Wedding Photos of Plate

The following “Plate” 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 “Plate” 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.

In this WPJA award-winning wedding day photo, taken at a rustic estate in Normandy, the groom's best man is applying makeup using a plate as a mirror. A unique and charming moment captured by the talented wedding photographer.

Best Man's Makeup: A Rustic Estate Wedding Moment in Normandy

An East Dundee couple poses at home during an Illinois lifestyle portrait photography session and the pair got a little hot and heavy after making some pancakes

pose at home pancakes sitting at home photography session East Dundee Illinois lifestyle portrait

A little boy looks at the large plate of food being placed in front of him in this image

plate little boy china weddings China Joy Qin china wedding image food

Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, China, during the greeting game, the best man tried to find candy with his tongue in the flour on the plate. As a result, a friend next to him touched the plate and spilled the best man's face

image from Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, China, during the greeting game, the best man tried to find candy with his tongue in the flour on the plate

tongue Shaanxi Province best man China Lei Zhao greeting game plate

Wedding image of a Charleston bride smashing cake into the face of the groom

hand arm plate Color cake groom

Scotland wedding photographer captured this photo of the bride and groom looking at an image on his phone while entrees are being served at the reception

plates Edinburgh dinner server phone camera plate

Noord Holland Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: food, color, bride, groom, couch

shoes dinner food couch wood color plate

Leicestershire Wedding Photographer | Image contains: food, color, table, reception, wedding guests, watch

reception plate cake hands dinner watch

Wedding Photographer in Italy | Image contains: dog, food, plate, color, reception, outdoors

dog color food fork meat plate

reception cake plate color arms bride cake cutting

eating color plate cake reception smile

Wedding Photographer in Naples | Image contains: detail, butterfly, oranges, table, food, fork, color

plate color insect food tablecloth table

Providence wedding photographer caught the bride and bridesmaids enjoying a slice of pizza before the ceremony

slice food Color plates pizza eating getting ready

lighting table plate glasses color

Lower Saxony wedding photographer captured this overhead photo of a caterer walking through the reception carrying bowls of soup

food Lower Saxony floor plate head Color wood

fork plate color cake

A woman feeds the bride a bite of spaghetti in this photo captured by a documentary-style Madrid, Spain wedding photographer

eating gown Madrid fork food Spain pasta

plate gold rings color

reflection dresses plate roses flowergirls peach color

color groom clapping plate smiling purple

kids color cake strawberries plate hands

ring detail plate ring rings toothpick white

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