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Nearly 9,000 images were submitted to Junebug Weddings 2016 Best of the Best Wedding Photo Contest from photographers in 50 different countries.
Here's a look at the top 50 winners!
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
This is the TRUE ending of Cinderella.... they lived happily ever after!
Jan Rees 8 years ago
Your wedding day is not the end of the story - it's the beginning!
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Megan Spainhour 8 years ago
To get it at the exact moment that the sun is between them... that is the Decisive Moment
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
This is amazing, simple as that! The colors, the composition, dynamic silhouettes and the sun in between is beautiful.
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Shirley Maddox 8 years ago
I see the hands of a elderly grandmother hugging a young bride, which is touching.
Sasy 8 years ago
I don't think it is a young bride, I think its her daughter and I think she is so happy for her, maybe a second marriage or maybe just finally finding that true love.
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Karren Desgroseilliers 8 years ago
Love this, I would like to see more creative shots of grandparents and parents getting captured as it is a big and emotional day for them too :)
Regina Dew 8 years ago
It's an elderly woman marrying another elderly woman. Times have changed, people.
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Harry Poernomo 8 years ago
I always love to see a Javanese wedding, unique and sacral, yet very beautiful :)
Jessica Andersen 8 years ago
Look closely, the man has the woman by the wrist and is pulling her towards him with a smirky open mouthed grin...does NOT look touching to me.
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
I'm wishing I could see another pic with the complete view of the dress! It's beautiful
Elena Bara 8 years ago
http://www.daniloandsharon.com/ - here are more pictures with the couple (and the dress).
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Anne Rouffignac 8 years ago
The bride looks a little sad on this one to me, like she's being comforted. I'm probably over thinking things, but I imagine maybe she's missing someone on their special day, and they wanted a bit of time alone. Beautiful photo.
Ann Marie Weatherhead 8 years ago
There's something so endearing and beautiful about this embrace.
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
I LOVE the idea of using sparklers. I've never seen them used for a wedding before now. Unique idea for a night time event!
Jan Rees 8 years ago
It is a beautiful idea but not unique or original. In fact, my husband and I had them at our wedding, as did my best friend.
Load More Replies... Marta Chmielowiec 8 years ago
I can see why people would like that. But for me, it's too glammy, ritzy and glitzy. It lhas a staged feel to it. And the bride looks tense or surprised (or maybe it's the highly comfortable footgear she's wearing ;) )
Samantha Rodriguez 8 years ago
We used them at my very rustic wedding. All in the decor I think
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Marta Chmielowiec 8 years ago
I know it most probably is a genuine shot, but this being 2017, my brain jumps automatically to" Photoshop"! I hope the couple are doing OK. They are facing two different directions in this photo :)
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
I thought Photoshop too. Especially after all the nifty little "tricks" Bored Panda has taught us about photo manipulation!
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Juls Robertson 8 years ago
Make sure that getting married was THE ONLY PLUNGE you take.......please step back!
Sua Kang 8 years ago
It really looks like photoshopped :/ Don't play with our feelings, or when you do do it properly so don't notice badly cropped photos.
Kathryn Bennett 8 years ago
This is real. Its in Queenstown New Zealand. There is a little ridge you can stand on that looks towards the mountain ranges. Google It.
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Jacqueline Chen 8 years ago
Many photographers hire models to do a stylized "wedding" shoot. It could be that.
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Mirriam Banda 8 years ago
I can't find the right words to do describe how touching and beautiful this is.
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
I love the fact that we don't know if two people just got married or if it's best friends! Either way it's a strong enough bond to embrace like that!
Iris Karla 8 years ago
It's 2017, some men actually do that now. Oh, and we also got something called internet, welcome to the future.
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
Agreed... if this was a professional photographer, it was done poorly
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Laura Rudgers 8 years ago
Scottish Highlands barn dance, singing some braw tune in the Gaelic, to be sure...
