Wedding Photos of Night portrait

The following “Night portrait” 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 “Night portrait” 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.

Athens pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple kissing under street lighting at night | couple photography session

A dusk engagement picture of a couple kissing under street lighting at night

Dorset wedding engagement photography on the bridge by Robin Goodlad

Night wedding engagement photography on the bridge with lights, in the middle of the road

Dorset night portrait bridge middle of the road Dorset Engagement Photography bridge lights

engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted on a lighthouse | Fujian photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session

engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted on a lighthouse during a Fujian pre-wedding photo shoot session

Fujian pre wedding portrait Fujian engagement images Fujian e session Fujian Fujian engagement photography Vinci Wang lighthouse

Engagement portrait during snowfall at Wisconsin State Capitol.

This stunning engagement portrait captures the couple during a snowfall at the State Capitol, with a dark blue sky and snow falling around them

night portrait Wisconsin State Capitol dark blue sky Snowfall Wisconsin e session

Night engagement portrait session at Wisconsin Memorial Union.

This night engagement portrait session captures the couple at the Memorial Union, with the photographer using two lights to perfectly showcase their love and connection in the dark setting

dark setting night portrait Memorial Union Wisconsin Memorial Union Wisconsin Wisconsin Engagement Photography

Boston engagement photos of a couple at night | Massachusetts photographer pre-wedding portrait session

The engagement photo shows the couple at night, climbing the outside stairs and creating a sense of mystery

Boston engagement photographer Boston night portrait sense of mystery climbing stairs

A couple in Brazil have a detail of lights to cast their love in all the right shadows outdoors

mines gerais couple Minas Gerais night portrait string of lights Brazil

The evening is dark and the water seemingly holds this couple in a interesting outdoor Portugal wedding pic

dark Daniel Monteiro Porto couple Water reflection night portrait Portugal Porto

color engagement portraits with a couple at night | San Francisco pre-wedding session

In this color engagement portrait, the couple poses at night with city lights surrounding them, adding a vibrant and energetic atmosphere to the scene

San Francisco engagement photography energetic atmosphere San Francisco city lights night portrait CA

Taipei Taiwan portrait of a couple in a car at night

This portrait of a couple in a car at night captures the ferris wheel in the background and the light inside the car illuminating the couple, creating a romantic and dreamy atmosphere

night portrait Taipei PreWedding Photography illuminating in car Taipei Ferris wheel Taiwan dreamy atmosphere

Massachusetts Engagement Photos of couple at night with red and blue lights

This engagement photo features a couple at night with the city in the background and a police car with red and blue lights in the foreground

red and blue lights Massachusetts Engagement Photography police car night portrait Massachusetts

Petronas Twin Towers prewedding photo session in Malaysia

Pre-wedding photo session with couple embracing in symmetry in front of a tall skyscraper at night

Malaysia PreWedding Photography night portrait embracing couple tall skyscraper Malaysia Petronas Twin Towers

Zhejiang Engagement Photography session under streetlamps in the rain on a pier

Couple embraces under streetlamps in the rain during this engagement photography session on a pier at night

street lamps rainy engagement black and white portrait pier Zhejiang night portrait Zhejiang PreWedding Photography

Silhouetted against the street sign this Madrid couple used night time in black And white for a dramatic effect

Silhouette portrait Madrid engagement photography Madrid framed in window Spain night portrait

a West Pomeranian pre-wed image from a session at night by the fire

pre wedding image West Pomeranian fire West Pomeranian engagement night portrait West Pomeranian engagement shoot flames

A Carnival carousel creates a symmetrical backdrop this Portugal pre-wedding portrait

carnival Portugal pre wedding image Portugal Daniel Monteiro Portugal engagement shoot night portrait carousel

Frankfurt couple at night under an umbrella during their pre-wedding shoot

engagement image Frankfurt umbrella Frankfurt Frankfurt couple portrait shoot night portrait

France engagement photography at night with city architecture and lights

couple portrait session France France city engagement night portrait architecture France engagement photography

Malaysia pre-wedding portrait of a couple holding sparklers at night and kissing

night portrait Malaysia pre wedding image Malaysia Malaysia engagement shoot sparklers

Night time engagement portrait in Boulder CO under a fully lit gazebo

Colorado Boulder couple portrait shoot gazebo boulder night portrait engagement image Boulder

Lake Tahoe evening engagement portrait session - Blue sky pre-wedding photography

Lake Tahoe evening engagement portrait session under a Blue sky

night portrait tree line pre wedding location Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe dusk Lake Tahoe engagement session

A huge tree in Santa Fe Argentina is illuminated to create a dramatic backdrop for this engagement photo shoot

night portrait tree Santa Fe AR engagement session Andres Preumayr pre wedding location Santa Fe AR Santa Fe-AR

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