Wedding Photos of Golden hour

The following “Golden hour” 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 “Golden hour” 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.

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A couple laughs during a glowy golden hour dance in Highland Park, captured by a Pittsburgh wedding photographer.
GLOWY GOLDEN LOVE: HIGHLAND PARK ENGAGEMENT PORTRAIT BY PITTSBURGH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
A fine art portrait captured by a Colorado wedding photographer in Georgetown, featuring a couple snuggling in the sunset with intimate posing.
LOVERS EMBRACE IN GOLDEN LIGHT: AN ENGAGEMENT PORTRAIT IN GEORGETOWN COLORADO
A creative couple portrait captured by an England wedding photographer in Chalfont St Giles, featuring the couple walking and holding hands during golden hour.
Golden Hour Romance: Creative Couple Engagement Portrait in Chalfont St Giles
A couple portrait by a Rhônes wedding photographer, capturing a golden hour scene at sunset on top of Mont Brouilly in Beaujolais, with one hand on the shoulder, overlooking a simple and beautiful setting of a field.
Golden Hour Romance: Sunset Engagement Portrait Overlooking Mont Brouilly Fields
Lifestyle couple portrait at Ashridge, Hertfordshire. This beautifully composed pre-wedding engagement portrait captures the couple during golden hour in an orchard, holding hands amidst a backdrop of yellow flowers and lush green grass.
ELEGANT ENGAGEMENT: Ashridge Orchard Stuns with Golden Hour Romance
An award-winning wedding photographer captures intimate pose at sunset, as the Bride and Groom share a tender embrace by the Bocconoc Estate reception venue in Cornwall UK, basking in the warm, golden hour light.
Sunset Embrace: Intimacy at Bocconoc Estate's Golden Hour Reception Venue
Capturing love in the Italian Alps, this award-winning portrait showcases a passionate couple bathed in warm, romantic light during a breathtaking sunset in Biella, Italy.
Amore in the Italian Alps: A Passionate Couple's Breathtaking Sunset
Wedded bliss captured at Domaine de la Chopiniere, Indre-et-Loire - a sunset masterpiece. The bride and groom bask in the golden hour glow, their love radiating through an expertly captured tender embrace.
Golden Hour Love: A Sunset Masterpiece at Domaine de la Chopiniere
This award-winning portrait captures the bride and groom at 1C Barn in Colorado Springs. The photographer used beautiful lighting during golden hour to create a stunning black and white image.
Golden Hour Bliss: A Timeless Black and White Portrait in Colorado Springs
At Schlösser Gutenberg in Lucerne, this engagement shoot captures the couple at golden hour. The scene features a tender embrace and face touching on the grass field, creating a warm and romantic atmosphere.  - Golden Hour Embrace
Golden Hour Embrace at Schlösser Gutenberg: A Warm and Romantic Engagement Portrait
Engaged couple basks in the warm glow of the setting sun, seated on a tranquil dune at Les Sables d'Olonne, France. This enchanting portrait, captured by a top France wedding photographer, exudes timeless love in soft pastel hues.
Love Transcends Time: A Captivating Engagement Portrait at Les Sables d'Olonne, France
The young son of the wedding couple directs them to pose for a photo during golden hour near the wedding venue in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Amsterdam Bliss: WPJA Purple Award Winning Wedding Couple Lifted in Joyful Chairs
In Hertfordshire, UK, a couple about to tie the knot had an enchanting engagement photoshoot at Rowney Warren Woods. During the golden hour, they posed under a breathtaking canopy of trees surrounded by a lush carpet of ferns.
A Captivating Engagement: Lovebirds Embrace Nature's Splendor at Rowney Warren Woods in Hertfordshire, UK
In Hertfordshire, UK, a couple prepares for their wedding with a lifestyle engagement photoshoot in Rowney Warren Woods, capturing the golden hour light and highlighting their love in dark-toned, dramatic images using off-camera flash.
Golden Hour Love: A Dark and Dramatic Engagement Portrait in Rowney Warren Woods
An engagement shoot took place at golden hour in Rowney Warren Woods, Hertfordshire UK. The couple sat on a fallen tree trunk, surrounded by soft and warm tones.
Golden Hour Glow: Enchanting Engagement Portrait Captures Love Amidst Nature's Palette
A bride and groom share a kiss at the beautiful Domaine du Bois Saint Mard in Oise, as the golden hour casts a warm glow on them, framed by lush green foliage.
GLAMOROUS WEDDING: A COUPLE EMBRACING ROMANCE UNDER THE GOLDEN HOUR AT DOMAIN DU BOIS SAINT MARD
During a pre-wedding photoshoot at Ouddorp Beach in the Netherlands, the couple is captured at sunset, sitting on the dunes, with beautiful pockets of dune grass surrounding them
Captivating Coastal Love: Enchanting Engagement Portrait Amidst Ouddorp Beach's Serene Sunset Bliss
A wedding day picture taken during the golden hour in the countryside outside Amsterdam, Noord-Holland. The couple is standing on a deserted road, embracing each other lovingly.
Golden Romance: A Country Wedding Affair Amidst Amsterdam's Countryside Bliss
A couple embraces during the golden hour on Montpellier Beach. The bride gets tenderly kissed by her partner as the warm sunlight envelops them in a glow.
GLAMOROUS WEDDING PORTRAIT: Embraced in Golden Hour Splendor, Love Awakens on Montpellier Beach
In Randle, WA, the groom passionately kisses the bride against a breathtaking mountain backdrop as the sun sets during the golden hour.
Love in the Cascades: A Breathtaking Wedding Kiss in Randle, WA
A couple in love shares a romantic golden hour kiss during their engagement photo shoot in Orléans
Romantic Bliss: A Captivating Golden Hour Kiss Paints the City of Orléans in Love's Colors
In Rambouillet, a couple embraces during the golden hour at their engagement photo shoot
Captured in the Golden Embrace: Rambouillet's Enchanting Love Blossoms during Dreamy Engagement Shoot
A couple embraces in a field of Saint Vaast les Mello, France, sharing a tender kiss as the last rays of the sun illuminate the golden hour engagement photo shoot
Amidst the Radiant Fields: A Tender Kiss Sealed in the Golden Hour of Love

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