Wedding Photos of Tender hug

The following “Tender hug” 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 “Tender hug” 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.

Captured at the Canadian Memorial in Bourlon, France, this engagement portrait beautifully captures a tender moment as he wraps her in his arms, placing a sweet kiss on her forehead

Bourlon Bliss: A Captivating Engagement Portrait at the Canadian Memorial

A couple in Montpellier, France sharing a tender moment during their engagement photo session, with a closeup shot capturing a heartfelt embrace from behind

Framing Forever: An Intimate Embrace in Montpellier

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Pre wedding photography from Grado, Italy, with a tender hug and hair in the wind

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Trieste couple posing for a sunset, urban engagement announcement shot in Portopiccolo Sistiana, Italy with a tender Hug at sunset

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Le Mans engagement announcement photo idea in France with a couple embraced in a tender hug at the park by the water

Couple embracing Elodie Gentit park engagement tender hug Sarthe Sarthe Photographer Le Mans

A romantic engagement session at Lorient, Brittany in BW with a tender hug

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Wedding engagement photography in Lisbon by Portugal engagement photographers

Intimate engagement photo captures a tender hug from behind, with warm smiles and a soft feel

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