Wedding Photos of The Bride

The following “The Bride” 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 “The Bride” 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.

Virginia Farm wedding photography of bridesmaid holding the mirror up so the bride can get a good look at herself before she goes off for the first look.

Villa Borguese Anápolis wedding image of the bride with two friends singing in this black and white reception pic

friends singing black and white reception pic the Bride wedding image Villa Borguese Anápolis

Wedding photograph from Andover, Massachusetts - the bride jokingly fans herself to mock the sweating nervous groom

Massachusetts nervous groom Andover Sarah V Martinez fans herself the Bride sweating

Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK wedding image of the bride getting ready in the morning, with the daughter looking towards her mum (the bride) as she admires herself in the mirror

daughter mum Harrogate mirror Patrick Mateer North Yorkshire morning

City Hall in Haarlem wedding photo capturing a moment after the ceremony where the groom has his facemask ready. The bride is giving him a kiss

face mask kiss the Bride Thomas Jongbloed wedding photo ceremony groom

Utrecht wedding photograph from In the car of the bridal couple when The bride is nervous and checking if her hands are shaking, with a face mask with her

Utrecht couple nervous checking Thomas Jongbloed the Bride hands

Wedding photo from the Hairdresser - Bar le Diuc as the Bride and her sister are getting ready

wedding photo the Bride sister getting ready Bar le Diuc hairdresser

Wedding photo from Hangzhou, China. Hotel While the groom was busy answering the phone, the bride helped the groom trim his hair.

The groom phone hotel Hangzhou hair groom China

France wedding photo at the Home of the bride and groom as The bride's dad discovers his daughter under the eyes of his two brothers

Dad the Bride daughter bride and groom Brothers home France wedding photo

FR wedding photography from the Home of the bride and groom as The bride unfolds her veil with the help of her friends

friends FR wedding photo bride and groom veil the Bride home Ludovic Lieffrig

China wedding photography from Sichuan at The bride's home - Under the light on the left is the bride's mother holding the bride's hand. The bride's head is covered with a red veil

Cheng Guo China wedding photo the Bride Sichuan brides hand red veil brides mother

France wedding photo from Beurlay of The bride putting on the garter

France wedding photo the Bride french Audrey Morisson Beurlay putting on the garter

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Reception venue image of The bride putting on her veil, her mother laughs with emotion when she finds her

Castille Alma veil emotion Auvergne Rhône Alpes Reception venue image mother the Bride laughs

France wedding photo from Romans-sur-Isère of The bride going down the stairs

Romans sur Isère stairs France wedding photo the Bride

Vermont wedding photography of getting ready at Shelburne Farms, VT - The bride gets ready with some help from her bridesmaids

VT gets ready the Bride Vermont wedding photo Vermont getting ready

A Beijing wedding photographer shows us an image of The bridegroom carrying the bride to take to the wedding car - Because the clothes are too slippery, the bride is about to fall off. The bridesmaids hurry to help the bridegroom hold the bride

bridegroom wedding car Beijing wedding photo Beijing wedding day photo clothes Beijing

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

hugs Toulouse wedding image religious ceremony toulouse weddings mother Occitanie

Chengdu wedding photography from Sichuan of The bride and her parents are waiting for the ceremony to begin. On the left, the bride's sister is tidying up her wedding dress. On the right, the father of the bride spits out smoke. On the far

Chengdu spits ceremony Waiting tidying father of the bride wedding dress

China wedding photography in the Beijing Hotel Before the ceremony, the bride is mending her make-up, and the bridesmaids laugh at the game of just getting married

ceremony mending laugh Beijing Hotel China bridesmaids

Zurich wedding day portrait of The bride in front of her dress just a minute before

dress getting ready the Bride bw Zurich bride portrait Zurich wedding day

The bride is holding her dress in the harsh winter wind at Kasteel Daelenbroeck near Herkenbosch

Kasteel Daelenbroeck Herkenbosch dress Thomas Jongbloed Herkenbosch fine art wedding picture Herkenbosch artistic wedding photo holding

China wedding photo of The bride and her friends finishing lunch and were ready to leave

china wedding friends lunch Hao Pan china wedding image the Bride china weddings

Backyard wedding ceremony picture from Ayr, Ontario, Canada showing The bride was overcome with a mix of laughter and tears during the live-streamed backyard ceremony

Ontario Ontario bride with groom tears Canada laughter the Bride Ontario wedding couples

Wedding photography from Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong created as The bride was assisted by her best friend with the final touch of her wedding gown

best friend assisted final touch Hong Kong Wong Chuk Hang Ronnie Szeto HK wedding photo

Western Cape outdoor wedding Ceremony image showing The bride and her father 'walking down the isle' while a sun streak perfectly highlight the bride

sun streak walking down the isle father Cape Town weddings bride highlight

The bride to be steal's her fiance's sailor's cap as he lifts her on board a WWII battleship

Albany engagement photos cap WWII fiance Lucy Schultz the Bride Albany engagement photographer

before the bride enters the room

the Bride Chicago ceremony image room IL Room 1520 Chicago

The little girl walked over before the bride threw the bouquet

Dynasty Restaurant Salinas bridal photo Salinas bride little girl the Bride the bouquet

The bridesmaid and mother of the bride traditionally put banknotes behind the garter

tradition Lodz banknotes House of the Bride Poland bride mother

The bride during her traditional fun chooses her successor

the Bride Traditional Aleksandrow lodzki Pelikan Wedding Hall fun Poland

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