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.

Boom Island Park lit couple portrait as they dance and dip in the clouds of dusk

Palmer House Hotel, Chicago creative lit silhouette wedding portrait in great light

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Netherlands bride and groom wedding portrait session in the blue hour

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Lombardy couple posing for wedding images lit by window light

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Big Bend National Park micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a couple holding hands under a light

El Paso mountain photo session wedding couple light lit holding hands Outdoor

Denver, Colorado creative wedding day portrait from a winter wedding and lucky to be caught in a huge blizzard after dark

The couple had a winter wedding portrait taken in a blizzard after dark on their wedding day

snowing dark Night winter wedding Colorado winter snow

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

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VA artistic wedding portrait from Arlington of the posed couple at the church

couple spot light Arlington-VA lit Nam Trinh VA posed

Tunel Guajataca, Isabela, Puerto Rico couple with light and wind created the perfect shot for this one

shadows Tunel Guajataca Puerto Rico couple image ocean beach sand shore

BG engagement portrait with a posed couple at Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria with Two lovers in front of the library columns

library Methodius National Library creative portrait silhouette Sofia columns contrast

BG engagement photo shoot at night in front of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria showing Two lovers in front of the library columns

Sofia silhouette artistic picture lit Sts Cyril contrast Bulgaria

Colorado pre wedding and engagement photography - The sun sets over Red Rocks amphitheater as he kisses her during their engagement session

Colorado scenic engagement shoot sunset hilltop view session adventure couple portraits CO mountains

TX pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers at Brazos Bend State Park - Fort Bend County, Texas of a Couple having their happy minute under a giant oak tree at the Park

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CO pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Lair O the Bear park, Idledale, silhouetted in front of color-gelled rock face

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France pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Strasbourg standing Against a 350 years old tree

creative portrait lit FR engagement silhouettes FR artistic picture big tree silhouette

Bouches-du-Rhone couple posing for a wedding picture using a flash at night inside a lit van

Bouches-du-Rhône lit van Bouches du Rhone couple wedding picture lit posing Night

Small wedding photography from a Colorado Private Home event of the Bride getting ready in a lit window frame

CO lit window frame Colorado bridal photo Colorado Private Home colorado bride

A cigar is lit for the bride at her Castello di Pomerio wedding in Italy

smoke candles Castello di Pomerio lit Italy cigar

Donnel Lake, Michigan bride and groom portrait amongst the tall grasses

Donnel Lake wedding photographer outdoors Michigan bride and groom portrait Donnel Lake artistic weddings lit

Maryland Blackwater Falls couple in a tent Under the starry Sky during engagement portrait session

lit Blackwater Falls engagement session Maryland MD Blackwater Falls tent

antwerp city couple strike a pose for an artistic, lit engagement portrait

strike a pose city Antwerp pre wedding locations Antwerp lit Antwerp engagement photos Sven Soetens

de klinge couple sitting on a park bench and lit under tall trees

park tall trees De Klinge pre wedding portrait De Klinge lit bench park bench

Colorful engagementt photo of a silhouetted couple with a strong pink lit shining behind them in Ho Chi Minh City

Nien Truong Ho Chi Minh engagement photographer lit Ho Chi Minh engagement photos Ho Chi Minh e shoot pink silhouetted

jackson park, chicago engagement portraits with a couple in front of a sculpture

sculpture lit Jackson Park pre wedding portrait art Jackson Park park Chicago

Frankfurt lit Train station portrait with an engaged couple

a lit Train station portrait with an engaged couple

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The couple stroll in Rocky Mountain National Park at sunrise, with hallet peak lit up gold with dawn's light

light hallet peak The couple stroll in Rocky Mountain Lucy Schultz lit Dream Lake

city centre engagement portrait of couple lit by an above spotlight

Detelina Krasteva Ruse city engagement photography Ruse city e session couple Ruse city pre wedding portrait Ruse city engagement portrait

engagement portrait of a couple silhouetted near arching architecture

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A lit engaged couple amongst grafitti at the Bayshore Roundhouse Train Yard

A lit engaged couple amongst grafitti at the Train Yard

San Francisco engagement images San Francisco engagement photography Bayshore Roundhouse Train Yard San Francisco e session San Francisco Tyler Vu lit

Treviso, Italy Night engagement portrait

Night engagement portrait under the lit arch

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