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395+ Inspiring Engagement Images from Portrait Sessions at Dusk, Evening, or Night

Find a Photographer / Dusk + Evening + Night

Feb 18, 2020 - Nighttime pre-wedding portrait photography when the available lighting is limited. Get inspiration for romantic, softly-lit couple photoshoots in the evening beneath the stars from the top engagement photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. Don’t have any ideas for your evening portrait session just yet? Don’t worry, because WPJA members will be your guiding light through the process and bring tons of fresh ideas to your night photo shoot.

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Travis Haughton
Atacama desert couple silhouette framed in ice floe during engagement photo session.
Eric Corbacho
Engagement photo session of a couple taking an evening walk through the park in New York City.
Kathleen Ricker
bromo, surabaya, indonesia pre-wedding portraits - playing fireworks
Chin Whei Tay
San Diego Engagement portrait session at dusk - teepee, lanterns and early evening for this couple shoot
Tanya Parada
Brooklyn Dumbo Engagement Photos - Couple stroll in Dumbo with Manhattan night view
Denis Gostev
Lincoln Park, Chicago couple and artwork - Engagement Session at Night with Lights
Victoria Sprung
Engaged Couples Photographer | Couple's Back Yard, Falls Church, VA - Couple back to back, throwing holi powder up, side lit to catch the spray!
Breanna Shaw
Bilkent Univ Main Campus, Ankara Portrait Session - Couple is standing on a building highlighted with purple
Orçun Yalçın
Seattle, WA Public Market Center Engagement photos at the busy Pike Market creates an opportunity for a silhouette portrait.
Trent Gillespie
Siracusa engagement portraits - love in sicily with lights
Simona Cancelli
Madrid Sunset at the temple - Engagement photo with a light
Sergio Cueto
Cedric Derbaise
Balboa Park, San Diego Engagement Photography | A Couple poses in Bokeh
Kristina Cazares Neri
Milano engagement image in Italy at night with a light
Michela Bocciarelli
Soho, Nyc Engagement Photographer: "Hanging out in Soho and just loving on each other. These two are a cultural blend of love and laughter. He's Israeli, she's Russian. They both live in NYC."
Chloe Delmonte
LACMA Museum Engagement Photo Session - Photographer: their first trip was here and 5 years later the came back for a professional session.
David Truong
Yosemite National Park Engagement Portraits inside a Lit Car at Night - Beyond the Stars
Tyler Vu
Prague, Czech Republic, Charles Bridge — USA couple during their night time portrait session in the rain
Kurt Vinion
Springfield, VA Hot Portraits with Love and Flames - Engagement Session with Fire
Sunny Mathur
Houston, TX, USA - Couple having a good time with the background of Houston cityscape
Si Vo
Museu do Amanhã, Píer Mauá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The beginning of a lifetime together. The sky is the limit!
Clara Sampaio
Key West Fire House - Creative Engagement Sessions in Florida
Julie Ambos
Beijing engagement shooting in hutong - Pre wedding photo session with tree lights
Vincent MA
chicago engagement photos - board of trade silhouette portrait of a couple
Victoria Sprung
Dusk engagement session with a couple at tower bridge
Samuel Berthelot
A San Francisco urban engagement photo shoot session of a couple | California photographer
Chris Shum
A couple is reflected in glass as they hold each other during their pre-wedding shoot by a London, England photographer.
Rahul Khona
Valleta Malta Portrait Session - A couple enjoys the music provided by a street musician during their engagement session in Malta
Kurt Vinion
San Diego, Ca engagement shoot session | Couple lit creatively in front of the ocean background
Kristina Cazares Neri
Miraflores Lima Backlight couple portrait at night with lights.
Dante Ceccon
Couple in the Rain near tower bridge - Tower Bridge London engagement session
Kari Bellamy
Bromo Mount, Indonesia Prewedding Portraits | Camp fire for the couple
Chin Whei Tay
Logan Westom
SAN FRANCISCO ENGAGEMENT SESSION FOR PREWEDDING PORTRAITS - BLUE SKY
Raymond Nguyen
Couple Engagement Photos | Rosewood Farms. This photo is taken outside by a fire pit at the couple's wedding venue. They wanted to do their engagement session at the same place where they'd be getting married so we wanted to make something unique for them
Breanna Shaw
Treviso, Italy Night engagement portrait
Lisa Pacor
Cuartel Ballaja, San Juan PR Engagement Session Photography - Portrait contains:  A colorful Background with some running action from the couple
Alexis Rodriguez Montalvo
Capitola Engagement Portrait at dusk
Chris Shum
Rain engagement photograph in the streets of Ho Chi Minh city Vietnam
Van Tran
Kevin Sawyer
Stillwater Wedding and Engagement Photography | Couple sitting down in bar
Penny McCoy
Cape May, NJ Engagement Photographer — Future Bride & groom silhouette on the beach
Tim D. Yun
A couple is silhouetted against the building at Denver's Union Station during their engagement photos in lower downtown
Justin Edmonds
Grand Central NY portrait of a couple in front of monitor
Wenjie Han
Couple hold hands while riding separate escalators in The One Hotel during this Miami Beach engagement photo session
David Zaoui
Fabio Azanha
Porto Engagement Couple Photography - Portrait contains: evening, kiss, lighting, street, scene, ambiance
Daniel Monteiro
Ouro Preto lit portrait of engaged couple at a church
Vinicius Terror
Siracusa luna park slow-shutter engagement portrait with blur.
Simona Cancelli
Engagement Photography | Saigon, Vietnam - Leave the city light right behind us
Van Tran
England destination wedding photography | Dorset engagement photograph of a couple about to kiss
Robin Goodlad
Danny Klimetz
England pre-wedding portraits - industrial concrete architecture provide dramatic backdrop for this lit photo
Obi Nwokedi
Couple share their loving engagement photo session with the background of Portland Oregon
Si Vo
A couple kisses in racing gear on a race track at night in this engagement photo session by a Shandong, China photographer.
Vincent Mu
Outside Grand Central Station Portrait Photographer: "We came out right when the rain stopped. I knew I could still get the blue of the sky if I gelled. I did and this is the result."
Miguel Gonzalez
Siracusa lit portrait session at night | engagement love photography in sicily
Simona Cancelli
pre-wedding photo session with MEXICO sign - Engagement Photographer
Adeline Leonti
Mango Gu

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