Wedding Photos of Wedding photography

The following “Wedding photography” 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 photography” 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 Baronesse Tacco, San Floriano del Collio, Gorizia, Italy, the groom is diligently tying his shoelaces, captured in a detailed high-angle shot

Baronesse Tacco, San Floriano del Collio, Gorizia, Italy: Detailed high-angle shot captures groom tying shoelaces

A couple poses for a BW wedding portrait in Bodrum, Turkey, with the hotel nearby, beautifully framed by palm trees

Bodrum, Turkey: Beautifully Framed BW Wedding Portrait with Nearby Hotel and Palm Trees

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A detail photograph at a wedding at Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus İstanbul, showcasing the bride's exquisite shoes, billowing cigar smoke, the gleaming wedding rings, and their reflection

Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus İstanbul Wedding: Exquisite Shoes, Cigar Smoke, Wedding Rings, and Reflection

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Artistic Wedding Day Portrait at Manoir de Vacheresses: Bride's Reflection in Mirror with Bouquet

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Domaine de Ronsard: A mesmerizing wedding couple portrait, captured under a starlit night sky, showcases the enthralling presence of a blue smoke backdrop, while strings of lights illuminate the atmosphere

Domaine de Ronsard: Mesmerizing Wedding Couple Portrait with Blue Smoke Backdrop, Starlit Night Sky, and String Lights

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A couple during their wedding ceremony at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church in Chicago, capturing their reflection on the mirrored floor that beautifully reflects the ceiling above

Chicago Couple's Wedding Ceremony at St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church with Mirrored Floor Reflections

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A wedding couple is captured in a portrait at Domaine de la Métairie du château, as the bride and groom share a kiss beneath a soaring veil

Domaine de la Métairie du château: Romantic Wedding Couple Captured in Portrait with Soaring Veil

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Detail image of the bride's rings at Villa la Palagina in Tuscany, Italy, showcasing their exquisite beauty

Villa la Palagina in Tuscany, Italy: Exquisite beauty showcased in detail image of bride's rings

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Bride's dress on display at Villa la Palagina in Tuscany, Italy, captured in a stunning black and white detail image

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A bride in Nanning is illuminated by a bright light, casting her silhouette in a captivating image

Nanning bride glows in captivating silhouette, illuminated by a bright light

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In a stunning wedding portrait from Chandigarh, India, the silhouette of the bride and groom is captured on their special day, surrounded by a beautiful bokeh effect that enhances the striking black and white composition

Chandigarh, India: Stunning black and white wedding portrait captures the bride and groom's silhouette with bokeh effect

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At Château du Sou, a wedding guest was eagerly filming the day's events with a camera in hand, perched in a high window to capture the high angle

A wedding guest filmed events at Château du Sou from a high window

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An artistic wedding image was created at the Fairmont Copley Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, showcasing the bridal party entering the church through reflecting glass doors

The bridal party entered the Fairmont Copley Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts through glass doors, creating a stunning wedding image

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A wedding image was created at Domaine de Givray, showing the bride making a spectacular leap of joy, and dropping into the splits on dance floor

The bride made a joyous leap into the splits on Domaine de Givray's dance floor, captured in a wedding image

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In their wedding portrait, they stood on the breakwater at The Colony Hotel Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine, the last remaining patch of sunlight before the storm

Kennebunkport, Maine: Wedding Portrait Captures Last Patch of Sunlight on The Colony Hotel Beach

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At Little Wold Vineyard, Yorkshire, England, the bride and her mother made a memorable entrance to their ceremony, arriving in a large van with a photographer capturing their joyous journey from within the vehicle

The bride and her mother arrived at the vineyard for the wedding ceremony in a large van, which was photographed for posterity

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The scene of friendship and support was captured in a top-down shot as the best man tenderly adjusted the groom's buttonhole of his suit at the beautiful Ashridge House, Hertfordshire, England

A photo was taken of the best man helping to fix the groom's buttonhole to signify friendship and support

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A picture-perfect portrait of the newlyweds, hand-in-hand, in front of the majestic Château Tilques in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

The newlyweds are pictured hand-in-hand in front of the Château in the afternoon sunlight

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A wedding portrait at Manoir de Vacheresse in Eure et Loir, France, showing the bride and groom embracing in a field of warm sunlight

The bride and groom embrace in a field of sun at a manoir in their wedding portrait

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The bride and groom embrace tenderly in soft light for a portrait, their love at Ferme de Bouchemont in the beautiful Yvelines of France radiating from them

The bride and groom tenderly embrace in a portrait, radiating love

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The couple and their groomsmen and bridesmaids had a portrait taken outside a reception venue near Île-de-France on their special day

The couple and their wedding party took an outdoor portrait at the reception venue on their wedding day

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An impressive black and white Howard County Conservancy wedding photography picture in Woodstock MD showing the Groom checking out brides back necklace

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Artistic wedding photography from Complex Baroto, Bulgaria during an emotional portrait session with a couple in blue tones

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This Colorado wedding photojournalism picture is a prime example of what candid, nontraditional Leadville wedding photography looks like, as Bride hugs mom after outdoor ceremony

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This Canada wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional Ontario wedding photography looks like, as the bridal party races to get the dresses ready for the wedding

This Canada wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional wedding photography looks like, as the bridal party races to get the dresses ready for the wedding in Ontario

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View this decorative Saint Cloud wedding image showing The brides cat enjoying her wedding bouquets which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Minnesota from the WPJA

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View this tasteful Bulgaria wedding image of Groom prep at home in red, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

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View this creative Blagoevgrad wedding image of a Groom photo session with his friends, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Orbita SPA Hotel from the WPJA

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View this dramatic Blagoevgrad wedding image of Bride prep in BW which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Orbita SPA Hotel from the WPJA

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View this exquisite England wedding image of The mother of the bride helping her daughter out of the wedding car, as they both clutch umbrellas which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Thwaite Mills venue from the WPJA

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