Wedding Photos of Dancing

The following “Dancing” 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 “Dancing” 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.

A PA artistic wedding photo of a Bridesmaid dancing in tie dyed rainbow chucks at Desmond Hotel Malvern Pennsylvania wedding

Charles River Engagement Session with couple dancing at sunset on the dock by the water

warm light afternoon water lens flare Charles River lake

Sofia wedding image of a bride dancing with her father at the Terra Residence in Bulgaria

Sofia Sofia wedding image Terra Residence Bulgaria dancing father

Villa Walter Fontana artistic wedding photo showing first dance contact with hands

A black and white wedding photo featuring an overhead light for contrast captures the couple's first dance and the tender contact of their hands

black and white lecco photographer Villa Walter Fontana Lecco first dance overhead light dancing

Black Canyon Inn, Estes Park, CO bride and groom dancing in fall foliage with mountains in background while posing for a wedding picture

Estes Park posing Black Canyon Inn fall foliage mountains dancing background

Virginia pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers dancing at the Library of Congress - They are each other's first love

VA Nam Trinh creative portrait silhouette contrast VA engagement silhouettes dancing

UAE pre wedding and engagement photography from Maleiha Desert, Dubai of a couple Dancing in the Desert

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California pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple and The cats with Dancing feet reacting to the beautiful lake view

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PT pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple dancing during the sunset in Caxias beach, Lisboa, Portugal

Caxias beach beach contrast PT engagement silhouettes artistic picture creative portrait sunset

A Goias wedding photographer created this party night dancing image at the venue of Villa Borguese Anápolis

Villa Borguese Anápolis venue Night Goiás dancing Goias wedding photo

MD pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Rockville, Maryland jumping together in front of a building

creative portrait silhouette contrast Maryland dancing MD engagement silhouettes

Ireland wedding photography from Smock Alley, Dublin of Kids dancing

dancing Ireland wedding kids Leinster Ireland kids Smock Alley

China engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session with dancing on the sands of Fuzhou

Fuzhou Shubin Shen adventure dancing sand dunes red dress Fuzhou engagement photographer

Canada pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple spinning around while holding hands with a backdrop of colourful vines in Montreal, Quebec

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Colorado wedding photo from the Denver Clock Tower of the groom making funny face while dancing

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Virginia wedding photography from Lydia Mountain Lodge/Stanardsville VA showing Dancing with a slow shutter motion blur

VA Virginia Wedding Photo Virginia reception venue Stanardsville Lydia Mountain Lodge dancing Jennifer Catron

Israeli Dancing with the bride and mother of the bride at the Grosvenor House Hotel reception party

Grosvenor House Hotel Israeli Dancing mother of the bride Israeli wedding venues Israeli reception party

French black and white wedding photo of the bride and groom dancing with the DJ lights beaming around them

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Creative The White Sands National Monument pre wedding and engagement photography in colorful sunlight

Shannon Cain Texas TX texas engagement portrait adventure formal wear dancing

Wedding reception photo of Colorado guests dancing

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Emma Trein - Canela - Brazil wedding photography of the Groom and godfather dancing

Canela groom Canela wedding photo dancing Emma Trein Canela wedding

Wedding photography from Emma Trein - Canela - Brazil of the Guests dancing with groom behind

Canela groom Emma Trein dancing Brazil guests

Île-de-France wedding Reception venue image of Dancing at the wedding party

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Bestman and Groomsman dancing to Madness during our last wedding before lockdown at the Nunsmere Hall Hotel

United Kingdom reception best man Nunsmere Hall Hotel dancing United Kingdom wedding venue United Kingdom

Villa Antonio in Taormina wedding image of the bride and groom dancing face to face speaking to one another in their intimate language

Taormina bride with groom intimate language Taormina Face to face dancing Salvo Moroni Taormina wedding image

Bride jumps into the arms of men to catch her during her reception at the Allegro Buffet

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Designs by Sundown, Littleton, CO COVID dance floors for single use dancing at a wedding reception

COVID Night tent Designs by Sundown dancing Littleton

Tent Ridge, Kananaskis, AB, Canada artistic wedding portrait of the bride and groom in Golden light

Kananaskis Kananaskis wedding photographer bride and groom AB Canada spin

artistic wedding couple portrait with some fun Dancing against the towering buildings

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Belle Mer Wedding Reception photography of the bride and groom dancing in great light

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