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.

Hirel engagement photo session in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany for a France couple holding hands and balancing on wooden posts

A pre wedding photoshoot from Cappadocia, Turkey with the couple walking and holding hands as they climb on the rocks of love

desert engagement Cappadocia formal wear Turkey holding hands Cappadocia Photographer

Angrignon Park engagement photo session in Montreal, Quebec for a couple holding hands and laughing as they walk through willow branches

park engagement laughing Angrignon Park holding hands Montreal willow branches

Old Montreal Engagement Photos. Quebec couple posing near Palais des Congrès during a Rainy day engagement photo with the couple holding hands and looking to the sky

Montreal rainy day engagement looking to sky Palais des Congrès Montreal photographer holding hands

Old Montreal Engaged couple holding hands and looking at each other in stone alleyway during a photo session

holding hands Montreal stone alleyway Quebec Quebec photographer

Brooklyn Heights Engagement. A young NYC couple posing during a pre wedding portrait session while Holding hands in front of a carriage house

Brooklyn Heights Carriage House holding hands Brooklyn Photographer Jenna Salvagin Brooklyn New York City - Metro

Couple photography in Sapucaia during a pre wedding engagement shoot near a rock wall below the grass lawn

stone wall Sapucaia grass lawn holding hands Sapucaia Photographer

Agen Engagement. A young French couple posing during a pre wedding portrait session as they run holding hands, silhouetted against a blue sky

blue sky holding hands silhouette Agen French Couple couple running

Texas Engagement Photos. Dallas couple posing as they hold hands and walk across the street

urban portrait Dallas-Fort Worth Texas - Northern Dallas photographer holding hands Brandon Lai crossing street

A sunny Rio de Janeiro Engagement Session for the soon to be bride and groom on the beach

Rio de Janeiro shoreline holding hands Rio de Janeiro photographer beach walk Brazil

Goutz Engagement. A young Gers couple posing during a pre wedding portrait session while holding hands around the corner of a building

France Goutz Gers couple corner of building holding hands Gers Goutz Photographer

Adventurous engagement photos in Santa Monica, California of a couple holding hands while riding bicycles

holding hands Santa Monica California - Southern Monty Soungpradith Santa Monica couple Santa Monica photographer riding bicycles

Shenandoah National Park post proposal portrait photos of a happy Virginia couple holding hands and laughing together with the Blue Ridge Mountains behind them

Shenandoah National Park Virginia couple virginia wedding photographer Johnny Shryock Blue Ridge Mountains laughing holding hands

National Arboretum post proposal portrait photos of a happy Washington DC couple standing together holding hands in a field of Magnolia Trees

Washington DC wedding photographer Brittany Diliberto walking in field National Arboretum Washington DC magnolia trees Bee Two Sweet

Trieste post proposal portrait session with a Udine engagement photographer of an Italy couple holding hands in the crosswalk

holding hands Italy crosswalk Trieste trieste engagement photography couple running

Cap Ferret post proposal portrait session with a Gironde engagement photographer of a French couple holding hands in front of two red doors in the sunshine

red doors sunshine French Couple Gironde Patrick Lombaert holding hands CAP FERRET

Saint Nom la Bretèche post proposal portrait session with a Yvelines engagement photographer of a France couple running in the fields and holding hands

running in field Saint Nom La Bretèche Jean Baptiste Chauvin holding hands Yvelines Yvelines Engagement Photography France

Versailles post proposal portrait photos of a happy French couple in the Country side, holding hands

Versailles Engagement Photography Versailles holding hands French Couple France countryside Jean Baptiste Chauvin

Saint Nom La Bretèche post proposal photography showing a smiling Yvelines couple walking the hills while holding hands

Yvelines wedding photographer Yvelines Saint Nom La Bretèche walking in the hills France holding hands Jean Baptiste Chauvin

Anakeesta Tower post proposal engagement session with a Tennessee wedding photographer showing a Gatlinburg couple holding hands

holding hands Tennessee Gatlinburg bw portrait Anakeesta Gatlinburg Photographer Gatlinburg couple Anakeesta Tower

Davis Mountain State Park post proposal portraits by a San Antonio wedding photographer of a happy Texas couple holding hands in the desert hills while dressed in formal clothes

San Antonio desert hills Texas couple formal clothing Davis Mountain State Park Shannon Cain holding hands

Yosemite post proposal portraits from a California couple engagement session as they walk and hold hands up with the clouds in the sky

Yosemite National Park sky and clouds holding hands Yosemite Photographer Yosemite engagement photography California - Northern

San Francisco couples lifestyle portrait black and white photography as the two descend the spiral stairs

San Francisco stairs spiral stairs SF lifestyle portrait holding hands photography San Francisco couple

Budapest couples portrait lifestyle session at Tóth Árpád sétány in Hungary from a very low angle as the pair are holding hands and kissing

Hungary portrait Budapest kissing Attila Ancsin Budapest couple low angle holding hands

Metz lifestyle portrait session in France as the couple walks up the steps holding hands and wearing sunglasses

France Metz Metz lifestyle portrait holding hands sunglasses steps France couple walking

Mousson lifestyle portrait photography for a Meurthe-et-Moselle couple who are engaged and posing while holding hands in a cave opening

Mousson lifestyle portrait holding hands Jonathan Fortuna bw Meurthe-et-Moselle posing France

Montpellier lifestyle couples portrait session in France created as the fun couple are running and holding hands against the sky

France couple France running Sky Montpellier Portrait Session Montpellier lifestyle couple

Vogel State Park lifestyle couples photography in Georgia with the duo holding hands by the water with mountain reflections

Georgia couple Vogel State Park water GA couple photography holding hands Georgia lifestyle session

Nebraska lifestyle portrait photography at a Private Residence for a Couple with a horse as sun goes down

sunset Private residence sun farm horse horses rural

A Rio de Janeiro Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, playful portrait of this Paraiba do Sul couple holding hands in the sunshine

holding hands sunshine Paraiba do Sul couple Paraiba do Sul RJ Rio de Janeiro engagement photographer

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