Wedding Photos of Dimly lit

The following “Dimly lit” 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 “Dimly lit” 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.

During the portrait session at Chateau du Dangy - Paudy, the groom stood illuminated by a small window within the castle, creating a captivating image in the dimly lit room.

ILLUMINATED IN THE CASTLE: A Captivating Wedding Portrait at Chateau du Dangy - Paudy

In the dimly lit lounge at the Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont, wedding guests sit during the dance party

As the blue neon lights illuminated the dimly lit lounge, resort wedding guests sat and enjoyed the festivities of the dance party

dimly lit Vermont photographer Warren VT blue light Sugarbush Resort wedding guests

The Newlyweds drink from the goblets after cutting the cake at Villa Bossi, Varese - ITALY

At the dimly lit romantic wedding venue, the couple celebrated by cutting the cake and toasting with goblets

drinking goblets dimly lit Villa Bossi toasting Varese varese wedding photographer

Bride and groom hold hands as best man toasts at Ashford Estate, New Jersey

The bride and groom sit hand-in-hand in the dimly lit estate reception venue, as the best man delivers his toast

New Jersey Hand in hand Ashford Estate new jersey wedding photographer best man dimly lit toast speech

England wedding reportage photography from St Marys Meppershall, Hertfordshire of A guest in a dimly lit in a church wearing a mask enjoying a drink

guest drink church England wedding reportage photo dimly lit St Marys Meppershall

Victoria engagement pictures of a couple in a bar setting | Australia photographer pre-wedding shoot with photographer

The romantic dimly-lit bar setting was the perfect backdrop for the couple's engagement photo, with bottles lined up neatly on the shelves and an air of intimacy in the air

intimacy Melbourne Engagement Photography Australia engagement photo dimly lit bottles bar shelves

Hungary wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple walking through carved caves | Budapest pre-wedding pictures

The couple's engagement portrait showed them walking hand-in-hand, against the dimly lit walls of the carved caves

walking walls Hungary Budapest engagement portrait dimly lit carved caves Budapest

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