These 25 Wedding Photos Are In A League Of Their Own

Danelle Bohane

Contest judges included photographres Benj Haisch , Mike and Shari Vallely of Shari + Mike and Ben and Erin Chrisman of Chrisman Studios .

These pictures are not your average wedding photos .

On Monday, Junebug Weddings released their annual “Best of the Best Wedding Photography Collection,” featuring their picks for the top 50 wedding images of 2016.

They received nearly 9,000 submissions from photographers in 50 different countries.

“What makes me so proud of this year’s collection is that you can feel the emotions of a wedding day through these 50 images. It’s a powerfully emotive experience,” editor-in-chief Carrie Schwab said in a press release .

Below, see 25 of our favorite photos from the collection. To see the rest of the award-winning images , head over to the Junebug Weddings site.

Katarina Sharon Macut Vasic of Danilo and Sharon

Tara Theilen of Theilen Photography

Meutia Ananda of Antijitters Photo

ORSOLYA LAZAR of Lookimaginary

Jordan Voth of Jordan Voth Photography

Rachel Waters of Rachel Photographs

Sara Byrne of Sara K Byrne Photography

Robert Mauriell of Robert Mauriell Photography

Tara Lilly of Tara Lilly Photography

Petra Reger of Wertvoll Fotografie

Lukas Piatek

Nate Kaiser of The Image Is Found

Eka Adhitya of Eka Adhitya Photography

Fabio Mirulla of Fabio Mirulla Photographer

Hendra Lesmana of Cheese N Click Photography

Danelle Bohane

Lukas Piatek

Roberto Panciatici of Roberto Panciatici Photography

India Earl Photography

Ashley and Benjamin Kochanowski of Rosey Red Photography

Paulo Santos of Paulo Santos Wedding Photographer

James Broadbent of Chasewild

Curtis Moore of Moore Photography

Lauren Louise of Lauren Louise Photography

Jennifer Moher of Jennifer Moher Photography

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