Wedding Photos of Mother

The following “Mother” 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 “Mother” 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.

Best wedding photography from Milan showing The mother and the best man helping him fix the tie but at that moment the tension is felt and the groom cant take it anymore

A San Diego wedding photographer at The Thursday Club created this image of The bride and her mother in a warm hug

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A top Mantua wedding photographer in Quistello captured this picture at Centro Hub Oltrepo Mantovano of the The brides father, in the moment of remembering his mother who has recently disappeared, bursts into tears and bride breaks away from the groom

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A wedding photographer in Occitanie created this image of mother discovering her daughter with her dress, the same dress for the mum wedding and daughter wedding so a lot of emotion

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Zhejiang wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture from Home in China of candles being lit by mother

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Sky Ranch Lodge, Sedona Arizona wedding photography showing Brides mother, father, and bridesmaid watch on during wedding ceremony

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Chiesa Santa Maria Pregassona Lugano (CH) documentary wedding photo of the mother accompanying the groom to the altar

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Sofia, Bulgaria documentary wedding image of the bride and her mother hug each other

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IT wedding moment photo from Trieste, Italy of the Mother and son's love

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France wedding reception photo from Ferme De Bouchemont showing Like mother like daughter

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Toulouse home wedding photo of The mother of the bride-to-be shows her a photo on her phone and Bursts of laughter from the future bride

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Larne, Northern Ireland wedding image of the bride having some final touches applied to her make-up, as her mother continues to button the back of her dress, in the moments before they leave for the ceremony

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Netherlands bride is getting buttoned up by her mother as dad passes through covering his eyes

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Villa Antonio, Taormina wedding photography showing The joy of this bride becomes contagious for the mother and the mother-in-law, also dragged into the dance

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French wedding photography from Carhaix, France showing the groom writing his vows in front of his mother

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Lyon wedding photography from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Church of The groom and his mother

Coralie Castillo mother Lyon wedding photo groom Auvergne Rhône Alpes Church

Sichuan wedding photography from When the newlyweds arrive at the bridegroom's home, the bridegroom's mother needs to walk around the couple three times with a rooster, On the far right is the groom's father, He holds one end of the firecrackers

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Reception venue image of The bride putting on her veil, her mother laughs with emotion when she finds her

Auvergne Rhône Alpes Reception venue image mother the Bride Castille Alma laughs veil emotion

West Midlands wedding photographer created this image at a Private venue in Birmingham, UK of a Muslim bride with her mother and grandmother

Muslim UK Emil Boczek West Midlands wedding photo Private venue West Midlands Birmingham

California wedding photography from the venue of Topanga Canyon, CA showing The groom and his mother enjoying a dance together

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Rio Grande do Sul wedding photographer created this image at Mirage - Porto Alegre of the Bride putting the dress together with her mother and sister

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Piedmont wedding photography from the Ceremony Location of The groom and his mother arriving

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A Toulouse wedding photographer caught this moment on camera at The church of Calvignac in the Lot in Occitanie During the religious ceremony, the bride hugs her mother with great emotion

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Italy outdoor wedding photography from a Rossino castle garden ceremony of the mother's hug before the ceremony

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A Savoie wedding photographer captured this image in Chambery of the wedding preparation scene with bride, sister, mother and grandmother

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Sofia indoor wedding photography from Bulgaria created as a child pulls her mother by the hand during a ceremony at the church

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Orléans wedding photography from a ceremony showing Mother's Love

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United Kingdom wedding picture of the groom with his mother embracing each other at the Manchester Town Hall

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The mother of a ring bearer picks a booger from his nose while the boy's father adjusts his boutonniere in Carmelian Bay, CA

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Wedding image from the Parish Church of Feliz, RS as Mother of the Bride is Thrilled to see her mother entering with the rings

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