Wedding Photos of Holding hands

The following “Holding hands” 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 hands” 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.

The happy couple held hands and walked through the desert flats in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the sun set behind them

The couple strolled through the desert landscape as the sun descended, their hands intertwined

The girl is holding her boy's hand and looking back while pulling him near railroad tracks in a BW engagement portrait in Fleurance, Gers, France

The engaged couple are holding hands and running towards the railroad tracks, the girl looking back

Gers bw portrait railroad tracks holding hands Gers engagement photography pulling Fleurance

The bride and groom, holding hands and displaying their lightning bolt tattoos at the Château d'Allogny in Murs, France

The bride and groom, displaying their symbolic tattoos, held hands at the chateau

Murs holding hands tattoos France lightning bolts Murs Photographer Chateau d Allogny

The bride and groom stand face-to-face, holding hands in the fields of Hof Herzberg, surrounded by trees in this black and white image

The newlyweds are captured in a monochromatic portrait, standing hand-in-hand in a picturesque landscape

holding hands Face to face Essenheim Photographer black and white Essenheim Germany Hof Herzberg

French couple is looking at the same direction, in front of a orange wall during a Toulouse pre wedding portrait session downtown

An engaged couple posed looking in the same direction in front of an orange wall in a downtown lifestyle session

orange wall Toulouse engagement photography looking off Toulouse holding hands downtown Toulouse

The couple are holding each other's hands, shot from below in Jaén, Spain, with trees and sky above them

In Jaén, Spain, the couple hold each other's hands, framed by trees and sky

Jaén Jaen photographer artistic detail couple Spain trees Sky

Young engaged couple sitting in a boat in autumn, the boy kisses the girl's forehead while holding hands at Holt-Tisza, Mártély, Hungary

The autumn sun illuminated the young couple's love, as they embraced in a boat, the man tenderly kissing the woman's forehead

holding hands Martely Holt-Tisza Hungary Engagement Photographer kissing forehead Hungary Autumn

Engaged couple is sat down on a bench while holding hands at Exbury Gardens, New Forest UK

A romantic portrait of an engaged couple sitting on a bench and holding hands in a garden with green grass

sitting on bench trees green grass Exbury Gardens garden engagement New Forest Engagement Photographer UK

The happy couple emerged from Brighton Town Hall, walking hand-in-hand and smiling amidst a flurry of colorful confetti

A couple emerged from Town Hall, hand-in-hand, as a flurry of confetti filled the air

holding hands Hand in hand Brighton and Hove flurry of confetti Brighton Town Hall Brighton Photographer confetti

The couple held hands in a wheat field at Domaine d'en Pégéni, a wedding reception venue in Tarn, France

The couple symbolically cemented their union by holding hands in a wheat field, near the venue of their wedding reception

Tarn Domaine d en Pégéni Tarn photographer holding hands minimalistic portrait wheat field

The couple's engagement portrait at the old train station in Fleurance, Gers, France, captured the balance of life and love, as they held hands while walking along the rail tracks

The couple celebrated their engagement with a portrait taken at an old train station. They held hands while walking on the rail tracks, creating a memorable image.

Fleurance France old train station Gers engagement photography railroad tracks holding hands

The couple's laughter and enjoyment of each other, captured as they hold hands in the sunshine in Nantes, Brittany, France, and are framed separately, symbolizes their love

A couple in a sunny urban setting, laughing and holding hands, are framed separately in an engagement portrait, capturing their joy and love for each other

Brittany Nantes urban setting holding hands Nantes Engagement Photography France laughing

The intimate photograph of the couple strolling across the wooden footbridge at Pine Lake, Georgia, captures the essence of their love as they hold hands and embrace the beauty of nature surrounding them

The couple's love is captured as they wander hand-in-hand through nature's breathtaking beauty

walking over bridge Georgia Pine Lake Engagement Session footbridge holding hands Pine Lake wooden bridge

The couple enjoys a leisurely bike ride through a quiet street in Bangkok, holding hands and matching in white shirts

The couple smiled at each other as they leisurely rode their bikes down the small street, holding hands and wearing matching white shirts for their portrait

Bangkok bike ride white shirts holding hands leisure ride Bangkok PreWedding Session Thailand

The carefree couple's picture session captured a breathtaking black and white skyline, a poignant reminder of the hustle of life

The carefree couple's picture session immortalized a breathtaking black-and-white skyline, a poignant encapsulation of the hustle of life

black and white portrait Chicago skyline Chicago city skyline holding hands Chicago e shoot

couple walking together and smiling during pre wedding shoot in BW

trieste photographer smiling bw portrait walking together Trieste holding hands

a couple is holding hands while walking through a field

walking through field holding hands Audrey Dubessay Angers Photographer Angers open field countryside engagement

couple in Montpellier walking and holding hands in the late afternoon sun

Montpellier photographer late afternoon light holding hands Montpellier

couple hold hands in the road aligned with the setting sun

holding hands Derbyshire Burbage Edge standing in road Silhouette portrait Peak District

At the Danieli Hotel in Venice, Italy, the couple can be seen sitting side by side in chairs and hands held

In Venice, Italy, at the Danieli Hotel, a couple sit side by side, holding hands

sitting in chairs holding hands side by side Venice photographer Danieli Hotel Venice

A Hoboken, New Jersey Couple are holding hands with their dog while sitting on the front porch

A couple is holding hands with their dog while sitting on the front porch

Hoboken Photographer dog in lap sitting on porch holding hands Hoboken New Jersey

Tilted horizon image from San Francisco of a cheerful CA couple running on the greens under a blue blue sky

Tilted horizon image of a cheerful couple running on the greens under a blue blue sky

San Francisco holding hands blue sky San Francisco photographer couple walking

In Estuaire de l'orne, the bride and groom jump from the dune while holding hands with free arms in the air

Calvados couple jumping Calvados Photographer holding hands Normandy Estuaire de lorne dunes

A NH couple walk holding hands under the clouds at Franconia Notch State Park

bw portrait holding hands clouds Franconia Notch State Park New Hampshire mountain engagement

The couple are holding hands and running together near the tall building columns of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain

holding hands Alhambra Granada photographer couple running Spain columns

A Granada, Spain wedding photographer created this portrait of a couple in the atrium of a building pulling in different directions

Granada atrium Granada photographer Spain holding hands

At the Smithsonian Castle Gardens, Washington D.C., the couple is walking together with their dog

couple walking walking dog Smithsonian Castle Gardens holding hands DC photographer

A Tuscany Couple Portrait at Crete Senesi was created as they stand together and hold hands

holding hands Crete Senesi Tuscany Tuscan Photographer bw portrait countryside engagement

The blissful couple's joyous love was poetically captured on the beach, hand in hand, as they ran through the tranquil sea, treasured by a Dutch wedding photographer

Noord Brabant wedding photograph of the couple holding hands and running in the waters of the sea at the beach

holding hands Freek Nagtzaam Netherlands Netherlands photographer Beach Portrait Noord Brabant seaside portrait

A Dorset wedding photographer recently captured a romantic image of a bride and groom holding hands at sunset amidst the epic skies

Coppleridge Inn, Dorset couple holding hands at sunset Under epic skies

Dorset dorset photographer Coppleridge Inn holding hands sunset portrait epic skies clouds

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