Wedding Photos of Professional photographer

The following “Professional photographer” 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 “Professional photographer” 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.

At Domaine de Villary in Nimes, the bride enters with joy, her face beaming with happiness and excitement, arms raised in celebration.

Joyous Entrance: A Nuptial Celebration at Domaine de Villary

Newlyweds exiting the stunning Antibes Church on the French Riviera as tossed flower petals and rice rain down from above.

Riviera Radiance: Newlyweds Embrace in Antibes

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Award-winning artistic wedding day image captured by a professional photographer in Poitou-Charentes, France. The picture showcases a beautiful outdoor ceremony in a forest, with a deeply in love couple, creating a timeless and enchanting pic.

Enchanted Love: Artistic Wedding in Poitou-Charentes, France

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A professional photographer captured a large bridal party picture at The St. Vrain, bathed in light

A photograph of a large bridal party was taken at The St. Vrain, illuminated by lights

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A wedding photo was taken near The Stanley Hotel of the bride and groom in Rocky Mountain National Park

A professional photographer took a wedding photo of the bride and groom at Rocky Mountain National Park's Stanley Hotel

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A photograph of the happy couple beaming on their special day inside the historic Stanley Hotel

A picture of the couple's joy was taken by a professional photographer at the Stanley Hotel

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A wedding image taken in Hamburg, Germany captures a water fight between the bride and groom at their reception

A professional photographer captured a water fight between the bride and groom at their Hamburg, Germany wedding reception

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This black and white wedding photograph was taken at Grundau and features a woman seated on a wooden dock, amongst the shadows of trees

A professional photographer captured a black and white wedding photograph of a seated woman on a dock in Grundau

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A wedding picture taken in San Jose, CA shows the hands of the bride, who has tattoos, resting atop the shaved head of the groom, creating an artful image

A professional photographer captured an artful image of the bride's tattooed hands atop the groom's shaved head in San Jose, CA

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A black and white image from Chateau d'Aubiac, France, shows numerous hands assisting the bride with the buttons on her dress in preparation for the upcoming wedding

A professional photographer captured this wedding preparation moment in Chateau d'Aubiac, France

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A wedding photo of the bride getting ready at Penzion na Zeleném statku before her wedding at Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie in Bučovice was taken

A professional photographer captured a wedding image of the bride getting ready with backlit spray

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This photograph captures two women and one man dressed in traditional Vietnamese wedding attire waiting to start the wedding ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City

A picture of a traditional Vietnamese wedding ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City was taken by a professional photographer

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At a venue in Miami, Florida, a professional image was created featuring a white bridal veil contrasting against bright orange columns

In Miami, Florida, a professional photographer captured an artistic image featuring a white bridal veil and orange columns

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Wedding pictures by Zuid Holland photographer of a flower girl dancing in Oisterwijk - The Netherlands

Tiptoeing Through Tulips: The Oisterwijk Flower Girl

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Pictures of a couple releasing doves after church ceremony by a top Antwerpen wedding photographer

Flight of Love: Capturing the Doves' Release

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Ceremony wedding photography by William Lambelet, Wedding Photographer, WPJA Contest, POY

Romantic Vows in the Heart of Montpellier: A Documentary Wedding Image

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Pictures of a couple during their traditional ceremony by a top Essex wedding photographer

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