Whether you’re already married, planning a wedding, or have simply attended too many to count, you’ll know that a wedding day comes with a mix of emotions, from stress to sadness to utter joy.
Weddings also differ depending on where in the world they’re taking place.
In order to “promote and celebrate the art of wedding photography from around the globe,” the International Wedding Photographer of the Year (IWP) Awards have released their list of the best wedding photos from 2017.
Professional wedding photographers from around the world entered their best snaps from real weddings days into one of 9 categories — Single Capture, From Above, Black & White, Epic Location, Solo Portrait, Dance Floor, Bridal Party, Album, and Couple Portrait.
Each image was scored by six judges. The scores were then averaged out to determine winners and runners-up within each category, as well as The International Wedding Photographer of the Year — who received $ 3,000 and a range of camera equipment — and Runner Up.
Scroll down to see a selection of the 26 most beautiful and intimate award-winning photos which show the reality behind weddings around the world.
Grand Prize Winner & Category Winner, Solo Portrait: Erica Mann captured a bride with a double rainbow after a storm along the banks of Cougar Creek in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.
Runner Up & Category Winner, Single Capture: Photographer Paul Woo said he was ‘secretly bawling behind the camera’ as the son of the bride expressed his emotion seeing his mother come down the aisle.
Category Winner, Black & White: The bittersweet father-daughter dance was captured perfectly in this shot by Bruno Sauma at a wedding in Massachusetts, USA.
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