Wedding Photos of Dance

The following “Dance” 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 “Dance” 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.

Top, and timeless wedding photography from Castle Pines, Colorado during a portrait session for The bride and groom during a dance privately after the ceremony

Best Warrenton, VA documentary wedding photojournalism image from the Poplar Springs Manor showing A bride and groom laugh and dance during their wedding reception while streamers are waived all around

Virginia Poplar Springs Manor dance wedding reception streamers waived VA wedding photojournalism

Colorado wedding reportage photojournalist created this image of the bride during her dance moments

Colorado cheek drinks kiss bride Colorado wedding photojournalist

Best NYC documentary wedding picture created as the dog tries to join the hora dance

pets dogs NYC documentary wedding New York City - Metro Jenna Salvagin dance nyc

A fun Abu Dhabi documentary wedding photography example from Qasr Al Sarab showing the Groomsmen dance

dance UAE men dancing dancing fun Abu Dhabi wedding photography groomsmen

Best Wisconsin wedding photojournalism picture from the Wisconsin Dells showing the Groom adjusts new ring while bride dances to music

Wisconsin Dells venue Wisconsin Dells bride new ring groom Ilana Bar av Wisconsin

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

Lake Tahoe women California - Northern Northern California photographer dance Blonde Lake Tahoe wedding photojournalism

Best San Antonio documentary wedding photojournalism image from Club Giraud in Texas showing a Couple having a fun dance together and photographed through window of reception window

Texas Texas - Southern Club Giraud reception window San Antonio TX bride and groom dance

Best Kastanjehof documentary wedding photojournalism image of the dance party at Chestnut Court

Sanne De Block dance dance party reception Kastanjehof napkins Chestnut Court venue

Best Devon documentary wedding photography from Huntsham Court showing A member of a wedding band performing a limbo dance at a wedding

wedding band Huntsham Court venue Mark Wallis Devon Huntsham Court Devon documentary weddings limbo

Best Paris documentary wedding picture of the bride dancing with her friends

dance Paris documentary weddings DJ lights France friends Paris bride

Scenic Tuz Golu engagement picture with formal clothes, a sunset and some dance moves

Tuz Golu engagement Tuz Golu bride and groom sunset reflections tuz gölü dance

Philadelphia wedding documentary photographer created this image at Ballroom at the Ben during the The Horah Dance for the bride and groom

Ballroom at the Ben PA Philadelphia Horah Hora dance Philadelphia weddings

Epic Estes Park engagement session for a Couple doing dance dip in front of Stanley Hotel

Bonnie Sizer dip Stanley Hotel Estes Park engagement session Estes Park dancing co couple

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Scotland showing the gazebo backlit during a dance

gazebo Night dance Mike Cook Scotland bride and groom Scotland wedding portrait lit

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Logis de la Grosse Pierre, Arces, France as The bride and groom dance in the fields

clouds France france bride and groom Logis de la Grosse Pierre weddings dance Audrey Morisson low angle

This California wedding photojournalism picture is a first rate example of what candid, nontraditional Woodside wedding photography looks like, as the bride and groom dance at The Mountain Terrace

San Mateo County CA bride and groom The Mountain Terrace dance San Francisco Peninsula Woodside wedding photography

A Heenvliet wedding photojournalist at De Hoecksack captured The wedding couple doing an exciting and fantastic wheelchair dance

exciting bride and groom Heenvliet photographer dance floor dance Heenvliet wedding photojournalist dancing

A South of France documentary wedding photographer at Saint Gely du Fesc captured this picture of The bride and groom having fun on the dance floor

reception venue picture dance Ludovic Lieffrig dancing bride and groom French documentary weddings Saint Gely du Fesc

A top Snowmass wedding photojournalist from Colorado created this image of the bride wiping away a tear with her dad while watching her husbands dance with his mom

Snowmass wedding photojournalist dance Colorado bride Dad husband Snowmass

This Romania wedding photojournalism picture is a prime example of what candid, nontraditional Tâncăbești wedding photography looks like, as the guests dance during the reception at Artist The Barn

guests Romania Artist the Barn Tâncăbești wedding photography Romania wedding photojournalism Artist The Barn reception

A wedding photojournalist in Colorado captured this moment of the Bride enjoying herself during a dance

dance floor enjoying Colorado wedding photojournalist Colorado dancing colorado bride

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts as A bride and groom dance in the rain lit by a flash

Massachusetts Waterworks MA portrait images Night Metropolitan Waterworks Museum flash Chestnut Hill weddings

Venice prewed portraits for a fun couple dancing at the Rialto Fish Market

dancing columns Rialto Fish Market Italy bw dance Michele Agostinis

A MN documentary style wedding image showing a moment when Bridesmaids are dancing while getting ready

dancing MN documentary wedding image getting ready MN makeup MN photographer

View this dramatic wedding image taken at the Crest Center in Asheville, NC of the Bride and Groom making their grand entrance lit by natural light coming in through the windows

dancing grand entrance overhead view Asheville dance windows

Black and white pre-wedding photo-session at Perpignan beach in France with the couple Dancing in the sea

dancing black and white France couple bw prewedding photo dance

View this picturesque Estes Park wedding image showing the bride and groom practicing dance moves next to mountain lake, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Estes Park Resort from the WPJA

picturesque Estes Park wedding image showing the bride and groom practicing dance moves next to mountain lake, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the Estes Park Resort

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An original Aheloy wedding art image at Marina Cape in Bulgaria detailing The dance of the bride in the epic venue scene

Bulgaria couple dancing Bulgaria venue scene Bulgaria Aheloy wedding image Detelina Krasteva Aheloy dance

An elegant Pier B wedding day portrait of the Duluth bride and groom in Minnesota as they dance and dip near the water at night

water Pier B wedding portrait Night Duluth MN Minnesota dance

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