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Marta Chmielowiec 8 years ago
Nice! But stick that hand out of the pocket (that's just me being European :D - we find it arrogant and condescending to keep your hand in a pocket while interacting with someone)
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
I'm from the U.S. and I'd have the same opinion as you. It's a rather pompous attitude and the photographer should have caught it
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Stille20 8 years ago
This is one of my favorites. It's so simple, but with the lighting had to be just right to pull it off.
Joyce Lovell 8 years ago
I love this too! It's easy to create the "lighting" with photo shop or filters, I do it all the time for my photos. And a majority of our wedding photos were "touched up" and we got many different versions of lighting for the same photo.
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
I think it should have been the other way around... the couple being the bigger focus and the magnificent windows would have still shown through with glory
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Askar Ibragimov 8 years ago
I believe it's about style, not measures of his pockets
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
It would have been so simple to have Photoshopped OUT the lights in the parking lot. I think it would have made for a better photo.
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Laura Rudgers 8 years ago
very bohemian and fun - love the joy and sweetness of their looks and how natural the flowers and her crown are for her dress and hair, and how nontraditional the dress is and colors are...wonder where this is?
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kichigai 8 years ago
(Documentary voice) "Notice how it's instinct right from the start to call the married female this common pet name. Fascinating..."
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Hesei Mamiya 8 years ago
In the mood for love or the corr's Hardest Day music video. This is nice anyway.
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Ronja Rövardotter 8 years ago
Me too :-) I do it in other moments too. It helps me to create a memory. Years later when I smell something similar I automatically recall the memory :-)
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The Laugh Fan 8 years ago
I must admit I do find it unsettling - maybe that's the aim. It does look give off a negative feel, from the bride's perspective.
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
The composition and idea look fantastic. However, this does not strike me as a happy / healthy relationship with the current distance between the partners, especially the man who is facing away from her. Nevertheless, a great photo.
Aunt Messy 8 years ago
He makes her walk behind him? She's chosen to follow? This is an interesting photo, but it's got a violent subtext. Put a woman on a steel staircase dressed so she can't see where she's stepping?
Laura Rudgers 8 years ago
Everything about this photo seems to be more about the lighting, composure, and architecture - about the photographer's skills, and not about the couple AT ALL. The groom blends in and is almost off the page, and the bride is hidden by the railing and you can't even see either of their faces. I am sure they love it, but it makes me cringe. And yes, I have a back story for this photo, as well!
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The Laugh Fan 8 years ago
Yes, it looks as thought she's been jilted. Aw. Lovely photo though. What I can see of the dress is stunning.
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Laura Rudgers 8 years ago
I really hope they met on a bike tour or something with meaning, and not just trying to one-up everyone else. Hipster can be cool, but the term is fast becoming a pejorative...
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The Laugh Fan 8 years ago
Wow - he can jump pretty high. Fairly certain I'd have been kicked in the head by mistake.
Laura Rudgers 8 years ago
Your comments tell me that you are an older traditionalist without much imagination. Nothing? At ll? Not that is it all white? That she is in a bridal gown? That you could say he is jumping for joy and that her trust of him is pretty phenomenal, considering that she could be hurt? That they wanted to memorialize their wedding day with something unusual, not just with all the other typical staged shots with family, bridal group, and friends? We don't know their story, and you sound pretty harsh for just five words...
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
Sorry, but I've never understood why women run into the water wearing the most beautiful dress of their life.
Marine Banquet 8 years ago
Probably because they want to live one of the happiest day of their life in one of the most beautiful dress of their life, not just have it as a proof there was one. Who cares if it's damaged? They'll wear it only one day in their life, better have fun with it. Let it live fully, cry of happiness with it, danse and laught, and have fun, love and be loved in it. At the end of the day... it's just a dress.
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Laura Rudgers 8 years ago
Reminds me of Khal Drago and Daenerys Targaryan - Game of Thrones...
Shirley Maddox 8 years ago
I guess this is symbolic of something, but to me it foreshadows a bleak future for her.
