Wedding Photos of Night

The following “Night” 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 “Night” 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.

Lake Tahoe pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Nevada showing us The silhouette of a man and woman sitting together on a rock next to a moonlit lake

Washington DC pre wedding and engagement photography at Kennedy Center, DC with the Couple's favorite tree and pet

DC engagement dogs blue hour Night Kennedy Center lighting sunset

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 Night pre wedding session New York City New York City engagement photographers streets Lights city

Lodz, Poland Lovers standing in a loving embrace in the twilight for a night engagement photo

Lodz engagement session Lodz Poland pre wedding location Lodz Night twilight loving embrace

Reception venue, Perlamora Farmhouse, Tuscany artistic wedding photo at night with flying drinks

Night Tuscany Tuscany Reception Venue Perlamora Farmhouse flying drinks Tuscany wedding photo

Florence nights artistic wedding picture of Bride and groom portrait during the night in Florence

bride and groom portrait Florence nights Night Florence wedding picture Florence

Bouches-du-Rhone couple posing for a wedding picture using a flash at night inside a lit van

Bouches du Rhone couple lit van posing lit flash Daniel Pelcat Bouches-du-Rhône

Domaine bride and groom posing during a portrait session using a flash at night on the balcony

Night balcony posing Domaine bride and groom Domaine Domaine portrait session flash

Wabash Ave in Chicago, IL couple is Stopping traffic during their engagement shoot at night with wet urban streets

IL engagement photos Chicago wet Chicago pre wedding portrait Stopping traffic Wabash Ave urban

Vietnam Ceremony Location wedding photography of the bride tossing her bouquet outdoors at night

bride Vietnam outdoor reception Nien Truong tossing bouquet Ho Chi Minh Vietnam Night

Designs by Sundown, Littleton, CO COVID dance floors for single use dancing at a wedding reception

Littleton tent Designs by Sundown COVID Littleton outdoor reception Littleton outdoor weddings

A cigar is lit for the bride at her Castello di Pomerio wedding in Italy

lit Castello di Pomerio wedding venue smoke cigar bride Castello di Pomerio

Flagstaff Park, Arizona pre-wed shoot with Love and Fall

Arizona Arizona pre wedding portrait Flagstaff Park formal wear engagement photos Arizona Night flash

Cops couple engagement image from Peddler's Village, the groom is a police officer so I incorporated his hat and the police colors into the photo of the two of them

Cops couple engagement image from Peddler's Village, the groom is a police officer so his hat and the police colors were incorporated into the photo of the two of them

PA Night Peddlers Village New Hope engagement session hat pre wedding location New Hope Scott Josuweit

Candle lit couple engagement picture session of a warm hug on a cold night at Lake Maggiore, Italy

pre wedding image Italy Lake Maggiore winter Italy engagement shoot Italy Night

Purple couple engagement image from Guanella Pass, Georgetown, Colorado, during a twilight session

Colorado moon Guanella Pass engagement image Georgetown Night silhouette Lucy Schultz

Mountain lake engagement image of the couple reflected in the lake in Frisco, CO

CO Night Frisco CO pre wedding locations Frisco Frisco engagement photos flash reflection

Antwerpen wedding photo from Flanders at the reception venue of the bride hugging her palliative dad goodbye before he leaves

Flanders wedding image father Flanders photographer Flanders photography Antwerpen Fille Roelants bride

wedding photograph from Barbare Bag Evi of the bride and groom dancing with Freedom

Barbare Bag Evi wedding image Barbare Bag Evi photography bride Night black and white Barbare Bag Evi

wedding reportage photography from the Waterford Castle, Ireland of fireworks with Bride and Groom looking on

Ireland Waterford Ireland outdoor weddings Waterford Ireland wedding photography IE Waterford Castle Night fireworks

wedding photography from Udaipur, India of some nightime dance floor action

Udaipur bride reception Udaipur wedding photographer Udaipur bridal image Night India

Outdoor reception venue wedding photo from Ristorante La Cascina, Roccella Jonica at the Dinner / reception of Wedding guests observing waiters and Calabrian specialties from the appetizer buffet

Calabrian calabria outdoor reception masks Social Distancing Ristorante La Cascina reception

IT wedding photo from the reception at a villa in Certaldo - Tuscany - Open the prosecco

Certaldo outdoor weddings Certaldo outdoor reception Tuscany Certaldo wedding photography black and white villa bride

Outdoor wedding photo from a backyard wedding at a private home, Orlando, FL of a Guest snapping a photo of the happy couple during their dinner reception

FL tables Orlando FL wedding tents tents Orlando coronavirus Night

Burgundy wedding reception photo from a France diner venue cake serving

Night black and white burgundy burgundy wedding photography burgundy outdoor weddings masks burgundy outdoor reception

A couple is silhouetted at night in downtown Chicago for their engagement photo session

pre wedding location Chicago Chicago engagement session Night IL Chicago Downtown

France wedding photography from Vendée with a Night shot of the wedding couple kissing while a slideshow is playing on an outside wall of the venue

Vendee wedding photography covid19 Vendee outdoor reception France COVID Vendee outdoor weddings Jeremie Sangare

China wedding photography from Mountain of San'ao, Heishui County, north of Sichuan Province of the Traditional dance around the campfire

Heishui wedding traditions Heishui traditional weddings bonfire China Sanao fire

Maryland Blackwater Falls couple in a tent Under the starry Sky during engagement portrait session

Blackwater Falls Night starry Sky Blackwater Falls engagement session tent lit

Canada wedding photography from Montreal, Quebec of the Wedding couple dancing at night as guests hold sparklers

Canada sparklers Montreal couple dancing Canada outside reception Canada wedding photo Quebec

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