Wedding Photos of Backlit

The following “Backlit” 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” 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.

View this sensitive Sichuan wedding image of hair spray during bridal prep, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in China from the WPJA

Sichuan wedding image of hair spray during bridal prep, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in China

Paris wedding image from the Golden hours, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France

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View this picturesque Telluride wedding pic, Backlit by the golden sunset, the couple share a quiet pose for one last portrait on their wedding day, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

picturesque Telluride wedding pic, Backlit by the golden sunset, the couple share a quiet pose for one last portrait on their wedding day, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado

Telluride wedding pic CO wedding photography clouds mountains Colorado couple portrait picturesque Summit County photographer

Montsec bride and groom to be, posing for a Montsec American Monument pre-wedding engagement photo shoot with some Love at night and a cobra

backlit Meuse montsec night portrait Montsec Montsec American Monument Buttes Montsec

Modern Alpharetta, Georgia wedding portrait at Little River Farms from the GA couples Wedding Exit that is backlit with an off camera flash shot through car windshield

Georgia wedding portrait GA couple Little River Farms wedding venue car off camera flash Georgia wedding exit

West Lake Tahoe, CA wedding couple artistic image session of the newlyweds in the woods, backlit, in-between framing trees

woods trees artistic image session CA wedding couple Tahoe wedding portrait newlyweds

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Pachino showing a couple enjoying a walk during Spring in Sicily

Pachino couple beach Sicily blue tones walk spring

Paris Fine Art Engagement Sunset backlit shot of a couple touching heads

France Jeremie Sangare heads touching Paris couple backlit Paris sunset

Maceió night pre wedding shoot while a light rain falls, a couple smiles against the backlight

A night pre wedding shoot while a light rain falls, a couple smiles against the backlight

Maceio engagement photographer Renner Boldrino Maceió backlit night portrait light rain smiles

Rocky Mountain National Park mini backlit couple photo session before the wedding day created as The moon shows itself through the clouds of a snowy evening

backlit evening snowy moon snow Night RMNP pre wedding photo

Brazil pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Parque Lage - RJ - Rio de Janeiro who are Backlit in the Brazilian nature

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Hunan, China artistic wedding photo from the Hotel of a warm Welcome

A smiling couple facing each other, with backlit warm tones, is captured in this artistic wedding photo from the Hotel Venue

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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

Allenspark wedding photographer Wild Basin Lodge wildfires sunset-painted sky backlit couple flickering flames Allenspark

Netherlands Reception artistic wedding portrait from the Blue hour in Rotterdam

A wedding portrait taken during the blue hour showcasing the backlit couple silhouetted against the backdrop of the water

Netherlands sidewalk off camera flash couple silhouetted Rotterdam backlit wedding portrait

Zhejiang China wedding photo of hair spray Details

Detail image of backlit bride getting ready for her wedding, of her being misted wirh hair spray

zhejiang wedding photographer backlit bridal preparations China hairspray mist Zhejiang

TX engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in blue at The White Sands National Monument

blue hour Night The White Sands National Monument backlit lighting desert low light

Ping Tom Park couple engagement portraits with a backlit sunset

engagement photos Chicago urban sunset Chicago pre wedding portrait city backlit

Jaén, Spain engagement portraits outdoor in the dark and backlit

Jaén Jaén pre wedding portrait Spain backlit night portrait tree

Intimate engagement portrait inside the factory of Old steel factory in Alblasserdam with a lot of dust

Thomas Jongbloed Alblasserdam Old steel factory backlit pre wedding location Alblasserdam Alblasserdam engagement session

Colorado couple engagement photography at Twin Lakes, CO backlit in the forest

pre wedding location Twin Lakes CO backlit forest Twin Lakes CO engagement session Twin Lakes CO

CO afternoon sun flare couple summer engagement photos at Twin Lakes, CO

Twin Lakes len flare backlit CO tress pre wedding session Twin Lakes Twin Lakes engagement photographers

Backlit couple portrait standing in front of the full moon in Heather near Eindhoven

couple portrait Eindhoven full moon backlit Elke Teurlings Heather standing

Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado fine art wedding backlit romantic silhouette of the bride and groom right after their ceremony inside the historic courthouse

edding backlit romantic silhouette of the bride and groom right after their ceremony inside the historic courthouse

Pioneer Museum CO fine art wedding Historic Courthouse Colorado Springs colorado springs weddings Pioneer Museum Colorado

Ho Chi Minh City Pre- Wedding backlit, red engagement portrait with a silhouette

a City Pre- Wedding backlit, red engagement portrait with a silhouette

Nien Truong Ho Chi Minh City silhouette red engagement portrait backlit

New Brighton Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand Portraits | Silhouette backlit beach sunset

Silhouette backlit beach sunset couple portrait

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Turkey couple on the garden in the backlight - black and white engagement picture

couple on the garden in the backlight in this black and white engagement picture

Mersin Turkey Mersin weddings Mersin bride couple black and white

Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads at sunset in Paris during an engagement session

Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads at sunset during an engagement session

Jeremie Sangare heads sunset paris wedding images Paris pre wedding lovely backlit

Scotland Reception Venue Portrait | Bride & groom backlit in the woods early evening.

Scotland Wedding Reception Venue Portrait - Bride & groom backlit in the woods early evening

backlit Scotland wedding photography Bride & groom portrait Stirlingshire Mike Cook

Centro de Lima backlit intimate couple portrait in black and white | Engagement photography

backlit intimate couple portrait in black and white for Engagement photography

Centro de Lima pre wedding portraits black and white backlit Dante Ceccon Centro de Lima engagement photographer Centro de Lima e shoot Centro de Lima engagement photos

The Highline New York Engagement Photographer: Saw the sign, stopped down and backlit.

Engagement Photography with a sign, and backlit couple at night

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