Wedding Photos of Light

The following “Light” 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 “Light” 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.

Castello di Torre Alfina wedding art image in Italy of the imperial table at the castle lighted by only candles

Black and white Sichuan wedding picture in China from when the bride is going to take down the hanging wedding dress.showing one hand of the bride is in the light of the white wedding dress

China bride hand Sichuan wedding picture white wedding dress Sichuan hanging wedding dress China

Sofia wedding couple artistic image session in Bulgaria with a light and a big tree

light Sofia couple portrait Sofia artistic image session big tree Sofia wedding couple

Calle del Chorro couple e-session in San Miguel de Allende using an external flash, The light was used intentionally to also give light to the bougainvillea and cause a dramatic effect to the photo

Jorge Alcala Goded bougainvillea Dramatic San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende engagement Calle del Chorro couple external flash

Artistic Vaasen wedding portrait in Gelderland, Netherlands using a tree with bride and groom and a light

Vaasen Gelderland Vaasen wedding portrait tree Natalja van Ommeren Netherlands bride and groom artistic

Galena Forest, Nevada couple e-session standing in the trees facing the light

light Nevada couple Galena Forest trees Nevada couple

France True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Noirmoutier capturing a couple playing with light and shadows with sunglasses on

France Engagement Posed Portrait Noirmoutier couple shadows Patrick Lombaert sunglasses light

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at Overlook Park in Canyon Lake displaying a couple walking into the light at night

Overlook Park Canyon Lake night engagement portrait light Shannon Cain couple walking Night

La Sosta del Cavaliere wedding portrait art of an Italy bride and groom embraced in the corner of light, as the bride rests on his chest while both eyes closed are tenderly connected

bride tender embraced chest Italy La Sosta del Cavaliere wedding portrait

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot at at Pantano de El Jándula of a Jaén couple kissing with a light in the back of their car

Spain vehicle Pre wedding Photoshoot aén couple auto Pantano de El Jándula

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the Golden Mile Tower in Singapore displaying a Singapore couple having fun with light and shadows

Golden Mile Tower bw Singapore singapore engagement portrait Timothy Sim hands shadows

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Muscat capturing a couple playing with light and love

arch Muscat couple light Muscat Engagement Muscat Night Muscat Posed Portrait

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Muscat showing a couple sharing light love in Oman

light Oman Muscat PreWedding Portrait Muscat Muscat couple store

Best wedding photography from Greenville, SC showing a pic of the ceremony, but using OCF flash to capture the backdrop in the image due to very little light at Pretty Place Camp

wedding photography Greenville backdrop light Pretty Place Camp SC wedding ceremony OCF flash Chapel ceremony image

Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil on-location portrait e-shoot with a horse statue, a light and an embrace

Espírito Santo embrace Espírito Santo photographer Aracruz wedding photography Aracruz horse statue Brazil portrait e shoot

Nashville on-location portrait e-shoot of a couple kissing in great afternoon light

Nashville couple portrait TN afternoon TN couple outdoors sunlight kissing

Piazza del Campo, Cortile del Podestà portrait e-session playing with light and shadows cast on the couple

light shadows Siena couple Cortile del Podestà portrait Siena IT photographer Piazza del Campo

Cleveland on-location portrait e-shoot with reflected light on glass wall

OH photographer reflected glass wall Cleveland sunlight Cleveland couple portrait Ohio

Luxembourg Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait with A kiss under the bridge

Blue contrast light under bridge dark silhouette

Durbanville Fine Art Engagement Session with some Gorgeous golden hour light for this Engagement Portrait

Cape Town shadows sun Durbanville Engagement Session light engagement portrait

San Francisco, CA Artful Engagement Picture in the building columns and stripes of light and shadows

bw CA stripes columns Matei Horvath CA engagement picture light

Pasadena couple portrait in the fields during the late afternoon light

CA Photographer fields CA late afternoon light Pasadena couple portrait

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

Neil Pleasants scene Hertfordshire bw piano Luton Hoo couple portrait black and white

Qinghai micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with some Love in light and shadows

Qinghai pre wedding portraiture mountain photo session light shadows outdoor portraits love

Netherlands bride and groom wedding portrait session in the blue hour

portrait session light dusk wedding Blue netherlands bride groom

vestizione sposa fine art wedding light on eye detail image

vestizione bride fine art wedding light on eye detail image

light detail image eye vestizione vestizione weddings Luigi Rota vestizione bride

Big Bend National Park micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with a couple holding hands under a light

mountain photo session El Paso holding hands Big Bend National Park wedding couple light Outdoor

The Liberty Hotel, Boston, MA creative wedding bridal portrait session with the added reflection using the tv and certain from the back to remove the light

reflection Boston photographer MA wedding bridal portrait Massachusetts The Liberty Hotel MA The Liberty Hotel light

Vail, Colorado creative wedding portrait of the couple watching their breath light up as snow falls all around them

Vail couple snowing breath snow Vail Colorado photographer light

Quinta Real, Oaxaca City fine art wedding detail pic of the bride details in the light

The bride's wedding dress details are highlighted against a black background in the picture

Oaxaca City fine art Mexico photographer Oaxaca bride Oaxaca wedding detail Oaxaca City

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