Wedding Photos of Holding

The following “Holding” 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 “Holding” 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.

A heartwarming moment outside the intimate wedding venue, Primo Restaurant in Rockland Maine, showing the bride holding their newborn daughter in the opening of large barn doors on their special day.

Bride Embracing Newborn Daughter Outside Primo Restaurant Barn Doors in Rockland Maine Wedding

A bride surrounded by friends joyfully gets into dancing at Notley Abbey in Buckinghamshire, holding her dress up as they celebrate together.

Dancing Queen: Bride Twirls with Friends at Notley Abbey Wedding Celebration in Buckinghamshire

Bride Twirls friends joyfully dancing queen Notley Abbey wedding photographer together bride

A wedding guest proudly holds a Union Jack flag and wears a matching waistcoat, as they capture the special moment on their phone at the Riverlands Wedding Venue in Brough, England

Proudly Reunited: A Union Jack Celebration at Riverlands Wedding Venue

Union Jack flag wedding guest Riverlands Wedding Venue wedding Brough Union Jack waistcoat Wedding Venue in Brough UK

The groom and his best men stand in a row, hands crossed, as they take part in a heartfelt wedding ceremony at Little Wold Vineyard in Yorkshire, England

Hearts Bound in Yorkshire: A Groom and His Best Men Unite at Little Wold Vineyard

Little Wold Vineyard weddings vineyard United Kingdom groom best men East Yorkshire groom ceremony groom

A Turkey Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, beach portrait of this Cesme, Izmir couple holding each other against a bright blue sky

Cesme Turkey Turkey engagement photographer holding beach Cesme weddings Izmir couple

Top, and timeless wedding photography from Kananaskis during a portrait session at Wind Tower in Alberta, Canada as the Bride and groom are holding each other

holding Kananaskis Alberta AB portrait session AB wedding photography Canada

Best wedding photography of the bride from Siena, Tuscany as she stands in the doorway holding her bouquet of flowers

IT wedding photography doorway Italy bride from Siena holding flowers bouquet

A Toulouse Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, romantic portrait of this Annecy couple holding each other with a beautiful scenic view behind them

romantic Annecy couple Haute-Savoie holding France French photographer

A Buckinghamshire Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, black and white portrait of this Burnham Beeches couple holding each other with nice light on their faces

Burnham portrait Buckinghamshire faces holding centuries old trees Burnham Beeches Slough

A creative Taipei, Taiwan pre wedding session created when The couple were holding each other in front of a wall, which was made by a lot of beer crates

Taiwan bride to be crates beer Will Tee Taipei Taiwan pre wedding Taiwan

World's most innovative and best Chengdu wedding photography from the moment of the ceremony When the bride comes out, the brides parents hold the skirt for her, the brides mother holds the brides hand, and the bride holds her fathers arm

father holding arm China bride brides hand brides parents Chengdu wedding photography

This China wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Sichuan wedding photography looks like, as The bride is holding her father's arm while They are waiting for the beginning of the wedding ceremony

holding Sichuan Cheng Guo Sichuan bride Sichuan wedding photography China Waiting

A stylish Stara Zagora wedding portrait of the Bulgaria bride and groom at Lake Zagorka created by The best man and the maid of honor holding the rings

Lake Zagorka couple Bulgaria bride and groom holding Stara Zagora wedding portrait maid of honor Lake Zagorka

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

Cesena italy weddings black and white Caterina Errani holding Brides mother rings

Guangdong artful style wedding detail picture in BW from the Reception Venue of The groom holding the brides skirt

Guangdong artistic details brides skirt groom reception venue holding Guangdong Detail Picture

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Siena showing a Tuscany couple holding s stiff pose for a BW image

holding stiff pose bw image tuscany wedding photographer tuscany couple Engagement Portrait Siena

True Love Engagement Picture Session on the Changi Boardwalk in Singapore showing a couple having a fun laugh while holding each other's cheeks

lying down holding from above Singapore couple Timothy Sim fun Changi Boardwalk

A top wedding photographer in Rennes, Brittany captured this picture of the groom holding a young child at the civil marriage counter during the ceremony

civil marriage young child Hong Phuc Bui bw Brittany wedding photography Brittany wedding picture holding

Maceió, Alagoas environmental engagement e-session with a man holding his future bride in his lap and she smiles

clouds Maceió Monica Guimaraes Alagoas engagement Alagoas smiles trees

Maceió, Alagoas environmental engagement e-session showing the Man and woman are together and holding each other on the beach at sunset

setting sun Maceió holding ocean beach Alagoas Maceió photographer

Volunteer Landing Park, Knoxville portrait e-session - man holding his future wife in his arms behind a stone tower

arms TN photographer blue sky holding TN Knoxville future wife

Chamonix Mont Blanc France wedding reportage image of a grandma and the groom holding each other

bw Chamonix Chamonix Mont Blanc France France wedding reportage image Mont Blanc

Naples seaside couple shoot, holding each other on a a dock

sea seaside water hugs Nautical Naples Naples couple shoot

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

holding cross Chicago groom Illinois groom Illinois

Chengdu, Sichuan fine art wedding picture showing the The bridegroom holding the bride's hand, and the dynamic red skirt forms a good background. I think it's a romantic moment

Cheng Guo background holding Chengdu red skirt Brides hand bridegroom

Chengdu, Sichuan fine art wedding picture of The bride and her sisters on their way to the hotel, The bride's sister is holding the skirt corner for her and The sun is shining on their back

corner hotel Sichuan wedding picture sun is shining skirt Brides sister holding

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

Canmore frozen winter snow Canada couple

England artistic wedding photo from England of the Flower girl holding her sign up even after the ceremony

uk wedding reportage England wedding photo Hollie Mateer flower girl England holding sign

Turkey engagement portrait with a posed couple at the water of karakoy, istanbul

shore carry sea holding ocean Istanbul embrace

HK wedding photo from the Dear Lilly, Hong Kong Reception as The groom was taking a shot at once while he was competing with the guests with The smiling bride holding his hand and watching

hand holding Dear Lilly the guests watching taking a shot Hong Kong

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