Wedding Photos of Lights

The following “Lights” 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 “Lights” 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.

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

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

Jaén wedding engagement Night Jaén Spain lit portrait lighting

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

Jaén glass reflection Jaén wedding engagement evening Night Spain

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

Jaén engagement photos dusk night portrait lit portrait Jaén wedding engagement Lights

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 Spain horses evening lit portrait night portrait dusk

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

dusk Jaén wedding engagement Jaén engagement photos lighting rain night engagement

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

reno engagement photography trees Nevada dusk forest lit portrait evening

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

night portrait low light Colorado Lair O Bear Park Lights lit portrait Night

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

California dusk Lights Los Angeles arts district DTLA

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

low light blue hour New Jersey dusk night portrait nj engagement portrait evening

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

lit portrait low light dusk cheese farm evening night portrait Lights

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

Lights AB wedding bride shades posing Canada AB

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

Germany Lights Night Ratingen Bridal couple shoot Germany wedding venues Patrycja Janik

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

dusk car Murcia engagement photographer lighting lit portrait Lights Murcia

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

Almeria engagement lighting lit portrait evening auto headlamps sunset

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

lighting San Francisco twilight Lights Night lit portrait

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

dusk Bulgaria Vitosha mountain Night Sofia lighting vitosha engagement

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

Sts Cyril Sofia Bulgaria Sofia engagement dusk Lights lit portrait

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

Napa lighting napa engagement portrait Tyler Vu lit portrait low light night portrait

Artistic wedding image of the couple with bokeh lights from Villa Anna - Ispica

A wedding image with an artistic flair, featuring bokeh lights and the silhouetted couple

creative Villa Anna Sicily Ispica Lights Villa Anna wedding venue backdrop

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

Lights lit portrait low light couple portrait session Siracusa blue hour Night Sicily

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

urban Night city New York City engagement photographers nyc New York crosswalk

artistic wedding couple portrait with darkness and lights like stars

Fujian photoshoot wedding couple photography Fujian Lights Fujian wedding couple portrait Fujian wedding photography artistic wedding portrait Fujian wedding portrait

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

Zemono fine art wedding image flowers Gostilna pri Lojzeto Dejan Zagar Lights Zemono Bride Portrait

Night time wedding portrait at The Terrace Club

Texas fine art wedding image texas wedding photographer Lights Shannon Cain night wedding portrait TX The Terrace Club

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

Sítio da Figueira Porto Alegre reception venue dj porto alegre wedding venues dancing guests Brasil wedding photo

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

newlywed couple portrait West Sussex wedding photography Annamarie Stepney West Sussex artistic wedding photo night portrait West Sussex fine art wedding picture West Sussex

Florida wedding photography from the Ocean Key Resort of the toasting of glasses

covid19 reception Key West wedding image Key West toasting Florida

Portopiccolo, Trieste, Italy couple posing on the stairs for pictures in the Lights and shadows

Trieste Trieste engagement session Italy stairs Lights Portopiccolo

Vietnam couple portraits near the wedding Ceremony Location - give me your kiss, I will give you rest of my life

wedding ceremony Vietnam fine art wedding photo Vietnam artistic wedding photography Lights Blue silhouette Vietnam fine art wedding photographer

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