Wedding Photos of Illuminate

The following “Illuminate” 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 “Illuminate” 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.

An outstanding Bosco Degli Abeti wedding picture with this Ronciglione bride and groom looking at each other face to face near a tree while the sun illuminates them from behind

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

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View this significant moment wedding picture at the church showing The light of the stained glass comes to illuminate the veil of the bride during the consecration

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Calle de Hernandez Macias couple e-shoot with a 50 mm lens was used to cause those quite striking light bubbles, as well as an external flash to illuminate the couple since it was quite night

50 mm lens couple Mexico couple portrait external flash bubbles Jorge Alcala Goded quite night

China wedding bride posed portrait session with the lights on both sides of the aisle, one cold and one warm, respectively illuminate the dining table and the bride

bride Gang Chen warm China wedding bride dining table China China portrait session

The path lights warm the heart and illuminate this couple's engagement session

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