Wedding Photos of Children

The following “Children” 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 “Children” 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.

At the Killary Lodge, a wedding photojournalist captured a delightful moment as two children entertained brightly dressed women guests with plastic whistles during a drinks reception. This image has earned a WPJA Honor Award.

Killary Lodge Wedding: Delightful Moment of Children Entertaining Guests Earns WPJA Honor Award

In this WPJA Honor Award-winning photo taken in East Flanders, Flanders, children at a diner enjoy indulging in a variety of desserts while the bride also savors a sweet treat.

Flemish Fairytale: A Sweet Celebration in East Flanders

Children diner reception desserts sweet treats Belgium Flanders wedding photography East Flanders

At Hamswell House, Bath, UK, a documentary-style wedding picture captured a tranquil moment of the children seated on the concrete steps near the garden

At Hamswell House, Bath, UK, a tranquil moment of children seated on the steps near the garden

Hamswell House bath garden concrete steps Bath Wedding Photography Children UK

Children during the church ceremony in Hérault Occitanie, a baby wants to join his parents, under the gaze of other children

Under the gaze of other children, a baby eagerly wanted to join his parents during the church ceremony

Hérault photographer Herault Occitanie church ceremony France Children

Just before the wedding rings are handed over. The bride and groom and their daughters in the same line

Just before the wedding rings are handed over, the bride and groom, along with their daughters, proudly stand in a line in Herault, France

Herault ceremony Hérault photographer France Children ring exchange

At the wedding venue of Parkhotel Huge de Vries, during the reception the grooms son is teasing the little girl with a part of her dress

At the wedding venue, the groom's son playfully put part of the little girl's dress over her face, imitating a wedding veil

little girl Park Hotel Hugo de Vries Thomas Jongbloed Children

At a wedding in Hilden Brewery, N. Ireland. some children take-over take over the stage before the band appear, and play with the instruments

At this wedding, the children pre-empted the band's performance by taking over the stage, surprising guests with their spontaneous play on the instruments

Northern Irelands HIlden Brewery Children instruments Jonathan Ryder Northern Ireland Photographer

Terrasson wedding children trying to be quiet during the indoor ceremony

The children at the wedding tried to be quiet during the indoor ceremony, making shhh gestures with their fingers

Children Dordogne ceremony Dordogne Photographer Terrasson

The reflections of the first dance glimmered off the glass walls of the wedding venue in Doel, Belgium, while the children watched

Doel, Belgium - Children watched in awe while the reflections of the first dance glimmered off the glass walls of the wedding venue

first dance reflections Children Doel Doel Artistic Photographer Belgium

Indre-et-Loire editorial style wedding photography at the Domaine de Bisse capturing Kids during Ceremony rolling on the grass

A candid wedding photographer captured a playful kid rolling on the grass, with the bride and groom seated in chairs under trees

Indre-et-Loire Domaine de Bisse Children playing rolling in grass Indre et Loire Photographer kids

In Pau, France, the newlyweds, their witnesses, the children and the table in the wedding hall

All of the newlyweds, their witnesses, the children and the table in the wedding hall were lined up in a straight line

Pau Wedding Hall Pyrénées-Atlantiques France Pau Children witnesses Pau Wedding Photographer

Best Paris documentary wedding photography of Young and old children fascinated by a magician during wedding reception

wedding reception France Lea Torrieri Paris Paris documentary wedding photography magician Children

Best Biarritz documentary wedding picture created during the tossing of the bouquet to the children

Biarritz bouquet Charline Eberhardt tossing kids Children outdoor wedding reception

An exceptional Flanders wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Belgium photographer illustrating the bride and groom taking a selfie outdoors with a group of children behind them

Children selfie Belgium bride and groom Belgium Sven Soetens outdoors Belgium photographer

A top Occitanie wedding photographer captured this picture of the son crying because he did not want his father groom pick up and wear a ring

Occitanie wedding photographer groom Children father Marion Pomes son Occitanie

A top featured wedding image from Lake Tahoe showing Two flower girls stand on a rocky shoreline at the edge of a lake

lake Children Lake Tahoe water beach kids flower girls

A top Caminha wedding photographer captured this picture of a young girl with a door and shoes

kids getting ready young Girl Caminha wedding photographer Children Prep Daniel Monteiro

Surrey wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at Brookfield Park as a Child sits with chefs hat on

Surrey wedding reportage Surrey Children sits Brookfield Park Waiting Brookfield Park wedding

An exceptional Greenwich Tavern wedding photojournalism sample by a professional London photographer communicating the Bride cutting cake at the reception party with a group of children watching her

United Kingdom London reception party Greenwich Tavern weddings London photographer kids Children

Fleringen wedding reportage photographer captured this moment of the flowergirl getting lipstick put on

Fleringen wedding reportage Fleringen NL photographer Children flower girl kids

An extraordinary Château Le Sallay wedding image by a professional France photographer from the Reception venue showing the Daughter is coming via a pushed carriage

Children Saincaize Beauce carriage kids France Nièvre wedding reception venue

An exceptional Belle île wedding image by a pro France photographer exhibiting children playing in an open farm field and jumping off a large round hay bale

Morbihan Henri Deroche France photographer round hay Belle île field hay bale

Oradour su Glane wedding reportage photojournalist created this image showing The newlyweds and their children in the car taking them to the town hall as Grooms Daughter Wants To Get Something Out Of Her Daddys Nose

car Children Oradour su Glane wedding reportage daddy Oradour su Glane Gaelle Caré newlyweds

Best Fujian wedding photojournalism picture showing Children peeking at the bride at the wedding

indoor wedding pink Fujian curtains China bride Children peeking

An impressive black and white Guangdong wedding photography picture showing The groom and his children are watching fish in a tank

Guangdong Guangdong groom fish tank black and white China Guangdong wedding photography Children

This Paris wedding photojournalism picture is a prime example of what candid, nontraditional France wedding photography looks like, as the Bride talks with children during the outdoor reception

nontraditional candid Lea Torrieri french bride France wedding photography Paris Paris wedding photojournalism

A top documentary wedding photographer from Paris created this image in BW from the Reception venue showing the Bride with children during reception

bw France reception venue french wedding photographer reception bride Lea Torrieri Paris

A wedding photojournalist in Krakow captured boys playing on the swings with a mobile device

playing Krakow mobile device phone playground swings Krakow wedding photojournalist

A top wedding reportage photographer in Nancy captured this picture in BW of a kid car, bride car

kid bw Nancy wedding picture playing Nancy photographer Nancy wedding reportage

A Staffordshire wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at The Upper House in Barlaston of The grooms young daughter, dressed for bed, running up to him for a hug during the couples first dance

Barlaston first dance dressed for bed Staffordshire photographer couple kids

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