Wedding Photos of Waving

The following “Waving” 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 “Waving” 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.

Vibrant wedding celebration captured at Offley Place in Hertfordshire, guests joyously waving napkins during the festive party atmosphere, a candid and lively moment documented in this wedding photograph.

Vibrant Wedding Celebration with Guests Waving Napkins at Offley Place, Hertfordshire: A Joyous Moment

In Valencia, the bride and groom enter the banquet to celebrate with friends. The photo captures the couple surrounded by party favors waving overhead as the festivities begin.

Valencia Vows: A Festive Affair of Love and Celebration Begins

waving Spain friends Valencia spain wedding photography festive affair celebrate

At a private home in North Yorkshire, UK, a bride adds a touch of excitement to her wedding day by waving a smoke bomb out of the window of a vibrant red Corvette sports car, while her guests watch in awe.

Smoke Bombs at a North Yorkshire Wedding: A Vibrant Surprise

waving North Yorkshire Documentary Wedding Photography United Kingdom corvette red card Sports Car North Yorkshire

At Dominion Valley Country Club in Haymarket, VA, the bride and groom happily recess with hands raised and waves to guests

A Joyful Recession at Dominion Valley Country Club: The Bride and Groom Raise Their Hands in Celebration

bride and groom Virginia Haymarket VA hands raised waving Virginia Documentary Wedding Photography Dominion Valley Country Club

At a wedding in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, a young girl waves at the bride and groom who are inside a camper van, captured in a unique perspective with the camera switching between an outside view and an inside view

The Charming Hitchin Wedding: A Unique Perspective from Inside and Out

waving young Girl camper van black and white Hitchin Hertfordshire unique perspective

At Tunnels Beaches in Devon, England, an image capturing a beautiful cliff top wedding setting shows a candid moment of the groom and a friend waving to each other during the ceremony

The groom and a friend are captured candidly waving to each other during a beachside wedding ceremony by a wedding photojournalist

beachside ceremony Devon wedding photography candid moment cliff waves Devon waving

The night ended with the bride and groom sharing a kiss at Ruth Bancroft Gardens before departing with their guests on the bus

The newlyweds concluded the evening with a romantic embrace before taking their leave alongside their guests

The Ruth Bancroft Garden waving Walnut Creek Photographer end of night bus Walnut Creek departure

The newlyweds waved goodbye to their happy guests as they exited the First Congregational Church in Manchester, VT amidst the changing fall colors, with a shot of them from behind

The newlyweds waved goodbye to their jubilant guests as they left the church, framed by the vibrant fall colors, with a picture-perfect view of them from behind

waving Vermont First Congregational Church Vermont photographer Manchester fall colors church exit

The glowing bride arrived outside the Trinity College chapel, surrounded by bridesmaids waving and a sleek black car

The bride arrived at the college chapel, accompanied by her bridesmaids, and was greeted by a crowd of onlookers

Dublin bride bridesmaids Trinity College Chapel waving Dublin photographer black car Dublin

Near the Premier Inn Lincoln City Centre, the bride and groom are getting applause from a crowd outside of pub

The bride and groom were walking on the street and were greeted with applause from a crowd outside of a pub

waving Lincolnshire Lincoln City Centre crowd Pub Lincolnshire Wedding Photographer

At Hove van Herpelgem, Ruien, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, a wedding photo showing men waving from an inside upper room to guests outside below

Men in an upper room waved to guests outside near the ceremony location on the grass

Hove van Herpelgem Ruien waving Ruien Wedding Photographer guests Ghent Oost Vlaanderen

Best Lake Tahoe documentary wedding photojournalism image of a Nevada Bride and groom waving to wedding guests on shore as they enjoy a wedding day cruise

California cruise bride and groom shore CA couple boat Lake Tahoe wedding photojournalism

A top featured image from Jackson, NH among the best wedding photography at Whitneys Inn showing The bride and groom waving after exiting the ceremony and crossing the street to the reception venue

crossing NH bride waving exiting NH wedding photography NH reception venue

An exceptional Bruges wedding image by a pro Belgium photographer exhibiting the bride and groom waving to guests and family from a vintage convertible sports car

guests Sanne De Block Sports Car Belgium photographer convertible vintage Belgium

An exceptional Montreal wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Quebec photographer created After the wedding reception, as the bride and groom are driven off on a motorcycle with sidecar by the grooms cousin

motorcycle Canada streets Quebec photographer cousin groom waving

An exceptional Noord Holland wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Netherlands photographer showing the Groom waving from a car as he arrives at the ceremony location

Noord Holland wedding photojournalism vintage Netherlands photographer waving Teun Bakker car NL Groom

Texas wedding photography from the 2nd District Court of Appeals, Fort Worth showing A bride waving to her friends and extended family members on zoom after her civil ceremony

2nd District Court of Appeals civil ceremony friends zoom family members Social Distancing lockdown

Blackwell Grange, Warwickshire wedding image of the bride and groom waving to their family and friends watching the wedding over Zoom

Sharron Gibson waving coronavirus Blackwell Grange watching Warwickshire family and friends

Treviso, Italy Funny moments during engagement session with a man passing by on a bike and waving

Treviso, Italy Funny moments during engagement image session with a man passing by on a bike and waving

Treviso pre wedding location Treviso Italy funny graffiti Treviso engagement session

the bride in the car waving, on her way to the ceremony

the Bride vintage waving ceremony France limo

Wedding Photo at Kasteel Ter Block | Bride blows kisses to her waving guests that arrive in a ceremony bus

Wedding Photo of a Bride blowing kisses to her waving guests that arrive in a ceremony bus

guests Kasteel Ter Block ceremony waving blowing bride

Zhengzhou, Henan wedding photo of the bride holding her bouquet waving | actual day wedding photography in China

Zhengzhou, Henan wedding photo of the bride holding her bouquet waving during actual day wedding photography in China

actual day Henan wedding image Zhengzhou bouquet China Henan actual day wedding Wenbo Si

Sainte Gemmes sur Loire bride waving to guests from the back of a convertible car with flowers on the hood

a bride waving to guests from the back of a convertible car with flowers on the hood

car Sainte Gemmes sur Loire flowers bride waving guests

Reggio Calabria Wedding Photographer Image contains: couple, coach, street, city, black, white, ceremony

smile street smiling black and white transportation waving laughing

Brazil Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: car, outdoor, rural country, black, white

tractor driving horizon black and white farm car transportation

São Paulo Wedding Photographer | Image contains: wedding guests, car window, bride, black, white

bridesmaids car black and white window waving transportation departure

window vehicle transportation car red waving wave

A black and white photo of a confident page boy, and uncertain flower girl as they walk down the aisle in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

pew girl wave waving aisle pews boy

Rome Wedding Photojournalism | Image contains: black and white, classic car, outdoors, wedding guests, mountain

mountain black and white vehicle waving departure road

Madrid Wedding Photography | Image contains: vintage car, priest, cobblestone, bride and groom, black and white

building vehicle road car waving city

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