Wedding Photos of Plates

The following “Plates” 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 “Plates” 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 high-angle image captures the hands of vendors at Chateau Dumas, Auty, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, holding four plates of wedding food about to be served to guests.

Wedding Feast Unveiled: A Captivating Glimpse into the Culinary Delights at Chateau Dumas, France

View this sensational Pleurtuit wedding image of the best man on the honor table dancing over glasses and plates

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

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Documentary wedding photography at Athens - guests smashing plates over a man's head on the dance floor

Wedding photo at Athens of guests smashing plates on the dance floor

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A man helps another with his suit

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waiters plates

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sparklers reception color cake clapping red

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Baton Rouge wedding photojournalism | Louisiana photo of the caterer preparing to slice the cake for the bride and groom

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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

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New South Wales wedding pictures - Photo of the caterer putting the final touches on the entrees

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Arezzo Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: teapot, kitchen, steam, black, white, men

black and white dry ice steam plates water cooking

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Manhattan Wedding Photographer Image contains: plates, chef, green, food, color, salad, vendor, reception

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Washington DC wedding photographer created this overhead shot of the food at the reception

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A beautiful table setting with silverware, plates, orange and white flowers, and colorful accents, captured during a wedding in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Málaga, Andalusia, Spain - high angle detail shot of beautiful wedding table setting

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

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

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waiter plates lighting

caterers plates uniforms

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