Wedding Photos of Joyful celebration

The following “Joyful celebration” 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 “Joyful celebration” 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.

Bride and groom joyfully celebrate their wedding at Felicity Church in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans, leading a second line parade

New Orleans Splendor: A Joyful Celebration at Felicity Church

A photographer in Lincolnshire captures a joyful moment at a wedding reception in Scrivelsby Walled Garden. Guests participate in a space hopper race, bouncing on inflatable toys and having fun on the grass. This image has been recognized by the WPJA.

Joyful Celebration: Wedding Guests Race on Space Hoppers at Lincolnshire's Scrivelsby Walled Garden

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At Offley Place in Hertfordshire, UK, the mother-in-law welcomed the groom to a Hindu wedding ceremony in a joyful celebration captured in a documentary wedding image

The bride's mother joyfully welcomed the groom to Offley Place, Hertfordshire, UK for a Hindu wedding ceremony

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This Wedding Photo, taken in Rossinière, Switzerland, captures newlyweds descending the steps of their ceremony with beaming smiles, while their guests flung celebratory petals and confetti to mark the happy occasion

The newlyweds' wedding in Rossinière, Switzerland was marked by smiling faces and enthusiastic confetti-throwing

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Wedding pictures by Zuid Holland photographer of a flower girl dancing in Oisterwijk - The Netherlands

Tiptoeing Through Tulips: The Oisterwijk Flower Girl

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A Finland couple in a playful wedding image at the hotel

The unique and artistic image captures the couple's joyful celebration of their union

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