Wedding Photos of Wedding guest

The following “Wedding guest” 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 “Wedding guest” 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.

An older woman wedding guest shares taking shots with a much younger couple at a wedding in Totteridge, London.

Generations Unite: A Wedding Celebration in Totteridge

In a captured detail image at Rise Hall in East Yorkshire, England, a wedding guest joyfully displays a sign that reads "Applause" during speeches.

Wedding Guest at Rise Hall's Speeches with "Applause" Sign

Rise Hall applause wedding guest east yorkshire reception table sign England

In a picture taken at Malopolskie Reception Venue, a wedding guest swings his leg high, level with the eyes of the men watching

Capturing Elation: A Mesmerizing Wedding Guest Dance at Malopolskie Reception Venue

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A wedding guest at a NJ shore wedding reception lies on the floor with a napkin on his hand at The Shore Club in Spring Lake

Charming Quirks: A hilarious wedding guest at The Shore Club lets loose and takes napkin skills to a whole new level

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A wedding guest at Blissful Barn in Michigan impresses the crowd with a worm dance move, complete with a tie wrapped around his head

Unforgettable Wedding Guest: Michigan Man's Epic Worm Dance at Blissful Barn

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A humorous moment ensued at Riverlands, Yorkshire, UK, when the bride and groom donned King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla masks before a wedding guest captured the kiss on their phone

The bride and groom kissed at Riverlands, Yorkshire, UK, wearing King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla masks

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At Château du Sou, a wedding guest was eagerly filming the day's events with a camera in hand, perched in a high window to capture the high angle

A wedding guest filmed events at Château du Sou from a high window

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At District Winery in Washington DC, the newlyweds shared a humorous moment as the groom dipped the bride with a wedding guest filling the empty space where her head had been

The newlyweds shared a humorous moment at DC's District Winery, with a wedding guest taking the bride's place in an "empty dip"

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A memorable moment from a wedding at Killary Lodge in Co. Mayo was captured when a guest tried to free a guest's high heel stuck in a grate

A wedding guest was filmed freeing a high heel stuck in a grate at Killary Lodge, Co. Mayo

High heel rescue Stuck in grate Wedding guest rescue Connacht Guest freeing shoe High heel stuck in grate Killary Lodge wedding

A vibrant wedding guest in a colorful outfit sips on a glass of wine at Saltmarshe Hall in Howden, England

Celebrating Love in Colors: A Vibrant Guest at Saltmarshe Hall

Saltmarshe Hall east yorkshire sipping pink outfit Howden glass bright pink outfit

A wedding guest proudly holds a Union Jack flag and wears a matching waistcoat, as they capture the special moment on their phone at the Riverlands Wedding Venue in Brough, England

Proudly Reunited: A Union Jack Celebration at Riverlands Wedding Venue

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The photographer captured the beautiful moment of a wedding guest giving the bride a big hug and a kiss on the cheek at the Private Home in Congham, Norfolk, UK

At a private home in Congham, Norfolk, UK, a wedding guest hugged and kissed the bride on the cheek

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Best Washington DC documentary wedding photography showing a Wedding guest doing backflips in the middle of a dance circle during the wedding reception

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Washignton DC wedding reportage photographer captured this moment showing Wedding guests reacting to another guests who all of a sudden was swinging from the rafters in the middle of the dance floor

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Best County Wicklow, Ireland documentary wedding photojournalism image from Kilruddery Estate showing A wedding guest from Tonga doing the Haka before the first dance

Tonga Haka dance Haka Ireland documentary wedding Kilruddery Estate Kilruddery Estate venue Roger Kenny

Philadelphia wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at The Notary Hotel showing wedding guest kneeling and drinking beer in front of giant screen

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A top wedding photojournalist in Montrose, Colorado created this image of A wedding guest celebrating as another guest completes the limbo

reception wedding guest dance floor Montrose Night Colorado wedding photojournalist

The Colorado WPJA is the alternative to traditional wedding images and is pleased to present this inspiring wedding photography example from Bonez, a Mexican restaurant in Crested Butte showing a wedding guest carries his girlfriend on his back

back Bonez carries girlfriend Crested Butte wedding guest

casa hyder, san miguel de allende, mexico wedding photo of A wedding guest enjoying her drinks and dancing

wedding guest San Miguel de Allende drinks dancing mexico wedding photo casa hyder

Wedding photography from Statek Svaté Pole of some Wedding guest over the Zoom video call

Statek Svaté Pole video wedding guest wedding photo zoom call

Mexico wedding photography from casa hyder, san miguel de allende of A wedding guest sleeping during the reception

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MX wedding photography from casa hyder, san miguel de allende, mexico as A wedding guest takes a break during the dancing portion of the reception

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Arizona wedding guest waves to family members on Zoom during the reception at the Secert Garden Event Center in Phoenix

Social Distancing AZ coronavirus waves wedding guest family members zoom

A Lodzkie wedding photographer created this image at the Monastery of the Bernardine Fathers in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland - A shot over the shoulder of the wedding guest's phone filming the bride cutting a cake

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A blindfolded wedding guest smashes a pinata filled with candies during the wedding reception at Casa Chorro, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

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Mahala Eventos wedding image of groom being thrown up on the dance floor.

the groom being thrown up on the dance floor

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A guest pokes the flower girl playfully

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UK wedding reportage at venue Clevedon Hall, Somerset | A wedding guest lights a cigarette from a flaming heart

wedding reportage image at venue of A wedding guest lighting a cigarette from a flaming heart

Somerset Clevedon Hall UK flaming heart cigarette Somerset Wedding Photography wedding guest

a young boy with his head in his hands at his father's feet

Hampshire wedding Hampshire boy wedding guest Hampshire wedding photo Beaulieu Abbey Linus Moran

Wedding guest doing the limbo at the reception

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