Wedding Photos of Makeup

The following “Makeup” 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 “Makeup” 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 team of makeup artists created a stunning look for the bride on her special day at a Mexico beach wedding

Cancun makeup image | the bride getting ready with her makeup team and dress

At the place of preparations in France, the mother of the groom turns the page of a newspaper in the background a bridesmaid waits before having her make-up in the background the bridegroom is done and a bridesmaid is done

At the place of preparations, the mother of the groom turns the page of a newspaper whilst a bridesmaid waits in the background to have her make-up done

Metz makeup Metz Wedding Photographer newspaper bridal preparations France

Tilburg bride getting ready at home with her mom and sister for a Netherlands wedding

The bride is getting ready for her wedding at home with her mom and sister, including doing her makeup

mirror reflection Netherlands makeup mother of bride sister tilburg

At the Palisades Lake Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA, the makeup artists applies makeup to the bride as bridesmaids get ready around her

The makeup artist applies makeup to the bride as the bridesmaids get ready around her in a hotel room with a large mirror

Palisades Lake Tahoe makeup Lake Tahoe California - Northern Olympic Valley bridesmaids Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographer

A striking Highlands Ranch wedding picture of a Colorado bride reflected in a mirror as she gets her makeup done on her wedding day

mirror Blue reflected colorado bride Highlands Ranch CO wedding day

An extraordinary Steamboat Springs wedding image by a professional Colorado photographer conveying the Bride having hair and makeup done before wedding

Steamboat Springs wedding image Colorado photographer before wedding Colorado Autumn Parry makeup colorado bride

An exceptional Santa Barbara wedding image by a pro California photographer exhibiting a woman gets her makeup applied

getting ready Dress hanging California Santa Barbara wedding image Santa Barbara California photographer

Best Vail documentary wedding photography from Colorado showing the The bride eating a burger while having her hair and makeup touched up

burger hair colorado bride Colorado makeup Vail

Best Philadelphia wedding photojournalism picture showing a bride using a pretty funky mirror to touch up her makeup

PA mirror Philadelphia Philadelphia wedding photojournalism touch up makeup JD Land

Jinhua wedding photography during actual day in Zhejiang from the the brides home showing the bride and bridesmaids were making up

China bride Zhejiang brides home Jinhua wedding photography Hao Pan makeup Zhejiang weddings

An extraordinary Colorado wedding picture by a pro Denver photographer revealing the Bride getting makeup done with her shoes on a windowsill

Colorado Colorado wedding picture bride shoes denver photographer windowsill before wedding

A Nanping wedding day detail picture showing the Bride with makeup reflected in many mirrors

makeup Nanping wedding China Nanping Nanping Bride reflected

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

getting ready Bangkok Dusit Suites Chaiyasith Junjuerdee makeup hotel Dusit Suites Hotel

An exceptional Piazza Sordello wedding image by a pro Mantua photographer exhibiting the bride and bridesmaids using the car glass and mirror for final makeup touches

mantua bride car Mantua photographer Italy Mantua glass makeup

San Francisco wedding reportage photographer captured this moment created as Mother and aunt of the bride kill time during hair and makeup

San Francisco makeup aunt hair mother MOB

World's best creative wedding photography from Fujian, China showing hairspray lit during the Bride in makeup

backlit Fujian wedding photography hairspray silhouette bride China Fujian

This New York wedding photojournalism picture is a prime example of what candid, nontraditional Indian Lake wedding photography looks like, as the bride gets her makeup done before the ceremony at Timberlock Camp

NY bride makeup Indian Lake Indian Lake wedding photography before ceremony New York wedding photojournalism

A wedding photojournalist in Zhejiang captured this moment of the bride and bridesmaid making up

makeup bridesmaid hair bride Zhejiang photographer making up Zhejiang

A MN documentary style wedding image showing a moment when Bridesmaids are dancing while getting ready

MN documentary wedding image makeup MN dance dancing MN photographer

A top California wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Pleasanton wedding location, AC Hotel, displaying the bride as she has makeup done

California wedding photojournalism California - Northern Pleasanton wedding hotel makeup Pleasanton Tyler Vu

Fujian wedding image of the Bride doing makeup, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in China

bride China photographer wedding photography China makeup Fujian fujian wedding image

Mountain Top Inn - Chittenden, Vermont getting ready for marriage award-winning picture capturing The bride getting her makeup done below the clouds outside

Chittenden Vermont bride Vermont wedding photography makeup clouds VT marriage picture

The France WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and colorful Cap Ferret wedding picture at a private villa of the French bride getting makeup applied

french bride France CAP FERRET mirrors applied non traditional weddings

Siena marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the bride getting ready

preparation time bride getting ready Siena marriage Siena makeup bride Donatella Barbera

The Italy WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from Marsala, Trapani of a Sicily bride wanting to fix her makeup in the house

italy wedding image house Trapani Italy Sicily Marsala

The Netherlands WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and colorful Echteld wedding picture at Kasteel Wijenburg of the NL bride Getting ready

makeup Netherlands NL bride mirror Echteld wedding Echteld Peter Kos

Córdoba, Spain marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing a seated bride Getting ready with makeup

preparation time Córdoba bride bride Spain marriage Spain wedding picture make up

Belgrade, Montana marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing the extra ordinary makeup and bear

Montana photographer Belgrade wedding photography bear preparation time picture bw taxidermy

Occitanie black and white wedding day image at the Chateau de Nolet in France detailing the bride is getting ready with her makeup

makeup Chateau de Nolet venue Château de Nolet getting ready Occitanie France Bride wedding image

Wedding photography from Wychmere Beach Club, Harwich, MA showing The bride gets her makeup done before the ceremony

Wychmere Beach Club getting ready Harwich MA makeup pre ceremony MA bride

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