Wedding Photos of Lit

The following “Lit” 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 “Lit” 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.

lit engagement portrait In the shadows

Royal Gorge Bridge couple picture on bridge

lit Bridge couple picture on bridge

co wedding images co pre wedding bridge lit Royal Gorge Bridge couple

Sugarland, TX Engaged Couple Portrait | OCF lit picture at night

Engaged Couple Portrait and it's an OCF lit picture at night

Sugarland e session Sugarland wedding photography Night picture lit Jill Goehring TX

Hong Kong Engagement Portrait Photographer | Couple Session Lit Overhead

Engagement Portrait Photography from a Couple Session Lit Overhead

HK e session HK couples session Hong Kong overhead couple HK wedding photographer

Rooftop São Paulo creative portrait on wedding night using lights Rooftop São Paulo creative portrait on wedding night using lights

groom portrait Night lit bokeh drinks

Tuin de Lage Oorsprong, Oosterbeek | The groom and his friends during creative portrait session

lit ocf Oosterbeek Zuid Holland wedding photos Tuin de Lage Oorsprong drinks

Yosemite Engagement Couple Photography - Portrait contains: lit, night, trees, sky, blue, stars

Engagement Couple Photography that was lit at night

trees lit yosemite Night stars Yosemite engagement session

Malibu Engagement Portrait Session - Image contains: Lit, Night, Spray, Couple, Champagne

Malibu Engagement Portrait Image at Night, with a Spray, Couple, Champagne

Malibu engagement session pre wedding location Malibu couple lit Night spray

Rocky Mountain National Park Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: sunset, sky, lit, lighting

Rocky Mountain National Park Engagement Portrait of a Couple at sunset

lit sunset pre wedding session Rocky Mountain National Park lighting Rocky Mountain National Park Sky

Pinones, PR Engagement Photography - Image contains: A common place turn into the Pyramids

Pinones, PR Engagement Photography with A common place turn into the Pyramids

Pinones PR lit Night pre wedding locations Pinones common place

Old San Juan Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: Contrast between a couple

Old San Juan Engagement Photo with Contrast between a couple

posing lit contrast Old San Juan pre wedding portrait engagement photos Old San Juan Old San Juan

Mumbai Giggles During E-Photo Session with Black and Green

lit pre wedding locations Mumbai indoors Anupa Shah Mumbai Mumbai engagement photos Black and Green

Place of wedding ceremony: Theater in Foggia. Pictures Shot from the stage while groom and bride are lit by sun rays outside the theater.

In a Theater some Pictures Shot from the stage while groom and bride are lit by sun rays outside the theater

Foggia theater lit outside Theater in Foggia Sun rays stage

Scotland wedding portrait of a the bride and groom shot through long grass. Lit by off camera flash.

wedding portrait of a the bride and groom shot through long grass and Lit by off camera flash

lit flash Scotland wedding Scotland grass portrait through long grass wedding portrait bride and groom long grass long grass

Wedding couple portrait shot through long grass with blue skies. Lit by off camera flash.

Wedding couple portrait shot through long grass with blue skies and Lit by off camera flash

lit camera Stirlingshire wedding couple long grass Stirlingshire wedding portrait flash

A silhouette with lighting technique photoshoot during pre wedding portrait session in Sentosa, Singapore

lit creative portrait Singapore engagement silhouettes artistic picture Sentosa red light

National Gallery of Art couple portrait on stairs

evening lighting DC dusk stairs lit portrait Washington

Proposal surprise in downtown Minneapolis

public places lit MN Minneapolis urban portrait Downtown city portraits

North Carolina wedding portrait of bride and groom outside Duke Chapel, lit by strobe for silhouette of church

Raleigh silhouette sunset dusk Raleigh Wedding Photographer strobe

Engagement photo session in the Vail Village as the last bits of sun glaze the Gore Mountain Range in the background.

dusk Vail Village Gore Mountain Range Sky vail pre wedding portrait Vail engagement photo

Engagement shoot in the village of Ouro Preto, MG

street photography dusk city scene lit Lights urban environment MG

Saigon Vietnam Pre-Wedding Shoot through mirror

Saigon engagement session Saigon Vietnam reflections clouds in house window

Brooklyn Bridge engagement couple portrait at night

Brooklyn Bridge, NYC engagement couple portrait at night

Night dusk nyc NYC engagement session nyc pre wed lit

New York Couple back lit under the hudson brigde for engagement portrait

city photos city scene public places Back lit Night New York - Upstate city portraits

Arches National Park Engagement Photos - The couple in Arches National Park

Utah Colorado River arches Arches National Park sandstone arches Moab

Engagement portrait of a couple standing in front of a stone building lit up at night

couple standing lit Reggio Calabria Night stone building

Siracusa lit portrait session at night | engagement love photography in sicily

A lit portrait session at night in a dark sky captures beautiful engagement love photography

Sicily night engagement Siracusa lit portrait session IT Night Italy

Downtown Vail Colorado engagement portrait shoot with the Gore Range lit by the last bits of light for this couple's session.

A downtown engagement portrait shoot captures the range lit by the last bits of light for this couple's session

Downtown Vail lit Colorado Vail Colorado engagement portrait Gore Range light

Ha Noi wedding photojournalism black and white image of a couple exchanging rings during lit ceremony

Whispers of Forever: A Ha Noi Love Story

Ha Noi ceremony Ha Noi rings love story Forever Vietnam Ha Noi photographer

Chicago documentary wedding photo of bride and groom lit during first dance with their cake at Illinois reception

Chicago Elegance: A Documentary Capture of the Newlyweds' First Dance and Cake Cutting

newlyweds IL Documentary groom Elegance cake reception

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