Wedding Photos of Spotlight

The following “Spotlight” 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 “Spotlight” 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 creative couple portrait captured by a Dubai wedding photographer at Bab Al Shams resort, with a natural shaft of light highlighting their poses against the desert backdrop.

A CAPTIVATING DUBAI DESERT ROMANCE: ENGAGEMENT PORTRAIT OF LOVE IN BAB AL SHAMS

A creative wedding day portrait captured at the Choue venue, La Seigneurie d'Alleray. The groom is seen finishing his preparations, bathed in a spotlight against a dark background, creating a striking image with high contrast.

Spotlighted Groom: Preparations Illuminated at Choue's La Seigneurie d'Alleray

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A couple poses at St Giles House in Dorset after their wedding. The image captures them under a statue of Cupid's arrow, with a dramatic dusk sky creating a stunning backdrop.

Cupid's Arrow Unites Newlyweds at St Giles

Dorset Artistic Portrait St Giles House Dorset dusk sky spotlight Dorset Wedding Venue Cupids arrow

A couple is seen laughing in front of a spotlight-lit golf hut, creating a beautiful silhouette against the blue sky at Batchwood Golf Club in St. Albans

Love in Full Swing: Silhouettes of Laughter and Golf at Batchwood Golf Club

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A beautiful bride and groom stand in front of a stone building at the Mardin Midyat Matiat Hotel. A red spotlight creates a silhouette effect.

Romantic Radiance: Enchanting Silhouette of Bride and Groom at Mardin Midyat Matiat Hotel

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In a hotel room at Humble House Taipei, Taiwan, the bride stands in a spotlight with a striking circle effect created by a harsh light

Spotlight on Love: A Captivating Circle of Light in a Humble House Taipei Wedding Room

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In Frigiliana, Málaga, Spain, the bride stands in the sunlight, dressed elegantly and reaching for her sunglasses, while her groom stands in the background, silhouetted against a purple spotlight.

Unveiling Love's Brilliance: A Captivating Wedding Couple Portrait in the Spotlight of Frigiliana's Enchanting Venue

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A romantic wedding photo taken at The Village Barn in Monroeville, Ohio. The couple is captured in silhouette, embracing and surrounded by beautiful red tones.

Captivating Silhouettes Embrace Amidst Enchanting Red Hues: A Breathtaking Wedding Scape at The Village Barn in Monroeville, Ohio

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A beautiful image from a nighttime wedding at The Cleveland Museum of Art. The couple stands in silhouette, bathed in a warm red and orange spotlight.

Enchanting Silhouette: A Nighttime Affair at The Cleveland Museum of Art

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In Fujian, at the hotel, shadows from the lighting at the ceremony danced upon the wall, creating a poetic and artistic image on the couple's wedding day.

Dancing Shadows: A Poetic BW Wedding Image in Fujian's Hotel Venue

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Portrait captured in Nerja, Málaga, Spain featuring a silhouetted couple illuminated by a blue background against the backdrop of a stunning city building

Nerja, Málaga, Spain Portrait: Silhouetted Couple Illuminated by Blue Background with Stunning City Building

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In the elegant Fujian hotel, the detail captured the exquisite bride's wedding shoes delicately placed under a spotlight, with a mesmerizing echelon of lights trailing behind

Fujian Hotel Showcases Exquisite Bride's Wedding Shoes with Mesmerizing Lighting Effects

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The couple posed for their Save the Date engagement photo in front of a red spotlight background, their silhouettes highlighted against the dark night in Çanakkale

Çanakkale: Couple silhouetted against dark night, Save the Date engagement photo in front of red spotlight

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The silhouette of the couple against an old church with a deep blue sky and rich tones in Santorini, Greece, captures their love and connection amidst the beauty and history of the world

Engagement portrait taken in front of an old church capture the couple's silhouette against a backdrop of history

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At the Beijing bridegroom's home, a detail picture with strong spotlight with a dark background highlighting the couple's hands intertwined and the rings prominently displayed

From a Beijing bridegroom's house, a detail image with intertwined hands with a spotlight and dark background

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In France, Albi's bride stands out against an orange-illuminated blue wall

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At the Reception Venue in Parson, British Columbia, Canada, the silhouettes of newlyweds were illuminated by the setting sun

In Parson, British Columbia, Canada, the setting sun illuminated the silhouettes of newlyweds at the Reception Venue

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In Altamura (Italy), the legs of a guest under a spotlight during the wedding celebration

An Italian guest's legs under a spotlight at an Altamura wedding venue

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Best wedding venue photography at Altissimo Climbing Club in Albi, France showing a Portrait of the married ones dancing in BW under a spot light

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Best wedding venue photography at Château de Saint-Senoch of bride and groom spot backlit oudoors at dusk by building

Silhouette portrait backlit dusk portrait spotlight Château de Saint Senoch Meuse Photographer Meuse

photography of The couple standing just below a spotlight, for the last picture of the day

France photographer Silhouette portrait Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Florian Maguin spotlight

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session at Jackson Park in Chicago for A couple posing in the rain with a spotlight behind them

Jackson Park rain spotlight Sarah Nader Chicago photographer Chicago

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session at Longwood Gardens with the Couple cuddling up in a spotlight inside the conservatory

Scott Josuweit Pennsylvania Longwood Gardens spotlight Pennsylvania photographer Conservatory

Liverdun couples portrait lifestyle session in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France under the building arch with a spotlight on the wall behind them causing silhouettes

Liverdun Jonathan Fortuna spotlight France engagement photography under arch France Silhouette portrait

Church of Saints Cyricus and Julitta wedding couple artistic image session in a spotlight at sunset, the intimacy of the bride and groom is shown by the way the groom leans into the bride

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Siracusa pre - wed image showing love in ortigia island - sicily

Ortigia Island sihouettes spotlight Sicily bokeh Sicily engagement photographer

A Covadonga portrait of the bride in the exact spot of light at her Brazil wedding

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Engagement Photography for Romania - Portrait contains: silhouette, colorful, couple, spotlight

Engagement Photography for Romania silhouette loving couples

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Hengelo - Twentse Bierbrouwerij wedding venue photo | First dance in the spotlight

First dance in the spotlight at the wedding reception

Hengelo spotlight wedding reception Twentse Bierbrouwerij first dance

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