Wedding Photos of Hold

The following “Hold” 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 “Hold” 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.

An imaginative Sofia wedding photograph in Bulgaria showing the details of the Wedding rings as they hold the handlebar grip together on the motorcycle

The State Room, Boston wedding true love displayed as A family member holds the sleeping baby during the wedding ceremony and looks adoringly at the little baby

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Alberta couple hold each other in this portrait at Moraine Lake

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Château La Hitte, France wedding image captured of the bride crying and holding a family member

Lot-et-Garonne Bride crying Nouvelle-Aquitaine hold family Château La Hitte venue France wedding image

An engaged couple hold each other in a street scene with puddle reflections in the beautiful city

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Marseille Bouches-du-Rhone Engagement Session with a couple - Portrait contains: hug, hold, laugh, smile, cliffs, water, coast, look, posing

Engagement Session with a couple and a hug and a laugh

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Beijing, Asia Pre-Wedding Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: hold, white, t-shirts, love, hold

Beijing, Asia Pre-Wedding Portrait of a Couple holding each other in white shirts

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Engagement Photography - Image contains: Alicante Portrait in the trees - blue sky

Engagement Photography in Alicante for a Portrait in the trees with a blue sky

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A man and woman hold their heads together as sun shines between them during their Laguna engagement session by a Santa Catarina, Brazil photographer.

Willian Mariot Fill the frame close up heads hold tight crop sun shines

A couple is reflected on a polished stone surface in Union Square as they hold each other during their pre-wedding photoshoot by a San Francisco, CA photographer.

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Derbyshire Wedding Reportage Photography | Image contains: father, bride, crying, hug, window, black, white

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