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.

Silhouetted engaged couple at dusk backlit inside doorway in Hessen Germany

Silhouetted engaged couple at dusk backlit inside a doorway

Red Hot Prague Engagement Couple Photos | Kurt Vinion Prague Photographer

Bold and dynamic urban engagement photos of a couple in red light, backlit by streetlights

Prague bold prague couple red light streetlights backlit Prague engagement photo

Sydney engagement images of a couple near the Opera House | NSW photographer pre-wedding session for portraits

The couple's love shone brightly in the backlit engagement image, illuminated against the dark night sky and majestic Opera House, with the still waters of the harbor stretching out in the background

majestic illuminated Sydney NSW engagement image night sky backlit dark

Prewedding Photograph of a couple with a statue and backlit with red

Ho Chi Minh backlit red light Ho Chi Minh PreWedding Photography

East Midlands couple portraits at night during a pre-wedding session in the UK

coloseum backlit pre wed shoot location UK East Midlands Night uk engagement session

Perugia lit Photo shoot at night for a newly engaged couple | silhouette portrait with a light shining on the rocks at the beach

Perugia lit Photo shoot at night for a newly engaged couple creating a silhouette portrait with a light shining on the rocks at the beach

backlit silhouette pre wedding location Perugia city dusk Perugia

Los Angeles engagement photographer - couple is silhouetted below a Brooklyn sign

Los Angeles engagement photo of a couple silhouetted below a Brooklyn sign

Los Angeles backlit Los Angeles prewedding portrait engagement photos Los Angeles brooklyn sign silhouette

Lit engagement photography at the water with the bridge

Los Angeles pre wedding session water backlit silhouette CA engagement photographers

magnetmod backlit silhouette portraits | Chicago engagement photographer

magnetmod backlit silhouette portraits by a Chicago city engagement photographer

dusk pre wedding session Chicago Chicago silhouette backlit IL engagement photographers

Minnesota engagement photography at the water with the city skyline

pre wedding session Minnesota dusk Theresa Scarbrough MN engagement photographers Minnesota backlit city skyline

Valencia lit portrait at sunset - Beach engagement photography at night

Valencia lit portrait at sunset for creative Beach engagement photography at night

pre wedding session Valencia Valencia Valencia engagement photographers ocean high heels backlit

London Engagement Photograph from the street session and one light

London Engagement Photograph from the evening street session and one light

pre wedding locations London London engagement photos backlit street cars road London

India Engagement Photo. At the beach near sunset time with a single glowing light on this couple.

India Engagement Photo from the beach near sunset time with a single glowing light on this couple

backlit IN engagement photographers India sunset beach

Backlit with rim lighting. Winnipeg Engagement Photo at night in the city.

Backlit with rim lighting in this Winnipeg Engagement Photo at night in the city

Curtis Moore Canada dusk city skyline pre wedding locations MB mb engagement photos backlit

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