Wedding Photos of Natural light

The following “Natural 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 “Natural 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.

A beautiful wedding photo of a newlywed couple running hand in hand on the sandy beach at Plage de Ploemeur, captured against the backdrop of the sea and blue sky.

Romantic Run on Plage de Ploemeur: Newlyweds Holding Hands on Sandy Beach by Sea

A bride gets dressed for her wedding at Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club in Arizona, United States, surrounded by elegant bridal attire and soft natural light.

A Bride's Journey at Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club

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In an award-winning image, a wedding photographer captures a breathtaking bridal portrait at the picturesque Domaine de Belfonds. The stunning bride holds her bouquet, near a window in a room filled with natural light.

Domaine de Belfonds: Blooming Beauty Beside Sunlit Window Bliss

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An artistic wedding photographer captured a stunning minimalist detail shot at Chateau de la Sebrandière, showcasing beautiful soft light on the bride's chest, highlighting her dress and jewelry.

Soft Light Embrace: A Minimalist Detail Shot at Chateau Sebrandière

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Capturing the essence of joy and love after the ceremony in Mantua, Italy, this award-winning wedding detail photo showcases an artful composition and extreme close-up, highlighting the warmth of smiles and hands in the beautiful sunset light.

Mantua Magic: A Radiant Sunset Embraces Smiling Hands of Love

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Capturing the intimate details before the wedding, the artistically inclined photographer embraced the stunning natural light streaming through the window, highlighting the meticulous details of the bride's preparation at her own humble home.

Artistic Wedding Photo Capturing Intimate Preparations at Home

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Award-winning wedding photographer captures a stunning bridal portrait at The Fennes in Essex, UK. Utilizing natural window light, the artist expertly positions the bride, creating a captivating play of shadows and highlights that highlights her face.

Bridal Beauty: Illuminating Shadows and Highlights at The Fennes, Essex

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A black and white portrait of a couple taken at the grand staircase of Glen Manor House in Rhode Island. The image showcases the beautiful natural light and elegant stairs.

Romantic Moments at the Grand Staircase: A Stunning Black and White Wedding Portrait at Glen Manor House, Rhode Island

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A couple in Lyon, France took their engagement portrait in a museum, utilizing natural light and sharing a tender kiss on the cheek

Capturing Love in Lyon: Engaged Couple's Museum Portrait with Natural Light and a Tender Kiss

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The bride poses for a portrait inside England's 800-year-old Abbey, capturing the stunning natural light

Inside England's 800-year-old Abbey, the bride poses for a portrait, beautifully capturing the natural light

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Bride and groom share a passionate kiss in a black and white portrait taken inside a cave illuminated by natural light, located in Hong Kong Park

Hong Kong Park captures a passionate black and white portrait of a bride and groom's passionate kiss inside a cave

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Sopley Mill: A wedding couple poses for a creative portrait, basking in the natural light cascading from a skylight two stories above, illuminating the brick wall behind them

Sopley Mill: Creative wedding portrait captured in natural light with skylight, Hampshire

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Bride getting ready for her wedding at an Italian reception venue, with her make up being beautifully applied by the natural light streaming through the window

Italian Bride Getting Ready for Wedding at Stunning Reception Venue with Beautiful Natural Light

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A photo shoot of an engaged couple in Paris, specifically at the Louvre Museum, where they are posed elegantly in the natural light shining through the windows

Engaged Couple Poses Elegantly in Natural Light at Louvre Museum in Paris - Photo Shoot

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A minimalist engaged couple portrait taken near sunset in Oakland with natural light

The engaged couple posed for a minimalist portrait near sunset in Oakland, bathed in natural light

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Montpellier prewedding portrait of a couple in matching shirts with natural light

A dramatic Montpellier prewedding portrait of an engaged, loving couple in matching shirts, bathed in natural light

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Romantic Montpellier engagement portrait with natural light hitting their faces

A dreamy Montpellier embrace captures the love of the engaged couple

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The bride is radiantly illuminated in Acri, Cosenza, Italy in a stunning natural light portrait

The bride is exquisitely illuminated in a portrait featuring her in profile, holding a bouquet, bathed in natural light

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The Key West FL bride is illuminated in the warm sunlight from the window and an overhead spotlight, creating a unique layered storytelling effect as she puts on her shoes with mother behind

The bride is thoughtfully illuminated by natural and artificial light, lending a poetic atmosphere to the intimate moment of her donning her shoes with her mother's assistance

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The bride and groom were showered with a torrential downpour of confetti outside of Core Clapton in Hackney London

A couple was showered in confetti outside their garden wedding scene, basking in the natural light

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A detailed picture of the bride's flower bouquet was taken in Paris, France, with natural light illuminating the wood floor and dresser

A picture of the bride's bouquet was taken in Paris, France with natural light

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Bucharest winning image from the best documentary style wedding photography contest in the world at the Zabola Estate in Romania showing the Bride getting ready near a window with natural light

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View this dramatic wedding image taken at the Crest Center in Asheville, NC of the Bride and Groom making their grand entrance lit by natural light coming in through the windows

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Guanajuato couple e-shoot in Calle de Hernandez Macias for a photo with no type of flash was used, the photo is in natural light and the trees made this shadow on the wall, take advantage of that

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Bulgaria wedding photo from Terra Residence, Sofia showing the Beautiful natural light during the ceremony

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Doge Palace, St. Mark's Square, Venice Italy Couple sitting under the Arcade in natural light with bricks

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artistic wedding couple portrait of A couple laughing with a great light overhead on a dark background

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Franciacorta region, north of Italy. - Yes, we are.

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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Couple kissing in a pocket of natural light/dust

Redwoods State Park Couple kissing in a pocket of natural light and dust

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Engaged couple pose for portraits by Anápolis photographer

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