Wedding Photos of Hugging

The following “Hugging” 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 “Hugging” 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.

At Stanlake Wine Estate in the United Kingdom, a Berkshire photographer captured a beautiful moment when the father of the bride hugged the groom at the beginning of their indoor wedding ceremony

Capturing the beautiful moment when the father of the bride hugged the groom at the start of their indoor wedding ceremony, wedding photojournalism preserves these memories forever

French couple hugging and bursting into laughter

Indre-et-Loire Audrey Dubessay couple laughing France France photographer Candes Saint Martin hugging

Tsarsko selo, Sofia, Bulgaria Emotional moment between groom, bride and their bestman and maid of honor

Emotion runs high between the groom, bride, and their best man and maid of honor

Bulgaria Sofia Emotional moment hugging Sofia photographer Tsarsko

A close up of hands at Terra Residence, Sofia

a close up of hands during a hug

hand details Sofia photographer hugging Terra Residence Sofia Bulgaria

Bride hugging her dad and mother of bride looking on at Colshaw Hall

The bride's warm embrace of her father and the mother of the bride's joyful gaze create a room filled with smiles and emotions of pure joy

mother father Colshaw Hall Cheshire emotions Cheshire wedding photographer hugging

Hertfordshire editorial style wedding photography at The Farmhouse at Redcoats capturing women embracing and laughing during the speeches

A Hertfordshire wedding photographer captured a beautiful moment of women embracing and laughing with expressive faces at a farmhouse venue

women laughing Hertfordshire The Farmhouse at Redcoats Hertfordshire photographer hugging

Best wedding venue photo from Villa Al Trovatore, Cervignano, Udine in BW showing Bride hugging her groom

Udine bw portrait hugging Udine photographer Villa Al Trovatore Cervignano

A Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne outdoor portrait shows a unique way this newly engaged couple is announcing their French engagement as The bride to be is on the groom to be for a hug, below a sunset

Rhone Photographer Saint Clément sur Valsonne Florian Maguin hugging sunset portrait Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes rural portrait

A Confluence couple poses for Lyon, France engagement announcement portraits and are hugging on a yellow wall

Confluence Florian Maguin Lyon photographer hugging Lyon yellow wall France

A Montreal couple poses for a beach portrait together as they prepare to announce their Les Goudes engagement while hugging on a cliff above the sea

rocks Beach Portrait Les Goudes Montreal FR cliff hugging France photographer

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Dortmund, Germany for a couple hugging at a lake

hugging lakeside engagement germany photographer Dortmund Germany

Park West based wedding and event photography in Belgium showing the bride hugging a woman after the bouquet toss outdoors

Belgium outdoor reception bouquet toss Park West hugging Sanne De Block Belgium photographer

An after the marriage proposal Butte de Montsec engagement photograph of a Couple in front of a monument hugging each other

hugging France Jonathan Fortuna Grand Est monument Butte de Montsec Grand Est photographer

Engagement Photos Horsetooth Reservoir. A Fort Collins Couple hugging and looking at camera overlooking reservoir

Fort Collins Mark Creery Horsetooth Reservoir hugging Fort Collins Photographer Colorado reservoir overlook

Southern California Engagement Photos. Santa Monica couple posing while hugging and laughing

California - Southern Santa Monica couple hugging couple laughing Santa Monica photographer Santa Monica Monty Soungpradith

Buonconvento post proposal portraits by an Italian wedding photographer of a happy Tuscan couple showing the woman hugging form the back her partner at the sunset

Italian photographer hugging Arturs Sulainis sunset Buonconvento Tuscan Couple Tuscany

Cabbagetown, Atlanta post proposal portraits from a Georgia engagement session for a Couple hugging and laughing against a painted artwork background reading Cabbagetown

painted artwork background Atlanta Cabbagetown Atlanta photographer hugging wall mural

A San Jose couple poses during a Northern California lifestyle portrait outdoor photography session with a blissful hug for his love against a white wooden fence in the field of green grass

grass white wooden fence California Engagement Photographer California - Northern hugging outdoor photo session

A Trieste Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, carefree portrait of this Italian couple hugging with a blanket in the sky

Italian couple Trieste hugging blanket Sky carefree

An Attica Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, fun portrait of this Athens couple hugging their very happy dog

dog Greece Athens couple Manos Skoularikos happy Attica Engagement Photographer Attica

An Orvieto Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, quiet portrait of this Gianicolo couple sitting intimately on a wall

hugging seated Gianicolo couple wall Relaxed Gianicolo

A Washington DC Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, snowy portrait of this DC couple hugging in the snowfall at DC

Washington DC DC photographer snowy portrait Snowfall hugging DC couple DC

A Perth Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, black and white portrait of this Western Australian couple at Brookleigh Estate depicting them hugging

artistic Naz Razak perth Brookleigh Estate weddings hugging Brookleigh Estate Perth photographer

Top, and timeless wedding photography from Denver, Colorado during a portrait session of the couple hugging in a doorway of an old Victoria house at dusk

Colorado dusk Colorado couple wedding photography Denver Denver doorway hugging

Great wedding photography of the couple from Turin, Italy embraced and hugging in BW tones

embraced italy bride Turin hugging bw Italy couple Turin bride and groom

Longmont, Colorado wedding documentary photographer created this image at the D Barn during A special moment filled with bubbles

Colorado bubbles Longmont D Barn wedding venue hugging group hug

An extraordinary Lodz wedding image by a professional Poland photographer conveying the Bride and groom hugging during their ceremony

PL Bride and groom Lodz wedding image Poland Lodz hugging Poland photographer ceremony

An exceptional Radisson Blu Bucharest wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Romania photographer communicating the Bride and guests hugging during the reception

Radisson Blu Bucharest wedding photojournalism hugging Romania wedding reception Radisson Blu Bucharest Bucharest Romania bucharest bride

A Maceio Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative portrait of this Alagoas couple hugging between two wooden gazebos at Sao Miguel dos Milagres

clouds hugging wooden gazebos Sky Alagoas alagoas couple Maceió

A Maceio Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, beach portrait of this Alagoas couple hugging in front of palm trees at Tatuamunha

Tatuamunha palm trees Carol Rox alagoas couple brazil wedding photographer beach hugging

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