Wedding Photos of Toasting

The following “Toasting” 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 “Toasting” 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.

At the Reception Venue of Le Vescovane Longare-Italy, the toast of the newlyweds, after the cutting of the cake, with the details of the glasses, the bride and groom's clothing, and the cake itself

At Le Vescovane Longare-Italy, the toast of the newlyweds was a beautiful memory with the details of their attire, glasses, and cake

The Virginia couple celebrated their wedding by spraying champagne during a night portrait shoot

A Virginia couple toasted their wedding with a champagne spray during a night portrait session

Virginia photographer spraying champagne Virginia toasting night portrait

Black and white documentary photography from a wedding venue in Filottrano of the bride and groom drink toasts

black and white Ancona Ancona photographer toasting Filottrano

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

Wisconsin Madison Goodman Center wedding venue Ilana Bar av Wisconsin wedding photojournalism Madison bride and groom WI photographer

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

Northumberland wedding photojournalism toast UK Bride and groom wedding guests speeches Patrick Mateer toasting

A Rio de Janeiro Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, lit portrait of this Niteroi couple having a drink surrounded by bokeh

rim light toasting Night Rio de Janeiro wedding photographer bokeh glasses

An exceptional Buitenplaats Amerongen wedding photojournalism sample by a professional Netherlands photographer communicating the Friends laughing, dancing and toasting with the bride

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Best Tuscany documentary wedding photography showing the Groom and Bride at cake cutting and toasting

Tuscany documentary wedding Italy photography toasting Groom and bride Tuscany Italy

A Netherlands documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at the reception dinner venue toast

toast Freek Nagtzaam Netherlands photographer reception dinner cheers toasting venue

A Key West wedding photojournalist at the Ocean Key Resort captured this moment of A groom celebrating with his closest friends during a wedding reception

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A Sicily documentary-style wedding image showing a moment at Baglio Strafalcello, Castellammare del Golfo of the Hug and toast of the bride and groom

A Sicily documentary wedding image showing a moment at Baglio Strafalcello, Castellammare del Golfo of the Hug and toast of the bride and groom

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Pre-wedding portrait-session in Hunawihr for a A romantic toasting against the rock wall and ivy

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On location Sancerre couple engagement portrait shoot with beer and a sunset

beer toasting Sancerre photography engagement portrait shoot Sancerre couple sunset

West Peckham, Kent nuptial day award-winning image of The best mans speech, superbly delivered in the driest possible way

West Peckham Kent nuptial day speeches Kent outdoor wedding venue West Peckham photographer speech

Allegro Buffet indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing bride and groom with toasting drinks and guests

party bride and groom toasting Brazil Allegro Buffet guests

Colorado wedding art couple portrait of the Denver bride and groom toasting at their elopement in the winter snow of the mountains

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Virginia wedding image of Couples reaction during brides sisters toast

va reception speech toast speech toasting Charlottesville Virginia

Best wedding photography from Castello di Rossino showing a pic of the bride and groom toasting by the cake in front of fireworks

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A top Jiangsu wedding photographer in Suzhou captured this picture of the The dogs at the wedding hotel ceremony

wedding hotel ceremony toasting dogs outdoors Suzhou wedding picture

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the River Seine in Paris displaying a couple having a picnic on The banks of the River

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Il Molo di Varenna at Lake Como wedding moment photo showing True Love seen through Guest Toasting in Italy

Varenna true love Lake Como wedding photo guests Il Molo di Varenna venue Italy outdoor wedding

Incline Village, NV image of bride, groom and their family toasting together after an intimate elopement ceremony at the top of a mountain overlook shrouded in wildfire smoke

intimate smoke family groom toasting Incline Village

Baglio Soria, Trapani wedding detail image showing the toast of the newlyweds in Sicily

An image of a wedding venue featuring silhouetted newlyweds toasting, with warm tones on the wall

Baglio Soria Trapani silhouetted toasting warm tones Sicily Trapani wedding photographer

Loews Hotel, Atlanta, GA wedding couple toasting with family in India who viewed the ceremony on Zoom

GA toasting ceremony on zoom Morgan O Neil Atlanta Loews Hotel Atlanta reportage weddings

Image from Ankara, Kizilcahamam, in the house of the couple on Wedding day

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wedding photo from outdoor ceremony in Estes Park, CO of the Couple laughing during toasts

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Outdoor garden wedding photo from Bursa-Kasaba of the toasting Splash

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Outdoor wedding photography from a Backyard ceremony in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada showing The speeches carry on during a downpour of rain with umbrellas

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Florida wedding photography from the Ocean Key Resort of the toasting of glasses

COVID Lights Key West wedding image wedding Key West photographer toasting covid19

Burgundy wedding reception photo from a France diner venue cake serving

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