Wedding Photos of Pews

The following “Pews” 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 “Pews” 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.

Overhead shot captured during a wedding ceremony at Eglise d'Ascain, featuring a full church with white choir books standing out against dark attire in a unique high-angle view.

Choir Books In White: Aerial Elegance at Eglise d'Ascain Wedding Ceremony

In London, England, a churchgoer prevents his adventurous baby from crawling under the pews in front of them. This candid moment captures the challenges of parenting while juggling religious observances.

Captivating Candid: Documentary Wedding Photo Reveals Parenthood's Trials Amidst Religious Observance

England pews church ceremony parenting crawling baby London London Documentary Wedding Photography

The songbooks arranged on the pews of the church in West Pomeranian, Poland created an interesting landscape in the wedding picture

The artistic wedding photographer captured an interesting picture of songbooks arranged on the church pews

pews songbooks church setting West Pomeranian Wedding Photography Poland West Pomeranian

As the young flowergirl passed out high fives to the guests in the pews of St. Joseph Chapel in Falmouth MA, it was a truly memorable moment of the ceremony

The flowergirl delighted guests at the Chapel ceremony with a high-five as she passed them in the pews

guests high fives chapel ceremony pews Massachusetts Falmouth Photographer walking down aisle

This striking black and white photograph shows a man viewed from behind in a church in Toronto, Ontario, with the pews providing a repeating pattern

Toronto, Ontario: Black & white photo of man from behind in church, pews forming background pattern

Toronto pews Ontario black and white Toronto photographer repeating pattern man

Holy Rosary Church, Bangkok creative wedding picture of bridesmaids dresses while standing in the pews

Churchgoers were awed by the bridal party's stunning tan bridesmaids' dresses, which beautifully complemented the pews

Bangkok Bangkok photographer bridesmaids dresses pews Holy Rosary Church Thailand

Puglia church wedding photography of 2 boys behind pews

pews boys church playing Puglia church wedding photo

oakland California church wedding image of a girl playing with a doll in the pews

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England church wedding image from London as Guests are waiting for the bride

caution tape London wedding photography Social Distance coronavirus pews London London church wedding

Engagement Photographer | Indoor session at Rice University, Houston, TX

Engagement Photo Indoor session at the university

Houston TX pews TX pre wedding TX brides Rice University

Olimije Monastary Wedding Photography - Image contains: men, pews, mural, ceremony

Olimije Monastary photo of men, pews, and a mural at the ceremony

Olimije Monastary Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević men ceremony pews mural

SACRAMENTO WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY - Dad with disabilites walks his daughter down the church aisle

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY of Dad with disabilites walking his daughter down the church aisle

CA father church aisle entrance ceremony bride Sacramento

emotions hair church boy black and white pews

flowergirl pews altar gown aisle cameras ringbearer

black and white aisle ringbearer pillow pews

aisle church bride pews altar gown color

black and white church pews ringbearer pillow man

color pews family guests lighting church

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candle bouquet lighting groom bride pews

balloon church ceremony color pews chapel

groom bride altar pews church color

friends black and white family pews boy

black and white lighting bride groom pews

altar headpiece aisle color dog groomsman

veil groom pews bride black and white father

pews reflection altar color groom priest veil

Wedding Photographer Franck Boutonnet of , France

Photo by: Franck Boutonnet - Lyon

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bw church parent groom pews guests

animal dog black and white pet altar ceremony

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