Wedding Photos of Lights

The following “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 “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.

An eccentric Segovia wedding portrait of the Madrid couple in Spain using lights for a creative silhouette

View this decorative Varna picture of The wedding suit of the groom, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Villa Chinka in Bulgaria from the WPJA

Varna picture of The wedding suit of the groom, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Villa Chinka in Bulgaria

Bulgaria wedding photography wedding suit Bulgaria Lights Varna wedding picture Varna photographer Villa Chinka

O Butiá - Porto Alegre marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the Bride dancing in style with her uncle

Porto Alegre photographer sunglasses reception party photo Porto Alegre marriage dancing yellow uncle

Urbino, Italy marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the groom with friends at the dance floor

Leonard Walpot groomsmen Italy Italy marriage reception party Urbino LNRD Photography groom

Bodrum, Turkey outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded a Groom in air under trees and lights

Groom in air Turkey photographer turkey outdoor reception bridal party trees Bodrum

Chateau du Vergnet, Tarn outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded a little girl dancing while everybody is eating

little girl dancing tables reception party photo Tarn photographer outdoor marriage

Maceio bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture with A warm hug

Maceió Renner Boldrino warm hug Maceió engagement Maceio bride and groom Lights

Brazilian bride and groom to be, posturing for a Jatai engagement image at Pontal do Urutau at night with stars and bursts

Jatai Jatai night portrait Lights Brazilian bride Pontal do Urutau Brazil

The France WPJA is proud to award this non traditional and colorful Montpellier wedding image of a French Dancing moment at the outdoor venue under lights at night

Night Montpellier wedding image Lights french wedding venue Montpellier outdoor venue France

Montpellier, France outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the bride doing push-ups during the wedding

wedding Montpellier photographer marriage reception party photo push ups bride France outdoor wedding

Toulouse bride and groom to be, posturing for an engagement image at Quai de la Daurade for a silhouette by night

Toulouse night portrait So Wedding Photographie Lights Quai de la Daurade Sophie Station France Toulouse silhouette portrait

View this dramatic Bonn marriage pic of Wedding lights, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Germany from the WPJA

Germany Lights Monique De Caro Bonn wedding photography Germany Bonn marriage pic Dramatic

Bursa, Bey Konagi wedding bride artistic image session with lights and red walls

wedding bride Bursa Bride red walls Bursa Bey Konagi artistic image session Lights

Villa Caroli Zanchi, Italy wedding bridal party artistic image session with the group of the grooms friends made unique by a play of lights that enhances the smoke of the cigars

Italy artistic image session Villa Caroli Zanchi cigars group Milan groom Lights

Leingarten wedding couple artistic image session in the lights of the dark Heart

Lights wedding couple Leingarten wedding couple dark Heart artistic image session Leingarten

Artistic Key West wedding picture in Florida Showing the setup at sunset for a beach reception at dusk with strings of lights

Key West wedding picture Lights beach reception strings of lights outdoor reception sunset dusk

Artistic Cape Cod wedding picture in Falmouth, Massachusetts from a private residence showing the MA couple in front of the tent at dusk with lights

Lights Falmouth weddings Private residence MA couple artistic tent Cape Cod

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Siracusa showing a couple surrounded in colorful bokeh lights

Lights colorful Night bokeh lit Siracusa PreWedding Portrait

Sofia portrait e-session of couple inside building in black and white

building window inside Sofia portrait Sofia couple bw Bulgaria

San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Photos with some Slow dancing by the pier in the evening

Night San Francisco urban city Lights darkness

Ho Chi Minh Artful Engagement Picture showing how In the middle of the crowded city they found each other

streets city Ho Chi Minh couple urban Huy Che Hoang Night darkness

Ho Chi Minh Fine Art Engagement Session with some light of love in the dark

Ho Chi Minh couple water Lights darkness evening Huy Che Hoang Night

Fort Collins Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait for a Couple under the lights in Old Town

Fort Collins couple Old Town bokeh Fort Collins Mark Creery co pre wedding portrait Night

Bangkok Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait while Exploring Klong Ong Ang night market

Lights Klong Ong Bangkok market night portrait Siwanat Phongbunkumlarp Bangkok photographer

A pre wedding portrait session under the the lighting of billboards

billboards China Hangzhou PreWedding Photography Hangzhou Lights

Villa Aurelia Roma fine art wedding couple portrait surrounded by lights in black and white

Lights Villa Aurelia Roma black and white Giuseppe De Angelis couple portrait fine art wedding

Nanping Fujian Hotel fine art wedding couple portrait in a Silhouette of groom and bride with lights

fujian weddings Groom and bride Nanping fine art wedding hotel Fujian

Villa Borguese Anápolis wedding photo of dance floor dj fog and lights

dj fog dance floor Villa Borguese Anápolis wedding photo Lights

China wedding bride posed portrait session with the lights on both sides of the aisle, one cold and one warm, respectively illuminate the dining table and the bride

China posed Gang Chen China portrait session illuminate warm aisle

Villa Garavaglia creative wedding bridal portrait session with the bride leaning on the door with her back, the cut of the photo is high, more than half a bust, on the first floor an effect of lights due to the glass of an ancient chandelier

half a bust chandelier Arezzo effect Villa Garavaglia wedding Lights

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