Wedding Photos of Hotel

The following “Hotel” 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 “Hotel” 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 group shot of the groom and his best men posing in a cozy lounge-style lobby at a hotel in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Hotel Wedding: Groom and best men pose in cozy lounge-style lobby

The bride awaits her future husband in the lobby of a Colombo hotel, illuminated by strong shadows and light

The bride is illuminated by strong shadows and light as she anticipates the arrival of her future husband in the hotel lobby

Colombo black and white light and shadows Colombo Photographer Colombo Bride hotel

The loving couple pictured at night in a passionate embrace at Grenzhof Heidelberg, surrounded by the hot flames of love

The couple in the photograph is depicted in a romantic embrace, enveloped in the warmth of their love

hotel restaurant Heidelberg romantic embrace fire Grenzhof hot flames

At the Hotel Monaco of Pittsburgh, PA, the bride laughs as she squirts eyedrops into her eye

The bride at the hotel laughed as she put eyedrops into her eye with her head tilted back and a smile on her face

smiles PA hotel Pittsburgh Bride Pittsburgh Wedding Photography Pittsburgh eyedrops

The bride was getting ready for her big day in a luxurious Zhejiang hotel, with a makeup artist by her side and a mirror with lights around the edges

The bride is getting ready in a luxurious hotel, with a makeup artist and a mirror surrounded by lights

mirror makeup hotel bride getting ready Lights mirror and lights Zhejiang photographer

The reflection of wedding dresses in the mirror at a hotel in Canmore added to the excitement of getting ready

In Canmore, a hotel mirror reflected wedding dresses, adding to the anticipation of the special day

Canmore Photographer hotel Canmore Alberta reflection mirror dresses

$Breathtaking Mayflower Hotel wedding image of a Washington DC bride posing for a creative bridal portrait with refractions of the bedside lamp encompassing her$

Breathtaking Mayflower Hotel wedding image of a Washington DC bride posing for a creative bridal portrait with refractions of the bedside lamp encompassing her

Mayflower creative Brittany Diliberto lamp refractions DC Bridal Portrait wedding image Washington

A Chicago elegant wedding day detail picture shot at the Royal Sonesta Hotel showing the bridal gown handing near the window

A Chicago elegant wedding day detail picture shot at the Royal Sonesta Hotel showing the bridal gown hanging near the window

hotel gown Chicago Dress hanging Royal Sonesta Hotel bridal

A Turkey bridal portrait of the beautiful bride at the Bodrum Swiss Hotel as she is getting ready in front of the mirrors

Bodrum Swiss Hotel Turkey bridal portrait Bodrum mirrors Swiss turkey bride

Cappadocia lit wedding day couple portrait at the Museum Hotel with a camera flash

Museum Hotel Museum Cappadocia Turkey wedding Cappadocia couple portrait camera flash Cappadocia wedding

A great wedding day image from the Cappadocia Turkey Museum Hotel showing the Bride going up the stairs while groom is waiting for her

Museum Hotel turkey bride Cappadocia weddings Museum Cappadocia Waiting Turkey wedding day

A beautiful bridal portrait at the Raffles Hotel Singapore showing the Bride in her elements at the staircase

Singapore bride Raffles Hotel Raffles Charles Sng Singapore bridal portrait Singapore staircase

Hesse artistic wedding photography style in an image from the hotel during the Getting ready event

style event getting ready Germany Hesse hesse wedding photography

Hertfordshire wedding documentary photographer created this image at The Grove hotel showing that Its all in the eyes

UK The Grove eyes Hertfordshire wedding documentary hotel The Grove Hotel

Alberta stylish, winter wedding day couple portrait created in front of a hotel at the frozen lake for the Couple celebrating their love

celebrating Canada Eliza Slobodzian Alberta couple portrait Canada Couple Alberta Wedding hotel

A classic and elegant wedding portrait created at the Hotel San Carlo in Arona, Italy using a Romantic style with candles

elegant hotel classic Italy IT wedding portrait Arona

Best Nottinghamshire documentary wedding photojournalism image from The Old Vicarage Hotel, Southwell showing the Dad seeing his daughter coming down the stairs

The Old Vicarage Hotel stairs Nottinghamshire Dad UK hotel FOB

Philadelphia wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at The Notary Hotel showing wedding guest kneeling and drinking beer in front of giant screen

Philadelphia wedding photojournalist Philadelphia beer The Notary Hotel giant screen wedding guest drinking

Philadelphia wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at The Notary Hotel in Pennsylvania as the bride reacts to seeing a friend on facetime just as she gets into her wedding dress for her philly wedding

Philadelphia friend reacts Pennsylvania bride wedding dress Philadelphia wedding photojournalist

Best Montreal documentary wedding photography from Hotel Meridien showing Two tired wedding guests blow bubbles at the end of the wedding reception

blow bubbles Quebec Méridien Montreal Montreal Wedding photography Canada

A Santa Teresa, Hotel Bela Vista wedding image from Rio de Janeiro showing the bride watching the groom having another drink at the reception venue

Bela Vista wedding image Hotel Bela Vista drink Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rio de Janeiro bride

A Rotterdam elegant, stylish BW wedding day detail picture at Hotel New York showing The bride walking down the stairs and gets a nice view of her long veil

stylish stairs Netherlands elegant Rotterdam weddings long veil Rotterdam bride

Cambridgeshire wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at The Old Bridge Hotel in Huntingdon - some kids during the small wedding's first dance

Cambridgeshire Huntingdon first dance Huntingdon wedding venue The Old Bridge Hotel small wedding

An exceptional Cambridgeshire wedding image by a pro Huntingdon UK photographer at The Old Bridge Hotel exhibiting An alternative version of the cake being cut and smashed

cake The Old Bridge Hotel hotel old bridge smashed cake smashing

Cambridgeshire wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at The Old Bridge Hotel in Huntingdon, UK of the mother of the groom sitting on a couch

sitting Huntingdon wedding venue Huntingdon mother of the groom old bridge UK wedding Cambridgeshire wedding reportage

An exceptional Chicago wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Illinois photographer at the Sable Hotel at the Navy Pier communicating the bride tossing her bouquet on the dance floor

Sable Illinois photographer tossing dance floor Chicago wedding photojournalism Chicago Navy Pier

Great wedding photography of the groom from China by the hotel window with his groomsmen all in silhouette

groom silhouette window China groom China wedding photography Guangxi Color Song

Best Bangkok documentary wedding picture from Dusit Suites Hotel showing Bride and Groom getting ready with makeup

hotel Bangkok documentary wedding bride and groom Dusit Suites getting ready Thailand Dusit Suites Hotel

Wedding image from the Grand Hotel dei Castelli in Liguria showing a high angle of the Bride before ceremony at the hotel coming down steps

Liguria Wedding image Grand Hotel dei Castelli hotel high angle Liguria Liguria weddings Julian Kanz

Best Manisa wedding photojournalism picture from Lidya Sardes Hotel Thermal and Spa showing the Bride is getting ready by her sister

Manisa Thermal Lidya Sardes Hotel Thermal and Spa sister bride getting ready Furkan Akarsu spa

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