Wedding Photos of Prepares

The following “Prepares” 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 “Prepares” 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.

In a rustic Provence town hall, a bride gracefully gets ready surrounded by French flags and quaint decor, a shot of a serene moment before the wedding ceremony.

Graceful Bride Prepares Amid Rustic Provence Town Hall Décor and French Flags: Serene Moment Before Ceremony

A beautiful bride smiles as she gets ready in front of a wall-hung mirror at Waterfall Lodge in Ben Lomond, California.

Radiant Bride Prepares in Front of Mirror at Waterfall Lodge, Ben Lomond

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Great wedding photography of the groom from Chateau de St Jean des Plat in Castelnaudary as he prepares by a window for the ceremony

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A top Netherlands wedding photojournalism example from the groom's home in IJsselstein showing his parents watching as he prepares himself in the mirror

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Trapani wedding photo from the Barber shop as the groom prepares his hair

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Two women help the bride arrange her beautiful dress as she prepares to enter the ceremony

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Bride takes in the moment as her crew prepares her for the ceremony

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Kasteel De Wittenburg, Wassenaar, Netherlands wedding image of the Best man putting on tie with groom

BW KASTEEL DE WITTENBURG WEDDING DAY PHOTO: BEST MAN PREPARES

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WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.