Wedding Photos of Wedding ceremony

The following “Wedding ceremony” 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 “Wedding ceremony” 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.

Sichuan photography showing At the wedding ceremony, the groom held the brides hand

Documentary photography from wedding at the Berkeley Castle Church in Gloucestershire showing The bride and groom smiling as they light a candle together at their wedding ceremony, with the hand of their vicar directing them seen in the corner

Gloucestershire Patrick Mateer United Kingdom light candle Berkeley Castle Church wedding ceremony Gloucestershire Photographer

Best UK documentary wedding prep picture from the Hampton Court House of the Groom having a traditional shave before the wedding ceremony

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Maine wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at the Acadia National Park as A boutonniere is being pinned before an outdoor lake wedding ceremony

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Best Laporte, Colorado documentary wedding photography showing the Daughter of the bride looks on with mixed emotions as she watches the couple kiss during the wedding ceremony

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A black and white North Yorkshire documentary wedding picture from Raven Hall in England created as the bride and groom embrace with joy at the end of the wedding ceremony, their guests cheering behind them

England couple bride and groom North Yorkshire documentary wedding embrace England joy Raven Hall

A Fujian wedding day detail picture showing hands and Gold dust sprinkled at the wedding ceremony

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World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Sichuan as The bride took her father's arm They were waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin and the curtain can form a simple composition and artistic details

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A top Izmir documentary wedding photographer at Maja Luxury Cesme Hotel created this image from a virtual wedding ceremony moment

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A top Colorado wedding photojournalist at the Crooked Willow Farms created this image showing the groom and father of the bride wiping tears from their eyes at the beginning of the wedding ceremony

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This China wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Sichuan wedding photography looks like, as The bride is holding her father's arm while They are waiting for the beginning of the wedding ceremony

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Mt. Woodson Castle indoor marriage ceremony award-winning image showing The minister says a prayer with the bride and groom just prior to their wedding ceremony

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Sichuan wedding bride artistic image session showing The bride is waiting for the wedding ceremony to start with colorful bubbles flying in the air, setting off the bride

Cheng Guo colorful bubbles Sichuan wedding bride artistic image session wedding ceremony Sichuan artistic portrait bride

A wedding photographer in Guizhou created this image of the moment when the bride and father wait at the door before the wedding ceremony

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Assumption of the Theotokos Greek Church fine art wedding portrait of a posed couple during twilight moments after their wedding ceremony in Denver, CO

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Chengdu Sichuan creative, fine art wedding photo of The bride waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin, the back of the big light ratio was very prominent and The pearls on the bride's wedding dress and skirt

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Delaware wedding ceremony image as the best man comforts emotional groom

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China wedding photography from a Wenling, Taizhou, China Hotel At the Song Dynasty wedding ceremony in China, the bride and groom spread wedding candy to the guests to express their blessings

China Hotel China wedding photography from a Wenling wedding candy Taizhou China wedding ceremony

China Home wedding photo of The new couple and their wedding ceremony on the stage set up in their courtyard, and the villagers came to watch the ceremony

villagers new couple China Home wedding photo ceremony stage set Gang Chen courtyard

Sofia church image of a moment of an orthodox wedding ceremony

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Church in Croydon, UK wedding photo displaying an emotional long distance guest watching the live stream of the wedding ceremony

Emil Boczek zoom Church in Croydon wedding ceremony video guest watching UK wedding photo

Wedding photo from China - The newlyweds are having a wedding ceremony. A group of military training students nearby are watching the wedding ceremony.

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A bride is overcome with emotion during her wedding ceremony on the beach in Cupertino, CA

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Wedding photo from The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs where the wedding and reception was held as the couple walks away from their wedding ceremony to their reception dinner

The Broadmoor Hotel wedding ceremony CO wedding photo couple walks Kent Meireis Colorado Springs reception dinner

West Midlands wedding photographer created this image at the Birmingham Register Office of the Registrar waiting for bride and groom before their covid secure wedding ceremony

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DC wedding photographer taking pictures at the L'auberge Chez François in Falls Church, Virginia of The bride laughing with her best friend after the wedding ceremony

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California COVID wedding photography at The Marriage Hut San Diego, CA and The bride and groom's socially distant wedding ceremony

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UK wedding reportage photography from Walton Castle, Somerset, England showing the Bride's veil is lifted up by wind during wedding ceremony - Image framed by an arch in the castle walls

Walton Castle England Jenny Rutterford Somerset brides veil wind lifted up

A Quebec wedding photo from Montreal of an Excited bride being congratulated by friend after wedding ceremony in park

Quebec ceremonies outside wedding ceremony Quebec Montreal Quebec wedding photo excited bride congratulated

BW creative wedding detail photo from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes created as The bride gets into the car to go to the ceremony

The photo capturing a creative detail of the bride as she gets into the car to go to the wedding ceremony

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