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.

Ho Chi Minh artistic wedding photo from the reception venue of the bride and groom shoe game under lights

Los Gatos Love under Christmas tree lights during engagement photo session

Los Gatos engagement photos Los Gatos engagement photographer Christmas tree Los Gatos Los Gatos pre wedding portraits Engagement

Boston Engagement Portrait | Couple in parking garage and city in the background with lights in the foreground of the photo

bokeh couple city Boston Boston engagement session parking garage pre wedding location Boston

engaged Couple kissing with hong kong in the back ground for their pre-wedding portraits

engagement photo Hong Kong Hong Kong Lights hk city skyline Hong Kong pre wedding portraits

Samujana Villas, Koh Sanui pre-wedding photographer: It's double exposure of the couple with the lights on their ceremony stage.

It's double exposure of the couple with the lights on a stage

Will Tee stage Samujana Villas double exposure Lights couple Koh Sanui e shoot

A couple portrait at the first lights of the sun in the old alleys of florence

Florence alleys Florence brides couple portrait Florence wedding photography florence wedding

The path lights warm the heart and illuminate this couple's engagement session

Brazil wedding image engagement session path Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazil engagement Brazil wedding photo

downtown engagement photography - The couple embrace behind the lights of a Christmas tree

Fargo engagement Fargo wedding photo North Dakota Christmas tree Fargo wedding image Lights

Engagement Photo Session at Maceió, Alagoas - light, camera, love

Engagement Photo Session in the water with lights, camera, love

Engagement photo session Alagoas brides Monica Guimaraes Alagoas wedding photography camera Maceió Alagoas pre wedding

Sugarland, TX Couple's Portrait with red and blue lights indoors.

a Couple's Portrait with red and blue lights indoors

Blue red TX Lights Sugarland couple image Sugarland bride Sugarland couple photo

Positano, Italy, Almafi Coast engagement picture on a boat - Love in Italy

Coastal engagement picture on a boat with Love and lights

Lights Tyler Vu Italy Almafi Coast Engagement Picture coastal love

engagement silhouette image of a couple with the interesting lights reflected underneath them

reflected London Engagement London engagement images London pre wedding portrait London e session

Rooftop São Paulo creative portrait on wedding night using lights Rooftop São Paulo creative portrait on wedding night using lights

drinks São Paulo Lights groom bokeh Night portrait

Brazil Reception Portrait of the Bride and Groom | Black and white wedding day photography indoors

black and white bride and groom indoor Victor Ataide Lights portrait Brazil

Castello di Pomerio Erba Ricevimento wedding portrait | Photography under the tree

Castello di Pomerio Erba Ricevimento wedding venue portrait - Photo of the bride and groom under the tree

tree Ricevimento trees portrait Lecco wedding photography Lights Castello di Pomerio Erba

Socerb Castle, Slovenja Detail Photo of the Wedding rings

Socerb Castle, Slovenja colorful Detail Photo of the Wedding rings

detail Slovenja rings Socerb Castle Lights Slovenja detail image

Haras do Morro - Brasília - Brazil wedding photography | Guests toasting under lights

Haras do Morro - Brasília - Brazil wedding photography | Guests toasting under the reception party lights

brazil wedding photographer Brazil indoor weddings liquor Haras do Morro Brasília wedding venue Brazil indoor reception drinks

Penns Landing Philadelphia engagement photographer: I Saw the lights on the ceiling and had to use them.

indoor engagement photography with lights on the ceiling

Lights indoor engagement photography Penns Landing Penns Landing engagement photos ceiling Philadelphia Penns Landing e shoot

Malopolskie Reception Venue Photography - At the wedding, the groom is singing for the bride under purple DJ lights

Poland Weddings singing fog bride venue dj

Miami Florida Wedding Photographer Said: During he party at the reception house I took this photo of weddings rings with a quick light BBQ and light of cars in the parking lot.

Miami Florida Wedding Photo During the party at the reception house - weddings rings with a quick light BBQ and light of cars in the parking lot

Night Florida detail bokeh Lights miami wedding photographer

Temecula, Ca Couple poses among the lights

Lights CA Temecula marriage photo Temecula marriage Temecula wedding photography Kristina Cazares Neri ANZA foto and film

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia wedding venue photo | Night portrait during Winter Walk of Lights

Virginia portrait image groom Night Lights bride Virginia wedding portrait Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

St. Peter's Parish, Guernsey wedding photos | Flower girl dancing and singing

the young Flower girl dancing and singing

Nick Despres Lights guernsey weddings guernsey wedding photographer fog flower girl dancefloor

Scripps Seaside Forum- La Jolla California. The bride and groom share an umbrella as the rain came in.

Photo by: Shaun Baker - San Diego California

Lights groom Night California wedding California wedding photo bride

Castle Mierovo, Bratislava, Slovakia Bride and Groom portrait with soft, hanging lights at night

Photo by: Martin Almasi - Zvolen

lanterns Castle Mierovo creative Slovakia wedding portrait Lights Bratislava

San Antonio River Walk engagement session in water | Red and Blue Lights in Portrait

River Walk engagement session in water with Red and Blue Lights

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Baltimore Metro Station wedding photographer: This image was taken in the Baltimore Metro Station with a lighted gel

photo was created in the Baltimore Metro Station with a lighted gel

Baltimore marriage Baltimore Metro Station portrait Maryland Baltimore wedding photographer Lights

The surprise of the Bride as she plays instrument

paris wedding photographer France Bride paris weddings paris bride Lights indoor

reception venue photo of the dress hanging on a wall covered in lights

Rhode Island fine art wedding image reception venue photos Lights wall lights rhode island wedding photographer wedding photos wall

Meenambakkam, Chennai Pre-wedding couple shoot on the eve of the wedding

pre wedding location Meenambakkam Lights posing Chennai formal bokeh

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