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.

Hacienda Chekul Tulum wedding photo details of Bride putting her shoes on right before her ceremony

An artistic detail photo of the bride putting on her heels right before her wedding ceremony

Vratsa, Bulgaria wedding bride posing for a portrait walking down stairs below the mountain and sunshine

The bride walked down the stairs of the mountain with sunshine beaming down, creating a lens flare effect in the portrait

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Seattle, WA bride and groom posing during a portrait session with some stained glass windows

The backlit bride and groom were photographed in front of some stained glass windows in a church during a wedding portrait session

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Sofia wedding photography from Bulgaria during an indoor ring Wedding ceremony

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Grand Est Ceremony location artistic wedding photo of the kissing couple in b&w

A black and white, double-exposed wedding photo of a couple kissing amidst tree branches is an artistic representation.

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Image of a Denver Colorado Bride playing a song for the Groom at their wedding ceremony

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Church Rojdestvo Bogorodichno wedding ceremony photo of the maid of honor performing a ritual of changing wedding rings

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Zhejiang wedding photo from inside the China Church during the Wedding ceremony

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wedding portrait image from the House of the Bride as she is spinning her veil on the lawn

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England Ceremony venue detail image of shoes showing the Bride arriving at her wedding ceremony

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Udaipur, India image showing Moments between moments at the wedding ceremony

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Image from a touching moment in the church during the wedding ceremony at Domaine de Pécarrère, France

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wedding detail photography picture showing the ceremony blessing of the rings

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Black and white Bride portrait after the wedding ceremony in Zurich

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wedding detail photography picture during the Getting Ready for a blacklight wedding ceremony

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Vietnam couple portraits near the wedding Ceremony Location - give me your kiss, I will give you rest of my life

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The groom comforts his emotional grandmother at Avrig Church wedding ceremony

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Panagia Faneromeni, Vouliagmeni Photos | Groom: Take my hand

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Beziers, France Family love | Wedding day photos of hugs

Family love and Wedding day hugs

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The newlyweds come out of the church after the wedding ceremony at the Temple de l'Eglise

The newlyweds come out of the church after the ceremony

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a bride speaks into a microphone during the ceremony

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Scotland wedding Ceremony photo of the Best man and groom searching for the rings!

Best man and groom searching for the rings on a dog

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Sagrado - Castelvecchio Family emotions capture in great wedding photos.

Family emotions captured in a great wedding photo

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Philadelphia, PA Windy wedding ceremony photo

Windy wedding ceremony image

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The bride reacts while reading her vows during the wedding ceremony

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bride details of her make-up before the wedding ceremony

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Cremona family preparing the groom for his wedding ceremony

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Mixed Hindu/Jewish/Chinese wedding ceremony

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Outdoor wedding ceremony image in Colorado of guests as they wait out rain and get a rainbow as a reward as they wait for ceremony to start

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