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The following “Backlit couple” 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 “Backlit couple” 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.

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Engagement shoot at Queen's Park Savannah, Trinidad, with the couple walking hand in hand, beautifully backlit by the intense golden hour sun, creating a warm and romantic atmosphere.
Hand In Hand, Couple Walks Queen’s Park Savannah, Trinidad, Backlit By Intense Golden Hour Sun For Warm, Romantic Portrait
park portraitHand in handwarm lightEngagementportraitTrinidadgolden hour
At Espaço Dieters – São Bernardo do Campo, Brasil, a night outdoor ceremony features the officiant centered between the backlit couple.
Espaço Dieters: Backlit Outdoor Night Wedding Ceremony
officiantbacklit coupleEspaço DietersbacklitSão Bernardo do CampocenteredNight
At Trio Grill, Falls Church, VA, the bride and groom play a knowing-each-other game at the reception, seated back-to-back and backlit.
Trio Grill: Backlit Knowing-Each-Other Game
VirginiaFalls Churchknowing each other gamereceptiongroomknowing gamereception game
At Santuario de la Virgen de la Cabeza in Andújar, Jaén, Spain, a couple's pre-wedding silhouette is dramatically backlit beneath a massive stone statue, creating a striking and iconic image.
Love Illuminated at Santuario de la Virgen de la Cabeza
Santuario statuemonumental backdropstone silhouetteSantuario de la Virgen de la CabezaAndújar engagementbacklit coupleSpanish sanctuary
In São Paulo, a couple stands face to face on red rock, backlit by warm sunlight. The scene captures the intimate connection and natural beauty of their surroundings.
Backlit Connection: Love Illuminated on São Paulo's Sunlit Red Rock
warm sunlight kisscliffside affectionred rock romanceloving gazescenic embraceSão Paulo engagementsunlit silhouette
Wild Basin Lodge, Allenspark, Colorado creative portrait of the couple at sunset. Wildfires turned the sky orange and their fireplace provided the flames.
The backlit couple, amplified by the use of flash, together with the backdrop of a sunset-painted sky, a result of the nearby wildfires. The flickering flames directly in front in the camera
sunset-painted skyColoradoAllensparkwildfiresflickering flamesAllenspark wedding photographerWild Basin Lodge
Colorado mountain top artistic wedding photo showing The smoke haze from a local forest fire made for some colorful skies
A backlit couple was captured in an artistic wedding photo atop a mountain, showcasing the smoke haze from a nearby forest fire, providing colorful skies
smoke hazeartistic portraitcolorful skiesCO wedding portraitCO mountain top weddingColoradoColorado wedding

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