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Susanna Vesna 8 years ago
I had the same thought the second i saw that abomination! Especially in a "shoe shot" like this one! For God's sake!!!
Load More Replies... The Laugh Fan 8 years ago
It's a nice composition but in her shoes I'd be a touch worried about falling over going up and then down the aisle - they don't fit too well.
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Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
I'm probably gonna get hate for this.... but my (sincere) first thought was "What happened here.. did she just fart and now they're busting up?"
Load More Replies... The Laugh Fan 8 years ago
I think he's enjoying the day!! Are they in a multi-storey car park?
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Kathi Hart 8 years ago
I think she's missing her Mother who has passed away before the wedding. Her friends are supporting her as she takes a moment.
Laura Rudgers 8 years ago
My take is that the hands belong to family or bridal party, or even the officiants (or her pastor and their spouse).... and they are praying for the bride before she starts her new life, and she sheds tears because she is so touched by their love and, you know, getting married is an emotional moment.
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Alex Holt 8 years ago
I wasn't too keen on this one at first, but looking back at it I wonder if it was a captured moment. If they are in a big city and walking over one of those air vents that blew her veil from her head and into the air. If that is the case then it is a great captured moment that may not mean much to us from the outside, but could be a fun memory for he couple.
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Nicholas Yu 8 years ago
This is the worst humblebrag I've ever seen. Whoever claims these are the best wedding pics of 2016 have terrible taste.
Hanszl H 8 years ago
- a few , Yes ; overall , well i've seen better , though not too often ...
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The Laugh Fan 8 years ago
What, where, how?? I like it but it puzzles me. In isolation it would be hard to know it was a wedding.
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Kori Kissell 8 years ago
Urgh looks like shes holding her back, one last attempt to stop her.... :/
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Sally Brite 8 years ago
Am I the only one who doesn't find staged events and photo shoots "touching"?
Askar Ibragimov 8 years ago
Why they should be always touching? These are ceremonies and they might evoke variety of emotions, e.g. beauty, solemnity, etc. They mark the important date, these staged events. They are sincere.
Load More Replies... Shirley Maddox 8 years ago
Some were actually dark and foreboding. What happened to happiness?
Lyone Fein 8 years ago
I think that there a lot of different emotions that go on during a wedding. For me, there were important moments of realizing that nothing in my life would ever be the same....and that is pretty heavy stuff. Moments of realizing that I would never visit with my mother alone again, that I would never go to such and such a place by myself again, etc. A wedding is more than just a big party. It is a ritual of transformation--two people are doing more than just connecting their life stories with each other's. They are also connecting their inner lives to each other's; and you leave the wedding a different person than you were before you got married. So these photos reflected some of this.
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chris K 8 years ago
I just hope that some pics were taken of the actual weddings. sometimes less is more.
Askar Ibragimov 8 years ago
Wedding-related shoots not actually always taken in weddings.
Load More Replies... Sally Brite 8 years ago
Am I the only one who doesn't find staged events and photo shoots "touching"?
Askar Ibragimov 8 years ago
Why they should be always touching? These are ceremonies and they might evoke variety of emotions, e.g. beauty, solemnity, etc. They mark the important date, these staged events. They are sincere.
Load More Replies... Shirley Maddox 8 years ago
Some were actually dark and foreboding. What happened to happiness?
Lyone Fein 8 years ago
I think that there a lot of different emotions that go on during a wedding. For me, there were important moments of realizing that nothing in my life would ever be the same....and that is pretty heavy stuff. Moments of realizing that I would never visit with my mother alone again, that I would never go to such and such a place by myself again, etc. A wedding is more than just a big party. It is a ritual of transformation--two people are doing more than just connecting their life stories with each other's. They are also connecting their inner lives to each other's; and you leave the wedding a different person than you were before you got married. So these photos reflected some of this.
Load More Replies... chris K 8 years ago
I just hope that some pics were taken of the actual weddings. sometimes less is more.
Askar Ibragimov 8 years ago
Wedding-related shoots not actually always taken in weddings.
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