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.

The joyful brides in their calenda proudly danced, walked and celebrated through the streets of Oaxaca City, holding bouquets of flowers

The brides, holding bouquets and clad in their white attire, danced, walked and celebrated down the street, their faces full of excitement

The joyful bride in Sangeeth twirled gracefully singing and clapping along to the music as she danced

The bride danced in traditional clothing to music, captured in slow shutter by the camera

traditional clothing slow shutter twirling India Photographer Sangeeth dancing India

At Kasteel Weijenburg, friends of the bride dancing in the room where everybody is getting ready, in a beautiful room of an old castle, next to wedding dress that is hanging from a chandelier

Friends of the bride were dancing in the old castle, with the wedding dress hanging from a chandelier, as they got ready

germany photographer Wiesenburg district Wildenfels getting ready chandelier Kasteel Weijenburg dancing

At Anzy le Duc, France, guests celebrated the happy couple's wedding, the bride's mother's screams of joy could be heard above the joyous dancing and fun times on the dance floor

Amid the joyous dancing on the dance floor, the bride's mother's screams could be heard

Saone-et-Loire screams of joy lifted up mother of bride dancing France France photographer

The bride and groom dance at the Château du Bois du Rocher with joyous guests celebrating all around

The happy couple shared an exciting dance as their guests cheered them on at the Château

Yvelines Photographer Château du Bois du Rocher dancing Yvelines Wedding Venue Yvelines guests surrounding

The guests lifted the beaming bride and groom way overhead as they shared a romantic dance at the majestic Salones in Arjona, Jaén, Spain

Guests shared in the couples dance as they lifted the bride and groom overhead, bringing smiles to all

Jaén Arjona Jaen Wedding Venue Spain lifted up dancing hugging

In Newton, New Jersey, the bride and groom are dancing as the band surrounds and serenades them during their North Shore House reception

The bride and groom are serenaded and surrounded by the band as they dance at the reception dance party

New Jersey wedding photography band dancing New Jersey North Shore House Newton NJ dance party

Bride, groom and friends dancing during the reception party at Zabola Castle in Romania

At the reception party, the bride and groom, their families, and friends were dancing with bride's wild hair flying in the air, captured in a black and white image

reception party black and white hair flying Zabola Castle Romania Zăbala wild hair

A Family farm, Wootton Basset, UK Reception Party wedding photograph of the band playing and guests dancing in silhouette

The guests at the wedding reception had their hands up dancing to the band playing while a silhouette wedding photo was taken

Wiltshire wedding photographer silhouettes UK Wiltshire Wootton Basset purple and red dancing

A dancing guest lost in the music, but found in the light at the Hardwick Manor Farm, Home Marquee, Hardwick, Northants, UK

A guest danced to music with great light beams shining down on the dance floor

UK Northants Wedding Photographer streams of light dance floor dancing Hardwick Manor Farm Home Marquee

A dad catches his son after tossing him in the air during the wedding reception dancing. Taken outside the wedding venue looking in through the window in Leicestershire, at the Prestwold Hall

The dad caught his son mid-air after tossing him up during the wedding reception dancing

window black and white Leicestershire Prestwold Hall tossing son dancing Leicestershire wedding photographer

Couple dancing outdoors at night surrounded by family and friends at Oceanview, Nahant, Massachusetts

The couple celebrated their union surrounded by family and friends with an outdoor nighttime reception involving dancing

couple dancing Nahant MA Massachusetts Nahant Photographer Night Nahant family and friends Oceanview Nahant

Everyone was having a great time at the reception party in Chandigarh, dancing the night away amidst a stunning club-like atmosphere of lights

Partygoers danced the night away in a club-like atmosphere of lights and music at the wedding reception party

dancing blue lights Chandigarh Chandigarh Photographer club like atmosphere

The guests at Woodend Sanctuary and Mansion in Chevy Chase were in a frenzy of motion, dancing in sync on the vibrant dancefloor at the exciting party

Guests danced in a frenzy of motion to the music on the dancefloor at the exciting party

