Wedding Photos of Sunlight

The following “Sunlight” 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 “Sunlight” 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.

Australia pre wedding and engagement photography in Fossil Bluff, Tasmania, Australia of a couple in the long grass bathed in golden hour light

Siena, Tuscany pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple playing against a sunset skyline

Siena sunset sunshine Tuscany sunlight warm light

AZ engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Downtown Phoenix with a couple and a sun flare

Colorado engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Downtown Phoenix with a couple and a sun flare

afternoon urban sunlight AZ sun flare Downtown Phoenix

Colorado engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in Breckenridge, CO with a kiss of winter light

winter sunshine Colorado pre wed photo sunlight Breckenridge kissing kiss

Colorado pre wedding and engagement photography catching the last winter light in Breckenridge, CO

snow sunlight mountains winter light CO engagement images winter cabin

Rocky Mountains pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Frisco, CO with a couple on one of their Fall walks

CO rocky mountains sunshine sun flare fall afternoon Light sunlight

NJ pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Frenchtown, New Jersey

foliage New Jersey Frenchtown Flare garden sunlight

Spoleto - Italy couple in the spot of sunlight during an afternoon engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session

trees outdoors woods sunlight forest Spoleto

San Francisco pre-wedding photo of an engaged couple so in love

low angle trees San Francisco engagement photographers sunlight bokeh San Francisco

Duino, Trieste, Italy engagement portrait image from the woods with sunlight

sunlight Duino trees pre wedding locations Trieste Italy trail Trieste

Couple embrace during their engagement session at Meyer Ranch Park in Morrison, Colorado

Morrison pre wedding portrait Colorado forest Meyer Ranch Park trees engagement photos Morrison sunlight

Baltimore Maryland artistic wedding After Ceremony Portrait in the grape vines at the vinyard

Baltimore wedding couple Baltimore Maryland wedding Patterns vineyard sunlight

Sacramento backyard wedding picture of a little baby watching his brother swinging

sunlight Sacramento wedding photo Sacramento Wedding swing CA backyard wedding

A Breckenridge, CO engaged couple Kisses in the sunlight during their pre-wedding portrait shoot

fall portrait engagement photos Breckenridge kiss sunlight mountains CO

London, UK Flowers on the way to the church in this artistic wedding photo

church carry flowers London London fine art wedding picture London wedding photography sunlight

A couple embraces in the sunlight during their engagement session at Lincoln Park in Chicago

kissing Chicago Chicago engagement photographers Lincoln Park blue sky sunlight pre wedding session Chicago

artistic wedding portrait at Seehotel Ketsch of the groom

Ketsch artistic weddings portrait of groom sunlight Ketsch fine art wedding image Ketsch wedding photographer Ketsch

creative wedding day portrait showing the brides look as she holds her flowers in the sunlight against a brick wall

sunlight flowers Campinas bridal portrait brick wall wedding photography sunshine

Bridesmaids block out the sun in this China wedding detail image

bridesmaids China fine art wedding picture China China wedding photography Jinqi Tan China artistic wedding photo sunlight

San Pietro in Montorio Church, Rome, Italy wedding image showing the sunlight enters directly from the window during the ceremony on the praying couple

enters Montorio Church Rome ceremony San Pietro window Italy wedding

Sunlight and wall shadows couple engagement image from Puglia

pre wedding session Puglia shadows white wall Puglia Puglia engagement photographers sunlight

Urban sunlight engagement photos at Oporto Streets of couple kissing in the late afternoon

Oporto Oporto engagement photos street pre wedding locations Oporto sunlight

Afternoon sunlit engagement picture session in Ponte Vecchio, Florence of couple kissing

Florence engagement photographers black and white Florence Ponte Vecchio sunlight couple

bursa couple pre-wed portraits in the sunlight under the tree branches

pre wed pre wedding session Bursa Turkey engagement photographers couple sunlight Turkey

Engagement photo session in Florence, Italy

Engagement photo session in the afternoon sunlight of Florence, Italy

Italy sunlight Florence engagement photographers IT afternoon sunlight afternoon

Slovenia Bride and groom being lighted up by the sun during portrait session Close to wedding reception venue

Slovenia artistic wedding photographer portrait session Slovenia fine art wedding photographer sunlight Dejan Zagar Slovenia fine art wedding photo bride and groom

Fanueil Hall, Boston Massachusetts Couple standing against building holding hands on the corner of the property

Fanueil Hall, Boston Massachusetts Couple standing against building holding hands on the corner of the propoerty

pre wedding shoot Boston standing Boston shadows corner Massachusetts

China Artistic Wedding Detail of he bridmaid on the way to the hotel and the sunlight was shining on her back

China Artistic Wedding Detail image of he bridmaid on the way to the hotel and the sunlight was shining on her back

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The young couple embrace as the sunlight filters through the trees at Sawmill reservoir in Breckenridge during their winter engagement session

The young couple embrace as the sunlight filters through the trees at the reservoir during their winter engagement session

young couple Breckenridge engagement photographer reservoir Breckenridge winter embrace

Pre-Wedding portraits from İzmir, Turkey

Pre-Wedding portraits in the afternoon sunlight

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