Wedding Photos of Lifted up

The following “Lifted up” 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 “Lifted up” 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.

Twickenham, Secret River Garden: A joyful bride and groom dance on the shoulders of their wedding guests.

Bride And Groom Dance On Guests’ Shoulders At Twickenham Secret River Garden Wedding

At Garvan's Gastropub in New Paltz, New York, the bride's mother was joyfully lifted up in the traditional Horah during the Hudson Valley wedding celebration

The bride's mother was joyfully lifted up in the Horah at Garvan's Gastropub, New Paltz, NY

Traditional chairlift dance Brides mother Garvans Gastropub joyful lifted up Hudson Valley

At Anzy le Duc, France, guests celebrated the happy couple's wedding, the bride's mother's screams of joy could be heard above the joyous dancing and fun times on the dance floor

Amid the joyous dancing on the dance floor, the bride's mother's screams could be heard

mother of bride Anzy le Duc France France photographer dancing screams of joy Saone-et-Loire

The guests lifted the beaming bride and groom way overhead as they shared a romantic dance at the majestic Salones in Arjona, Jaén, Spain

Guests shared in the couples dance as they lifted the bride and groom overhead, bringing smiles to all

Jaen photographer dancing Arjona lifted up hugging Spain Jaen Wedding Venue

Wedding guests lift up the bride and groom during the reception dance party at Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA

At the reception, wedding family and friends lifted the bride and groom during a celebratory dance

Olympic Valley dance party lifted up CA friends and family Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographer Lake Tahoe Palisades Tahoe

An Oxford wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at The Perch of The groom lifted up by his friends at the end of the night

friends groom lifted up Night The Perch Oxford photographer

Best wedding photography from Virginia at the Stone Tower Winery showing A couple is lifted in the air during the Hora dance

lifted up chandelier Leesburg hora dance Stone Tower Winery Virginia Johnny Shryock

Desmond Hotel Malvern, Pennsylvania wedding photography showing the Groom lifted up in the air for the hora with bride in the background

Hora Pennsylvania wedding photo groom Malvern lifted up in the air

UK wedding reportage photography from Walton Castle, Somerset, England showing the Bride's veil is lifted up by wind during wedding ceremony - Image framed by an arch in the castle walls

arch Jenny Rutterford England brides veil lifted up Somerset uk wedding reportage

Bride about to be lifted up during the Horah

the Horah Horah bride lifted up The View on the Hudson NY wedding photo

West Shore Cafe Lake Tahoe Wedding Photos - Bride and Groom are lifted up in celebration

Cafe Wedding Photos of Bride and Groom being lifted up in celebration

celebration cafe Lake Tahoe lifted up bride and groom West Shore Cafe

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