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.

Ho Chi Minh artistic wedding photo from the reception venue of the bride and groom shoe game under lights

Los Gatos Love under Christmas tree lights during engagement photo session

Lights photo session love Christmas tree Los Gatos engagement photos Los Gatos e shoot

Boston Engagement Portrait | Couple in parking garage and city in the background with lights in the foreground of the photo

MA city bokeh Lights parking garage pre wedding location Boston

engaged Couple kissing with hong kong in the back ground for their pre-wedding portraits

Hong Kong pre wedding portraits Lights hk engagement photo Hong Kong Night Hong Kong

Samujana Villas, Koh Sanui pre-wedding photographer: It's double exposure of the couple with the lights on their ceremony stage.

It's double exposure of the couple with the lights on a stage

Lights Samujana Villas Koh Sanui engagement photos Koh Sanui e shoot double exposure Koh Sanui pre wedding portraits Will Tee

A couple portrait at the first lights of the sun in the old alleys of florence

Lights Florence Florence brides alleys florence wedding couple portrait sun

The path lights warm the heart and illuminate this couple's engagement session

illuminate path Brazil Brazil engagement Rio de Janeiro Brazil wedding photo

downtown engagement photography - The couple embrace behind the lights of a Christmas tree

Fargo engagement couple Fargo wedding photo North Dakota Fargo wedding image Christmas tree bokeh

Engagement Photo Session at Maceió, Alagoas - light, camera, love

Engagement Photo Session in the water with lights, camera, love

camera Lights Maceió Alagoas love Alagoas wedding photography Engagement photo session

Sugarland, TX Couple's Portrait with red and blue lights indoors.

a Couple's Portrait with red and blue lights indoors

Sugarland couple photo Sugarland bride Jill Goehring Blue Sugarland indoors Sugarland couple image

Positano, Italy, Almafi Coast engagement picture on a boat - Love in Italy

Coastal engagement picture on a boat with Love and lights

Positano Positano couples Positano engagement Engagement Picture Italy Tyler Vu coastal

engagement silhouette image of a couple with the interesting lights reflected underneath them

London London engagement photography reflected couple Engagement interesting

Rooftop São Paulo creative portrait on wedding night using lights Rooftop São Paulo creative portrait on wedding night using lights

Lights portrait lit Night drinks São Paulo

Brazil Reception Portrait of the Bride and Groom | Black and white wedding day photography indoors

Lights Victor Ataide Minas Gerais weddings indoor Brazil bride and groom black and white

Castello di Pomerio Erba Ricevimento wedding portrait | Photography under the tree

Castello di Pomerio Erba Ricevimento wedding venue portrait - Photo of the bride and groom under the tree

Castello di Pomerio Erba Lecco wedding photography portrait Luigi Rota Lights Ricevimento trees

Socerb Castle, Slovenja Detail Photo of the Wedding rings

Socerb Castle, Slovenja colorful Detail Photo of the Wedding rings

Socerb Castle Slovenja italy wedding photographer detail Slovenja ring detail Slovenja detail image

Haras do Morro - Brasília - Brazil wedding photography | Guests toasting under lights

Haras do Morro - Brasília - Brazil wedding photography | Guests toasting under the reception party lights

brazil wedding photographer Brazil indoor weddings drinks liquor Haras do Morro wedding guests Gustavo Lucena

Penns Landing Philadelphia engagement photographer: I Saw the lights on the ceiling and had to use them.

indoor engagement photography with lights on the ceiling

Philadelphia Penns Landing pre wedding portraits indoor engagement photography Penns Landing engagement photos Lights ceiling

Malopolskie Reception Venue Photography - At the wedding, the groom is singing for the bride under purple DJ lights

groom bride Poland Weddings fog dj Malopolskie wedding photographer singing

Miami Florida Wedding Photographer Said: During he party at the reception house I took this photo of weddings rings with a quick light BBQ and light of cars in the parking lot.

Miami Florida Wedding Photo During the party at the reception house - weddings rings with a quick light BBQ and light of cars in the parking lot

detail Miami wedding detail bokeh rings miami wedding photographer Night Lights

Temecula, Ca Couple poses among the lights

groom bride bokeh CA Lights Temecula marriage Kristina Cazares Neri

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Virginia wedding venue photo | Night portrait during Winter Walk of Lights

Lights virginia wedding venue groom bride Virginia wedding portrait flash Virginia portrait image

St. Peter's Parish, Guernsey wedding photos | Flower girl dancing and singing

the young Flower girl dancing and singing

guernsey weddings Lights Nick Despres dancefloor flower girl guernsey wedding photographer fog

Scripps Seaside Forum- La Jolla California. The bride and groom share an umbrella as the rain came in.

Photo by: Shaun Baker - San Diego California

Lights Night rain bride La Jolla wedding photography California wedding photo umbrella

Castle Mierovo, Bratislava, Slovakia Bride and Groom portrait with soft, hanging lights at night

Photo by: Martin Almasi - Zvolen

Slovakia wedding portrait Castle Mierovo groom creative Lights slovakia wedding photographer Night

San Antonio River Walk engagement session in water | Red and Blue Lights in Portrait

River Walk engagement session in water with Red and Blue Lights

water red San Antonio River engagement images engagement session Lights San Antonio River e session Blue

Baltimore Metro Station wedding photographer: This image was taken in the Baltimore Metro Station with a lighted gel

photo was created in the Baltimore Metro Station with a lighted gel

Baltimore marriage silhouettes portrait Lights Baltimore wedding photographer Maryland

The surprise of the Bride as she plays instrument

bride reception france weddings musician indoor Paris

reception venue photo of the dress hanging on a wall covered in lights

reception venue photos wedding dress Rhode Island reception venue wedding photos Rhode Island artistic weddings RI wedding venue wall

Meenambakkam, Chennai Pre-wedding couple shoot on the eve of the wedding

Meenambakkam bokeh formal posing Meenambakkam engagement session pre wedding location Meenambakkam

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