Wedding Photos of Soft lighting

The following “Soft lighting” 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 “Soft lighting” 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 pre-wedding portrait of a couple taken at La Alhambra in Granada, Spain, features a black background and soft lighting highlighting their faces, creating a vintage monochromatic look.

Vintage Elegance in BW: La Alhambra Portrait in Granada

A young boy gazes in awe at a towering wedding cake in a softly lit reception venue, filled with pastel purple hues in Denver, CO, USA.

Denver Reception Delights: A Young Boy's Enchantment with the Towering Wedding Cake

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A romantic couple in New Jersey enjoys a candlelight dinner, captured by a NJ wedding photographer. The intimate indoor setting is illuminated by soft lighting, creating a warm and cozy ambiance with beautiful bokeh.

Captured Romance: Candlelit Love in New Jersey by Skilled Wedding Photographer

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A WPJA wedding photographer captures a stunning engagement photo at sunrise in Honolulu, HI, featuring soft lighting as he tenderly kisses her forehead

Radiant Love: A Honolulu Sunrise Engagement

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A French couple in Naples captured in a beautiful engagement portrait, hugging affectionately against a rock wall, with soft lighting

Naples Amour: Embracing Romance in the Shadows of a Rock Wall

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The couple, surrounded by soft lighting, share a loving embrace on their wedding day in Auch, Gers, France

Love Illuminated: A Romantic Embrace in Auch, Gers, France

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A couple shares a romantic kiss in front of Lake Saint Vaast les Mello in France during the blue hour, with soft lighting enhancing the atmosphere

Captured in the Blue Hour: An Enchanting Engagement Portrait by Lake Saint Vaast les Mello, France

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A romantic couple gazes adoringly at each other in the enchanting barrel room of District Winery in Washington DC

Enchanting Romance: A Gaze in the Barrel Room at District Winery

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A melancholy dreamy feeling of the San Francisco couple in an old building

The couple's dreamy, pre wedding session was set in the beautiful backdrop of an old building with brick walls and soft lighting

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A detail shot of two hands holding each other, taken during a phere in Dubai, with tender soft lighting and focus, captures the feeling of the event

In Dubai, tender soft lighting and focus captures two hands holding each other in a phere

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Bourges couple posing for a creative engagement announcement shot in France for two lovers embracing in soft lighting

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A romantic engagement session in Lyon, France with a couple sitting on steps with soft lighting

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A first class Rome wedding portrait of this Italy bride with her veil at Tenuta Pantano Borghese with soft tones and soft lighting

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A creative Angoulême wedding detail picture at Chateau La Pouyade in Charente, France showing the brides shoes on a wood floor and lit with soft lighting

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Allegro Buffet hands detail image in soft lighting on wedding day

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Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or engagement session with a newly engaged couple

Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or engagement image session with a newly engaged couple

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Wedding photo shoot in Rome at a reception with warm and pink lighting

Capturing Love in Rome's Blush-Hued Glow

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Rio Grande do Sul Pre Wedding Engagement Photography - Brazil Photographers

An engagement photo captures a couple hugging in soft lighting, with the man kissing her neck and her red hair flowing

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An artistically unique silhoutted image in BW of the bride from Baden-Wurttemberg shone in gentle glow amidst her dress

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Siena engagement images of a couple with soft lighting | Tuscany photographer pre-wedding session

Engagement portrait of a couple with soft lighting and rustic door backdrop, embracing with his arm around her

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A beautiful bride in a stunning gown, veil, and tiara stands on a grand staircase in Charleston, surrounded by her proud father and smiling bridesmaids. The black and white photo captures the elegance of the moment, accentuated by the soft lighting.

A bride in a gown on a grand staircase in Charleston, with father and smiling bridesmaids

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