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.

Ravenna outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the bride and groom at the table during the reception

Font-Romeu, Pyrénées-Orientales, France artful style wedding detail picture from a Reception in a chalet as the Bride putting final touches to the table decoration

Pyrénées Orientales Font Romeu bride Font Romeu artistic details table decoration final touches

Digitally edited Izmir, Turkey wedding image at Edward Whittall Garden showing the reception ambaince

turkey wedding image İzmir reception venue reception Edward Whittall venue Uruk Sarisen Turkey Edward Whittle Garden

Best wedding photography from Grand Est showing a pic of the brides veil wrapping up guests at the reception

Grand Est reception brides veil Grand Est reception

A top wedding photographer at Villa Pocci in Rome captured this picture of The groomsman during the reception

Rome rome wedding photographer Rome groom groomsman reception Villa Pocci

Fort Collins wedding portrait art in Colorado of a newly wed couple taking a break from their reception festivities to enjoy time alone

Fort Collins Colorado reception Fort Collins wedding portrait time alone break

San Diego wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture at The Thursday Club wedding venue in CA showing wedding guests dancing at the reception

The Thursday Club Guests Dancing San Diego wedding photography CA wedding california wedding venue reception

Massachusetts best wedding photography from Valley View Farm in Haydenville showing a pic of Young guest at reception with bride in foreground

Valley View Farm Haydenville wedding photography young guest reception Simi Rabinowitz Haydenville pic

Best wedding photography from Baltimore showing a pic in BW of bride and groom intro dancing

dancing Baltimore reception party Kenneth Clapp groom bw Baltimore reception

Artistic Cape Cod wedding picture in Falmouth, Massachusetts from a private residence showing the MA couple in front of the tent at dusk with lights

reception tent Massachusetts bride and groom dusk Cape Cod Falmouth artistic

A wedding photographer at the Verb Hotel in Boston created this image of kids learning chopsticks at reception

kids Verb Hotel Boston reception boston wedding photography chopsticks

Corral de Piedras de Arriba en San Miguel de Allende, Mexico wedding couple artistic image session of a totally natural moment during the reception with great stage lights

Corral de Piedras de Arriba weddings natural San Miguel de Allende Jorge Alcala Goded stage lights reception San Miguel de Allende venues

A wedding photographer in Spring, TX created this image at the Addison Woods Wedding and Event Venue of a baby taking a nap on Grandmas shoulder during reception

spring Addison Woods Weddings shoulder reception baby Texas wedding photography

Best wedding photography from Cleveland showing a pic of the bride and groom at the reception dance off

Cleveland Ohio photographer reception dance off wedding photography Cleveland bride and groom

Illinois wedding photographer created this image of the Groom holding bride as they trudge through the winter snow back to their apartment for their reception

holding bride streets snow winter apartment groom walking

WA image of a wedding moment as the Trinity Tree Farm Issaquah Bride cries while other bride laughs during toast

WA wedding moment toast reception Washington bride cries bw Logan Westom

Lille, Hauts-de-France creative fine art wedding clothing picture during a moment of relaxation in the wheat field next to the place of reception

Lille weddings Hauts de France Lille photographer Lille relaxation wedding clothing picture

Telluride, CO wedding portrait session of two grooms riding in the Gondola to their reception

Telluride reception riding grooms CO wedding portrait session gondola

Grand Est Home wedding photography showing that Everyone wanted to dance

Patrycja Janik reception Grand Est wedding photography dance home

Thailand wedding photo from Bangkok during the bouquet toss at the Reception

Thailand wedding photo Thailand reception bouquet toss Bangkok reception photo Chanarthip Cheingthong Bangkok bride and groom

Estes Park Condos, Estes Park, Colorado creative couple wedding portrait on a huge rock to overlook the river running through their reception space

The couple posed for their wedding portrait on a huge rock overlooking the river that ran through their reception space

Colorado CO wedding portrait overlook Estes Park photographer reception Lucy Schultz huge rock

Bulgarian couple during the wedding cake feeding at the reception

Todor Rusinov cake cutting feeding Bulgarian bride with groom bulgarian Bulgarian wedding couples wedding cake

Big Sky, Montana wedding photography from the reception baby nursery room

Big Sky reception babies Montana wedding photo nursery room baby

Rockville Backyard Wedding photo of bride and one of her best friends go in for a socially distanced hi-five at the reception

hi five Best friends Backyard Wedding photo reception socially distanced bride

Wedding photo from Desmond Hotel Malvern, Pennsylvania showing the bride in a Hora dance during the reception dance party

Pennsylvania wedding dance party Hora bride reception

Wedding photography from Malopolskie showing Funny play during reception

Funny play Wedding photo Malopolskie reception

Mexico wedding photography from casa hyder, san miguel de allende of A wedding guest sleeping during the reception

San Miguel de Allende sleeping Brett Butterstein casa hyder wedding guest reception mexico wedding photo

MX wedding photography from casa hyder, san miguel de allende, mexico as A wedding guest takes a break during the dancing portion of the reception

casa hyder Brett Butterstein San Miguel de Allende Mexico dancing MX wedding photography break

Baden-Württemberg wedding photo from the lit reception showing the bride and groom during the first dance

bride and groom first dance reception lit Baden Wurttemberg bride with groom Baden Württemberg wedding photo

NH wedding photography from the DoubleTree by Hilton Nashua of crazy dance tricks at The reception

dance tricks NH wedding photo Nashua DoubleTree Hilton reception

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.