Wedding Photos of Dinner

The following “Dinner” 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 “Dinner” 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 bride joyfully reacts as she enters Cissbury Barns in West Sussex for dinner in this wedding photo.

Breathtaking Moment: Bride's Joyful Entrance to Cissbury Barns Dinner in West Sussex Wedding Photo

A romantic wedding picture taken at Cascina Montena venue, showcasing the couple's intimate candlelit dinner with a beautiful dusk blue sky backdrop through a grand open doorway.

Romantic Wedding Dinner at Cascina Montena: Candlelit Intimacy Amidst Dusk Blue Skies

reception venue Cascina Montena Zenevreto candlelit beautiful backdrop Alessandria Wedding Reception

A candid moment at the wedding venue, Chateau des Anges in Saint Just de Claix, as a glass of red wine accidentally spills on the bride's dress during the dinner reception.

Red Wine Mishap: Candid Capture at Chateau des Anges in Saint Just de Claix

mishap dinner Chateau venue spilled reception gown

A romantic moment at a Nanping Fujian hotel as the bride and groom make a grand entrance during their wedding dinner, surrounded by guests capturing the happy occasion on their cameras.

Grand Entrance: Love & Joy at Nanping Fujian Hotel - Bride and Groom's Perfect Wedding Dinner

happy occasion cameras guests love romantic moment Nanping Nanping wedding photography

A candid moment at a family home wedding captured in Maisons-Alfort, France, shows a young girl playing under the dinner table, surrounded by elegant women's legs, revealing a charming and heartwarming scene of hidden joy and innocence.

Cherished Scene: Young Girl Plays Amid Elegant Women's Legs at Maisons-Alfort Family Home Wedding

joy kid women young Girl candid moment kids table

A whimsical portrait captures the couple's romantic pose at The Oaks at Plum Creek in Castle Rock, CO, as they share a tender dip before their dinner, beautifully illuminated with off-camera flash.

Illuminated Elegance: A Whimsical Wedding Portrait at The Oaks in CO

wedding portrait off camera flash Illuminated Elegance bride and groom Castle Rock CO Castle Rock romantic pose

Guests enjoy a lavish dinner during a wedding reception at Longstowe Hall in Cambridge, capturing the elegant ambiance of the venue and the joyous celebration

Capturing the Elegance: A Joyous Celebration at Longstowe Hall

United Kingdom Cambridge dinner Cambridgeshire wedding photography elegant ambiance Cambridgeshire Longstowe Hall

A picturesque Willsboro, NY documentary wedding photography example from Willsboro Inn showing A wide view of dinner during the reception

Wide view Willsboro wedding outdoor reception Willsboro Inn Willsboro NY documentary wedding photography

An extraordinary Caugé, Eure wedding image by a professional France photographer at the Manior Henri IV venue conveying the bride and groom seated in chairs for Games during dinner

dinner Eure games seated France photographer France Manior Henri IV

Best Burgundy documentary wedding photojournalism image of the wedding guests enjoying themselves during the speeches

laughing France Burgundy documentary wedding dinner wedding guests burgundy tables

A top London wedding photographer captured this picture of the guests in patterned sunlight during the dinner at the reception

London UK guests Kristian Leven dinner sunlight reception

Colorado artistic wedding photography style in an image of the bride and groom Kissing during reception venue dinner

Colorado co Reception Venue CO kissing Denver Colorado wedding photography dinner

A high class Pianirossi, Tuscany marriage photo from the outdoor Wedding reception venue during dinner toasts

Tuscany marriage photo outdoor wedding reception Pianirossi weddings dinner Tuscany toasts Julian Kanz

World's most innovative and best Hyatt Regency Sofia wedding photography showing reflections of the city during the official dinner

city window view Sofia wedding photography reflections Sofia

World's best creative wedding photography from Best Western Expo Hotel, Sofia showing the Bride and groom holding their hands during the official dinner

Sofia holding hands Bulgaria Bulgaria wedding photography Best Western Expo Hotel dinner

A top wedding photojournalist from Philadelphia created this image of the Bride and groom desperately trying to eat dinner while a constant parade of people interrupt them

PA bride and groom Philadelphia wedding image eat PA wedding photojournalist Philadelphia JD Land

A Rome documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at Villa Pocci showing the groom is guiding the bride at their table at dinner

Villa Pocci table groom Rome photography Italy Rome documentary wedding photographer

A stylish Savannah wedding portrait of the Georgia bride and groom at The Gingerbread House created as the Couple eats dinner at the indoor reception venue

Savannah wedding portrait The Gingerbread House Gingerbread GA couple Savannah indoor reception venue

View this dramatic France wedding day pic of the Bride and groom during dinner, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Nomades Lodge from the WPJA

dramatic France wedding day pic of the Bride and groom during dinner, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Nomades Lodge

versailles photographer Nomades Lodge France Jean Baptiste Chauvin France wedding day pic France wedding photography Dramatic

The Ireland WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from Kilrush showing Family and Friends hugging through a window whilst kitchen is ready for dinner

Jamie Gillies County Clare window family dinner hugging Kilrush wedding photography

Artistic Sioux Falls, South Dakota wedding picture created as the wedding party fills their plates with dinner from the buffet

South Dakota wedding picture Sioux Falls dinner South Dakota plates buffet

Digital artistic Lake Maggiore wedding detail image at Villa Repui in Italy from the head table with the bride and groom kissing showing the candles lit for the start of dinner

head table Villa Repui venue candles lit Villa Repui kissing dinner

An Italy wedding photographer at Villa Lattuada created this image of A toast during dinner

dinner Lattuada Lattuada wedding photographer Italy Villa Lattuada toast Lattuada reception

A top wedding photographer in Pennsylvania captured this picture showing Father of the flower girl attempting different bribery techniques to get his daughter to come and eat her dinner, He started by offering a ring pop

JD Land ring pop dinner father flower girl daughter Pennsylvania

Renaissance Event Centre, Kingston wedding reception moment photo from Canada created as Bride and groom cry and holds hands while listening to after dinner speeches

Viara Mileva Renaissance cry moment Ontario Canada Canada Bride and groom

Hotel Ritz Paris wedding photography of the Party time during the dinner with live music

Party time live music Paris wedding photo Hotel Ritz dinner

Wedding photography At the reception venue during dinner in the Mariënhof in Amersfoort showing The son of the bride is sitting on her knees and Her nephew is giving a kiss on her cheek

son bride Thomas Jongbloed cheek dinner reception venue Mariënhof in Amersfoort

Wedding photo from the reception party at Taysse ponds of Children with ipad during the dinner

reception party wedding photo dinner Taysse ponds Children ipad

Utrecht wedding photography from a Netherlands reception venue showing the couple with their kids during dinner

Utrecht netherlands reception venue couple dinner Utrecht wedding photo Leonard Walpot NL

Les Hauts de Pardaillan, France couple posing for a wedding Night shot during dinner

artistic wedding portrait France FR les hauts de pardaillan couple Jean Baptiste Chauvin dinner

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