Wedding Photos of Dancing

The following “Dancing” 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 “Dancing” 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.

Pre-wedding portrait-session at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York on the sand with some Lifting up in the air

View this exquisite Perpignan wedding image of the Bride & groom dancing with a dip and flowing veil, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Occitanie, France from the WPJA

Perpignan wedding image of the Bride & groom dancing with a dip and flowing veil, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Occitanie, France

Perpignan wedding image Perpignan France dip Perpignan photographer dancing flowing veil

View this exquisite Scotland wedding image of the bride and groom dancing before photographers lights, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Scotland wedding image of the bride and groom dancing before photographers lights, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

Lights bride and groom Stirlingshire wedding photography Scotland wedding image Scotland Scotland photographer dancing

View this graceful Texas wedding Bride and Groom dancing, silhouette sunset portrait which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Bergheim Ranch Event Venue from the WPJA

graceful Texas wedding Bride and Groom dancing, silhouette sunset portrait which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Bergheim Ranch Event Venue

sunset portrait dancing graceful Texas photographer bride and groom texas wedding Event Venue

The Aspen WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and colorful Chapperral Ranch Aspen wedding image in Colorado of the bride and groom dancing during the reception

Colorado bride and groom Chapperral Ranch colorful Aspen wedding image dancing reception Brett Butterstein

Chapperral Ranch Aspen, Colorado marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The bride and groom dancing on the bands stage at the end of the reception

band reception party photo reception stage Chapperral Ranch colorful lights Aspen photographer

Patapsco Female Institute, Ellicott City marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The MD couple sharing their first dance

Maryland Patapsco Female Institute MD couple reception venue maryland reception photo dancing first dance

Mountain Top Inn - Chittenden Vermont marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The bride dancing with her dad

Chittenden photographer father dance VT wedding photography reception photo Mountain Top Inn Chittenden Dad

O Butiá - Porto Alegre marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the Bride dancing in style with her uncle

Porto Alegre marriage reception party photo bride Lights sunglasses style uncle

Hotel La Palma, Stresa, Italy indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing the couples First Dance

Stresa couple dance Italy Stresa first dance wedding reception venue gown

Manchester, England indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing brides dad dancing with bridesmaids

wedding reception party bridesmaids Lyndsey Goddard brides Dad Manchester reception venue Manchester FOB

Manchester, England indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing the Bride dancing and singing on stage

stage bride dancing UK wedding reception party singing Manchester England wedding reportage

The Italy WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from the Grand Hotel President in Siderno, Reggio Calabria showing the IT bride and groom dancing with their parents

parents Grand Hotel President IT bride and groom instruments Siderno brass

Lier indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing bride and groom dancing on guests shoulders

dancing shoulders dance Lier wedding reception venue guests bride and groom

Brittany indoor reception party award-winning picture showing The wedding party

wedding party Brittany indoor reception dancing Brittany photography dance floor Brittany

Marseille indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing the First dance in BW

Thomas Orsatelli Marseille bw indoors bride and groom dancing first dance

The Minnesota WPJA is proud to award this non traditional South St Paul wedding picture at the Historic Concord Exchange of the MN Bride and groom dancing to a mariachi band at the reception venue

Mariachi band South St Paul Historic Concord Exchange MN reception venue Minnesota MN Bride and groom

Edward Whittall Garden, Izmir, Turkey indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing bride and guests are dancing at the reception

Izmir photographer Turkey indoor wedding reception reception guests bridal party dancing bride

The Italy WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and colorful Pomezia RM wedding image at Casale 500 of the IT bride dancing at reception venue under DJ lights and fog

Italy italy wedding image Italy reception venue dancing IT bride Pomezia RM fog

The France WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and modern Annecy wedding image in the French Alps showing the reception Party above the Annecy Lake

Annecy pool dancing poolside reception France Haute-Savoie reflections

Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, Michigan indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing End of the night celebration with bride and groom on the shoulders of friends

friends celebration Michigan wedding picture Novi Ray Iavasile MI reception party Michigan

The Georgia WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and modern Atlanta wedding image at the Fox Theater of the GA grooms aunt and Mom surround the couple while dancing

Georgia couple mom Atlanta wedding image dancing aunt GA groom

The France WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspirational wedding photography example from Biscarrosse at the Hotel La Ferme D en Chon showing The goddaughter of the bride dancing with brides mother

grass Hotel La Ferme D en Chon tent goddaughter Biscarrosse wedding photography Biscarrosse

Chateau du Vergnet, Tarn outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded a little girl dancing while everybody is eating

Chateau du Vergnet tables eating reception party photo Tarn photographer dance floor

Cherry Orchard Residence, Sofia indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing First Dance in DJs clouds of fog

dj first dance dancing Bulgaria clouds purple Sofia indoor wedding

Bonez - Crested Butte, CO indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing a groom sings his heart out on the dancefloor to his wife

CO indoor wedding Crested Butte photographer dancing wife dancefloor Bonez wedding photography

Maragogi bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture as the couple dance on the beach with a dog watching

Maragogi bride and groom Renner Boldrino dancing sand beach Maragogi engagement Maragogi

Goias bride and groom to be, spinning and dancing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot at Pontal do Unutau, Jatai in afternoon sunlight

Jatai bride spinning dress afternoon sunlight Jatai dancing Pontal do Unutau Goiás bride

Château d'Allogny - Indre outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded a Surprise dance of the guests for the bride and groom, they joined them at the end of the song to enjoy with their friends

friends Gaelle Caré guests dancing Surprise dance Indre outdoor marriage bride and groom

Sofia, Bulgaria outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the groom gesturing - Come on, baby

groom Sofia gesturing dancing Bulgaria photographer Bulgaria outdoor marriage dance

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