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.

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

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

woman Longstowe Hall kid fun young boy Cambridge Cambridge 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

kids Children legs Innocence dinner table heartwarming

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

playing Truckee Grays Crossing young Girl Backbend Flexible California - Northern

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

young Buckinghamshire weddings Bliss joy grass playing celebration

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

mini golf wedding Bunny Hill Farm love yorkshire wedding reception Professional Wedding Photographer mini golf course east yorkshire

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

swimming Port Louis Guadeloupe Lifestyle Engagement Session Guadeloupe Underwater playing swim suits

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

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

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

Lake Tahoe beach engagement sand Zephyr Cove playing Lake Tahoe photographer

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

reflections Sintra rocks Portugal Lisbon jumping Sintra couples lifestyle

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

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

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

fun Parana shopping cart urban portrait playing Heloisa Todescatt Assis Chateaubriand 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

Ego Ballroom bride Constanta bouquet Constanta Mamaia Ego Ballroom Mamaia

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

little girl French photographer Quimper wedding reportage Patrick Lombaert playing Quimper France

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

Brittany Belle île wedding image Belle île France photographer farm Children 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

reception party Birmingham wedding photography playing Birmingham-UK blue lights Emil Boczek video games

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

playing swings boys outdoors playground phone Children

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

kids golf cart Chicago photographer Baringtron Hill Country Club decorated Chicago wedding photojournalist playing

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

Nancy wedding picture Nancy wedding reportage car bw playing kid

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

groom Wedding games Singapore documentary weddings groomsmen playing Singapore 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

rock paper scissors Chateau de Poudenas wedding venue France wedding photojournalism lawn France men

A France documentary wedding photographer captured this picture of the The bride and her best friends playing together during the cocktail hour in a water fountain

Best friends heat France documentary wedding photographer water fountain France reception picture playing bride

A top Massachusetts wedding photojournalist at the Hale Reservation in Westwood created this image of the Flower girl playing with brides dress during cocktail hour

Westwood photographer Westwood grass Simi Rabinowitz playing brides dress Westwood wedding image

The Paris WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and quirky France wedding picture of the Bestman playing and eating cotton candy

Bestman eating France wedding picture playing cotton candy Lea Torrieri quirky

Manoir de Plainartige outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded kids playing outdoors

kids outdoors outdoor marriage reception party photo Children France France wedding photography

Vinsobres, France marriage preparation time award-winning picture capturing a girl and dog playing with a balloon while everyone is getting ready

girl balloon marriage preparation time France photographer playing getting ready

The France WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and modern Lyon wedding image of a French bride Playing with ball at the reception party

Lyon playing France France reception venue ball Lyon wedding image

Quanzhou wedding art image in China showing the women are playing during the gate crashing door games

door games Junxin Zeng Quanzhou China women China QuanZhou wedding image playing

Best wedding photography from Guangxi showing a pic of groomsmen and the China groom playing door games

Guangxi groom playing China door games groomsmen Guangxi wedding photography

Maceió on-location portrait e-shoot - During the rehearsal we noticed a group of young people having fun on the beach playing football and soon the idea came I saw that we are fanatics for the sport

Maceió on location portrait fun Brazil playing beach football Gustavo Sarmento

Pages

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.