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.

Surreal Madrid, Spain wedding portrait showing the Couple at night

Ashley Farm, Yorkville, IL couple artistic image session for a couple at night outside a farm

couple farm Yorkville IL couple Ashley Farm Night

Murcia couple engagement shoot in Spain shot at night with a tree and motorcycle

motorcycle Night tree Murcia couple engagement shoot Spain Murcia

Colorado wedding venue outdoor reception photography of the couple dancing at night

Night Colorado wedding tent outdoor reception photography couple dancing Colorado night reception colorado wedding venue

Colorado wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture from the outdoor Reception venue at the end of the night as guests are boarding the party bus

boarding Denver outdoor Reception Venue Night Colorado Colorado wedding photography

An Illinois wedding photographer at the Ashley Farm in Yorkville created this image of the couple being introduced as they enter the barn venue

Ashley Farm illinois wedding photographer couple Yorkville IL reception Night barn venue

Boulder, Colorado couple e-session, share a smooch in the winter forest

winter forest Colorado couple boulder boulder engagement photographer trees branches Lucy Schultz blue flash

Wild Basin Lodge, Allenspark, Colorado wedding venue outdoor reception photography of the newlyweds sharing a last dance of the night on the back patio

Night Allenspark outdoor wedding Colorado wedding last dance back patio newlyweds outdoor reception photography

Romantic Aguilas wedding portrait in Spain of the bride and groom lit under a Starry sky at night

Spain lit Night Aguilas Wedding Portrait romantic starry Sky

Best wedding photography from Emigrant, Montana showing a pic of bustling the dress by headlights

montana bride dress Night headlights Montana wedding photography

A top wedding photographer in Hangzhou, China captured this picture of the First dance at night under lights on the grass

wedding photographer first dance China Night Hangzhou night wedding Hangzhou

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at Overlook Park in Canyon Lake displaying a couple walking into the light at night

Shannon Cain Night Overlook Park light night engagement portrait Canyon Lake couple walking

Addison Woods Wedding & Event Venue, Spring, TX wedding couple artistic image session of the groom carrying bride under oak trees at night

groom Addison Woods Weddings and Events oak trees Night Texas - Southern carrying bride

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Siracusa showing a couple surrounded in colorful bokeh lights

Siracusa PreWedding Portrait Lights Night Siracusa colorful lit

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Muscat capturing a couple playing with light and love

Muscat Posed Portrait Muscat building arch Muscat couple Night Engagement Muscat

Granada, Spain portrait e-session with dark tones, silhouettes and a lit archway

Granada couple lit silhouettes red dark tones archway Night

Key West, FL environmental engagement e-session at night near the Southernmost Point,

FL engagement e session Key West Night USA Southernmost Point lit

São Paulo, Brazil portrait e-session with urban dark tones

sitting Brazil portrait Night São Paulo couple São Paulo urban

Dalat on-location portrait e-shoot of couple with the night sky lit up

Vietnam couple Dalat night lights Vietnam Nien Truong Dalat on location portraits Dalat photographer

Best wedding photography from London showing a pic of outdoor reception fireworks under a slow camera shutter speed

sparks slow camera outdoor reception Documentary Wedding Photographers London Night London

San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Photos with some Slow dancing by the pier in the evening

San Francisco couple Lights San Francisco urban city Night darkness

San Francisco Fine Art Engagement Image with some Romancing through the piers of SF at night

Romancing San Francisco couple piers San Francisco CA couple SF

Ho Chi Minh Artful Engagement Picture showing how In the middle of the crowded city they found each other

Ho Chi Minh couple Night urban Lights Ho Chi Minh city darkness

Ho Chi Minh Fine Art Engagement Session with some light of love in the dark

Ho Chi Minh couple Night water evening Lights Huy Che Hoang darkness

China Town Fine Art Engagement Image in San Francisco showing the Night of the Dragons overhead

China Town couple Dragons Night of the Dragons San Francisco Tyler Vu China Town overhead

Fort Collins Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait for a Couple under the lights in Old Town

Fort Collins couple Fort Collins Old Town Mark Creery bokeh co pre wedding portrait Night

Phuket, Thailand Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait during Dusk hours at night

Phuket Thailand lit Phuket photographer streets urban city

Phuket Pre Wedding Photoshoot in a Fine Art Style against a pink lit wall with painted art

city town Night wall art urban Thailand Phuket photographer

Boulder, Colorado night couple shot as they cozy up in the falling snow after dark at their winter engagement session

falling snow Colorado Night cozy boulder dark CO engagement session

Fort Collins, Colorado night winter portrait in Old Town Square with holiday lights

Old Town Square Christmas Colorado couple portrait Mark Creery winter Fort Collins Night

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