Wedding Photos of Lifted in chairs

The following “Lifted in chairs” 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 “Lifted in chairs” 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 groom joyfully seated on chairs while guests perform the horah dance during the reception at Capitale in Manhattan, New York.

City Celebration: The Horah Dance at Capitale

At Espace Canal - Montreal, Quebec, the bride and groom lifted on chairs during the hora in their Scottish-Jewish wedding reception

The bride and groom jubilantly soared in chairs during the traditional hora at their unique Scottish-Jewish wedding reception

Scottish Jewish Reception Espace Canal Quebec Montreal photographer lifted in chairs Montreal hora chair dance

Inside The Ponds at Bolton Valley. Bolton, VT, the parents of the groom get lifted onto chairs as the wedding guests dance to the Hora

The parents of the groom were lifted onto chairs during the indoor reception as the wedding guests danced the Hora

Bolton Vermont photographer The Ponds at Bolton Valley hora dance Vermont lifted in chairs

As the wedding reception gets underway at Sint Martens Laterm, the bride and groom are lifted high above the dance floor in chairs, surrounded by their guests in a joyful celebration of love

At the wedding reception, the bride and groom are lifted in chairs above the dance floor, surrounded by their guests as they celebrate their love and union in style

Belgium Belgium photographer wedding reception Sint Martens Laterm lifted in chairs Sanne De Block

Ohio documentary-style wedding image from the reception wedding venue of the bride and groom being lifted in chairs

The bride and groom's traditional chair lift at their reception was a memorable experience, with the groom's fearful expression being captured in the moment

lifted in chairs Ohio Ohio photographer Ohio Wedding Venue

Wedding photo from the Pelham House Resort, West Dennis, Cape Cod, MA, showing the Hora Chair Dance for the couple

The wedding photo captures the joyous celebration of the Hora Chair Dance for the couple

Cape Cod hora chair dance Pelham House Resort Cape Cod wedding photographer West Dennis lifted in chairs

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