Wedding Photos of Helping bride

The following “Helping 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 “Helping 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.

Captured at a wedding in Marrakesh, this photo showcases a bride getting ready with the help of elderly women, adorning her with a large traditional headdress.

Bride in Marrakesh: Traditional Headdress Unveiled by Elderly Women in Stunning Pre-Wedding Scene

A bride, in her stained dress, hurriedly prepares for her wedding at her home in Arjona, Jaén, Spain.

The Rushed Bride: A Wedding Day in Arjona

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An award-winning image captures the scene at Richmond Hill Hotel, Surrey, England, where a bridesmaid in a green dress lovingly helps the bride put on her shoes, emphasizing the close bond and attention to detail.

Enchanting Union: Bridesmaid's Green Dress Highlights Bond at Richmond Hill

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At Chiesa di San Francesco in Siena, Tuscany, bridal attendants in red help the bride with her dress outside. A beautiful moment captured on her wedding day.

Siena's Scarlet Love: Bridal Attendants Prepare the Blushing Bride

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At Chateau de Planchevienne, a wedding photographer captures a moment as the bride receives assistance with her dress from a group of helpers on the lawn.

The Unseen Hands: A Glimpse into the Graceful Symphonies of Wedding Day Support at Chateau de Planchevienne

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In Montpellier, at home, final adjustments are being made to the bride's dress

Montpellier's Bride Prepares: The Final Adjustments

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A bride getting ready for her wedding day in Poitiers, Vienne. Her friends are helping her with the back of her gown in a black and white image.

The Bridal Bliss: Captivating Black and White Portrait of Poitiers' Elegant Bride Embracing the Help of Friends with her Enchanting Gown

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A heartwarming detail captured at Residence House Ruse Boutique Hotel in Ruse, Bulgaria. The maid of honor gracefully helps the bride with her elegant wedding gown.

Graceful Maid of Honor Assists Bride with Elegant Wedding Gown at Residence House Ruse Boutique Hotel in Bulgaria

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In this documentary wedding image at Residence House Ruse Boutique Hotel, Ruse, Bulgaria, the Maid of Honour is seen assisting the Bride with her wedding shoes

Capturing the Tender Touch: A Timeless Moment at Residence House Ruse Boutique Hotel

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In the picturesque New Forest, England, a bride and her bridesmaid delicately arrange her dress, with a vintage VW serving as a charming backdrop for this timeless wedding moment

Capturing Timeless Wedding Elegance: Bride and Bridesmaid in New Forest

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A wedding photojournalist captures a moment as a bridesmaid helps the bride adjust her wedding garter near the venue in Muskoka, Canada. Their location adds a special touch to this WPJA Honor Award-winning image.

Bridesmaid Adjusts Wedding Garter: WPJA Honor-Winning Photo in Muskoka, Canada

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A skilled wedding photojournalist captured this award-winning image at Valley View Farm in Haydenville, MA. The bride, seated in her gown, receives help from a bridesmaid and a young flower girl also dressed in white.

Capturing Love's Tender Threads in MA: A Wedding Journey at Valley View Farm

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A wedding photojournalist captured this WPJA Honor Award-winning photo of the bride getting ready with her two daughters and maid of honor in the forest location in Lille, Nord.

Bride's Preparations with Daughters and Maid of Honor in Lille, Nord

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The award-winning wedding photo captures the bride receiving assistance from her groom and bridesmaids at Hollins House in Santa Cruz, CA.

Wedding Bliss: The Bride's Supportive Squad at Hollins House

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At a private home in Mezin, France, the groom lends a helping hand as the bride gets ready for her big day. This touching moment was captured by a talented wedding photographer, earning them a prestigious WPJA honor award.

Intimate Moments: Bride and Groom's Preparations in Mezin

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Metz, Moselle - At the bride's home, her witnesses assist with final touches before she puts on her dress. The two helpers in red dresses bookend the bride, creating a striking visual in this WPJA honor award-winning photo.

A Captivating Symphony: The Bride's Home in Metz

Moselle Moselle Documentary Wedding Photography helping bride final touches putting on dress

At Ballymagarvey Village in Meath, Ireland, a special moment was captured in a wedding picture of the bride with a tiny helper holding on tight

At Ballymagarvey Village, Meath, Ireland, a special wedding picture captured the bride with a tiny helper

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At Chateau de St Trys in Anse, Rhône, the mother of the bride tenderly adjusted her daughter's dress train before the special day began

The wedding photographer captured the mother of the bride tenderly adjusting the dress train

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A memorable moment of the bride getting ready for her wedding with her mother and bridesmaids at the Smithville Inn in Galloway, NJ was captured in a photograph

At the Smithville Inn in Galloway, NJ, a photograph captured a memorable moment of the bride getting ready with her mother and bridesmaids

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At Rossleague Manor in Galway, Ireland, a wedding photo captured the tender moment of the groom removing twigs from the bride's dress

At Rossleague Manor, Galway, Ireland, the groom removed twigs from the bride's dress

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Two bridesmaids assist the bride in putting on her earrings at the Americus Hotel in Allentown, PA. The heartwarming moment captures the trio in white robes beaming with joy.

Bridesmaid Bonding: Earring Rituals at the Americus Hotel in Allentown

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At a Private residence in Escondido, CA, the groom helps the bride take off her boots after the wedding ceremony

The groom rather aggresively assisted the bride in removing her boots

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Wedding photo from Château La Hitte, France of the bride getting ready with some help holding a mirror

The bride was getting ready for the Château wedding with a helper holding a mirror for her

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Inside a room at Les terrasses de Majorac, Reception venue, Bozouls, South of France, the witnesses are helping the bride to get ready by attaching her wedding dress

Witnesses of the wedding are helping the bride get ready by putting on her wedding dress

Aveyron Wedding Photographer Les Terrasses de Majorac dress fix helping bride South of France Bozouls Aveyron

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France photographer Charly Fromentin bridal shoes France Hauts-de-France helping bride

maid of honor is helping the bride with the traditional garter

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Tuscany wedding image from Villa Catignano wedding venue showing bride needing help

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Bridesmaid unfolding the veil in the church during ceremony | Helping the bride in Zaragoza, Spain

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Bridesmaids helping the bride with her wedding dress before the ceremony in Alcoy

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Rome bride getting her dress on before the wedding

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