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.

a Portugal Bride and groom playing on the top of a hillside overlooking a beautiful beach in Vale Furado, Nazaré

Al Frassino Restaurant - Peschiera del Garda - Verona - Italy wedding image of The groom's mother letting herself go to emotions with her granddaughter

Al Frassino Verona Verona photographer Al Frassino Restaurant Peschiera del Garda kids Children

A kiss on the beach after playing with holi powder at Mielno

A kiss on the beach after playing with holi powder during pre-wedding photo session

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A couple is playing on the kids playground during portrait session in the Japanese garden at Toulouse

engaged couple playing on the kids playground during portrait session

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A playful couple playing and eating watermelon in Athens, Greece during an engagement portrait shoot

A playful couple playing and eating watermelon during engagement portrait shoot

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bromo, surabaya, indonesia pre-wedding portraits - playing fireworks

pre-wedding portraits while playing with fireworks at night

Indonesia engagement playing Indonesia Surabaya fireworks Indonesia wedding image

Engagement Photographer | Dave and Busters, Anne Arundel, Maryland - playing video games engagement session. This photo shows them playing a shooting game

Engagement Photography from Dave and Busters playing video and shooting game

Dave and Busters Breanna Shaw Engagement photography Maryland Anne Arundel playing video game

couple enjoying some time together and playing vinyl records during their engagement photo shoot

playing vinyl records Istanbul Istanbul pre wedding Nilufer Nalbantoglu Engagement photo shoot Turkey

China Pre-Wedding Engagement Portrait | Fujian couple playing on the grass hill

Fujian engagement portrait couple Lily Zeng playing grass hill Fujian e session

Kent Wedding Reception Photography of the Little Angels | Children Playing on the Grass Lawn

Kent Wedding Reception Photography of the Children Playing on the Grass Lawn

kent wedding photographer uk wedding photographer playing UK Children kent weddings Matilda Delves

Antwerpen Flanders wedding reportage photography of grandparents playing with a young boy

Antwerpen antwerpen wedding photographer Flanders boy Antwerpen reception Sanne De Block grandparents

A brother and sister share daddy's legs

West Shore Cafe Carson City playing kids Tara Theilen Children Homewood

The little girl playing with balloons

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Gradina Lahovari Wedding Pictures | Bride and groom playing in the garden

Wedding Picture of the Bride and groom playing in the garden

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Grez Doiceau Wedding Photography of Kids - Circus for the win!

Wedding image of Kids playing Circus

Circus playing kids Wedding Photograph grez doiceau wedding

reception pool party photo of the children playing

pool party reception Jonathan Sylvoz playing Children french wedding photographer party

Dad's talk, and niece playing around

talk playing Rochefort sur Loire Château de lEperonnière niece Dad

Engagement Portrait from Cambury, são paulo | Portrait of couple playing with brazilian sunset in the background

Lakeside beach lake São Paulo shore brazilian sunset submerged

guests playing hide and seek

Arley Hall playing Cheshire marriage photo Cheshire wedding photography Cheshire marriage Cheshire

kid in a car playing with the rain water on the wedding day car

Leonard Walpot Sparrendaal outdoor reception kid Sparrendaal outdoor weddings Sparrendaal rain water

Guests playing Jenga at the outdoor wedding reception with games

guests Atlanta Atlanta wedding photography Atlanta outdoor reception playing Atlanta outdoor weddings Joshua Grasso

Fort Altena, Werkendam outdoor wedding venue photo | Quests playing a game

Guests playing a game of jenga on the grass

Fort Altena utrecht outdoor reception Jenga game grass playing

Playing the after eight game

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Bride and groom playing traditional German wedding game

playing German bride and groom The High House UK Fillongley Clive Blair

Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Wedding Venue - Photo showing Playing under the reception tables.

a child is Playing under the reception tables

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Wedding child playing with dress

dress child wedding Helden van Kien playing Freek Nagtzaam

children playing in the veil of the bride

portugal wedding photographer Children veil Portugal Portugal bridal image playing

Guests enthusiastically playing Jenga

playing Jenga reception Woburn wedding reportage Woburn wedding photographer Escheat Farm nr Woburn laughing

Castelvecchio - Sagrado wedding photojournalism - Kids playing during the reception

wedding photojournalism showing Kids playing during the reception

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Guests laugh as two men play a game in Changsha in this documentary-style wedding picture

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