Wedding Photos of Plays

The following “Plays” 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 “Plays” 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.

Son of the bride plays with the wedding dress in Wierden, Netherlands, as the family observes

Wierden Wedding: Son Expresses Joy through the Bride's Wedding Dress

An exceptional Long Island wedding photojournalism sample by a professional New York photographer showing the Suffolk County LI Police Band Plays for the Bride and Groom

Denise Chastain NY bride and groom New York photographer New York - Long Island Suffolk County LI Police Band Long Island wedding photojournalism Suffolk County

Best Oradour sur Glane documentary wedding photography from Chateau Laplaud in Haute Vienne showing The brides daughter plays in her moms dress while she gets ready

dress Haute Vienne wedding Oradour su Glane plays Chateau Laplaud wedding venue France mom

York City Centre wedding image of the bride and groom dancing in the street, in the rain, as a busker plays on

rain bride and groom Patrick Mateer plays dancing York City Centre wedding image busker

Shaoxing, China groom Plays the game at the door to get the bride in this wedding photo

game bride Di Liu chinese wedding photo door plays Shaoxing

Zagreb, Croatia wedding photography of the groom fixing his shirt and tie as a girl plays on the stairs

Zagreb groom tie Croatia wedding photo Croatia Zagreb wedding kids girl

Colorado wedding photography from Hudson Gardens, Denver showing The bride plays the drums on her new husband's booty at the reception

Lucy Schultz Colorado reception venue Colorado wedding photo drums Colorado wedding venues booty Hudson Gardens

Turkey wedding reportage image from Luleburgaz of the bride dancing on the street as a man plays a drum

Luleburgaz music drum Bride dancing plays Turkey street musician

The bride stands waiting for her groom as a brass band plays behind her on the street outside of the Chelsea Town Hall

Chelsea bridal photo brass band groom bride Chelsea Chelsea Town Hall street outside

Couple play cooking in a kitchen during a photoshoot in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

a Couple plays cooking in a kitchen during a photoshoot

Belo Horizonte pre wedding portraits Belo Horizonte engagement photos couple photoshoot Victor Ataide plays Belo Horizonte engagement photographer

new orleans couple pose on the steps of a business as a street musician plays for them

a couple poses on the steps of a business as a street musician plays for them

plays poses New Orleans pre wedding portrait New Orleans steps New Orleans engagement images

Guests plays yard games at wedding

guests wedding bean bag Logan Westom game Seattle outdoor weddings brown Family Homestead

A young boy plays with his reflection while the groomsmen get ready

groomsmen Palos Verdes Estates Palos Verdes wedding image Palos Verdes photographer get ready Brett Butterstein

Maine wedding photograph of a guest swinging his small boy by the arms at sunset near the tented reception

Sunset Swing: Maine Wedding Guest Plays with Young Son

swinging New England young tented reception wedding sunset

Flower girl plays with ponies outside in Nederland - Breda

a Flower girl plays with ponies outside

Breda wedding photographer Nederland ponies outside flower girl Breda pony

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.