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.

The Milestone - Georgetown, TX Wedding Photo - A sister replaces a deceased mother for a first dance with the groom at a Central Texas wedding.

TX Wedding Photo showing A sister replacing a deceased mother for a first dance with the groom at a Central Texas wedding

St. Joseph Kirche, Baden-Baden wedding photo - Emotional son in background while listening his mother

St. Joseph Kirche, Baden-Baden wedding photo of an Emotional son in background while listening his mother

mother Baden Baden background emotional son St Joseph Kirche

La Cucina Sabina Wedding Day Photos - Bride says goodbye to the father after the dinner living for the honey moon

Wedding Day Photo of the Bride saying goodbye to her father after the dinner living for the honey moon

father Stefano Snaidero black and white emotional Sabina La Cucina La Cucina Sabina

Colshaw Hall wedding photography - Father of the bride was the butt of the joke from groom with his wife and daughter laughing along

wedding photography showing the Father of the bride was the butt of the joke from groom with his wife and daughter laughing along

uk wedding reportage reception father laughing funny bride

Sometimes marriage is one of the few moments when you feel your family together

father bride bride with parents Brazil mother Bahia

Birmingham, UK wedding reportage photography | the Groom and his mother

wedding reportage photography of the Groom and his mother

Emil Boczek groom UK Birmingham UK documentary wedding mother uk wedding reportage

Los Angeles, California wedding photojournalist | The groom and his mother dances, surrounded by their family and friends.

wedding photojournalism of The groom and his mother dancing surrounded by their family and friends

CA mother California friends family Los Angeles

Sociedade Libanesa de Porto Alegre wedding - Mother and father thrilled with son

Sociedade Libanesa de Porto Alegre wedding image of the Mother and father thrilled with son

mother father emotions Sociedade Libanesa bw Porto Alegre wedding

Palazzo Parigi Hotel and Grand SPA, Milan Mother-Daughter Love - Wedding Photography

Palazzo Parigi Hotel and Grand SPA, Milan Mother and Daughter Love Wedding image

Milan Milan wedding Palazzo Parigi Hotel mother wedding Palazzo Parigi hotel

Te Werve image of the Mother of the bride with Tears

Rijswijk mother Netherlands South Holland getting ready ZH bride

Anderson, SC wedding photography - Mother of bride crying while hugging bride

Anderson, SC wedding photography of the Mother of bride crying while hugging bride

Anderson emotional SC SC photographer tears photography Anderson wedding photographer

Valencia Spain wedding photo of bride getting help into her dress

Valencia bride bridal preparations Spain wedding day Valencia wedding photographer Valencia wedding picture Valencia

Washington, D.C. wedding photo of Mother and Father of the Bride laughing

DC wedding loving moment DC family joy Humorous Washington DC photographer special day

image of the Mother of the bride sharing a laugh before an Atlanta wedding

happiness sharing image Joshua Grasso laugh Georgia love Mother of the bride

Madison, WI wedding photography of bride getting ready

Madison MOB documentary wedding photograph mother madison wedding photographer Madison wedding picture bridesmaids

Wedding photojournalism at The Haight, Elgin, IL | After the Groom held his mother in a standing position for their first dance, his Mom, who suffers from Multiple Scolorosis, wearily sits back down in her wheel chair with the help of her husband.

Eternal Love: A Mother's Grace on the Dance Floor

dance The Haight reception groom Elgin wedding photographer dance floor mother Multiple Scoliosis

Phuket, Thailand wedding photograph of a bride hugging her father and crying while mother looks on

Tears of Joy: A Bride's Emotional Farewell in Phuket

Phuket photographer candid moment wedding photography Phuket wedding picture family love Wedding tears Thailand

Parr Green Hall, Malpas, Cheshire, UK wedding photo moment between bride and mother.

Legacy of Love: A Mother's Embrace at Parr Green Hall

timeless Malpas Cheshire bride bond Cheshire photographer UK mother

Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, UK wedding phot of bride and mom hugging.

Unbreakable Bond: A Mother's Love at Stoke Park

emotional love bride Buckinghamshire bride UK wedding picture precious memory

A bride and her mother share a moment while getting ready for the wedding in Winnipeg, Manitoba

A bride and her mother have a moment together while getting ready for the wedding in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canada getting ready Manitoba mother Winnipeg Curtis Moore bride

Bride dances with mother at the wedding reception in Fox Hollow Long Island

the Bride dances with mother at the reception party

dancing bride mother NY photographer reception NY Fox Hollow

bridal party having fun before the wedding

Alcoy getting ready Alcoy wedding photographer relatives bride parent wedding preparations

Boothbay Harbor Maine Wedding Photographer Bride's sister tearfully hugging a loved one after seeing her sister get into her wedding gown - Linekin Bay Resort Boothbay Harbor Maine

the Bride's sister tearfully hugging a loved one after seeing her sister get into her wedding gown

tears mother crying Maine wedding photographer Boothbay Harbor Midcoast Maine relatives

a bride and her mother hug

hug mother bride Nantes Nantes mother of the bride Elise Famy

a bride says goodbye to her mother from inside the car

Fuzhou actual day wedding fuzhou weddings says goodbye mother China inside car

Brides mother starts to cry as she sees her in the wedding dress

mother wedding dress cry Lake Tahoe

Montreal, Quebec brides mother hugs her at the ceremony

mother of the bride hugs her at the ceremony

Montreal mother priest ceremony church Quebec hug

Thompson Chicago bride starts to cry with her mother before the wedding ceremony

a bride starts to cry with her mother before the wedding ceremony

Chicago Thompson Chicago Hotel mother crying Illinois bride

Quito, Ecuador grooms mother helping him get ready with this boutonniere for the wedding

The mother of the groom was aiding him in his preparations for the wedding, ensuring he had the perfect boutonniere

mother Ecuador groom Quito groom boutonniere getting ready Ecuador

the mother handing tissues to the groom during the ceremony

mother Alicante Cocentaina Spain ceremony groom

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