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.

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

A cottage in Yorkshire, UK wedding reportage photography showing The bride and her bridal party get ready on a busy wedding morning

Yorkshire makeup UK bridal preparations Patrick Mateer UK cottage yorkshire wedding reportage

Best wedding photography from Vendee showing a pic showing a Slihouette of the Bride having her make up done

silhouette makeup getting ready France Vendee Jeremie Sangare mirror

A Turkey wedding photographer at Mandarin Oriental in Bodrum created this image showing bride is getting ready

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A wedding photographer in Guangdong created this image of The brides makeup applied in BW

Jinqi Tan bride makeup wedding photographer Guangdong getting ready bw

Taranto wedding photo from the Apulia house of the bride showing the eyes of the bride while putting on makeup in mirrors

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Tuscany wedding detail picture of the bride putting the finishing touches on pre-ceremony

Detail Picture Tuscany bride Tuscany wedding Tuscany finishing touches mirror bride

Pennsylvania Hotel wedding photography showing the Bride getting her makeup done by one of her friends after her first attempt at doing it herself was unsuccessful

Pennsylvania wedding photo the Bride hotel JD Land makeup friends

Vendée, France silhouette detail shot of the Bride having her makeup done at Domaine de la Gerberie

makeup Domaine de la Gerberie Vendee getting ready Jeremie Sangare bride France silhouette detail shot

Chateau du taillis, Normandie, France artistic wedding photo of The Bride having her make up done, shot in a mirror

Chateau du taillis mirror bride France artistic wedding photo Normandie France shot

At home creative wedding detail photo from Vietnam of eye makeup applied

Vietnam at home creative eye makeup Nien Truong makeup Vietnam wedding detail photo

Brazil bride captured in this wedding detail image having makeup applied

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Nanping, Fujian artistic wedding photo from the Hotel of the Bride doing makeup

A wedding photo from the Hotel of the Bride doing makeup, artistically reflected in three mirror reflections

Nanping Bride Nanping photographer makeup Nanping Hotel Fujian Nanping

Turkey wedding picture of the bride make up time at the Bodrum Queen of Spades Hotel

The bride was doing her makeup for the wedding while looking out the large window at the scenic view, holding a mirror in her hand

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Alberta creative wedding photo of the Bride reflected in glass during makeup

bride Alberta Wedding photo reflected glass makeup Alberta creative

Colorado creative wedding photo from Windsong Estate, Severance of the bride and bridesmaids doing hair and makeup

Colorado wedding photo makeup Windsong Estate bride Bonnie Sizer bridesmaids Colorado

Wedding photography of the bride in Gebze during Make Up Time

bride makeup getting ready Turkey Gebze

MD wedding photographer taking pictures at The Belvedere, Baltimore of The mother of the bride steaming a white button down shirt while the girls do their makeup

button down Steaming shirt mother of the bride makeup The Belvedere girls

Pennsylvania wedding photographer created this image of a Philadelphia Ceremony of the Groom helping his bride touch up her makeup after the hike up to the top of this mountain for their elopement ceremony

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Shenzhen wedding photography of the bride getting makeup on a beautiful day

On a beautiful day, the bride's veil flowed behind her in warm tones as she got her makeup done for her wedding

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Sofia, Bulgaria artistic wedding detail shot taken while the bride's make up was done

A detail shot of artistic wedding decorations, featuring balloons on the ground, was taken while the bride was having her makeup done

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Alsace wedding photography from the Hotel Kientzheim during the Perfect makeup for the bride

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Italian wedding photo of a young child with a red balloon watching the bride have her makeup done - IT movie

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Indoor wedding photo from the Bride's house, Ubon Ratchathani of her Getting Ready with makeup

Ubon Ratchathani bride image getting ready Indoor wedding photo Chaiyasith Junjuerdee makeup brides house Ubon Ratchathani bridal photo

Detail wedding image of a Beijing bride having eye makeup applied

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San Francisco, California bride getting ready with curlers and makeup on

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England getting ready close up ring shot while bride enjoys getting her make up done

East Yorkshire wedding photographer getting ready East Yorkshire artistic weddings UK east yorkshire England close up ring shot

Hauts-de-France Hotel image of the bride putting on makeup on the morning of the wedding

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Lozenets / Black Sea Make up artistic wedding photo of the bride

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Image showing the brides Makeup with thorough analysis at the Hotel Fairmont, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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