Wedding Photos of Sunshine

The following “Sunshine” 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 “Sunshine” 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.

Engagement Portrait of a couple in the sun with a glass building

The bright sunshine of nature as the Venice bride briskly runs in glee

sunshine Venice Venice bride forest glee runs briskly

The bright sunshine of nature as the Venice bride briskly runs in glee

sunshine briskly runs trees Venice bride bright Venice

Bride and groom have confetti thrown at them at a wedding

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The bride, groom, and guests mingle in the sunny courtyard

light of day newlyweds Hotel Du Vin sun day tree shadows bride and groom

A young couple in love embrace in the afternoon sun for their pre-wedding portrait in Brazil

Porto Alegre engagement shoot embrace Porto Alegre sunshine embracing young couple

Camp Hale Wedding ceremony Champagne blast shot | Vail Wedding | Colorado Wedding Photographer

daytime, outdoor Wedding ceremony Champagne blast shot

Colorado sunlight sunshine nature vail outdoor ceremony outdoors

Seattle engagement photos in the sun with engaged couple and lens flares

sunlight sunshine couple portrait session Seattle lens flare Jennifer Tai Seattle engagement photography

Sunset Engagement Portraits with clouds and sun in Minas Gerais Brazil

Sunset Engagement Portraits with clouds and a bright sun in Minas Gerais Brazil

Brazil Minas Gerais couple portrait shoot Minas Gerais South America engagement image Minas Gerais clouds

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pink gown flowers groom cellphone sunshine umbrella

sunshine guests umbrellas parasols color

bridesmaids sunshine groomsmen groom petals flowers

sunshine mountains color shadows forest sunflowers

sunshine bride shadows veil guests canopy

The sun shone brightly as the flower girl, with a bridesmaid in a red dress, spilled the petals from her basket, creating a beautiful juxtaposition of flowers and bouquet captured by the wedding photographer from Malaga

In Malaga, the sun shone brightly on a flower girl spilling petals near a red-dressed bridesmaid, creating a beautiful juxtaposition captured by the wedding photographer

bouquet bridesmaids flowers Andalusia Spain dresses Color

color bridesmaids bouquets Hummer red limo

pastor petals bride guests kiss microphone color

shadow bride black and white sunshine accordian accordionist gown

bride bouquet color flowergirl veil shadow sunshine

veil pathway suit bouquet mountains trail gown

gown bouquet bride sunshine red shadow

sand beach sunshine color chairs boats

bride shadows sunshine groom groomsmen color

dresses yellow groom bride pink shadows

color sunshine violinists shadows father gown

bouquet shadows sunshine gown bride black and white groom

shadows sunshine bride toss black and white guests

color sunshine green flowergirls shadows baskets white

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