Wedding Photos of Holiday lights

The following “Holiday lights” 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 “Holiday lights” 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.

The couple in Minneapolis, MN, smiled as they posed for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait beneath the lights

Minneapolis, MN: Engaged Couple Smiling Under Holiday Lights for Engagement Portrait

The couple posed for an engagement announcement portrait in Minneapolis, Minnesota surrounded by holiday lights

Minneapolis, Minnesota Holiday Lights Engagement Announcement Portrait for Couple

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Couple is surrounded by holiday lights in Old Town Fort Collins

The couple, on the brink of their wedding day, are illuminated by a bokeh canopy of warm, star-like holiday lights

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Fort Collins, Colorado night winter portrait in Old Town Square with holiday lights

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Carnaby Street, London couple during Christmas in Carnaby Street for their pre-wed portrait photography

Carnaby Street London Christmas UK couple portraits urban UK

WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.