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.

Little girl dances in the sunlight at the outdoor wedding reception in Dublin

a Little girl dances in the sunlight at the outdoor wedding reception

Camp Hale Wedding ceremony Champagne blast shot | Vail Wedding | Colorado Wedding Photographer

daytime, outdoor Wedding ceremony Champagne blast shot

selfie sunshine sun nature Camp Hale outdoors Colorado

Sunset sun flare couple engagement picture session in the forest of Chelyabinsk Russia

Chelyabinsk couple portraits during engagement shoot with a low sun and tall trees

silhouette Chelyabinsk engagement picture tall trees pre wedding portraits Chelyabinsk Gleb Savin forest sunlight

Seattle engagement photos in the sun with engaged couple and lens flares

couple portrait session Seattle Jennifer Tai lens flare sunshine sunlight Seattle engagement photography

The bride and groom walk along the sidewalk in afternoon sunlight

Mexico sunlight San Miguel de Allende sidewalk bride and groom

A Czech republic couple spend in the town square as they dance during their pre-wedding portrait session

dance Czech sunlight town square engagement photos Prague

A Czech Republic couple dances in the Courtyard before the low afternoon sun

Czech engagement photographers Czech Republic Lubow Polyanska pre wedding session Czech couple dances courtyard sunlight

London, UK bride and groom hold hands and enjoy drinks while in the car after the wedding

a bride and groom hold hands and enjoy drinks while in the vintage car

drinks Documentary Wedding Photographers London bride and groom UK London sunlight car

Guildford, Surrey, UK wedding photographer - indoor Church wedding ceremony with spotty direct sunlight

an indoor Church wedding ceremony with spotty direct sunlight

UK Surrey ceremony church sunlight Guildford

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Engagement Photography | Pre wedding shoot in the afternoon sunshine

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Pre wedding shoot in the afternoon sunshine

pre wedding session Auvergne Rhone Alpes Auvergne Rhône Alpes sunlight engaged couple hug from behind Auvergne Rhone Alpes engagement photographers

Indoor industrial engagement portrait for a newly engaged Washington DC couple

Washington DC pre wedding session DC DC engagement photographers sunlight wall industrial

Tuscany Engagement Photographer. The sun shines on these two in their black and white portrait.

the Tuscany sun shines on these two in their black and white portrait

formal wear sunlight shadow IT engagement photos black and white Italy

Spain Engagement Photography. Window shadows and light illuminate this couple against a graffiti mural.

Spain Window shadows and light illuminate this couple against a graffiti mural

sunlight engagement photos ES Pattern shadow window ES pre wedding portrait

California Engagement Photo in the trees of San Francisco in the Sun

pre wedding locations SF Jon Sun California CA shadows couple sunlight

bride sunlight black and white groom

groom silhouettes groomsman sunlight microphone

bride shadows blue color sunlight flowergirl bouquet

bw sunlight gown lighting groom bride

shadow duck sunlight color

groom sunlight guests bride veil

sunlight wind silhouettes color

bw city bride groom gown trees

black and white bridesmaids hat black sunlight dresses

shadows sunlight stairs bride gown

boutineers groom sunlight gown bride tie

gown color groomsmen sunlight groom jumping black

toss groomsmen bouquet gown groom catch ocean

veil pathway dog suit bride groom

window bride sunlight gown veil

color bride ocean sunlight groom veil

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