Wedding Photos of Off camera flash

The following “Off camera flash” 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 “Off camera flash” 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 couple poses for a portrait in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel Mersin, employing off-camera flash techniques to capture warm tones and the unique patterns created by the lobby's lighting

Hilton Hotel Mersin: Couple Portrait in Lobby Capturing Warm Tones and Lighting Patterns with Off-Camera Flash

Creative wedding couple portrait taken at Lochside Hotel, Lodges, and Spa in Ayrshire, Scotland, showcases the bride and groom illuminated by off-camera flash, exuding a vintage vibe with the reminiscent Polaroid toning

Lochside Hotel, Lodges, and Spa in Ayrshire, Scotland: Vintage-inspired wedding couple portrait with off-camera flash

Scotland Ayrshire wedding illuminated Ayrshire Wedding Portrait Lochside Hotel Lodges and Spa Ayrshire Ayrshire couple portrait

A couple poses for a creative wedding portrait in front of Cornhill Castle in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with off-camera flash lighting adding depth

Wedding portrait at Cornhill Castle in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with off-camera flash for added depth

Lanarkshire couple off camera flash lighting creative wedding portrait Scotland posing couple Lanarkshire Cornhill Castle

Grooms exquisitely lit by off-camera flash as they stroll down the romantic jetty at The Vu in West Lothian, Scotland

West Lothian, Scotland: Grooms exquisitely lit by off-camera flash on romantic jetty at The Vu

West Lothian Wedding Photography romantic jetty West Lothian The Vu off camera flash grooms exquisitely lit

The couple posed for a portrait in Flamm Bodrum, Turkey, illuminated by an off-camera flash with a red light gel and the elegant chandeliers hanging overhead

The juxtaposition of modern and traditional elements, with off-camera flash and elegant chandeliers

red light Bodrum photographer Flamm Bodrum Hotel chandeliers Turkey Golkoy Bay off camera flash

The groom in Flamm Bodrum, Turkey, is smoking, and the smoke in the air is backlit by the light of the off camera flash

In Flamm Bodrum, Turkey, the groom is smoking, lit by an off camera flash

off camera flash backlit portrait Bodrum photographer smoke Flamm Bodrum smoking Turkey

The Bride and Groom were lit by off camera flash posing by the rustic wooden doors of green at the reception venue in Stirlingshire, Scotland

In Stirlingshire, Scotland, the couple posed by green rustic wooden doors

Scotland Stirlingshire off camera flash rustic door stirlingshire photographer

Couple smiling in front of a massive blue door, photo created with off camera flash downtown in Toulouse, France

An engaged couple's lifestyle session with cool tones to achieve an industrial feel, featuring the couple smiling in front of a huge blue door

Toulouse engagement photography smiling couple blue door Toulouse off camera flash massive door

A France silhouette engagement portrait of a couple in Toulouse with an off camera flash, with their umbrella

Photographer created a stark, bold, and dramatic silhouette of an engaged couple using an off camera flash and an umbrella

off camera flash Toulouse silhouette Toulouse engagement photography umbrella

A reception venue portrait of the couple at The Cruin, Loch Lomond was lit by off camera flash on a dock over the water

At The Cruin, Loch Lomond, a dock over the water was the setting for a reception venue portrait of the couple lit by off camera flash

off camera flash Loch Lomond Photographer Loch Lomond portrait The Cruin Loch Lomond sunset portrait dock

At The Gage in West Allis, Wisconsin, a sign, and some regality was created with a posed couple and a grid on off camera flash

In Wisconsin, a posed couple and grid off-camera flash created a regal sign

Wisconsin Photographer off camera flash regal Wisconsin posed couple West Allis The Gage

A Guanajuato modern couple poses for a casual portrait through some leaves for a San Miguel de Allende Center engagement photo using an external flash with the intention of adding drama

off camera flash San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato Jorge Alcala Goded Guanajuato Photographer

The bride and groom are illuminated by off-camera flash on the outdoor stairway of Airth Castle in Falkirk, Scotland

At Airth Castle in Falkirk, Scotland, the bride and groom are lit by off-camera flash on the outdoor stairway

