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.

red brick art gallery during an engagement portrait session with some Love in the rain

Red brick art gallery Love during an engagement portrait shoot under light and shadow

black and white love art gallery red brick art gallery light China

Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal Indian couple enjoying the mystical spot in Sintra during a pre-wed photo shoot

shadows sunshine light Sintra e session Sintra silhouette Lisboa

Netherlands wedding portrait of the groom looking at his bride while she is walking the stairs to the light at Kasteel Woerden

bride groom Netherlands stairs Netherlands wedding portrait light Kasteel Woerden

Pordenone, Italy creative wedding portrait of the groom in light and bride silhouette

Italy sunglasses silhouette groom light Pordenone

Tunel Guajataca, Isabela, Puerto Rico couple with light and wind created the perfect shot for this one

sea beach waves wind Puerto Rico couple image lit Tunel Guajataca

Isabela, Puerto Rico Engagement photographer "We saw how the light created a LOCATION ICON, so we added a light for subjects and created this." in Tunel Guajataca

sunshine Isabela Puerto Rico couple image archway Puerto Rico shadows

Australia engagement portrait with a posed couple showing a beautiful Perth juxtaposition

aus perth silhouette Australia Jacob Gordon shadows sunshine

AUS engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Inveresk Launceston, Tasmania, Australia of the couple framed by shadows cast by the hard afternoon sun

Inveresk Launceston sunshine light afternoon sun Tasmania Australia tasmania engagement

Africa engagement portrait with a posed couple in interesting light and a shadow geometric composition in Marrakech, Morocco

light marrakech engagement geometric Morocco silhouette Africa

Virginia engagement portrait with a posed couple at the Gulf Branch Park & Nature Center, Arlington, VA showing a Shadow of kiss

shadows light silhouette sunshine Gulf Branch Park & Nature Center Arlington engagement Arlington-VA

rize, turkey pre wedding photo in on a tower of stones with light

Rize engagement session pre wedding location Rize light Turkey rize stones

Italy Countryside Pre-Wedding Portrait under a soft rainbow at Schio Vicenza

Italy pre wedding session Schio Vicenza Sky light soft rainbow Schio Vicenza engagement photographers Schio Vicenza

Zrodliska Park, Lodz, Poland engagement portrait session with Two lovers in park

Lodz engagement photographers lovers light bridge park Zrodliska Park

A Breckenridge, CO couple posing for engagement pictures with the First touch of light on the mountain

shadows Breckenridge engagement session mountain Breckenridge mountain engagement light

The bride is walking in the passage under the Leidsche Rijn bridge in Utrecht, perfectly in the light catching the wind

passage bride walking light wind Utrecht Utrecht fine art wedding image catching

China couple give a Kiss in light and shadow during e-shoot in Beijing

e shoot China couple Beijing pre wedding portrait Beijing e session Beijing artistic

cappadocia, turkey engagement photo session with a light, blue sky, and flying hair

flying hair Turkey blue sky Cappadocia engagement photos pre wedding locations Cappadocia wind light

Aguilas - Spain lit portraits on a A great afternoon with a great couple

Blue light Aguilas engagement photographers Spain pre wedding session Aguilas lit portraits

Padley Gorge, Peak District, England direct sunset light portrait for engaged couple

UK Peak District direct Padley Gorge Padley Gorge engagement photos sunset light

Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California couple surrounded in The love of light during engagement photo session

Moss Beach Fitzgerald Marine Reserve California engagement session light love California pre wedding location California

humboldt park, chicago engagement portraits at dusk with a light, a couple and smoke

a couple USA portraits at dusk Humboldt Park engagement session Humboldt Park Chicago

a couple sitting in the sunset light and love each other, with little flies everywhere

Dutch pre wedding portraits sunset couple Willemstad e session Willemstad engagement photography sitting

Outdoor Lovers making portraits at night in the light

Outdoor Xian engagement photography Xian engagement images Xian pre wedding portrait Xian Xi'an

Fans of Niners portrait session with a light and team gear

session Angle Island light San Francisco engagement images San Francisco e session Niners fans

Morning Bliss portrait session for a couple on the docks with a light

Lake Tahoe engagement images Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe pre wedding portrait Tyler Vu California portrait session Morning Bliss

a young Chicago couple pose in the afternoon light for a warm engagement portrait

a young couple pose in the afternoon light for a warm engagement portrait

Chicago engagement photographer afternoon light engagement portrait Chicago Chicago pre wedding portraits

The light illuminates the engagement afternoon of this beautiful and beloved couple

Teresopolis couple Brazil Rio de Janeiro e session illuminates Engagement

Love & Light Captured in this engagement portrait at Odiorne State Park - Rye, New Hampshire

Love and Light Captured in this engagement portrait at the State Park

captured love RYE New Hampshire pre wedding portraits light engagement portrait New Hampshire engagement photographer

Shandong china couple portrait - Love is a light

china couple portrait with Lovely light

portrait Shandong china couple Shandong elopement lovely China

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