Wedding Photos of Candle

The following “Candle” 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 “Candle” 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.

In this wedding photograph taken at Tg Ocna, a bridesmaid stands in the softly lit ceremony, holding a single candle that casts a gentle glow

Tg Ocna's Tender Vows: A Bridesmaid's Candlelit Grace

A couple sits inside a teepee-like structure made of driftwood on the coast of Abruzzo in Italy, illuminated by candle and tea lights at dusk, near the Punta Penna lighthouse

Teepee Bliss: Driftwood Hideaway Embraces Romance under Abruzzo's Coastal Glow

Abruzzo Engagement Session dusk engagement tea lights driftwood Abruzzo candle teepee

At a ceremony in Toronto, Ontario, there was a solo candle and extreme low lighting in the room

In Toronto, a solo candle and low lighting illuminated the ceremony

toronto wedding photographer candle low lighting Ontario Toronto

A child sleeps on her mother prior to the ceremony at Primrose Hill Farm, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire

The mother and child snuggled together near a table before the wedding began

Oxfordshire candle Primrose Hill Farm Oxfordshire wedding photographer lantern child sleeps

View this dramatic Sichuan wedding image showing The groom puts on the dentists mouthpiece and needs to blow out the candle with his mouth, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

Sichuan wedding image showing The groom puts on the dentists mouthpiece and needs to blow out the candle with his mouth, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

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

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

Wedding photography at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA - A bride and groom light their unity candle

the bride and groom light their unity candle

College Park candle Bee Two Sweet indoor ceremony maryland wedding photographer groom MD

Domtoren, Utrecht, the Netherlands wedding photographer: When you only have candle light during the vows, no need for dodge or burning. Minimal post-production on this beautiful moment.

only candle light during the vows

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Photo of woman holding a candle as the wax melts onto her hand

candle Romania detail Slatina

lighting candle guest palms trees

Wedding Photographer | Image contains: bride, groom, church, ceremony, candles

officiant window candle groom church candles

Federal District Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: black white veil bride groom ceremony candle

black and white groom candle veil bride

Baden-Wurttemberg wedding photographer created this detail image of five candlesticks burning in front of a canopy lit up with purple and green lights

tent detail candle candles lights color

lights candle candles table black and white kiss hall

Lot-et-Garonne wedding photogrpaher captured this black and white image of the groom giving his speech in his boxers at the reception

candles black and white stone table candle speech Lot et Garonne

silhouette black color silhouettes blue candles

Washington DC wedding photographer created this overhead shot of the food at the reception

drinks food flower knife ring eating fork

Seattle Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: reception, black, white, couple, table, candles, vase, flowers

candles glass candle bride kiss glasses

The silhouettes of two people can be seen against a blue backdrop in this photo composed by a Bali, Indonesia award-winning photographer.

candles Color Blue shadows vendor Bali candle

candle hats military lily color note

cake decorations candles color candle food sky

Zurich wedding photographer created this image of the wedding guests silhouettes against a dusky sky as their reflections are on the water

silhouettes reflection water pool sky lantern reflections candle

black and white cake candle

Documentary Wedding Photograph in Queens | Image contains: outdoors, lake, color, table, sunset, blue

candles food candle color reflection dusk evening

Rome wedding photographer captured this photo of a wedding guest checking a message on her phone while a gazebo glows purple in the background

woman phone Night Rome candle candles

color candle evening table ocean chairs

Sofia Wedding Photography | Image contains: ceremony, hot, groom, bride, crown, indoors, candles, bridesmaid

bride ceremony hot crown chapel chandelier suit

Brooklyn wedding photographer shoots a black and white image of the groomsmen getting ready for the ceremony

candle phone stone men Brooklyn windows phones

candle groom bride color family kiss

Wedding Photography in Rio de Janeiro | Image contains: reception, detail, cake, red, lights

color candles candle table red

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