Wedding Photos of Lit

The following “Lit” 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 “Lit” 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 extraordinary Alsace wedding picture by a pro France photographer showing the bride and groom during the first dance on a bed of dj fog

Epic Estes Park engagement session for a Couple doing dance dip in front of Stanley Hotel

Estes Park Night co couple lit Stanley Hotel dancing Bonnie Sizer

Epic Great San Dunes National Park engagement session created as the CO Couple poses in the desert under the blue sky with clouds

Medano dunes Medano Pass Great Sand Dunes National Park Colorado mountains Bonnie Sizer

A first rate Green Acres Event Center wedding image from an on location Minnesota couple portrait session outside of lit barn at night

Minnesota barn Green Acres Event Center weddings Minnesota couple portrait session outside Night lit

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Scotland showing the gazebo backlit during a dance

Mike Cook UK Photographer backlit Scotland bride and groom dance lit Scotland wedding portrait

World's top and most original Bayern wedding photography for a colorful Night portrait

Bayern wedding photography Germany bride and groom colorful Bavaria lit Germany

Bangkok pre-wedding engagement session capturing the couple with a red light in the dark scene

lit light dark scene red light Bangkok engagement session Night Wasan Chirdchom

World's top and most original Glacier, MT wedding portrait photography of a couple lit at dusy overlooking the water

World's top and most original Glacier, MT wedding portrait photography of a couple lit at dusk overlooking the water

glacier glacier Montana overlook lit MT couple Glacier portrait photography

A first rate Zurich wedding image from an on location Switzerland lit couple portrait session in the rain at night with an umbrella

Switzerland couple portrait session Night Switzerland Mischa Baettig Zurich on location umbrella

World's top and most original Estes Park wedding portrait photography showing A bride and groom sharing an intimate lit picture session after sunset

lit CO portrait photography Destination Wedding Colorado Estes Park bride and groom Colorado intimate

A distinguished Estes Park wedding image from a Colorado couple photo session created as they go for a walk up a mountain

Colorado nature walk Estes Park lit Colorado couple photo session mountain

World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Black Canyon Inn, Estes Park during an indoor mountain wedding ceremony that was lit by the photographer

indoor mountain wedding ceremony lit CO photographer Estes Park wedding venue Colorado wedding photography Black Canyon Inn weddings

World's most visionary and best wedding photography from Spruce Mountain Ranch, Larkspur, Colorado of bride and groom smoking cigars at the end of the night

Spruce Mountain Ranch venue Blue Spruce Mountain Ranch Colorado bride and groom Night Larkspur outdoor weddings Colorado

High quality Estes Park wedding portrait session with this Colorado bride and groom at Black Canyon Inn in front of Longs Peak

Black Canyon Inn lit Colorado bride and groom bouquet Estes Park wedding portrait Longs Peak wedding portrait

An Italy wedding photojournalist at Castelvecchio Sagrado in Gorizia captured this moment of the Wedding games with bride and groom holding shoes

Night shoes Italy Castelvecchio Sagrado Gorizia wedding photojournalist lit outdoors

A Colorado documentary wedding photographer captured this moment of the Dog crashing the first dance

Lights lit dog dusk Colorado crashing

A wedding photojournalist in South Lake Tahoe captured this moment as A bridesmaid does the splits on the dance floor in front of a groomsmen

lit splits groomsmen bridesmaid reception dance floor

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts as A bride and groom dance in the rain lit by a flash

lit Chestnut Hill weddings raining metropolitan Massachusetts Museum Korri Crowley

View this dramatic wedding image taken at the Crest Center in Asheville, NC of the Bride and Groom making their grand entrance lit by natural light coming in through the windows

Crest Center Asheville grand entrance windows bride and groom NC natural light

Minneapolis pre-wedding photo-session at a library as the Couple reads together

Minneapolis read MN couple Minneapolis pre wedding library

Singapore pre-wedding photo-session at the Golden Mile Tower creatively lit by the headlights of a car in the rain. Picture shot through a copper ring

creative Singapore pre wedding photo Timothy Sim Golden Mile Tower copper ring car rain

A stylish Sozopol wedding portrait of the Bulgaria groom at Villa Raiski Zaliv during an outdoor photo session with his friends in the trees

Sozopol Bulgaria Villa Raiski Zaliv outdoor photo Sozopol wedding portrait lit friends Villa Raiski Zaliv

Scotland wedding image of the Bride and groom backlit, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

backlit kissing lit trail bride and groom Scotland Scotland wedding image

View this dramatic Scotland wedding image of Bride and groom backlit under a large tree, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

dramatic Scotland wedding image of Bride and groom backlit under a large tree, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

wedding photography Scotland photographer large tree night shot backlit Scotland darkness

View this tasteful Texas wedding Groom with Groomsmen Portrait, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the French Farmhouse from the WPJA

Texas wedding Groom with Groomsmen Portrait, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at the French Farmhouse

blue sky Texas photographer groomsmen portrait TX wedding photography Texas wedding Groom French Farmhouse building

A creative Angoulême wedding detail picture at Chateau La Pouyade in Charente, France showing the brides shoes on a wood floor and lit with soft lighting

Chateau La Pouyade Charente venue Angoulême wood floor soft lighting lit Chateau La Pouyade weddings

View this dramatic Les Vergers du Roy Bride and groom during a night shooting at their wedding, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France from the WPJA

dramatic Les Vergers du Roy Bride and groom during a night shooting at their wedding, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France

france wedding France France photographer silhouettes bride and groom Les Vergers du Roy lit

View this grand Denver wedding day portrait showing The bride and groom spraying champagne as they celebrate their new marriage, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

Denver wedding day portrait showing The bride and groom spraying champagne as they celebrate their new marriage, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado

lit Denver wedding portrait Colorado bride and groom spraying champagne celebrate Denver wedding photography

View this picturesque Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing their first sunset together as husband and wife, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

picturesque Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing their first sunset together as husband and wife, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado

wedding photography husband and wife bride and groom Estes Park wedding image picturesque outdoors Colorado

View this elegant Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing in a portrait together before getting married, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing in a portrait together before getting married in Colorado

outdoors bride and groom portrait Estes Park wedding image trees getting married lit sunlight

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