Wedding Photos of Touching hands

The following “Touching hands” 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 “Touching hands” 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.

In a romantic setting, this relaxed portrait session captures a couple's tender underwater hand touching gesture at Plage Guadeloupe, making for a beautiful engagement portrait.

Tender Underwater Hand Touching at Plage Guadeloupe: Aqua Engagement Portrait

In the picturesque San Juan National Forest, CO, bride and groom intimately embrace hands amidst the vibrant autumn hues, their love radiating as they embark on their joyous wedding journey.

A Breathtaking Wedding: Embraced Love in San Juan National Forest at the Water

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A blindfolded bride participating in a game at Mazu beach, Varna, Bulgaria, has to accurately guess the groom just by touching his hands during an entertaining wedding tradition

Unveiling Love: Blindfolded Bride's Touch Brings Wedding Tradition to Life

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Black and white image captures the intricate detail of the bride and groom's hands and wedding rings at a reception venue in Veneto

Veneto reception venue: Captivating black and white image of bride and groom's hands and wedding rings

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A couple in Port Saint Louis, Guadeloupe, can be seen in a lifestyle portrait reaching out to each other underwater

The couple in the picture are reaching out to each other underwater, reminiscent of the famous painting of God and Man

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Gundelsheim artistic wedding photo of the bride and groom on the ground, shot from above

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Lago di Bracciano Rome Couple Portrait at Lake on sunset

The couple portrait was taken at a lake during sunset, with the couple touching hands and the low sun creating long shadows on the ground

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