Falkirk Photographer Scotland off camera flash stairway Scotland Couple Falkirk Airth Castle

This wedding photo captures the couple in the garden of a reception venue in Stirlingshire, Scotland, illuminated by off-camera flash on a little green bridge over a brook

In Stirlingshire, Scotland, a wedding couple is seen on a green bridge over a brook, illuminated by off-camera flash

Stirlingshire SGE Leapark Hotel brook green bridge stirlingshire photographer Scotland garden reception

A romantic engagement session at the University of Guanajuato as The couple was sitting on some stairs lit by an external flash and created from standing outside the railing of the stairs putting the couple between them

Guanajuato framed through railing Guanajuato Photographer Jorge Alcala Goded University of Guanajuato Mexico off camera flash

Shenandoah National Park post proposal portraits from a Virginia engagement session for a couple embracing in the rain, created as a raindrop comedically bounces off the gentlemans head

rainy day engagement off camera flash Virginia virginia wedding photographer Shenandoah National Park Brittany Diliberto rain bouncing

Baeza post proposal portrait session with a Spain engagement photographer of a Jaen couple at the historical building with a hot purple light

Spain Baeza Jaén Jaen Night Portrait historical building Baeza Photographer

Izmir post proposal engagement session with a Turkey wedding photographer showing a Young couple in an antique shop

Turkey İzmir Izmir photographer antique shop off camera flash Furkan Akarsu Izmir Young Couple

Bourg en Bresse post proposal portrait session with a France engagement photographer of an Ain couple in a dark forest, the sun just hit them from behind

Bourg en Bresse dark forest Ain Photographer Ain Night Portrait off camera flash Florian Maguin ain

Oingt post proposal portrait photos of a happy ARA couple inside a village made of stone in France, at twilight

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Oingt twilight portrait Florian Maguin France photographer off camera flash village engagement

An impressive Scotland wedding image of the couple that was lit by off camera flash

kissing trail gate Scotland off camera flash Mike Cook Scotland wedding image

A picturesque setting for an Estes Park Wedding Ceremony photo at Black Canyon Inn, Colorado using off camera flash to show the mountains

picturesque Black Canyon Inn CO wedding photo Destination Wedding Colorado Colorado bride and groom inn

A beautiful Atlanta, Georgia bridal portrait at Bishop Station using Off camera flash behind couple to highlight vines and silhouette them

silhouette off camera flash bw Atlanta bride GA couple highlight

A spectacular San Francisco wedding couple photograph from Northern California following heavy rain, then at dusk the bride and groom ventured down to the pond and a little off camera flash really made this scene dramatic

San Francisco pond California - Northern CA bride and groom dusk heavy rain Northern California couple portrait

Cappadocia couple pre-wed shoot in a dark hole lightened with an off camera flash

pre wed shoot Cappadocia off camera flash Cappadocia couple Cappadocia bride dark hole

Modern Alpharetta, Georgia wedding portrait at Little River Farms from the GA couples Wedding Exit that is backlit with an off camera flash shot through car windshield

Georgia Little River Farms windshield off camera flash Little River Farms wedding venue wedding exit

Carl House, Auburn, Georgia wedding couple artistic image session resulting in a Low Key Portrait - Dropping Exposure and using subtle off camera flash

Low Key Portrait wedding couple Dropping Exposure Auburn Auburn GA couple artistic image session

Auburn, Georgia wedding art couple portrait at the Carl House venue using off camera flash against the venues signature old tree

Gwinnett Auburn Barrow Georgia Carl House venue Auburn couple portrait

San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato in Canal Street Artful Engagement Picture taken under a bridge with external flash

off camera flash San Miguel de Allende guanajuato engagement photographer Guanajuato Jorge Alcala Goded Canal Street under bridge

Netherlands Reception artistic wedding portrait from the Blue hour in Rotterdam

A wedding portrait taken during the blue hour showcasing the backlit couple silhouetted against the backdrop of the water

sidewalk Netherlands couple silhouetted blue hour Rotterdam water blue hues

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