Wedding Photos of Playing

The following “Playing” 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 “Playing” 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.

At Thicket Priory, North Yorkshire, young wedding guests joyfully play on a rope swing outside, enjoying the festive atmosphere.

oung Guests Joyfully Play on Rope Swing at Thicket Priory, Embracing Festive Atmosphere

A WPJA wedding photo: During the sangeet at Novotel, Jaipur, two daughters cry as the groom comforts the bride, an emotional message from their deceased father playing.

Novotel Jaipur Sangeet: Emotional Comfort in BW

daughters comforts deceased father groom Novotel playing bride

In Anost, a young girl plays with bubbles, captured by a wedding photographer in BW.

Young Girl Plays With Bubbles In Black-And-White Wedding Photo In Anost

young girl playing playing Saone-et-Loire large bubbles bubbles Anost Anost Wedding Photography

At Saint-Jean d’Aulps Church, as the Catholic ceremony concludes, children burst into play, their laughter and energy filling the historic space with a sense of joy.

Children Fill Saint-Jean d’Aulps Church with Joyful Laughter After Catholic Ceremony

atmosphere scene Conclusion Children Joyful Ceremony End Saint Jean d’Aulps Church celebration

At Château-ferme d'Aboncourt, a little girl plays with her mom's phone during the outdoor ceremony, keeping herself entertained.

Little Girl Plays with Her Mom's Phone, Keeping Herself Entertained During Outdoor Ceremony at Château-ferme d'Aboncourt

moms phone Chateau Ferme dAboncourt wedding candid phone playing technology

The bride and her bridesmaids play in the blue inflatable castle at Châteauroux, France, on her wedding day.

Bride and Bridesmaids Celebrate in Inflatable Castle at French Wedding

Chateauroux Wedding Photography Châteauroux inflatable castle Bride and Bridesmaids playing

A pre-wedding portrait of a couple in San Francisco, CA captured against an overcast sky and strong winds with the iconic Bridge in the background.

San Francisco, CA: Overcast Engagement Pic with Wind & Iconic Bridge

Engagement playing ca pre wedding image bridge San Francisco wind overcast

During a break in the reception, a girl takes a moment to arrange toy soldiers in the picturesque setting of The Mayernik Center at Avonworth Park in Emsworth, PA.

Playful Moments at The Mayernik Center: Girl Arranges Toy Soldiers at Wedding Reception

Emsworth Wedding Photography toy soldiers The Mayernik Center Emsworth Avonworth Park girl Pennsylvania

In Mayenne, an image of an engaged couple enjoying themselves on a scooter while waiting to speak with the venue owner at their reception location.

A Lively Mayenne Engagement with Scooters, Smiles, and Venue Preparation

playing scooter Mayenne reception location archways Mayenne engagement photography

Photograph capturing a joyful moment at a wedding in Torbole Casaglia (Bs). Children playing on colorful bouncy house inflatables in the farmhouse garden.

Cheerful Kids Bounce in Farmhouse Garden: Joyful Wedding Moment in Torbole Casaglia

joyful moment playing kids Cheerful farmhouse garden wedding

Photograph captured at Longstowe Hall, Cambridge where a small boy plays hide-and-seek between the legs of a woman in a dress during a wedding celebration.

Sweet Moment at Longstowe Hall: Young Boy Plays Hide-and-Seek in Woman's Wedding Dress

hide Cambridge wedding play kid child sweet moment Longstowe Hall

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

child Innocence table wedding photography Paris wedding photography family kids

A young girl joyfully performs a backbend on the dance floor at Gray's Crossing in Truckee, CA, as a young boy watches in amusement.

Young Girl's Backbend Steals Show at Gray's Crossing Wedding Reception

gymnastics Children Flexible Backbend California - Northern Grays Crossing Truckee

Two young children joyfully play a ring toss game during a wedding celebration at the Milling Barn in Bluntswood Hall, Hertfordshire.

Barnyard Bliss: Children's Delight at the Milling Barn Wedding

rings joy Buckinghamshire weddings ring toss game playing grass Children

A wedding guest enjoying a game of mini golf at Bunny Hill Farm in Yorkshire, UK, where the course creatively spells out the word 'love'

Love in the Backdrop: A Playful Moment at Bunny Hill Farm Wedding

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The couple in Guadeloupe enjoyed a pre-wedding lifestyle portrait in the sea around Port Louis, playing with long red fabric ribbon

In Port Louis, Guadeloupe, the couple enjoyed a pre-wedding lifestyle portrait playing with long red fabric ribbon under the sea

Underwater swim suits swimming Guadeloupe Port Louis playing ribbon

Indre-et-Loire editorial style wedding photography at the Domaine de Bisse capturing Kids during Ceremony rolling on the grass

A candid wedding photographer captured a playful kid rolling on the grass, with the bride and groom seated in chairs under trees

Domaine de Bisse Indre et Loire Photographer rolling in grass kids Indre-et-Loire Children kid at ceremony

After the wedding proposal engagement picture session in Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe for a Couple having fun near the water

Lake Tahoe photographer Zephyr Cove beach engagement sand playing Lake Tahoe

Sintra couples lifestyle portrait photography by the water in Lisbon, Portugal as the two are playing and jumping on the rocks by the water with their reflections below

Portugal reflections portrait photography in Lisbon Sintra couples lifestyle Lisbon playing Sintra

Maryland fun actual wedding day bridal party portrait of the wedding party smiling and playing with bubble guns at Glen Echo Park

park Glen Echo Park Johnny Shryock Glen Echo United States playing bubble

A Brazilian Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this fun, urban portrait of this Parana couple in Assis Chateaubriand playing with a shopping cart

shopping cart Heloisa Todescatt Brazil Parana Brazilian Engagement Photographer urban portrait Parana couple

Best Constanța, Romania documentary wedding photography from Ego Ballroom Mamaia of a little girl happily playing with the petals that fell from the bouquet after being tossed by the bride

bouquet tossed petals Constanta Constanta Ego Ballroom Mamaia playing

Quimper wedding reportage photojournalist created this image of a Little girl playing during the ceremony

playing little girl Quimper Patrick Lombaert French photographer indoor ceremony Quimper wedding reportage

An exceptional Belle île wedding image by a pro France photographer exhibiting children playing in an open farm field and jumping off a large round hay bale

Belle île farm hay bale field Brittany Belle île wedding image jumping

World's top and most original wedding photography from The Belfry, Birmingham, UK of Kids playing video games under blue lights during the reception party

playing Birmingham video games reception party kids blue lights The Belfry

A wedding photojournalist in Krakow captured boys playing on the swings with a mobile device

playing Krakow wedding photojournalist boys playground phone Children

A Chicago wedding photojournalist at the Baringtron Hill Country Club captured this moment showing kids playing on a decorated golf cart

golf course kids Chicago photographer decorated playing Chicago Chicago wedding photojournalist

A top wedding reportage photographer in Nancy captured this picture in BW of a kid car, bride car

brides car bw kid car playing Children Nancy wedding picture

A Singapore documentary wedding photographer captured this moment of a Groom and groomsmen playing a game during gatecrashing

Singapore groomsmen Singapore photographer gatecrashing groom Singapore documentary weddings Charles Sng

A top France wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Chateau de Poudenas wedding venue showing the men outside on the lawn playing the rock paper sizzors hand game

outside lawn men France Chateau de Poudenas rock paper scissors

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