Wedding Photos of Sunlight

The following “Sunlight” 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 “Sunlight” 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.

Montpellier, France Artful Engagement Picture of a kissing couple at sunset in fields of flowers

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

Durbanville shadows engagement portrait Cape Town golden hour sunlight

Santa Monica Pier Fine Art Engagement Image in the beach sunlight with a light wind

Santa Monica couple beach CA engagement image wind Santa Monica Pier sunlight CA

DE photography of a Recklinghausen, Germany wedding moment as the bride jokes with the groom

joke groom Patrycja Janik Recklinghausen Germany outdoor wedding sunshine Germany wedding moment

Dortmund couple pre-wed portrait with a sunlight loving lovebird pair in the afternoon sitting on a fence

afternoon Light sunlight Dortmund rural portrait lovebirds sitting on fence

San Francisco romantic couple shoot in nature

sunlight CA couple shoot nature lovers San Francisco engagements San Francisco romantic

Chateau de Lartigolle couple portrait as they hold one another

sunlight gates fence trees Toulouse photographer Chateau de Lartigolle

Portugal couple portrait at sunset in the hills

Portugal hills sunlight Rob Dodsworth sunset Portugal couple portrait

Perth sunset couple portrait embracing each other tenderly

Jacob Gordon embracing Perth couple portrait aus sunset sunlight perth

Caumsett State Park portrait session under the warm rays of sunlight and in the tall grass

Caumsett State Park NY LI couple warm rays sunlight

Piazza Duomo, Florence mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day while the couple is hugging in the sunlight by the buildings

urban Piazza Duomo pre wedding black and white sunlight buildings Piazza Duomo engagement shoot Piazza Duomo

Brno mini couple photo session before the wedding day in the sunlight between the green and blue

Blue Brno pre wedding Brno couple photo session green sunlight Brno

Wedding photography from Sedalia, CO as the couple walks together during portraits on their wedding day

On their wedding day, the couple's portraits were captured during a walk together by the wedding photographer

sunlight couple walks together Colorado wedding day afternoon Autumn Parry CO Sedalia

Pirenópolis natural sunlight wedding couple portrait

couple portrait sunlight Pirenópolis wedding natural Pirenópolis weddings Pirenopolis

Esterra Vini, Bulgaria sunlight kissing wedding portrait with a kiss in the middle of the vineyards

sunlight bulgaria weddings Esterra Vini kiss kissing vineyards Bulgaria wedding portrait

Florence, Tuscany creative urban sunlight wedding pic of the Bride and groom

Tuscany Tuscany photographer tuscany couple bride and groom sunlight urban Florence

Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, AB, Canada fine art wedding portrait of the Bride and groom and a beautiful sunrise

sunlight warm light bride and groom sunshine beautiful sunrise sunset

Borken, Germany wedding couple posed portrait session in the middle of the forest

trees Germany wedding couple germany bride Borken woods sunlight Germany

Puglia creative couple wedding portrait in the sunlight with passion and emotion

Puglia wedding portrait Puglia Passion emotion sunlight Puglia couple

Creative wedding detail image from Sichuan wedding photographer - On the radio is the brides flower. The sunlight outside the window shines on the flower The sunlight through the window forms a triangle

brides flowers Sichuan Sichuan wedding photographer sunlight sunlight outside flower radio

Colorado Bend State Park Adventure Engagement Session at a CO State Park

adventure sunshine Colorado engagement session CO State Park colorado weddings Colorado photographer

Big Bend National Park Adventure micro outdoor mountain photo session with sun flare

Outdoor sunlight Big Bend National Park sunshine adventure mountain photo session El Paso

Schio, Vicenza, Italy mini photo session before the wedding day - couple in a grass field

Vicenza photographer Vicenza weddings Schio sunshine Vicenza photo session grass field

France mini beach amoureux photography session before the wedding at the water

sunshine france weddings beach water amoureux France couple shoot

Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona mini couple photo session before the wedding day with lens flare

Japanese Friendship Garden sunlight AZ Phoenix sunshine Arizona lens flare

Palos Verdes Beach mini photo session before the wedding day of a smiling and hugging couple

afternoon sunshine lens flare Heather DeCamp sun flare Palos Verdes Beach sunlight

Sicily ceremony wedding photo of the bride and groom saying, yes i do

outdoors sunlight i do bride and groom yes Sicily ceremony wedding photo

A Devils Thumb, AB, Canada Sunrise madness pre-wed picture session

mountain Canada AB lens flare warm light lake Devils Thumb

Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads at sunset in the woods

afternoon lens flare sunlight woods Les Sables dOlonne forest Vendee

Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France Silhouette pre-wed shot of a couple kissing at sunset on a motorbike over the ocean

sun flare lens flare ocean sunshine sunset sunlight warm light

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