Wedding Photos of Stage lights

The following “Stage lights” 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 “Stage lights” 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.

The newlyweds' classic first dance and romantic kiss were captured in the stage lights at their reception at the Mandarin Bosphorus Hotel Istanbul

The newlyweds shared a romantic kiss and danced at the Mandarin Bosphorus Hotel Istanbul

A couple was photographed dancing on a theater stage in Istanbul, Turkey, with stage lights illuminating the otherwise dark theater house

A romantic prewedding dance illuminated by stage lights on a theater stage

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First dance in the stage lights for the couple at İstanbul Çırağan Kempinsky

The bride and groom had their first dance on the stage floor under the stage lights

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Outdoors at dusk under a blue sky at Adile Sultan Sarayı of İstanbul, it is the First Dance in the stage lights

The wedding photograph captures the First Dance under the night sky outdoors at dusk, with stage lights and dreamy bokeh light bursts

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Corral de Piedras de Arriba en San Miguel de Allende, Mexico wedding couple artistic image session of a totally natural moment during the reception with great stage lights

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The Mishawaka, Fort Collins, CO bride and groom wedding portrait session

As the bride and groom posed for their wedding portrait session, the dusk sky was complimented by the lights on stage, and they danced together in perfect harmony

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