Wedding Photos of Reception

The following “Reception” 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 “Reception” 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.

Guests throw the groom into the air at the wedding reception at Braxted Park

Guests throw the groom into the air at the reception

Bride dances with guests at the wedding reception in Granada, Nicaragua

a Bride dances with guests at the wedding reception

Granada guests Nicaragua dancing reception bride

Bride dances with maid of honor at the wedding reception in Tahoma, California

the Bride dances with maid of honor at the reception

bride dancing California maid of honor Tahoma reception

Outdoor photo of bride and groom sharing the wedding cake at the tent reception

Vermont cake Outdoor wedding tent Greensboro VT bride and groom wedding cake

guests play with a hula hoop at the reception

play reception guests Teuven hula hoops

the bride warming up before the reception by dancing in the kitchen with kids at her house

OH dancing Cleveland home bride Ohio reception

flower girls holding hands and walking across the grass

Mexico flower girls Ciudad de Victoria reception

reception photo of the bride and groom lifted above the guests in chairs

tent Hora dance floor Mexico chairs reception San Miguel de Allende

Picture of the bride and groom dancing hard

Brazil dancing reception bride and groom Goiania

Small boy is visible inside the reception at this Los Angeles wedding.

Small boy is visible through the window inside the reception

window reception boy Los Angeles

San Francisco bridesmaids writing on the grooms shirt at the wedding reception

the bridesmaids writing on the grooms shirt at the wedding reception

reception San Francisco bridesmaids groom

San Francisco bridal party dancing and dipping at the wedding reception

the bridal party dancing and dipping at the reception

San Francisco California dancing bridal party reception

san miguel, mexico dance around stars and fireworks at the wedding reception

the couple dances around stars and fireworks at the wedding reception

dancing reception San Miguel fireworks Mexico

Laois, Ireland girl points at the wedding cake art the reception in this photo

girl cake Laois Ireland reception Dublin black and white

guests making funny faces in a mirror at the reception

Rio de Janeiro Brazil humor reception RJ mirror

guests getting ready to catch the bouquet at the reception

reception RJ guests bouquet toss Brazil Rio de Janeiro

bucuresti groom carries the bride while they dance at the wedding reception

the groom carries the bride while they dance

dance fog Romania bride and groom reception bucuresti

Fujian guests fight for the bouquet at the wedding reception outside

image of Fujian guests fighting for the bouquet at the wedding reception outside

Fujian outdoor weddings reception bouquet Fujian Vinci Wang Fujian outdoor reception outside

Bride and groom smile at each other at the reception at The Square Tower Portsmouth UK

the Bride and groom play the shoe game with each other at the reception

The Square Tower shoe game shoes reception UK Portsmouth

guests dancing at the wedding reception

dancing Victoria-AUS black and white Melbourne Australia reception

Los Angeles groom plays limbo while holding a drink at the wedding reception

the groom plays limbo while holding a drink at the wedding reception

reception limbo dance floor Los Angeles

Flanders bride and groom look up at the wedding reception

bride and groom look up at the reception

Belgium bride and groom Flanders reception

Bridal party enjoying the pool at the wedding reception at the Hotel Talblick Auendorf

Bridal party enjoying the pool at the reception

bridal party reception pool Hotel Talblick Auendorf Germany

wedding guests point at each other while dancing

dancing guests reception Chicago

a bridesmaid takes selfie with the saxophone player

Brazil reception bridesmaid selfie musician Goiania saxophone

Goiania guests party with the bride and groom at the wedding reception

the guests party with the bride and groom at the reception

guests bride and groom reception Brazil Goiania party

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico groom enjoying a drink at the reception

a groom enjoying a drink at his reception party

Mexico alcohol groom San Miguel de Allende drink reception

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil bride and bridesmaids singing together at the reception

the bride and bridesmaids singing together at the reception

bride Rio de Janeiro bridesmaid singing reception Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil bride and groom enjoying drinks at the wedding reception

a bride and groom enjoying drinks

reception bride and groom Rio de Janeiro drinks Brazil alcohol

Chicago, Illinois bridal party laugh as maid of honor speaks at wedding reception

the bridal party laughs as the maid of honor speaks at wedding reception

bridal party speech laughing Chicago Illinois reception maid of honor

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