Chevy Chase Maryland Woodend Sanctuary and Mansion dancing red light Maryland photographer exciting party

couple in Montpellier dancing in the streets

dancing in street Montpellier photographer Montpellier sun and shadows dancing

The silhouetted couple held hands and danced stylishly with fireworks in the background at the IL MINARETO Reception Venue in Siracuse, Italy

At the Reception Venue in Siracuse, Italy, the couple danced stylishly with fireworks in the background, holding hands

Silhouetted couple Siracusa Siracusa photographer Italy dancing fireworks Il Minareto

An Ain couple are bumping hips while dancing outside under the sun and trees

France dancing bumping hips Coralie Garavel Ain Photographer ain sun and trees

At The Madison in Riverside, New Jersey, the bride was captured laughing and dancing on the dance floor, getting low with her guests

The photograph of the bride joyously laughing and grooving on the dance floor during her wedding reception illuminated the festivity of the party

bride laughing The Madison new jersey photographer dance floor dancing New Jersey

The bridal party celebrated with dancing beneath the purple lights on the Flow Datca dance floor, captured by their Turkey photographer

The vibrant colors illuminated the bridal party in the night scene as they celebrated with dancing beneath the purple lights on the dance floor

Flow Datca purple lights dancing dance floor Turkey photographer Turkey

At Noya Beach in Kınalıada, Istanbul, the couple's dance floor action was captured with the help of a slow shutter and light streaks, making for a stunning wedding picture

The couple's love was captured on the dance floor with a slow shutter, creating light streaks

Turkey Noya Beach Istanbul photographer Istanbul dancing Kınalıada

Goa Photographer captures the vibrant wedding party scene with India's traditional dancing, colorful bubbles and unique red lighting

Capturing the vibrant wedding party scene, a documentary image of the traditional dancing, colorful bubbles, and red lights

India Goa Photographer bubbles red light party scene dancing

A Bigfork, Montana dress slipup is captured on the dance floor

At the outdoor reception party, a surprise dress slipup is captured as a woman is lifted and her dress rides up high

Montana photographer Montana outdoor reception Bigfork dancing dress slip up

Dancing wedding couple with violinist at a Noord Brabant Reception Venue

The romantic wedding reception was complete with a dancing couple and a violinist on the dance floor

dancing Noord Brabant North Brabant Wedding Photographer dance floor dancing couple violinist

Yvelines documentary wedding photography contest winning image at the Chateau dHardricourt of the Groom surfing the crowd above the dance floor

Documentary wedding photography contest winning image at a Chateau of the groom surfing the crowd above the dance floor

Yvelines Jean Baptiste Chauvin groom surfing Yvelines Photographer dancing Chateau dHardricourt

A Mount Laguna, on location lifestyle portrait in California created as The couple plays in the woods

California - Southern Mount Laguna dancing California photographer woods

Paris photojournalistic wedding photography at Salons Hoche of the French Guests dancing during the after party

A French wedding reportage photographer captured the joyous festivities of an after party, with guests dancing the night away

French guests dancing Salons Hoche Paris Paris photographer

A Summit County wedding photographer at a Colorado wedding venue captured the Dance and bride and groom Jump rope session at night

A Summit County wedding photographer captured the unique moment of a bride and groom jumping rope with napkins tied together at their night wedding venue

Summit County dancing Colorado photographer jumping rope night reception Colorado

Bracciano creative documentary wedding photography at the Castello Orsini-Odescalchi in Italy showing the Dances after dinner during a Lebanese marriage event

An Italian wedding photographer captured the lively atmosphere of a traditional Lebanese marriage event, with a crowded dance floor after dinner

Castello Orsini Odescalchi Italy Edgard De Bono dancing Bracciano Lebanese Marriage Event Bracciano Photographer

Hertfordshire photojournalistic wedding photography at Coltsfoot Country Retreat showing a BW wedding dance

A Hertfordshire wedding photographer captured a slow-shutter speed, high-camera angle image of a black-and-white wedding dance at a Country Retreat venue

Hertfordshire Coltsfoot County Retreat Hertfordshire photographer bw moment dancing

bride dancing with a wedding guest dressed as a motorcyclist

Poland Poland photographer dance floor Zachodniopomorskie dancing

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