Wedding Photos of Sun

The following “Sun” 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 “Sun” 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.

View this graceful Sant'Anna wedding couple has the sun behind them that creates a flare that covers the face of the groom, while the light bounces, illuminates the expression, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Camprena

Surreal Vianen, Utrecht wedding portrait of a Netherlands Bride and groom standing so beautiful in the winter sun on the old wall

Vianen winter Utrecht wedding portrait standing Netherlands bride and groom Thomas Jongbloed Netherlands

Casatenovo, Lecco, Italy wedding art couple portrait at Villa Lattuada of the newlyweds illuminated by the last ray of the sun of the day

illuminated Lecco bride and groom villa Villa Lattuada Casatenovo ray Villa Lattuada newlyweds

Leingarten wedding couple artistic image session of the bride and groom dancing in the sun outdoors

Leingarten artistic image session sun bride and groom dancing outdoors Leingarten wedding couple

St Petersburg wedding art image from a Beach wedding on Floridas Gulf Coast under blue skies, sunshine, and clouds

St. Petersburg clouds blue skies Florida beach wedding beach St Petersburg wedding image Gulf Coast wedding

Romantic St Petersburg sunset portrait during a Florida beach weddings with some afterglow and a lit couple with an AD200 and a MagBeam to overpower the sun

afterglow lit FL couple sun AD200 Florida beach weddings MagBeam

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot in Montpellier of a couple having some afternoon fun in the sun

fun Montpellier couple sun afternoon Montpellier photographer Pre wedding Photoshoot

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Atacama Desert displaying a couple enjoying the sun and wind in the dunes

Atacama Engagements wind couple Atacama Desert dunes Atacama Portrait Session sun

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Jesuítas displaying a couple dancing in the sun under the huge tree at sunset

tree sunset Heloisa Todescatt couple sun Jesuítas Jesuítas Engagement Portrait

True Love Engagement Picture Session in Assis Chateaubriand showing a PR couple basking in the sun that warms

Assis Chateaubriand Assis Chateaubriand municipality Heloisa Todescatt sun Parana Paraná engagements Southern Region

Crozon, France portrait e-session with The couple high above the water created while shooting toward the sun

high above sun couple ocean Crozon wedding photography Patrick Lombaert beach

San Francisco portrait e-session with a Glaring afternoon sun and a loving couple

San Francisco Glaring N CA afternoon CA Photographer grass

Maceió, Brazil environmental engagement e-session under the sun with reflections and kisses

kisses Maceió Brazil environmental engagement reflections Renner Boldrino Maceió e session sun

Maceió, Brazil environmental engagement e-session showing the sun, umbrella and a Silhouette of a couple

sun Brazil environmental engagement Maceió Maceió e session silhouette Renner Boldrino umbrella

Casa Makari on-location portrait e-shoot under the summer sun with a tender kiss

summer sun Casa Makari couple portrait kiss Casa Makari

Siena, Tuscany Fine Art Pre Wedding photoshoot with their lovely dog

sunlight sunshine dog Tuscany pets Siena couple trees

Tinicum Park Fine Art Engagement Image in Bucks County, PA under the trees and bright sun

PA sun bright trees Tinicum Park Tinicum Park Engagement Image

Durbanville Fine Art Engagement Session with some Gorgeous golden hour light for this Engagement Portrait

Cape Town shadows golden hour engagement portrait Durbanville light

Clear Creek, Golden, Colorado pre wedding engagement session in nature embracing in the hot summer sun on this green pathway

nature Golden summer Clear Creek Colorado pre wedding Colorado colorado engagement photographer

Fort Collins, Colorado pre wedding couple session in nature in the summer greenery with the golden light of the evening sun

Fort Collins Mark Creery Colorado pre wedding summer sun Colorado couple session evening

Almeria, Spain mini couple photo session before the wedding day and some sharing of Sun and love

sun Almeria pre wedding Almeria Almeria couple photo session Spain love

Cliff House, Cape Neddick, Maine couple posing for a silhouette against the sun with the rocky Maine shore at their feet

A couple posed for a silhouette against the sunset with the rocky shore beneath them

Cliff House York County-ME posing Cape Neddick feet silhouette Maine couple

French wedding photography from Ferme De Bouchemont showing the brides dress becoming a Fly trap outdoors in the sun

french Wedding photo brides dress France outdoor wedding France Bride outdoors France sun

Farm of Corsignano fine art wedding couple portrait created while the couple is standing, face to face as they embrace with complicity, the sun filters behind them, pushed by the wind the veil of the bride disappears on the first floor

Siena veil filters embrace behind complicity Fattoria di Corsignano

Thracian Cliffs Resort, Kavarna, Bulgaria creative wedding day portrait against a wonderful sunset for the newlyweds to go outside and take that lovely sun

A lovely sunset outside provided a wonderful backdrop for the newlyweds' wedding day portrait

Bulgaria wedding day portrait silhouette Thracian Cliffs Resort venue Kavarna photographer Kavarna newlyweds Sky

Spoleto - Italy couple under the sun during pre-wed portraits, which is looks like a star

silhouette creative portrait artistic picture sun Spoleto contrast

The Farm Al Barari, Dubai Couple with sun as backlight for their pre-wed photography session

afternoon sunshine trees sun flare sunlight Farm Al Barari sun

Artistic Istanbul wedding portrait in silhouette of a ouple on high stairs, groom helping the bride to down stairs properly

A silhouette of a couple at a wedding portrait, with the groom assisting the bride as she descends the stairs

sun Istanbul photographer Istanbul Istanbul wedding portrait descending stairs silhouette Turkey

Virginia outdoor pre-wedding photo session at Sunrise at Great Falls, with steam coming off the river

Virginia Johnny Shryock Virginia engagement shoot river silhouette sunrise sun

Forest Lake Camp in Chestertown, NY image of a couple embracing at the end of their ceremony on the side of a mountain as the sun gets low in the sky. Their wedding party and parents surround them.

Couple embracing NY image Sky Chestertown mountain Forest Lake Camp ceremony

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