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.

University Campus Couple posed on steps in the afternoon sunlight

Loveshoot with two lovely woman, who could not imagine they should look ok on a picture

portrait of two woman, who could not imagine they should look ok

Noord Brabant e session woman Noord Brabant pre wedding portrait warm portrait sunlight Noord Brabant engagement photography

dumbo Portrait of engaged couple in afternoon sunlight

engaged couple in afternoon sunlight near brick building

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engagement couple portrait in warm afternoon sunlight

sunlight Crozon afternoon Crozon wedding elopement warm Patrick Lombaert France

Phu Quoc Island pre-wedding portraits - blue sea, sunlight, you and me

pre-wedding portraits with a blue sea, and sunlight

Huy Che Hoang Phu Quoc Island pre wedding portrait sunlight Phu Quoc Island e session Phu Quoc Island blue sea Phu Quoc Island engagement images

Beijing China engagement pre-wedding session in the sunlight

engagement pre-wedding session in the sunlight under fall colored trees

beijing wedding Beijing engagement photos trees Engagement sunlight fall color Beijing

London pre-wedding shoot of a couple with strong sunlight cast upon them

a pre-wedding shoot of a couple with strong sunlight cast upon them

shadows uk bride urban uk wedding photographer light sunlight

prewedding photo session in the sunlight that warms the engagement of this romantic couple

brazil wedding photographer Brazil brazil bride Rio de Janeiro sunlight Engagement

Engagement Sessions | This photo is taken inside a greenhouse at Rawlings Conservatory in Baltimore. There was a beam of harsh sunlight coming through the window that I positioned the couple in and then shot through the leaves of one of the plants

There was a beam of harsh sunlight coming through the window that I positioned the couple in and then shot through the leaves of one of the plants

Baltimore couple plants Baltimore wedding photographer Baltimore bride beam of light positioned

Oakland Hill pre-wedding picture of a couple - Romancing in the woods

pre-wedding picture of a couple Romancing in the woods in the sunlight

Oakland bride Oakland e session Oakland Hill Romancing oakland wedding photographer sunlight

Engagement photo of a couple in the sunlight | Pirenópolis pre-wed

Engagement photo of a couple in the tropical sunlight

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Essen, Germany Couple Portrait Shoot - Essen Pre Wedding Session in the Sunlight

Couple Portrait Session in the Sunlight on some industrial stairs

Essen engagement photographer Essen pre wedding portraits Patrycja Janik sunlight Essen Essen engagement photos Essen e shoot

Beacon Hill, Boston Couple Love Portrait Session - Spinning under the sunlight

a Couple Love Portrait Session while Spinning under the sunlight

sunlight Boston pre wedding portrait couple Boston Boston engagement photography Beacon Hill portrait session

Bruz, France Portrait of the groom and the bride with warm afternoon sunlight on their faces.

Bruz, France Wedding Portrait of the groom and the bride with warm afternoon sunlight on their faces

afternoon sunlight bride Patrick Lombaert Bruz warm

Germany Hoher Darsberg | Portrait of the couple with sunlight

Germany Hoher Darsberg Wedding Day Portrait of the couple with sunlight

germany wedding photographer couple sunlight Hoher Darsberg portrait

Germany Darmstad sunlight creative portrait of the bride and groom

groom Darmstad sunlight portrait bride artistic

The bride gets ready to walk down the aisle with her father

sunlight bride vermont weddings trees Manchester Equinox Resort Vermont Bride

Discovery Center Engagement Photography with whispers

sunlight Round Mountain Round Mountain pre wedding portrait Round Mountain e session Engagement photography Round Mountain engagement images Shannon Cain

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Engagement Photo | Couple backlit by the sun

Redwoods State Park Engagement Photo of a Couple backlit by the sun

Redwoods State Park engagement photography couple Redwoods State Park e session Shea McGrath Redwoods State Park pre wedding portrait Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park sunlight

Brazil, Teresópolis Engagement Photo Session

fun Teresopolis e shoot Teresopolis pre wedding portraits dogs laughing Teresopolis engagement photographer

bride in sunlight during wedding day portrait

New Jersey wedding photography happiness New Jersey fine art wedding picture Bride Picture celebration Portrait bridal sunlight

Bride at the Church Looking to the light during a Wedding Portrait

wedding sunlight rays Tuscany Tuscany wedding photography Tuscany artistic wedding photo Tuscany church

Couple session in the mountains of the Sila national park, Calabria | Image contains: hug, embrace, love, forest, trees, woods, sunlight

Couple session in the mountains of the national park

sunlight Calabria love pre wedding location Calabria Sila national park forest

Antwerpen wedding photographer working with Flanders bride in a light shaft against a wall

Flanders Antwerpen portrait bride sunlight

Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads in a forest Engagement Portrait Session

sunlight trees Yvelines e shoot Yvelines light Jeremie Sangare Yvelines engagement photos

France Couple - Cassis Engagement Session with a couple - Portrait contains: kiss, sunlight, hands, lips

Engagement Session with a couple with a kiss and good sunlight

pre wedding session Cassis sunlight Cassis hands Cassis engagement photos kiss

Germany Engagement Couple Portrait - Image contains: kiss, head, sun, sunlight, burst, flare

Engagement Couple Portrait with a kiss

burst sun head Flare sunlight pre wedding location Germany

Porto Cesareo Engagement Photography Session - Image contains: railing, leaning, black, jackets, holding, sunlight

Porto Cesareo Engagement Photography of a couple on a railing in black jackets

Porto Cesareo Black jackets Porto Cesareo pre wedding portraits leaning sunlight

Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Couple walking on the field - Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: grass, focus, sunlight

Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Couple walking on the field in this Engagement Photo

Rheinland Pfalz Rheinland Pfalz engagement photographers pre wedding shoot Rheinland Pfalz sunlight grass Germany focus

San Diego, California Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: shadows, direct, sunlight, harsh, light

San Diego, California Engagement Portrait of a Couple with shadows, and direct sunlight

San Diego light shadows sunlight direct harsh

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