Wedding Photos of Religious ceremony

The following “Religious ceremony” 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 “Religious ceremony” 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.

Bride's veil flowing sideways as she enters Eglise de Mormant on her father's arm, captured in a beautiful black and white shot.

Moment in Mormant: A Bride's Graceful Entrance

At the Ceremony laique in Brittany, France, parents and child engage in a religious ceremony, exchanging heartfelt promises and consent

Enduring Bonds: A Captivating Moment at the Ceremony Laique in Brittany, France

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In Nord, a religious ceremony takes place as the priest blesses the wedding rings before the exchange of vows

Nord's Sacred Union: Blessing the Bonds

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A charming religious wedding image was taken at the Church in Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with the couple's friends pointing the children towards the altar for the wedding rings

The couple's friends directed the children to the altar at the Church in Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes for the wedding rings

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In this honored award-winning wedding photo, the wedding photographer captured a black and white, full-frame image of the witnesses gathered with a lit candle during the religious ceremony in Nord.

Nord's Solemn Symphony: Witnessing Love Amidst Flickering Flames

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Nord Wedding Photography featuring the holy water ritual for this religious ceremony in the woods

Children performed a holy water ritual in the woods wedding, with a couple watching from behind

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An extraordinary Trapani wedding picture by a pro Italy photographer at Madonna di Fatima Church revealing the start of the religious ceremony in Sicily

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Best Indre documentary wedding photojournalism image from Eglise de Mezires in Brenne as The bride and groom leave the religious ceremony

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A France documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at the Church of Brouages of Kids listening to the ceremony

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St. Nedelya Church, Sofia creative wedding day image Detail of the bible during the religious indoor ceremony

As the bride and groom said their vows, the Bible in the foreground provided a symbolic touch to their special day. The religious ceremony took place inside, with the couple standing at the altar, exchanging rings and promises of love.

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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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Friends of the bride and groom prepare before the religious ceremony in France

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