastening her wedding dress

Poland wedding photo Zachodniopomorskie at home Poland wedding dress nervous

Alegranza Eventos artistic wedding detail picture of rings, hands and microphone during the ceremony

hands microphone ceremony Alegranza Eventos Alegranza Eventos wedding detail picture rings

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