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.

Boston pre-wedding photo-session of A couple embraced in golden sunlight while framed by a pine tree

Montpellier pre-wedding portrait-session with sunlight and vert lines on the wall behind them

vert lines sunshine Montpellier couple wall Patterns Montpellier Portrait Session

An original Pyrenees-Orientales wedding art image at Mas del Ca detailing the bride walking down the stairs outside in the sunlight

sunlight Mas del Ca Mas del Ca bride outside Pyrenees-Orientales Pyrenees Orientales wedding image

Luebeck wedding image of a Bride on a giant swing, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

fun giant swing bride Luebeck photographer bw swings sunlight

Outdoor Perth engagement photography portraits showing The couple dancing together in the sunlight under the trees

perth engagement photography sunlight dancing together perth couple Outdoor under the trees Jacob Gordon

View this decorative Guangzhou wedding image of red fans at home with sunlight and thumbs up gesture, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

decorative Guangzhou wedding image of red fans at home with sunlight and thumbs up gesture, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography

Guangzhou wedding image gesture red fans sunlight at home decorative Guangzhou photographer

View this picturesque Roosendaal wedding image showing couple is posing in the nature, with a low sun at the end of the day, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Brasserie Visdonk from the WPJA

picturesque Roosendaal wedding image showing couple is posing in the nature, with a low sun at the end of the day, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Brasserie Visdonk

end of the day wedding photography Roosendaal wedding image Roosendaal posing for portrait Brasserie Visdonk sunlight

An elegant Denver wedding day portrait of the Colorado bride and groom at the Wellshire Event Center in the park surrounded by leaves

grass leaves Colorado Denver wedding portrait Denver trees

View this dramatic La Spezia wedding image of the bride, using a shadow portrait of the groom, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Teller, Lerici from the WPJA

dramatic La Spezia wedding image of the bride, using a shadow portrait of the groom, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Teller, Lerici

La Spezia wedding Teller Portrait of the groom Teller wedding photography lerici warm tones image of the bride

Praia do Gunga environmental pre wedding image session with an Affectionate couple with trail of sunlight

Praia do Gunga Affectionate couple Pre Wedding Image sunlight

View this elegant Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing in a portrait together before getting married, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Colorado from the WPJA

Estes Park image of A bride and groom sharing in a portrait together before getting married in Colorado

bride and groom portrait Colorado Estes Park wedding image lit sunlight trees Estes Park

View this dramatic Burg Wegberg Portrait of the bride at sunset, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Germany from the WPJA

Burg Wegberg Portrait of the bride at sunset in Germany

sunlight portrait of the bride Resort Germany sunset restaurant wedding venue

View this dramatic Abbazia di San Galgano image showing the Bride and Groom are coming, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Italy from the WPJA

dramatic Abbazia di San Galgano image showing the Bride and Groom are coming in Italy

ceremony Italy Abbazia di San Galgano guests shadows Abbazia di San Galgano image Dramatic

A sophisticated Malaga wedding portrait of the Frigilana couple in Spain as the bride stands on the stairs in sunlight and the groom is silhouetted in front of a red door

groom stairs red door Frigilana sunlight Frigilana couple stands

Montpellier environmental couple pre wedding image session seated on the boardwalk

water couple sunlight pre wedding session Montpellier photography Montpellier boardwalk

Paris wedding image from the Golden hours, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in France

sunlight backlit France Paris wedding photography golden hours Paris wedding image low angle

A stylish Siena wedding portrait of the Italy bride and groom at Castello di San Fabiano from their Wedding in Tuscan countryside

trees Italy bride and groom Castello di San Fabiano Wedding sunset Tuscany Siena Siena wedding portrait

View this aesthetic San Sophia Overlook wedding image of The couple standing in a beam of light with Mt. Wilson covered in snow in the background, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Telluride from the WPJA

San Sophia Overlook wedding image of The couple standing in a beam of light with Mt. Wilson covered in snow in the background, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Telluride

Telluride wedding photography Sky Telluride standing background CO wedding image Mt Wilson

On location Artechouse, NYC couple engagement portrait shoot with some Trippy light streaks

NYC photographer light streaks engagement portrait Artechouse NYC couple sunlight

Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago indoor wedding reception party award-winning picture showing a ceremony in a greenhouse

IL Chicago indoor wedding reception party picture ceremony greenhouse sunlight

Alagoas bride and groom to be, sitting for a Sao Miguel dos Milagres pre-wedding engagement session of the couple sitting on the grass, and the sunlight has a different effect on the drops of water

drops of water Monica Guimaraes alagoas couple portrait Alagoas Alagoas brides São MIguel dos Milagres sunlight

Jatai bride and groom to be, sun soaking for a Brazilian engagement image in Pontal do Unutau

Pontal do Unutau sun soaking Jatai bride and groom Jatai Jatai bride sunlight

View this decorative Château de Roquefoulet wedding detail pic showing Invitations, shoes and bouquet with sunlight, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Occitanie, France from the WPJA

France French wedding photography Occitanie wedding venue Château de Roquefoulet Sophie Stacino sunlight shoes

Ravenna outdoor marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded the bride and groom at the table during the reception

Ravenna wedding party table trees Massimo Fiorentini Ravenna outdoor reception photo Ravenna photographer

Cabanas Encantadas couple e-shoot in Goiânia on a bench surrounded by flowers and drenched in sunlight

cabanas flowers sunlight Cabanas Encantadas couple bench Goiania

Marseille, France couple e-session with intimate embrace in the sunset sunlight

sunset Marseille France couple intimate embrace sunlight Thomas Orsatelli

Romantic Rome, Italy wedding portrait at Villa Pocci of the bride and the groom at sunset about to kiss in the sunlight against a blue sky

sunlight Italy wedding portrait Rome couple image kiss sunset Italy

Black and white Gard wedding portrait in the Occitanie region of France showing the bride and groom with a horse

trees Gard black and white Lucie Mahé france bride and groom horse sunlight

Artistic Zhejiang Wedding Day Portrait in China of the bride under a building with many arches

arches building outdoors artistic Zhejiang wedding portrait Zhejiang

Romantic Vail wedding portrait for a Colorado couple during Post Ceremony Session following their Winter Wedding in Vail

sunlight streets Colorado couple Post Ceremony Session Vail Village Vail wedding portrait

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