Wedding Photos of Colorful lights

The following “Colorful lights” 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 “Colorful lights” 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.

During their nighttime prewedding session in Phuket Thailand, the couple embraced under colorful lights and colorful bokeh, capturing the essence of their love before their upcoming wedding.

Phuket Nighttime Romance: Embracing Love Under Colorful Lights and Bokeh - Engagement Portrait

A bride and groom embrace on their wedding day at Gray's Inn in London. The night-time portrait captures the couple bathed in colorful lights and surrounded by bokeh flares, creating a romantic and enchanting scene.

Enchanted Embrace: London's Gray's Inn Sparkles with Love and Light on Wedding Night

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In this image taken at a wedding reception in Paris, the bride and groom are seen skillfully filling a champagne tower while enjoying a celebratory sip.

Bubbles of Love: Capturing Parisian Romance as Champagne Flows at the Wedding Reception

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A vibrant wedding photo captures the joyful atmosphere at the end of the night in Mexico. The poolside venue glows with colorful lights as guests celebrate and dance.

Fiesta of Love: A Vibrant Mexican Wedding Celebration Sparkles Underneath the Poolside Glowing Lights

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In this stunning wedding portrait, the couple is captured in a beautifully artistic way with the use of light-painting and technology, creating a display of colorful lights.

Yvelines Art Wedding: A Dazzling Technological Masterpiece Captures Couples' Love

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The couple posed for an engagement announcement portrait in Minneapolis, Minnesota surrounded by holiday lights

Minneapolis, Minnesota Holiday Lights Engagement Announcement Portrait for Couple

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The couple toasted to their future in Chiemgau with a champagne shot against a backdrop of a beautiful blue sky lit with colorful lights

The engaged couple celebrated their love in Chiemgau, toasting with champagne under a vibrant sky

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The romantic couple at Rim's Cafe in South Philadelphia were surrounded by a beautiful bokeh of lights during their lifestyle engagement shoot

The romantic PA couple in South Philadelphia were surrounded by beautiful bokeh lights at Rim's Cafe, in love and engaged

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The engaged couple enjoyed a beautiful night portrait in Miami, Florida, USA with colorful city lights reflecting off the water

In Miami, Florida, the couple in a night portrait by the water with twinkling city lights

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At this couples portrait session in Joshua Tree, California, the photographer incorporated pink, purple, and blue lights and smoke

California's Joshua Tree: Dreamy, romantic atmosphere created with pink, purple, and blue lights and smoke at couples portrait session

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This wedding day couple portrait session at Joshua Tree, California featured pink and blue lights as well as prism glass in the evening desert setting

Joshua Tree, California: Evening desert setting featuring pink and blue lights, plus prism glass for wedding day couple portrait session

colorful lights evening portrait California - Southern pink and blue prism glass JOSHUA TREE Joshua Tree Photographer

The couple during their first dance with color lights at the Clos du Tuilier, Lubéron, France

The couple danced their first dance with color lights flashing behind them

PACA Luberon Oppedette Wedding Photographer Clos du Tuilier France Oppedette first dance

Chapperral Ranch Aspen, Colorado marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The bride and groom dancing on the bands stage at the end of the reception

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Pasadena pre wedding photo shoot with starburst magic

A pre wedding photo shoot with starburst magic and rainbow colors

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Baden-Württemberg wedding photo from the lit reception showing the bride and groom during the first dance

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creative wedding day portrait in the night between some trees and some colorful spot lighting

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Romantic photo of bride and groom kissing under venue lights at Della Terra Mountain Chateau (Estes Park, CO)

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wedding photography showing the Bride is singing at after party at Ankara, Kizilcahamam, in the house of the couple

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Siracusa luna park slow-shutter engagement portrait with blur

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Germany wedding photographer at the venue Maisenburg taking pictures during the first dance

wedding photographer at the venue taking pictures during the first dance

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A woman in Porto Alegre were surrounded by colorful lights and blowing bubbles, creating a beautiful contrast against the dark background

In Porto Alegre, a woman was illuminated by vibrant lights and blowing bubbles, creating a stunning contrast against the dark sky

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