Wedding Photos of Wedding guests

The following “Wedding guests” 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 “Wedding guests” 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 magical moment between a bride and groom was captured by a Sentosa wedding photographer, with a backdrop of wedding guests holding sparklers at night

Sentosa, Singapore reception photo of the wedding guests with sparklers while the couple kiss of the Siloso Beach

In the dimly lit lounge at the Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont, wedding guests sit during the dance party

As the blue neon lights illuminated the dimly lit lounge, resort wedding guests sat and enjoyed the festivities of the dance party

blue light wedding guests Vermont photographer Warren VT dimly lit Vermont

On the lawn of the Bartle Hall Hotel reception venue in Preston, England, young and old wedding guests enjoy the bouncy castle and the games around it

Wedding guests of all ages bask in the joy of the lawn reception, taking part in the festivities of the bouncy castle and surrounding games

Preston UK wedding guests games England Patrick Mateer UK Photographer bouncy castle

Outdoors at a Noord Brabant reception venue, wedding guests are playing with jumping bouncing kid toys on the grass

At an outdoor reception venue, the jovial wedding guests were competitively jumping and bouncing on the grass with the children's toys

Wedding games Noord Brabant bouncing toys wedding guests kids toys North Brabant Photographer Freek Nagtzaam

Poland documentary-style wedding image from the reception venue of Wedding guests playing tic-tac-toe

wedding guests Poland Wedding games tic tac toe Poland photographer

Wedding guests playing toy instruments on the dance floor at a private residence reception party in Longmont, CO

Friends and family had a great time dancing and playing inflatable toy instruments at a private wedding reception party

Colorado Private residence wedding guests Longmont wedding photographer Longmont inflatable instruments dance floor

Penn Valley, California editorial style wedding photography capturing a long line of wedding guests cross a river while the bride assists them

crossing river Penn Valley bride assists guests California - Northern wedding guests

Yorkshire wedding venue photography at the Barff House exhibiting The bride and groom sharing a first kiss with their wedding guests watching on, captured from a nearby window

Yorkshire Barff House window view First Kiss Patrick Mateer Yorkshire photographer wedding guests

This authentic and emotional wedding day moment from the Allan House in Austin, Texas was recorded by a documentary wedding photographer showing Wedding guests crying after speech at the outdoor reception venue

Texas documentary weddings Austin wedding guests authentic Allan House Austin speech

An exceptional Wisconsin wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Madison, WI photographer at Goodman Center communicating the Couple toasting wedding guests

Wisconsin glasses drinks Madison Couple Wisconsin wedding photojournalism WI photographer Madison bride and groom

Best Sedona documentary wedding picture from Sky Ranch Lodge in Arizona showing some wedding guests cry with joy

Sky Ranch Lodge venue joy Sky Ranch Lodge Resort Arizona wedding guests Arizona wedding

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

CA Lake Tahoe wedding photojournalism Lake Tahoe California boat CA couple

An extraordinary Islington Town Hall wedding image by a professional London photographer conveying Wedding guests pouring sparkling tea while sheltering under umbrellas during the rain

sparkling tea raining sheltering London rain United Kingdom London photographer

An exceptional Lake Tahoe wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Northern California photographer illustrating Blonde wedding guests dance at the reception

Blonde Northern California photographer dancing CA reception Lake Tahoe wedding photojournalism wedding guests

An exceptional Northumberland wedding photojournalism sample by a professional UK photographer at Oxford Barns wedding venue communicating Wedding guests cheering and toasting their bride and groom right after the speeches

United Kingdom speeches toasting toast wedding guests Northumberland Patrick Mateer

Best Montreal documentary wedding photography from Hotel Meridien showing Two tired wedding guests blow bubbles at the end of the wedding reception

Hotel Meridien hotel wedding reception blow bubbles Méridien Montreal wedding guests

Best Morrison, Colorado wedding photojournalism picture from Woodlands showing Wedding guests participating in a snowball fight

Morrison Night The Woodlands flash wedding guests snowball fight

Best Aspen wedding photojournalism picture from Chapperral Ranch in Colorado showing The bride is carried by wedding guests during the wedding reception

colorado bride carried Aspen Aspen wedding photojournalism Chapperral Ranch Brett Butterstein wedding guests

Best Burgundy documentary wedding photojournalism image of the wedding guests enjoying themselves during the speeches

dinner wedding guests burgundy speeches France laughing Burgundy documentary wedding

France wedding documentary photographer created this image at Manoir de Plainartige - the wedding guests laughing during the reception

wedding guests Manoir de Plainartige france wedding photographer France reception Manoir de Plainartige wedding venue

A top wedding reportage photographer in North Yorkshire captured this picture of The bride and all the wedding guests cheering as the groom in the foreground gives his speech outside

wedding guests North Yorkshire photographer cheering groom UK reception venue bride outdoors

A Poland top wedding photojournalist at the Bej Hotel Tuszyn created this image of Dancing wedding guests

dancing Poland wedding photojournalist Bej Hotel Tuszyn wedding guests Tuszyn photographer Tuszyn

This Illinois wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Chicago wedding photography looks like, as the Bride and groom clink glasses as wedding guests raise theirs

Chicago couple clink Chicago Illinois raise wedding guests IL bride and groom

The Colorado WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspirational wedding photography example from the Chapperral Ranch in Aspen showing Elderly wedding guests sharing a kiss on the dance floor

wedding guests Brett Butterstein Colorado Aspen Chapperral Ranch Colorado photography kiss

The Canada WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from a park of Ontario Wedding guests helping to fix the brides wedding dress

Ontario wedding photography bride park wedding dress Canada wedding image wedding guests

Oaxaca wedding photography from Oaxaca City of wedding guests and bride outdoors

open air wedding venue bride wedding guests Oaxaca wedding photo garden receptions outdoors

Guanajuato, Mexico wedding guests enjoy fireworks during the wedding reception at San Miguel de Allende Instituto

Mexico Guanajuato San Miguel de Allende Instituto Brett Butterstein wedding reception fireworks wedding guests

Emma Trein, Canela, Brazil wedding photography - wedding guests partying and dancing

Canela dancing Brazil wedding photo Emma Trein wedding guests Partying

Wedding photograph from Braga, Portugal of the wedding guests dancing

Daniel Monteiro Wedding photo Braga dancing Portugal dance floor wedding guests

Wedding photo from Oude Kerk, Dongen - the kiss during the ceremony, the wedding guests in the background

background Wedding photo Oude Kerk kiss ceremony Dongen wedding guests

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