Wedding Photos of Ritual

The following “Ritual” 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 “Ritual” 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.

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A documentary wedding photographer captured this award-winning image at a home in Lodi, Wisconsin. The bride and groom play rock, paper, scissors to decide who goes first in saying their vows, surrounded by beautiful trees.
Deciding Forever: A Whimsical Wedding Ritual amidst Lodi's Serene Woodland Ambience
In Ras Al Khaimah, the traditional wedding ritual of mangalsnanam is celebrated with a shower of joyous water over the newly-wed couple
At traditional weddings, a ritual known as mangalsnanam sees the newly-wed couple blessed with a lifelong relationship through a shower of water
A India documentary-style wedding image showing a moment during an Event of the Groom Shower, a Traditional Ritual in a South Indian Wedding where the groom or the bride are splashed with water on their prewedding ritual ceremony
An India documentary style wedding image showing a moment during an Event of the Groom Shower, a Traditional Ritual in a South Indian Wedding where the groom or the bride are splashed with water on their prewedding ritual ceremony
Delhi, India wedding photography from the colorful Haldi and Turmeric ritual
Delhi, India wedding photography from the colorful Haldi and Turmeric ritual
India wedding photo from Delhi of the Haldi and Turmeric ritual ceremony
India wedding photo from Delhi of the Haldi and Turmeric ritual ceremony
Church Rojdestvo Bogorodichno wedding ceremony photo of the maid of honor performing a ritual of changing wedding rings
Church Rojdestvo Bogorodichno wedding ceremony photo of the maid of honor performing a ritual of changing wedding rings
Mandarin Oriental Washington, D.C | Photo: pouring rice over the bride as a part of the Hindu wedding ritual.
pouring rice over the bride as a part of the Hindu wedding ritual
United Kingdom wedding photo of the bride leaving her parents house and doing a ritual to throw rice. She is crying at the same time and unable to hide her emotions.
the bride leaving her parents house and doing a ritual to throw rice. She is crying at the same time and unable to hide her emotions
Documentary wedding photography of groom ironing and steaming his shirt in Omaha, NE
Crisp Beginnings: Capturing the Groom's Pre-Wedding Ritual in Omaha, NE
 Documentary wedding photography at Tianjin pre-wedding rituals with groomsmen and lipstick
The Groomsman's Game: A Documentary Journey Through Tianjin's Pre-Wedding Rituals and Lipstick Tradition
Ho Chi Minh wedding photography of eye makeup getting applied to bride in Vietnam
Beauty Blooms in Ho Chi Minh: A Bride's Eye Makeup Ritual