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.

World's most visionary and best wedding photography from Parrano, Umbria, Italy showing the bride and groom with their hands about to touch in the sunlight

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Östringen in the church with great natural sunlight and stained glass

church Östringen bride and groom Germany wedding couple portrait natural Germany sunlight

A praiseworthy Weinheim wedding day portrait of a Germany bride with natural sunlight lighting the scene

natural Weinheim Germany sunlight lighting Weinheim wedding portrait

World's best and most unconventional Allgäu couple wedding portraits using the sun and the veil

Germany Allgäu Germany wedding portrait sun veil silhouette

A commendable Bavaria wedding art image of the Germany couple standing under the warm sun at the red flower wall

standing Germany Germany couple Bavaria warm sun red Bavaria wedding image

World's most artistic and best wedding couple portraits from Östringen during a Sundown session by the trees

Östringen bride and groom sunlight Germany wedding couple portrait Sundown wedding session Östringen hugs

A prestigious Chicago bridal photo from an Illinois wedding portrait session outdoors in the sunlight with the bride and bridesmaids

outdoors Illinois wedding portrait session veil sunlight bride wind

Bangkok fun-loving couple modeling for a pre-wedding session with an airplane toy in the sunshine and shadows

Bangkok sun shadows Patterns grids Wasan Chirdchom Bangkok wedding photography

World's most artistic and best wedding couple image from Taattinen Mansion near the city of Naantali as the Portrait session ended and the couple was walking back to the reception place and during that time

Naantali holding hands sunlight outdoors outdoor reception place warm tones Finland wedding couple

Perth pre-wedding engagement photoshoot for a couple who are enjoying the afternoon sunlight in the bush

perth sunlight Australia engagement Jacob Gordon bush Western Australia Australia couple

A pre-wedding session in Perth highlighting a beautiful sunset with bokeh

trees sunset sunlight perth Jacob Gordon perth couple Australia

A superior Torgiano wedding couple portrait from Perugia, Italy as they pose in the warm sunlight in the vineyard

Perugia vineyard Torgiano Torgiano wedding portrait Italy Italy bride and groom

Vrieselhof engagement photo showcasing the couple standing among the brush under the trees and sunlight

Vrieselhof wedding photography Antwerpen Sanne De Block Vrieselhof couple standing Vrieselhof engagement photo brush

An esteemed Indre bridal portrait session at a Chateau des Chezezaux wedding of Brides enjoying a minute for two

trees Indre Chateau des Chézeaux France Gaelle Caré outdoors Indre bridal portrait session

World's best creative wedding photography from Chateau des Chézeaux, Indre showing The bride, helped by her friends, is getting ready

Chateau des Chézezaux France Chateau des Chézeaux venue getting ready shoes France wedding photography Indre

A pre-wedding session in Vrieselhof highlighting the fun that they have together in nature under the trees

trees sunlight bw woods Vrieselhof engagement portrait forest Sanne De Block

Praia do Francês couple pre-wed portrait of a couple in a loving moment at sunset

Praia do Francês sunlight beach pre wed portrait sunset Renner Boldrino couple

A pre wedding session in Metz, France highlighting the fun that they are having together in a garden

sunlight nature kiss Jonathan Fortuna Metz France photographer garden

A commendable Gétigné wedding art image of the France couple at Domaine de Bellevue vineyards standing in the tall trees with sunlight streaming through the forest

France couple forest France Domaine de Bellevue vineyards venue trees streaming

View this dramatic Yarmouth, MA wedding image of a backlit application of bug spray on the bride outdoors

sunlight Yarmouth outdoors MA wedding image spraying bug spray Yarmouth photographer

A Mexico documentary style wedding image showing a moment at Cenote Cristalino Puerto Aventura Riviera Maya during a Mayan wedding ceremony at the cenote

outdoors sunlight cenote nature Mayan smoke

World's most artistic and best wedding photography from Truckee, CA as Sunlight backlights the brides veil during a forest wedding ceremony outdoors in the woods

woods California - Northern brides veil wind outdoors CA bride and groom trees

A wedding photojournalist captured this moment in Prince William Forest in Washington DC showing The mother of the bride hugs her new son-in-law as she and helps give away the bride

Prince William Forest trees Washington DC Bride hugs outdoor wedding mother of the give away

A Tours documentary wedding photographer captured this moment at a private estate during Bouquet tossing time

bouquet Cher Loire Henri Deroche tossing flowers Tours documentary wedding photographer

Perth pre-wedding engagement photo-session in beautiful warm sunlight in the trees of the forest

Perth photographer perth AUS engagement photo warm trees aus forest

Perth pre-wedding engagement image-session in Western Australia during a nice embrace together in the sunlight rays

Western Australia Jacob Gordon australia photographer embrace perth sunlight rays

Pre-wedding portrait-session in Oakland Hill for a pair of CA Lovers in the beautiful light of the forest

CA pre wedding portrait beautiful light California Oakland Hill photographer sunlight CA Lovers

Pre-wedding photo-session in Île d'Yeu, France with the couple embracing in the sunlight next to the trees of the woods

France woods France photo session Ile d Yeu photographer Patrick Lombaert France couple sunlight

Pre-wedding Arezzo couple photo-session in Tuscany as they seem to be saying look into my eyes

forest trees photo session Tuscany sunlight Arezzo Pre wedding Tuscany photographer

Pre-wedding engagement image-session in Pistoia, Tuscany with a warm early summer sunset

Pistoia engagement image sunset summer fields warm grass

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