Wedding Photos of Playful

The following “Playful” 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 “Playful” 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.

In San Francisco, the engaged couple playfully goof around during their engagement shoot

Engagement Shoot Fun: Playful Goofing Around in San Francisco

During the engagement photo session in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, there were delightful and playful moments shared between the couple as she playfully tripped on her own skirt while walking towards the photographer

Engagement Photo Session in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Captures Delightful and Playful Moments Between Couple

couple walking Oconomowoc Engagement Session laughing playful Wisconsin Oconomowoc

The couple had a playful photo shoot at Vogel State Park, pretending to have a dinosaur battle on a wooded trail

Vogel State Park Engagement Session: Playful Dinosaur Battle Along Forest Trail With Atlanta Couple

playful Georgia Engaged Couple Georgia Vogel State Park Chattahoochee National Forest forest engagement wooded trail

In Pacifica, California, an engaged couple can enjoy a fun and unique pre-wedding lifestyle photography session with the playful affection of this romantic moment showcased

Engaged couple in Pacifica, CA capture playful affection in romantic engagement portrait

Pacifica Engagement Session playful Pacifica romantic portrait California - Northern

The couple had a playful and romantic session at Bagatelle in Paris for their engagement announcement portrait

Paris Engagement Session at Bagatelle: Playful & Romantic Couple Portrait in BW

couple running Bagatelle bw portrait playful Paris Save the Date Paris Paris engagement photography

At Hilton St Mary's, Dorset, UK, a guest puts on the brides veil and throws bouquet

The groom looks on as a guest puts the bride's veil on himself and playfully throws the bouquet for a humorous moment

Dorset wedding photographer Hilton St Mary's throwing bouquet UK Humorous playful brides veil

Cha-Am couples portrait lifestyle sessions at SO Sofitel Hua Hin in Petchburi, Thailand with some Fun during make up when the groom blows the brides hair, making a fun addition to the photo

Cha Am playful Vutiporn Supanish Petchburi Petchburi Engagement Photography hotel engagement SO Sofitel Hua Hin

Pyrgos lifestyle portrait photography for a Greece couple who are engaged and very playful

Santorini engagement photography playful Greece Pyrgos Santorini Jeremie Sangare

A Parana Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, playful portrait of this Brazilian couple in Assis Chateaubriand embracing in the warm afternoon sunlight

Brazilian couple Brazil Heloisa Todescatt Parana Engagement Photographer embracing Assis Chateaubriand Parana

A Siena Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, playful portrait of this Lucca couple sitting on a deck at Forte dei Marmi

sitting Lucca couple deck siena wedding photographer Siena Forte dei Marmi playful

Adventurous and scenic Colorado Springs engagement session at Garden of the Gods created as the couple get playful with umbrellas

Garden of the Gods scenic Colorado Springs Colorado Lucy Schultz umbrellas playful

Dolomites, Italy playful engagement image of a couple lying down in the mountains

Dolomites France italy engagement image Jeremie Sangare Belluno Vendee Dolomites wedding photographers

View this graceful Goliama Zelezna image of The wedding photoshoot on the basketball playground, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Raiski Zaliv in Bulgaria from the WPJA

Goliama Zelezna image of The wedding photoshoot on the basketball playground, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Raiski Zaliv in Bulgaria

basketball Goliama Zelezna wedding photoshoot sports Bulgaria Raiski Zaliv playful

The Belgium WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and playful Eeklo wedding picture from an outdoor reception party with swings and a trampoline for the kids

playful Belgium swings kids non traditional weddings trampoline Sanne De Block

Georgetown bride and groom to be, posing for a DC pre-wedding engagement photo shoot as the couple runs playfully down a steep brick sidewalk

Washington DC playful steep sidewalk couple running brick sidewalk DC bride to be Bee Two Sweet

Costa Rica bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture at the Atlantic Railroad station in San Jose while having fun on the stairs

Costa Rica bride to be Atlantic Railroad station playful Costa Rica stairs San Jose CR Mauricio Urena

Bucharest bride and groom to be, posturing for an engagement image against a window showing their laughing reflections

Mihai Zaharia playful Bucharest bride to be Bucharest laughing reflection

Cazorla, Jaén on-location portrait e-shoot with a playful couple in the trees

carry Cazorla Cazorla photographer Spain Spain couple Jaén couple portrait e shoot

Jaén, Spain on-location portrait e-shoot with a playful couple walking in the city streets

Spain photographer Spain portrait e shoot city walking playful streets

Vail playful winter pre wed photo shoot

cold Vail deep snow woods playful CO pre wed photo shoot

Cappadocia, Turkey micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a playful lift as the balloons are also lifting off

balloons Cappadocia pre wedding Cappadocia photo session lifting off Outdoor playful mountain

Durham, Connecticut wedding image of A bride and groom getting playful and pretending to do karaoke on their dance floor

Connecticut wedding image ct dance floor karaoke a bride and groom Durham

England playful street engagement photography in London of groom jumping over bride

traffic London England UK cones jumping over bride

A playful minute between couple sitting at Greenwich University - London

A playful minute between the couple sitting at the University

sitting London e session London couple Ola Bamigboye London engagement images London engagement photography

Engagement shoot of a playful couple in the outdoors

Germany outdoors Essen engagement photography playful engagement shoot Essen pre wedding portrait Essen engagement images

Shandong Couple in Love pose for Engagement Portrait in China

Shandong engagement photographer China playful Shandong engagement photos black and white Shandong

Cescaphe Tendenza Pre Wedding Photographer: Loved the shadows and the way they played.

Cescaphe Tendenza Pre Wedding Photo with shadows on the wall

PA tree shadows playful engagement image Cescaphe Cescaphe Cescaphe couple portrait shoot

Engagement Photos from Saigon, Vietnam - Couple was playing.

Engagement Photos from Saigon, Vietnam when the Couple was playing

couple portrait session Saigon Saigon engagement photography Vietnam running Saigon playful

San Diego Engaged Couple has a playful minuted during portrait session.

San Diego wedding engagement close subject San Diego ANZA foto and film Kristina Cazares Neri Night CA

West Seattle, Washington engagement photograph with a couple swinging on a temporary tire swing over Puget Sound

fun West Seattle Washington swinging Puget Sound engagement photos Puget Sound wedding engagement

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