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.

From Moselle, in a park of France, the couple is holding hands with trees in the background

At an Estate venue in New Jersey, the bride and groom were seen holding hands during the reception toasts, creating a romantic moment for all to witness

New Jersey image of the bride and groom holding hands during wedding toasts during the reception at Ashford Estate New Jersey

Ashford Estate New Jersey new jersey photographer reception wedding toasts holding hands

Wedding venue image from Apulia showing the hands of the bride and groom

A newlywed couple in Apulia are pictured holding hands at the head table of their wedding venue

candles holding hands Apulia photographer bride and groom table Apulia

The Pigeon Forge, TN couple is holding hands as they toss their cowboy hats in the air

Bryan Aleman Tennessee cowboy hats Pigeon Forge Pigeon Forge Photographer tossing hats holding hands

Under the trees at Pigeon Forge, TN, the couple is holding hands and looking over at the beautiful mountain view

forest Tennessee holding hands mountain view Tennessee photographer Pigeon Forge Bryan Aleman

Las Vegas Desert Smoke Bomb Couple Picture | The colors of love

smoke bomb Las Vegas desert engagement holding hands Tiago Pinheiro Las Vegas Photographer

Engaged couple holding hands at sunrise over a glacier in Iceland

Iceland sunrise portrait glacier Iceland photographer holding hands Jeremie Sangare

Spain couple running a dirt pathway while holding hands at Carmen de los Martires, Granada

dirt pathway running holding hands Spain Granada photographer Carmen de los Martires

In Agen, France, a couple is running while holding hands for a pre wedding photo with their reflections in water

cloudy skies lamp post holding hands reflections in water Agen running

A bride and groom walk out of their wedding ceremony holding hands in Chebeague Island, Maine

The couple exited their wedding ceremony hand-in-hand, on the lawn beneath the trees

Chebeague Island holding hands ceremony exit lawn Maine Maine wedding photographer

The newlyweds, standing at Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy, are holding hands, symbolizing the union between them and the beauty of their clothing

The bride and groom at Palazzo Te, Mantua, Italy, hold hands, reflecting their union and the city's culture

holding hands Mantua newlyweds Mantua photographer Palazzo Te

A couple dancing and holding hands in a botanic garden in Lyon, France

A Lyon couple dancing and holding hands in a botanic garden

holding hands Lyon photographer France Botanic Garden Lyon couple portrait couple dancing

Inside Casa de Eventos gota d'água - Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil, the photographer used reflections as a way of expressing photography within one of its rules of composition

At the alter in church, a couple holding hands were reflecting off the glass table

Gota d Agua Brazil porto alegre wedding photographer Porto Alegre Ceremony holding hands reflection Porto Alegre

Colorado couple is holding hands while walking through a mountain meadow

holding hands Colorado mountain meadow Jennifer Garza Rocky Mountain National Park mountain engagement Colorado photographer

Pike Lake, Hartford, Wisconsin engagement portrait during a gorgeous sunset with the couple walking into the lake and back out while giving each other compliments

a Wisconsin couple walk in the lake while holding hands

Hartford WI sunset portrait Pike Lake couple walking Wisconsin Taber Lacie holding hands

woman holding hands with a small girl

Brazil São Paulo small girl holding hands sao paulo photographer

Le Touquet Paris Plage lifestyle photography session showing the couple coming out of the forest and walking on a path while holding hands

Paris photographer Le Touquet Paris Plage couple walking on path holding hands Le Touquet

Napa lifestyle couples photography session showing a sweet look at each other as they hold hands and climb stairs together

Napa Photographer Napa holding hands climbing stairs

bride and groom are walking and holding hands under trees

Lot-et-Garonne holding hands France couple walking La Palombière de Henri France photographer

A lifestyle pre wedding session in black and white of the couple walking holding hands at Moraine Lake, AB, Canada

Alberta couple walking lakeside engagement Eliza Slobodzian Moraine Lake Canada Canadian Rocky Mountains

Utrecht winning image from the best documentary style wedding photography contest in the world at Duurstede Castle from when the bride and groom are together, waiting and looking at their guests

bride and groom are together, waiting and looking at their guests

Utrecht bride and groom Utrecht photographer Leonard Walpot holding hands Netherlands watching guests

Venice candid documentary wedding photography showing the little ring-bearers exchanging some looks while holding hands and the rings while waiting for the bride

bw moment holding hands Venice photographer Venice ring bearers

At the Commodore Perry Estate, the bride and bridesmaid hold hands in excitement during the day preps in Austin, TX

The bride and bridesmaids excitedly held hands by the large windows as they prepped for the ceremony

Austin Austin wedding photographer bride and bridesmaid holding hands Commodore Perry Estate window light Texas - Central

A beach Sheboygan, WI lifestyle couple portrait at the Kohler-Andre State Park as they walked down the beach together

Sheboygan walking on beach Wisconsin Wisconsin Photographer beach engagement Kohler Andre State Park holding hands

Bellvue engagement photography portfolio image with a Colorado Couple standing in front of an old store with hollyhock flowers

Bellvue Photographer Colorado old store hollyhock flowers Bellvue Store Bellvue holding hands

Sancerre couple posing for a black and white engagement announcement shot in Cher, France and walk holding hands near a solo tree and a fence

Sancerre Photographer holding hands Sancerre solo tree Cher bw portrait

In Perth Western Australia at the Outdoor Ceremony Location, the bride and groom hold hands at the altar

The bride and groom hold hands at the altar in an outdoor ceremony, captured in a beautiful black and white picture

black and white holding hands flowered arbor perth wedding photographer Perth Ceremony Western Australia perth

Strasbourg engagement announcement couple photo session at a cathedral as they look into each other's eyes and holds hands with a pretty light

holding hands strasbourg photographer Strasbourg cathedral Jonathan Fortuna France

Cap Ferret engagement announcement photo session in Aquitaine, France for a couple holding hands with boats around

Nouvelle-Aquitaine France CAP FERRET holding hands Cap Ferret Photographer boats

Montpellier announcement of engagement idea in a garden with the couple walking and holding hands

couple walking garden engagement Montpellier France holding hands Montpellier photographer

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