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.

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A professional wedding photographer captured this beautiful image at Adile Sultan Sarayı İstanbul. The photo shows a joyful bride dancing alone on a dimly lit, backlit dance floor, with a misty atmosphere around her. This photo won a WPJA Honor Award.
Adile Sultan Sarayı İstanbul: A Captivating Dance of Joy, WPJA Honor Award Winner.
The bride and groom are captured in a celebratory wedding image at Poitiers Vienne, coming into the reception, dancing, and holding hands with a small girl
The bride, groom, and child celebrated at Poitiers Vienne Wedding Reception
A pro wedding photographer captured this WPJA Honor Award-winning image at The Black Stallion in Corolla, NC. The photo shows the bride and groom happily dancing during their reception, surrounded by friends and expressing intense joy on their faces.
Dancing Bliss: A Celebration of Love at The Black Stallion in Corolla, NC
At the Beauport Hotel in Gloucester, Massachusetts, guests had a fun time at the wedding reception, with one guest doing the limbo beneath linked arms of other attendees
Guests had a fun time at the Beauport Hotel, Gloucester, MA, at the wedding reception, including a limbo game
Guests celebrate the newlyweds' marriage as they dance at the reception location in Arizona. This candid image, captured by a professional wedding photojournalist, has received the prestigious WPJA Honor Award.
Celebrating Love: A Joyful Reception Dance Captured in Arizona - WPJA Honor Award-winning Documentary Wedding Photo
At Margel 360, Sofia, the bride and groom, joined by a third man, are captured in an image expressing their joy and revelry while dancing, backs to backs, in the midst of their wedding celebration
The bride, groom and third man celebrated joyfully together, dancing backs-to-back, at Margel 360, Sofia
 A couple is dancing at sunset in Chartres for their engagement portrait
The couple danced at sunset in Chartres for their engagement portrait
The couple posed for an engagement portrait in Amsterdam, Netherlands, dancing on a bridge over a canal at sunset
The couple danced on a bridge over a canal in Amsterdam at sunset for their engagement portrait
 A bride-to-be from New Delhi joyfully twirled in front of an iconic historical monument for a lifestyle engagement portrait session
The bride-to-be from New Delhi joyfully twirled for her engagement photos at a historical monument
At Hotel de Russie in Rome, Italy, a bride was captured in a beautiful portrait spinning and dancing in the garden with the setting sun providing a stunning rim light effect
The bride was captured spinning and dancing with beautiful lighting
At the Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, UK, an Asian wedding party was captured with bottles of alcohol on the dance floor
At the Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, UK, a wedding party enjoyed drinks on the dance floor
At a wedding reception in Istanbul, Turkey, the newlyweds are captured in the moment, joyfully dancing and having fun
In Istanbul, Turkey, the newlyweds are joyfully dancing at their wedding reception
The couple's energetic first dance at Tunnels Beaches wedding venue in Devon, England was captured in a picture, showing their overflowing joy and happiness
At Tunnels Beaches in Devon, England, a picture captured the couple's joyous first dance
A wedding photographer captured this WPJA honor award-winning image at Vinpearl Resort in Vietnam. The photo showcases the bride playfully participating in a traditional Vietnamese bamboo game, dancing over beams held low to the ground by other women.
Bamboo Leap: A Joyful Vietnamese Wedding Celebration at Vinpearl Resort
At Vinpearl Resort, Vietnam, the newlyweds danced happily into the future at their outdoor reception under the beautiful dusk sky
At Vinpearl Resort, Vietnam, the newlyweds danced happily under the beautiful dusk sky
The bride was dancing late into the night at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reception venue, Globe Dye Works, in a wedding party picture
At Globe Dye Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the bride was dancing late into the night in a wedding party picture
In Tours, a young boy's heart sank as he watched his girlfriend dance with another boy
In Tours, the boy felt a pang of sorrow watching his girlfriend dance with someone else
A professional photographer captured this award-winning wedding photo at the beautiful Bergpaviljoen venue in Amersfoort. The image shows a joyous scene of guests dancing, with a man expertly dipping a woman in a festive moment.
Capturing Love and Celebration: The Dance of Joy at Bergpaviljoen, Amersfoort
The newlyweds' joyous dancing in their wedding calenda amidst the festive street scene of Oaxaca City was a moment captured in a beautiful wedding picture
In Oaxaca City, a beautiful wedding picture captured the newlyweds' joyous dancing in their wedding calenda
The wedding picture captured a moment of fun and gaiety, with the women dancing and balancing bottles on their heads at the reception venue in London, England
In London, England, the wedding reception featured women dancing and balancing bottles on their heads
At Manoir de Vacheresses in France, the bride and groom shared a joyful moment of laughter and dancing before entering the reception venue
At Manoir de Vacheresses in France, the bride and groom shared a joyous moment of merriment
A professional wedding photographer captured this special moment at Oceanview of Nahant in Nahant, Massachusetts. The bride is seen happily dancing with her father during her wedding reception, creating a beautiful memory.
Dancing with Love: A Father and Daughter Celebrate at Oceanview of Nahant
A couple is soon to be married as they twirl in a romantic embrace in the streets of Paris
The engaged couple twirled lovingly in Paris' streets
The engaged couple danced in the middle of the road that goes through the Red Rocks Tunnel, with the woman twirling in anticipation of their upcoming wedding
In a Red Rocks Tunnel over the road, the engaged couple danced passionately, twirling in delight their impending union and eternal love
The wedding photographer captured a timeless moment of love and joy as the bride's grandparents danced in an embrace at the Mountain Top Inn in Vermont
At the Mountain Top Inn in Vermont, the bride's grandparents danced in an embrace, radiating love
The dancing lovers, illuminated by sunlight, were captured in a lifestyle engagement portrait that showed their joy in Paris, France, with her hair flying around them
In Paris, France, dancing lovers were captured in a joyous lifestyle engagement portrait above the urban streets
An engaged couple had a romantic lifestyle session in Chartres, France, which included a dip on a small arched bridge
The engaged couple danced and kissed on a small arched bridge like Broadway dancers
A black and white portrait captured a couple in Hartford, Wisconsin, with the man spinning and twirling the woman in his arms and her laughter in the air
The couple joyfully embraced in a twirling dance for their lifestyle engagement portrait
A Toulouse, France couple is dancing on the docks with their umbrella, while a pigeon is walking by
An engaged couple had a lifestyle session where they danced on the docks with an umbrella, creating a Mary Poppins movie-like feel

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