Wedding Photos of Happy bride

The following “Happy bride” 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 “Happy bride” 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.

Beautiful French chateau wedding scene with bride cutting bouquet ribbons under a canopy of trees for a charming and natural moment at Château de la Mogère venue.

Charming Bride Cuts Bouquet Ribbons Under Canopy of Trees at French Château Wedding Venue

A beautiful moment frozen in time as the bride gets ready with help from her stylist on her wedding day at the venue in Rho, Milan, Italy.

Captivating Bride: Getting Ready with Stylist in Rho, Milan, Italy Wedding Venue

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In Lausanne, the bride smiles as she takes a bite of a hamburger, capturing a candid and fun moment during the wedding festivities.

Bite of Happiness: A Candid Moment in Lausanne

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A professional documentary wedding photographer in the United Kingdom captured this award-winning image of a bride and groom happily enjoying their wedding cake at the Royal Berkshire Hotel.

ROYAL BERKSHIRE WEDDING: HAPPY BRIDE & GROOM EMBRACE CAKE

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A happy bride at the reception venue in MN, playing and having fun with a bubble gun on the dance floor

Bursting with Joy: A Whimsical Carousel of Love

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A happy bride in Upper Austria, Austria, raising both arms overhead while cutting the cake at the reception venue, captured in a WPJA Purple award-winning picture

Blissful Bride Celebrates Tremendously in Award-Winning Shot

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At the Willowdale Estate in Topsfield, MA, the bride joyfully stepped outside and grinned when spotting her waiting fiancé, a look captured in a beautiful wedding photograph

The bride exits a building at Willowdale Estate, Topsfield, MA

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This wedding image captured at Citta' di Castello, Terzo di Danciano, shows the bride being surrounded by her mother, friends, and the anticipation of her upcoming nuptials

The bride was surrounded by family and friends at Citta' di Castello, Terzo di Danciano, for her wedding preparations

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A top Istanbul wedding photographer captured this picture at the Elois restaurant just a moment before the actual Bouquet toss from the happy bride

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A wedding photojournalist in Brittany captured this moment from the ceremony location at home of the Happy bride

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Croydon, UK Wedding photo of a very happy bride sharing the cake

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UK wedding reportage photo from Birmingham showing A very happy bride receives a wedding ring from the groom

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Happy bride and her mother dancing at a Kustendil, Bulgaria wedding venue

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A very happy bride at the San Francisco City Hall.

happy bride at the City Hall

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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.