Wedding Photos of Happily

The following “Happily” 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 “Happily” 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 Hampshire, England, at the church ceremony location, the grandmother of the bride throws confetti, creating a colorful shower. The bride laughs happily, showing the joy of her special day. This image won a prestigious honor award from the WPJA.

Grandmother's Confetti Shower: Hampshire Wedding Wins Prestigious WPJA Award

At the bride's family home in West Sussex, England, a pre-ceremony wedding image was created with the father of the bride expressing his joy and love as he saw his daughter in her bridal dress

The father of the bride proudly shared his love and joy at the West Sussex, England family home as he saw his daughter in her wedding dress

pre-ceremony happily West Sussex Family home daughter wedding dress bridal

A top wedding reportage photographer in Berkshire UK captured this picture of the Bride and groom talking happily as they walk, followed by their wedding party, as they all walk to the reception

talking reception Berkshire wedding reportage UK wedding picture Patrick Mateer Berkshire photographer Berkshire

DE artistic wedding photo from Winterthur, in Delaware with a Sunlit, lovely happily married couple

A sunlit, happily married couple posed for a wedding photo with tree leaves in the background

lovely married couple DE artistic wedding photo happily Delaware Winterthur Brittany Diliberto

Shangri-La Hotel Singapore wedding event venue photography | Couple showing off their rings happily

Shangri-La Hotel Singapore wedding event venue photography of Couple showing off their rings happily

Singapore wedding venue Shangri La Hotel Singapore rings hotel couple Shangri La

London, UK engagement PhotoShoot- couple smile happily at each other in front of a vine covered brick wall

An engagement PhotoShoot created as the couple smile happily at each other in front of a vine covered brick wall

brick wall smile UK uk engagement photographer London happily vine covered

the bride and groom walking happily hand-in-hand after the ceremony

after ceremony Victoria bride and groom Victoria walking happily Hand in hand outdoor wedding

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.