Wedding Photos of Playing

The following “Playing” 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 “Playing” 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.

Bride and her father having fun before entering the wedding ceremony in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

the Bride and her father having fun before entering the ceremony

Groom and the groomsmen having fun with each other at the wedding reception in Rosario, Argentina

Groom and the groomsmen having fun with each other at the reception

groom Rosario playing groomsmen Argentina

Federal District Black and white pre-wedding portrait of an engaged couple playing in the streets with a painted bike sign

bike sign Federal District playing painted streets Gustavo Lucena

Brasília, Federal District Wedding Engagement Photography with a couple playing pool

Brasília pre wedding portrait Gustavo Lucena Federal District Brasília engagement photography Brasília engagement images Brasília e session Brasília

Black and white photo of a man playing a bass visible in a reflection. Taken by a Saint Petersburg, Russia wedding photographer.

Black and white photo of a man playing a bass visible in a reflection in Saint Petersburg, Russia

playing black and white reflection bass bw Saint Petersburg wedding Russia wedding photographer

Wedding photograph from Chicago | Image contains: reception, musicians, flowergirl, indoors, colorful

jumping jump color dancing playing sing musicians

color groom cross groomsman cards books

A man plays piano as another stands next to him playing a saxophone as the bride and groom approach in this photo by a Calabria wedding photographer

Reggio Calabria bride and groom playing Calabria wedding photographer piano reflection saxophone

playing children black and white

toast girls white London bridal party playing Color

grass Ljubljana mountains bride bridesmaids green Color

accordian color musician music musicians playing yellow

drums band playing instruments Color guitar

instruments band violin musician music musicans

musician playing black and white instrument music groom dancing

violinists violins silhouettes silhouette music instruments instrument

Umbria wedding photographer | image of a young wedding guest passing the time on a phone at the wedding ceremony

boy Umbria aisle playing black and white dress ceremony

New Jersey wedding photographer captured a musician playing an acoustic guitar at an industrial reception location

New Jersey windows playing Color instrument music

Krakow wedding photographer captured this photo of the bride and groom making their get away as a band serenades them in Malopolskie

vehicle car musicans transportation saxophones Krakow Color

Federal District wedding photographer captured this photo of the wedding guitarist playing his guitar behind his back as the spotlight casts him in silhouette

Federal District instrument guitar playing Color light musician

Chicago wedding photographer captured this photo of a girl dancing with a trio of violinists on a lit up stage

violinists violins Color Chicago playing violinist musician

Lower Saxony wedding picture of girls running and playing in the grass under the trees

Lower Saxony girls park Color bench child

Ljubljana kid sits playing on their iPad during the wedding | Slovenia wedding photo

Ljubljana kid sits playing on their iPad during the wedding reception in Slovenia

Slovenia ipad wedding reception in Slovenia Ljubljana kid sits playing

Lower Silesian bride and groom dancing along to the musician playing his saxophone | Poland wedding photography

Lower Silesian bride and groom dancing along to the musician playing his saxophone in this Poland wedding photography

saxophone musician Lower Silesian bride and groom dancing Poland wedding photography playing

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