Wedding Photos of Night

The following “Night” 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” 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.

Best Morrison, Colorado wedding photojournalism picture from Woodlands showing Wedding guests participating in a snowball fight

A top Colorado wedding photographer captured this picture at The Barn at Raccoon Creek of the The bride and groom navigating through the rain after the ceremony with help from the brides father

colorado wedding photographer FOB raining Night brides father rain dusk

Epic Alexandria, VA engagement image of a couple embracing in a romantic way at night

romantic virginia engagement photographer Alexandria VA engagement VA VA couple Johnny Shryock

Epic Paris engagement session In the streets at night with a slow shutter and motion blur in Bannay Cher

Paris engagement session motion blur Cher couple slow shutter Bannay pre wedding streets Bannay

Epic Estes Park engagement session for a Couple doing dance dip in front of Stanley Hotel

co couple dance Estes Park engagement session lit Night Stanley Hotel Estes Park

A romantic and sweet Paris engagement photo during a night, fun fair session

cotton candy fair Paris engagement photo romantic Night fun zone fun

Adventurous Paris pre wedding photo session with the French couple riding fair rides at night

Paris pre wedding photo session Night Paris riding fair rides French Couple Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne

A top Chateau de Janzé wedding photographer captured this picture of the wedding party dancing away the night

France Chateau de Janzé wedding dancing Chateau de Janzé France photographer wedding party

Artistic Tuscany wedding picture in Pianirossi from the outdoor reception venue at night showing the Bride throwing her bouquet

IT bride Pianirossi Julian Kanz Tuscany wedding picture artistic Tuscany Night

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Poplar Springs Manor in Warrenton, VA of The couple smoking cigars in front of the grooms classic Chevrolet nova

smoking Virginia groom headlights Night cigars nova

World's most innovative and best Shenandoah National Park wedding day portraits of The couple embracing under the stars at night by a tree

VA wedding Night Shenandoah National Park Virginia couple Brittany Diliberto embracing tree

World's best creative wedding portrait from Amsterdam of The wedding couple standing in front of an old bus

standing industrial old bus NL wedding portrait Thomas Jongbloed Night Amsterdam wedding couple

A first rate Green Acres Event Center wedding image from an on location Minnesota couple portrait session outside of lit barn at night

Minnesota barn Green Acres Event Center weddings Green Acres Event Center lit outside Night

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from Scotland showing the gazebo backlit during a dance

Night lit backlit Scotland bride and groom Scotland wedding portrait dance Scotland

Downtown Kansas City couple engagement portraits with a couple with downtown lights at night in the city

Downtown Night Kansas City photographer MO engagement portrait Missouri Kansas City wedding photography MO couple

World's best creative wedding portrait photography from English Manor in Ocean Township, NJ during an Intimate minute together alone on the patio at night under lights

NJ bride and groom intimate Night New Jersey Lights NJ wedding portrait photography

Bangkok pre-wedding engagement session capturing the couple with a red light in the dark scene

Bangkok lit Bangkok wedding photography Bangkok engagement session Wasan Chirdchom light dark scene

World's best and most unconventional wedding photography from Superior, Montana of the outdoor dinner table at night under a string of lights and trees

string of lights Superior weddings mt wedding photography Montana outside wedding Montana trees

A first rate Zurich wedding image from an on location Switzerland lit couple portrait session in the rain at night with an umbrella

Zurich wedding image lit Zurich umbrella Switzerland couple portrait session Night Switzerland

Calle Recreo couple engagement portrait taken with an assistant with the use of an external flash and the photo was taken walking through the streets of San Miguel de Allende at night

Jorge Alcala Goded Ritrae Studio Calle Recreo Mexico San Miguel de Allende external flash photo walking

A praiseworthy Rocky Mountain National Park wedding day portrait of a Colorado bride and groom as they embrace for a final session before retiring for the night

Colorado bride and groom Rocky Mountain National Park Night embrace Rocky Mountain National Park weddings Colorado

World's most visionary and best wedding photography from Spruce Mountain Ranch, Larkspur, Colorado of bride and groom smoking cigars at the end of the night

Colorado Colorado bride and groom Larkspur wedding photography Larkspur Larkspur outdoor weddings smoking cigars

World's most visionary and best wedding photography from Castello La Torre, Tuscany during the Cutting cake and Fireworks at night at the reception venue outdoors

Tuscany wedding photography Italy Castello La Torre outdoors cutting cake Tuscany outdoor wedding

An Italy wedding photojournalist at Castelvecchio Sagrado in Gorizia captured this moment of the Wedding games with bride and groom holding shoes

shoes outdoors Gorizia wedding photojournalist Gorizia Castelvecchio Sagrado Italy

High quality Ferme du Jardin d'Egypte wedding portrait session with this France bride and groom under a tree with lights outside at night just before opening the dance floor

outside Night French portrait session dance floor tree france bride and groom

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan fun loving couple modeling for a pre wedding session

Night Rajasthan photographer Jaisalmer Jaisalmer couple Rajasthan modeling pre wedding session

View this fine example of the best in the world wedding photography from Quimper, France at night during the Lanterns release party

France photographer release Quimper wedding photography party Patrick Lombaert Quimper Night

A top France wedding photojournalist from Quiberon created this image of the outdoor First dance at night under strings of flags

Quiberon photographer Quiberon Patrick Lombaert first dance strings Night Outdoor

An Oxford wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at The Perch of The groom lifted up by his friends at the end of the night

friends Oxford photographer groom lifted up Night The Perch Oxford

A top Hertfordshire wedding photojournalist at The Vic in Hitchin created this image during A love parade through the streets

Hertfordshire photographer stroll streets Night Hertfordshire Hertfordshire wedding photojournalist

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