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.

San Francisco outdoor wedding hugs for the bride

hugs and smiles for the bride

Wedding photo from St. Michaels Restaurant, Santa Monica, California, USA - Two grooms hug their loved ones

the grooms hug their loved ones

ceremony hugging california wedding photographer santa monica weddings Bee Two Sweet USA Johnny Shryock

Bride thrilled to see father hugging groom

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Tankardstown House, Ireland Bride hugging granny - Wedding Photo

Wedding Photo from the Tankardstown House, Ireland Bride hugging granny

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Annecy Film photo of a engaged couple at the water

ocean Annecy engagement photos hugging water Annecy pre wedding session Annecy

San Marco Mountain Engagement Session with a couple - Portrait contains: snow, picnic, blanket, hugging, warm

San Marco Mountain Engagement Session with a couple in the snow, having a blanket picnic

hugging picnic engagement photo San Marco Mountain snow warm San Marco Mountain pre wedding portraits

Bride and Groom greet grandmother after ceremony.

Sanborn County Park bride groom Denver bride grandmother Denver

Engagement Shooting in Aachen with a hugging couple

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COMO LAKE ENGAGEMENT - Pre wedding portraits of couple hugging

The photographer took romantic engagement portraits of a couple embracing, with a low camera angle and a grey sky in the background, at Lake Como

embracing couple pre wedding image Como Lake Como Lake engagement shoot hugging Como Lake Sky

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil | An intimate moment of romance and dating between the couple.

Engagement Photographer for Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil had An intimate minute of romance and dating between the couple

hugging Sky blue skies RJ minimal Barra da Tijuca

Conti di San Bonifacio Wine Resort, Tuscany Wedding Day Photography | Bride hugging her dad with tears

Tuscany Bride hugging her dad with tears in her eyes

Dad hugging tears in her eyes Conti di San Bonifacio Wine Resort bride Julian Kanz tuscany wedding venue

Pryors Hayes Wedding Photography in Black and White - Groom hugging his mum and dad

Groom hugging his mother and father

mother and father Andy Griffiths groom hugging Pryors Hayes Wedding Photography

Nantucket Yacht Club wedding photo from outdoor ceremony | Groom hugging the Father of the Bride at the beginning of the ceremony after Bride and father walked down the aisle.

Groom hugging the Father of the Bride at the outdoor ceremony

father of the bride outdoor ceremony groom hugging Nantucket Yacht Club wedding photo

Colehayes Park Bride hugging grandmother | Wedding day photography with generations

Bride hugging grandmother on Wedding day

Colehayes Park Bride grandmother Colehayes Park venue image hugging wedding day bride Mike Riley

father hugging the bride

North Mymms Park wedding event photo the Bride father hugging

Engagement Photography for Vicosa, Brazil - Couple hugging near a lake

hugging embrace Lakeside shore beach water

Mum of the bride hugging bride and groom

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Black and white photograph of family hugging at the wedding

France Beziers wedding photographer Beziers black and white family hugging

Woodhall Manor, Suffolk, UK Wedding Reportage Photography | Father of the bride breaks down after seeing his daughter for the first time in her dress before she heads off to meet her husband to be.

Father of the bride breaks down after seeing his daughter for the first time in her dress before she heads off to meet her husband to be

daughter father hugging getting ready father of the bride Suffolk fob Suffolk

The Mere Wedding Photographer - Groom hugging his dad after opening a card from his bride

Wedding Photography of the Groom hugging his dad after opening a card from his bride

Knutsford photography hugging Knutsford wedding image Dad bride Knutsford photographer The Mere Golf Resort & Spa

Wedding Photography of Hugs and admiring of the wedding ring

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wedding photography of Joyous hugs with your favourite people

Farnham Castle Farnham hugging smiles wedding photography hugs groom

wedding photo of bride getting ready with sister and bridesmaids

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Ireland Palmerstown House wedding photo of Grandmother congratulating

Ireland wedding photo Blue hugging hugs wheelchair Ewa Figaszewska

Outdoor photo of engaged couple hugging in a field during their Engagement shoot in Landgoed den Treek

rural grass fields countryside hugging country scenic

Oise wedding photographer created this image of the bride and groom hugging their daughter at the ceremony

a wedding photographer created this image of the bride and groom hugging their daughter at the ceremony

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Miami, FL Photographer: "Last picture of this engagement session before the storm."

This is the last picture of this engagement session before the storm

bw portrait Miami Engagement Photography hugging standing in water stormy clouds FL Miami

wedding photograph of the bride hugging her sister

Madero Evento sister Madero Eventos wedding photo Brazil bw photo São Paulo

Engagement session of the groom hugging the bride by the greenery

Rio de Janeiro Brazil hugging future groom future bride greenery RJ Engagement Photography

Wedding photography at casa hyder, san miguel de allende, mexico - mom hugs her daughter, the bride, while getting ready

mom hugs her daughter, the bride, while getting ready for the wedding

indoor wedding casa hyder bride Blue hugging Brett Butterstein San Miguel de Allende

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