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.

Wedding Day Photography at the Bride's house in China - The groom is coming to pick up the bride.

Wedding Day Photography at the Bride's house as The groom is coming to pick up the bride.

wedding photograph showing fun between the bride and her sister while getting ready for ceremony

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The groom lifts the bride into the air during their first dance

Germany wedding air Germany the Bride Baden Wurttemberg lifts

The bride pulls off her bra from beneath her wedding dress as two women help her get it on

the Bride Haarlem wedding photographer Peter Kos women wedding dress Dutch Bride Haarlem bridal image

The bride and her bridesmaids celebrate before the ceremony

Palazzo Pfanner ceremony the Bride bridesmaids Tuscany bridal party celebrate

A few guests try to help the bride with her gigantic wedding dress outside of Beijing Yunheyuandujiacun Hotel in this award-winning wedding image by a Beijing, China photographer.

A few guests try to help the bride with her gigantic wedding dress outside of the Hotel

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The bride looks at herself in the mirror before the ceremony at Desert Botanical Garden in this black and white award-winning photo composed by a Phoenix, AZ wedding photographer

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The mother of the bride arrives by surprise disguised in yellow vest

mother yellow the Bride Sauteyrargues photography Ludovic Lieffrig surprise Domaine des Rives

The bride and guests dance and celebrate a traditional Indian wedding

tuscany weddings the Bride guests celebrate dance Traditional Tuscany

The bride is photographed through the car window as she exits her Kirche Bollensen Uslar ceremony in this award-winning photo by a Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia wedding photographer.

The bride is photographed through the car window as she exits her ceremony

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The bride raises the flower girl's arm to get a better look at her dress before her wedding

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The bride gets her hair done while her family waits in the other room

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A man holds an umbrella over the bride as she steps out of her car and into the snowy night in this documentary-style photo

China China actual day wedding Fujian china wedding image the Bride china weddings Joy Qin

A dog looks past the camera as he sits next to the bride while she gets her makeup done

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Singing Gardens of CJ Dennis Wedding Photography | This is during the intimate ceremony as the celebrant was talking about the couple's love story. The bride got a bit teary so the groom took her hand.

This is during the intimate ceremony as the celebrant was talking about the couple's love story and The bride got a bit teary so the groom took her hand

Toolangi outdoor wedding Toolangi wedding photographer love story the Bride Toolangi Victoria Australia

The bride prepares to exit her vehicle for the ceremony in Ploemeur, France in this black and white award-winning image by a Melbourne, Australia wedding photographer.

The bride prepares to exit her vehicle for the ceremony in this black and white award-winning image

Ploemeur the Bride vehicle France Gaelle Le Berre car black and white

Mother and sister of the bride help add her garter in a humorous moment

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Plum Park Hotel, Towcester Wedding Photo of The Dip.

Hotel Wedding Photo of The bride Dip

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Guests watch as the groom kisses the bride on the cheek in Gioia Tauro in this black and white award-winning photo by a Calabria wedding photographer.

Guests watch as the groom kisses the bride on the cheek in this black and white award-winning photo

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Wedding Photo at Minneapolis Golf Club - Bride leads the conga train epic reception at Minneapolis Golf Club

Wedding Photo at the Golf Club of the Bride leading the conga train epic reception

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Greene, Maine wedding photography - The bride awaits with her brother for the musical queue to enter the ceremony at the family farmhouse

wedding photography showing The bride waiting with her brother for the musical queue to enter the ceremony at the family farmhouse

the Bride musical Sarah V Martinez Maine family brother ceremony

The groom waits for the bride at the altar at Vinicola Laurentia in this documentary-style wedding photo by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

The groom waits for the bride at the outdoor wedding altar

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Photography showing the bride dancing with her groom on the dance floor

the Bride san diego wedding photographer groom Mission Viejo Country Club CA Orange County dance floor

China beijing groom jumping rope during traditional door games for the bride

groom the Bride Peng Zhang Beijing Asia rope door games

Fuzhou Wedding Photojournalist | bride saying goodbye to mom and dad in China

the bride saying goodbye to mom and dad

Henry Xu Fuzhou wedding image Fuzhou the Bride Fuzhou actual day wedding mom and dad Asia

At the wedding, the bride gave a speech to her parents in China, and her father was very painful.

the bride gave a speech to her parents and for her father it was very painful

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Calabria bride outside hooking cans with the groom on the back of the car after the wedding

the bride outside hooking cans with the groom on the back of the vintage bridal car

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A guest hugs the bride in Northern California after the ceremony | United States photojournalist

A guest hugs the bride in Northern California after the outdoor ceremony

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Black and white Pennsylvania wedding reception picture of the bride and groom dancing

Pennsylvania PA reception picture black and white Philadelphia the Bride groom dancing Pennsylvania wedding

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