Wedding Photos of Dusk

The following “Dusk” 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 “Dusk” 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.

London Engagement Photography | Silhouetted couple with water fountain at dusk

Silhouetted couple with water fountain at dusk in this London Engagement Photo

Phoenix Arizona engagement Photo shoot in the desert at sunset with huge cacti

Phoenix pre wedding portrait desert Phoenix Arizona engagement photos Phoenix cactus

Mumbai pre-wedding Photos. Spinning in her red dress in this lit portrait.

Mumbai pre-wedding Photos of the pre-groom Spinning in her red dress in this lit portrait

Mumbai formal wear dusk IN engagement photos flash

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

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

UK Engagement Photos at night. Pre-wedding portrait of a couple holding hands as the sun is setting.

UK Pre-wedding portrait of a couple holding hands as the sun is setting

pre wedding location England dusk sunset tree England engagement session silhouette UK

London pre-wedding shoot. Photographer captures the purple hues in the sky as the sun is setting for this silhouette portrait.

a London pre-wedding shoot captures the purple hues in the sky as the sun is setting for this silhouette portrait

London silhouette London engagement photographer UK England sunset dusk

England Engagement Photo of A couple framed in the architecture of Structure at dusk

prewedding location England England engagement sessions flash dusk architecture UK

Blue tones in this Night pre-wedding session. England Engagement Photographer

Blue tones in this Night pre-wedding session by an England Engagement Photographer

flash city skyline England pre wedding location England UK dusk

Umbrella and a light at the beach after sunset. Couple portraits by Hangzhou Engagement Photographer

Umbrella and a light at the beach after sunset Couple portraits by a Hangzhou Engagement Photographer

China umbrella Hangzhou beach dusk pre wedding session CN

Minas Gerais Brazil silhouette engagement portrait of couple jumping at sunset

Brazil dusk silhouette MG pre wedding portrait Minas Gerais jumping

Winter couple portrait in the evening high above the mountains Essex, UK Engagement Photographer

Winter couple portrait in the evening high above the mountains by an Essex, UK Engagement Photographer

engagement photos GB Essex winter dusk formal wear GB pre wedding portrait

A San Francisco couple during their Golden Gate pre-wedding portrait session by a CA photographer

couple San Francisco pre wedding session brides San Francisco bridge CA

Wedding engagement photography of a couple grabbing a bite in Minneapolis by Minnesota engagement photographers

Wedding engagement photography of a couple grabbing a bite on the streets in Minneapolis

flash eating Minnesota engagement session MN dusk Minneapolis

Connectcuit wedding photographer captured this photo of young wedding guests roasting marshmallows under a night sky

Connectcuit photo of young wedding guests roasting marshmallows under a night sky

kids Children night sky trees outdoors marshmallows dusk

All in a row a Venice wedding couple and their guests line up inside the glass conservatory for an outdoor photo of the indoors

guests windows color bridal party window dusk portrait

The Northern California sunset silhouette cast an orange hue across the groomsmen smoking and laughing together during the outdoor reception party

Shadowy silhouettes of groomsmen smoking at a reception party outdoors at dusk

Northern California dusk silhouettes groomsmen orange hues smoking outdoor party

Victoria, Australia wedding reception venue image created at dusk under the moon and stars in the sky

bride Victoria-AUS stars lighting dusk Sky moon

Hangzhou City Wedding Photographer | Image contains: portrait, city, balcony, blue, bride, groom

Hangzhou City Wedding Photo in the city, with a balcony, blue, bride, and the groom

horizon bride groom Hangzhou City Lights city dusk

Sydney Wedding Photographer | Image contains: color, sunset, couple, portrait, door, outdoors

sunset sun sky doorway dusk evening

Documentary Wedding Photograph in Bali | Image contains: Indonesia outdoor sunset reception with lights

dusk sky evening sunset color chandeliers

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

table reception color candle lake evening

dark color chandelier church chandeliers dusk

Wedding Photojournalism in Jiangxi | Image contains: lit portrait of bride and groom

Wedding Photo in Jiangxi with a lit portrait of bride and groom

Jiangxi portrait China light Black dusk

Berkshire Wedding Photography | Image contains: portrait, bride, night, water, solo, lit, blue, sky

water portrait dusk sky horizon bride color

Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: outdoors, blue, tower, portrait, light, bride, groom

portrait trees color ivy dusk

Boston Wedding Photojournalism | Image contains: sunset, telephone poles, bride, groom, bridge, portrait

horizon dusk sky silhouette ramp blue

Brooklyn wedding reception photography of champaign flying at dusk in NY with the bride and groom

Brooklyn reception picture of champaign flying at dusk in NY with the bride and groom

dusk Brooklyn Brooklyn reception picture NY champaign flying NY bride and groom

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