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Wedding Photos of Lights

The following “Lights” wedding images were created by photographers from the WPJA. These contest award-winning pictures match the search result photos tagged as “Lights”. Wedding Photojournalist Association professionals regularly submit their best photography for review by WPJA competition judges. The photography samples below come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party as well as artistic portraits and detail shots.

San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Photos with some Slow dancing by the pier in the evening

Ho Chi Minh Artful Engagement Picture showing how In the middle of the crowded city they found each other

evening Lights Huy Che Hoang urban Ho Chi Minh town Ho Chi Minh couple

Ho Chi Minh Fine Art Engagement Session with some light of love in the dark

Huy Che Hoang Lights water darkness Ho Chi Minh Night Ho Chi Minh couple

Villa Aurelia Roma fine art wedding couple portrait surrounded by lights in black and white

Giuseppe De Angelis black and white couple portrait fine art wedding Villa Aurelia Roma Lights

Villa Borguese Anápolis wedding photo of dance floor dj fog and lights

Claudia Amorim Anápolis wedding photo Villa Borguese Lights dj fog dance floor

Napa engaged couple nightfall portrait session with just the two of us

evening lighting Chris Shum low light urban environment Napa wedding engagement street photography

Jaén, Spain pre-wed photography session with fire and flames

flames lighting lit portrait Spain Jaén engagement photos dusk Lights

Jaén, Spain Pre-Wedding portrait shoot with escalator glass reflections

city photos low light lighting urban portrait public places Pedro Volana street photography

Spain Pre-Wedding night shoot under the display lights in Jaén

Jaén engagement photos lighting Lights display of lights low light Pedro Volana Jaén wedding engagement

Jaén Pre-Wedding portraits with a couple riding horses on a fair carousel

Jaén Pre-Wedding portraits with a couple riding horses on a fair carousal

Jaén engagement photos Pedro Volana low light Jaén wedding engagement carousel fair Night

Jaén Pre-Wedding photo shoot at night in the rain under a clear umbrella

night engagement Jaén Pedro Volana clear umbrella Night Jaén engagement photos lit portrait

Reno, NV Couple backlit in the trees during a pre-wed photoshoot

Nevada trees night engagement lit portrait reno engagement photography outdoors dusk

Lair o Bear Park Couple kissing in snow during a pre-wed photography session

evening colorado engagement photographer blue hour lit portrait couple kissing Night low light

Los Angeles, California Twilight chills in the arts district for a pre-wed picture session

Los Angeles dusk Lights streets arts district California DTLA

New Jersey girl smiles to her fiance shadow during a pre-wed picture session

Night evening low light dusk Lights blue hour nj engagement portrait

Inside an old cheese farm, The couple is standing next to a press to make cheese during a pre-wed engagement photo session

cheese farm lighting night portrait lit portrait evening Night Utrecht

AB wedding bride and groom posing for an image at Silvertip Golf Resort , Canmore, AB, Canada

Canada lamps indoor AB groom Dorota Karpowicz Silvertip Golf Resort

Schloss Linnep, Ratingen, Germany Bridal couple shoot at night on the venues front stairs under lights

Schloss Linnep Germany wedding couple Germany Ratingen Bridal couple shoot front stairs Patrycja Janik

Spain pre wedding and engagement photography at sunset in Aguilas Murcia with a Car and a low sun

lit portrait dusk auto Lights car Murcia engagement photographer hills

ES pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at sunset in Almeria - Spain with a Car and love

evening Eduardo Blanco sunset lit portrait low light dusk Spain

NoCal engagement photo shoot in San Francisco with The lighted couple against the twilight blue sky

San Francisco NoCal twilight blue hour low light Lights Chris Shum

BG pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Vitosha mountain near Sofia, Bulgaria with Two lovers on a night walk in the mountain

Vitosha mountain dusk lighting Night Sofia vitosha engagement Lights

BG pre wedding and engagement photography at the front entrance to the St Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria with Two lovers embracing

Methodius National Library Lubomir Jiponov Night lit portrait lighting Bulgaria Lights

CA pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Napa, California at a Taqueria Style Stop

Tyler Vu lit portrait California Lights lighting Taqueria dusk

Siracusa pre-wedding night photo session with an engaged couple at the ending summer

lighting Simona Cancelli Lights dusk lit portrait low light evening

This is a long distance relationship. One lives in Virginia, the other lives in Sydney. They chose NYC to capture their love in this engagement portrait

New York City New York City engagement photographers nyc city Nam Trinh Night New York

Gostilna pri Lojzeto, Zemono, Slovenia Bride looking through the lights from flowers during portrait session

Dejan Zagar Gostilna pri Lojzeto flowers Zemono Zemono fine art wedding image Zemono artistic weddings Slovenia

Night time wedding portrait at The Terrace Club

Lights Shannon Cain texas wedding photographer TX night wedding portrait Texas fine art wedding image colorful

Sítio da Figueira, Porto Alegre, Brasil wedding photo of the couple and guests on the dance floor under purple dj lights

dancing Lights dance floor Porto Alegre reception venue dj couple Sítio da Figueira

A night portrait of a newlywed couple in West Sussex, UK

UK Lights Annamarie Stepney West Sussex West Sussex artistic wedding photo night portrait newlywed couple portrait

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WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.