Wedding Photos of Flash

The following “Flash” 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 “Flash” 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.

At the Reception Venue in Tuscany, this photo captures the joyful dance floor atmosphere on the wedding day. The photographer used shutter drag and flash techniques to add dynamic movement to the image.

Tuscan Dance Delight: Capturing Joy on the Wedding Day

The couple posed for a dark symmetrical evening portrait session at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, illuminated by the flash.

Flash of Love: A Buckinghamshire Wedding Portrait in Symmetry at Crowne Plaza

dark portrait United Kingdom Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Artistic Portrait symmetrical portrait archway Crowne Plaza Hotel

A beautiful portrait of a couple was taken during their engagement photography session at the Azalea Garden, located at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, capturing the dusk atmosphere with a stunning flash at night, while the couple posed

Engagement Photography Session at Azalea Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art: Stunning Dusk Atmosphere Captured

night lights flash PMOA Azalea Gardens dusk Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia engagement session

couple portrait from the wedding outdoors with a flash

flash Burg Schwarzenstein germany photographer outdoor portrait Germany

At Club de Golf Malanquin in San Miguel de Allende, the veil covering the bride and groom, a flash behind them and a low exposure

San Miguel de Allende's Club de Golf Malanquin's wedding photo featured a veil covering the bride and groom, a flash behind them, and a low exposure foreground

San Miguel de Allende photographer flash low exposure Club de Golf Malanquin San Miguel de Allende veil covering

A San Miguel de Allende lifestyle couple photo session in Calle Aldama showing the colors of the streets as he was holding the flash towards the wall to color the red and thus cause the silhouette

Mexico San Miguel de Allende silhouette Jorge Alcala Goded San Miguel de Allende lifestyle wall Guanajuato

A Boulder couple poses at Lost Gulch Overlook during a Colorado lifestyle portrait photography session using off camera flash at the peak of the mountain

Boulder couple overlook Boulder photography session flash Lost Gulch Overlook pose boulder

An impressive Colle Aluffi wedding image of the Rieti couple in Italy for a creative portrait using flash for illuminate the groom

IT bridal groom stairs Colle Aluffi sunlight Rieti couple Italy

An impressive Southampton NJ wedding image of the New Jersey couple at Bishop Farmstead with the throwing of the brides train up in the air with a flash and softbox on camera

Bishop Farmstead John Ryan flash throwing camera Southampton NJ New Jersey

Estes Park Inn ceremony scene setter wedding venue photography in Estes Park, Colorado created using off camera flash with ipad reflection

scene setter flash ipad off camera CO wedding venue photography Estes Park Estes Park weddings

Best Morrison, Colorado wedding photojournalism picture from Woodlands showing Wedding guests participating in a snowball fight

snowball fight outdoors wedding guests flash Colorado snow

Scenic Napatree Point, Westerly, Rhode Island engagement picture of the couple using a flash in front of a gorgeous sunset background when a kite surfer flew into the frame for a silhouette to capture the moment

sunset flash silhouette Westerly kite surfer ri Couple background

Epic Boulder, Colorado pre wedding portrait using off camera flash by the forest trees

flash Boulder bride and groom off camera trees forest Colorado pre wedding portrait

Botanic Gardens, Singapore pre-wedding engagement photoshoot for a couple in a man-made cave with a waterfall and Added flash behind the couple to light up the textures of the cave

Singapore couple Daniel Sim Singapore waterfall light man made cave flash

World's top and most original Xi'an wedding photography for a Profile portrait of the bride with flash in blue tones

Xi'an wedding photography Sun Long Xian China flash Xi'an bride profile portrait

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts as A bride and groom dance in the rain lit by a flash

Chestnut Hill MA portrait images Chestnut Hill weddings Chestnut Hill wedding couple Massachusetts Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Korri Crowley

Pre-wedding engagement image-session at Calle Aldama in San Miguel de Allende with the groom to holding the flash with his right hand to take this picture where the background is the great Parish

Ritrae Studio San Miguel de Allende picture background bride groom Calle Aldama Calle Aldama engagement image

An original Mannheim wedding couple portrait from Baden-Württemberg, Germany created using a flash and a mirror

Germany Baden-Wurttemberg Worms flash Mannheim wedding Mannheim Germany bride and groom

Outdoor Olho d'água do Casado couple engagement photography portrait showing a Starry sun with couple illuminated with flash light

illuminated Outdoor light Olho d água do Casado Starry sun flash Engagement photography

Greenwich Old Naval College, London environmental couple pre wedding image with amazing arches and the couple under them whilst also keeping them the main focal point while both holding flash and pointing it up

Pre Wedding Image arches couple focal point Old Naval College Greenwich couple picture flash

Guanajuato couple e-shoot in Calle de Hernandez Macias for a photo with no type of flash was used, the photo is in natural light and the trees made this shadow on the wall, take advantage of that

Calle de Hernandez Macias Guanajuato couple Guanajuato engagement portrait flash natural light trees shadow

Luton Hoo, Hertfordshire black and white couple portrait. Photographer said: There was a piano in the corner of the tea-room. Largely in darkness, I used a softbox flash trigger to light the scene a little more but also to get more of a reflection

scene tea room reflection monochrome Neil Pleasants corner softbox

South of France Engagement portrait with a back light flash and iPad reflection at Castelnau de Montmiral

iPad reflection engagement photos France Castelnau de Montmiral Tarn flash

Bouches-du-Rhone couple posing for a wedding picture using a flash at night inside a lit van

lit van posing lit wedding picture flash Night Daniel Pelcat

Domaine bride and groom posing during a portrait session using a flash at night on the balcony

balcony Domaine portrait session Daniel Pelcat flash Domaine Night posing

Hacienda Siesta Alegre wedding day portrait by PR photographer "It was raining like crazy, we decided to take advantage with a flash behind couple"

rain Alegre fine art wedding image flash Puerto Rico behind couple raining

Ile de France Engagement shoot in the rain at night with a light and in black and white

engagement photos Ile de France Ile de France flash rain Ile de France pre wedding portrait black and white Ronan Jégaden

Flagstaff Park, Arizona pre-wed shoot with Love and Fall

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artistic wedding couple image from in front of the reception venue with flash and color

red unforgettable bride and groom Memorable Keepsake reception venue Blue

An off-site location near the reception site. Fort Collins, CO with a couple at a scenic spot nearby for some sunset photos

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