Wedding Photos of Evening

The following “Evening” 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 “Evening” 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.

Artistic wedding couple portrait captured at a reception location in Colorado, featuring the bride and groom enjoying a private session by an open pit fire during their wedding reception, while guests revel in the evening

Colorado Wedding: Artistic Couple Portrait by Open Pit Fire at Reception Location

A blow torch is used to light a large number of sparklers all at once during the evening activities at Bunny Hill Farm in Yorkshire, United Kingdom

At a farm wedding, a blow torch was used to ignite a large group of sparklers simultaneously during the evening

east yorkshire farm weddings ignite Yorkshire farm wedding activites evening wedding sparkler ignite

The couple enjoyed a creative portrait session indoors in Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain, with the windows revealing a deep blue sky outside

In Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain, the couple enjoyed a creative portrait session indoors with a deep blue sky outside

Night cadiz engagement photography deep blue sky Spain windows Vejer de la Frontera Cadiz

The groom used his magical powers to make the bride levitate during an enchanting portrait session outside the Reception Venue in Vertou and Nantes

In Vertou and Nantes, at the Reception Venue, the groom magically levitated the bride during a portrait session

Nantes Vertou evening Nantes Artistic Photographer levitating bride

A Chicago evening wedding day couple lit portrait at Cantigny Park on the deck overlooking the water at dusk

Cantigny evening Cantigny Park lit portrait IL wedding couple water overlooking

Leicestershire wedding reportage photojournalist created this image at the Prestwold Hall as The groom lifts his bride in the air during the evening celebrations

lifts bride in the air groom Leicestershire Prestwold Hall UK

An extraordinary Pau wedding image by a professional France photographer conveying the evening reception Slide show time

Pyrénées Atlantiques Nouvelle-Aquitaine Slide show France photographer Pau wedding image evening France

A top France wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Rothéneuf wedding location displaying the bride and groom arriving at the party in the evening

French bride and groom Brittany Ille Rothéneuf wedding evening Vilaine

This UK wedding photojournalism picture is a top quality example of what candid, nontraditional England wedding photography looks like, as guests participate in the Evening dances

UK Anna Mikulich England evening guests UK wedding photojournalism England wedding photography

A top France wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Belle Île home wedding location showing Kids playing outside during evening reception party happening indoors

Kids playing evening reception party Belle île indoors Henri Deroche France wedding photojournalism

Pre-wedding photo-session in Dallas, Texas with a peaceful, beautiful evening sunset

Texas - Northern Dallas TX Pre wedding photo Vinh Vo evening Texas Dallas photographer

View this picturesque France wedding image of The tent right before everybody enters it, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

dusk France photographer picturesque tent outdoor reception sunset clouds

View this dramatic Estes Park wedding portrait showing A bride and groom enjoy a scenic evening together after the reception, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

Estes Park wedding portrait showing A bride and groom enjoy a scenic evening together after the reception, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado

Colorado photographer dark Colorado Estes Park wedding photography bride and groom trees Estes Park wedding portrait

Colorado couple e-session in the Keystone Mountains with some Warm kisses on a cold evening in the rockies

Warm kisses Keystone Mountains Colorado Colorado bride to be cold Colorado couple

Brno portrait e-session during the evening on the train station

urban evening clouds Brno photographer Train station power lines

Dalat portrait e-session in the evening overlooking the city

view Vietnam evening Nien Truong overlook Dalat portrait e session city

San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Photos with some Slow dancing by the pier in the evening

San Francisco city San Francisco couple darkness urban evening

Ho Chi Minh Artful Engagement Picture showing how In the middle of the crowded city they found each other

Night evening town Ho Chi Minh couple streets darkness urban

Ho Chi Minh Fine Art Engagement Session with some light of love in the dark

darkness evening water Night Ho Chi Minh couple Huy Che Hoang Ho Chi Minh

Fort Collins, Colorado pre wedding couple session in nature in the summer greenery with the golden light of the evening sun

summer evening sun Colorado couple session golden light Fort Collins Colorado

Death Valley National Park evening sunset couple shoot silhouetted in the sand dunes

Death Valley couple shoot sand dunes Death Valley Death Valley National Park evening sunset

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

Rocky Mountain National Park RMNP couple photo session snow evening moon clouds Night

Pier 7, San Francisco, California mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of an evening stroll on a lovely night

SF pic shoot SF wedding photo evening Tyler Vu stroll Night lovely

Napa engaged couple nightfall portrait session with just the two of us

urban environment street photography low light city portraits evening CA

Jaén, Spain pre-wed photography session with fire and flames

dusk fire lit portrait Jaén engagement photos Lights Jaén

Jaén, Spain Pre-Wedding portrait shoot with escalator glass reflections

escalator glass reflection lighting street photography Night evening Jaén wedding engagement

Spain Pre-Wedding night shoot under the display lights in Jaén

Spain Lights dusk Night display of lights Jaén lighting

Jaén Pre-Wedding portraits with a couple riding horses on a fair carousel

Jaén Pre-Wedding portraits with a couple riding horses on a fair carousal

Spain dusk carousel evening horses lit portrait

Jaén Pre-Wedding photo shoot at night in the rain under a clear umbrella

rain Lights clear umbrella lit portrait dusk night engagement umbrella

Reno, NV Couple backlit in the trees during a pre-wed photoshoot

Nevada forest trees outdoors reno engagement photography evening Night

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