Wedding Photos of Sunrise

The following “Sunrise” 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 “Sunrise” 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.

On location Rocky Mountain National Park engagement portrait shoot as the couple enjoys a sunrise in the mountains

An original Los Angeles wedding couple portrait from California - Southern showing the Newlyweds watching the sun rise over LA

hills LA bride and groom smog California - Southern California Newlyweds Los Angeles sunrise

Colorado best wedding photography from Boulder showing a pic of A couple and their close family members shaing their vows in private at sunrise

Boulder ceremony location sunrise boulder Colorado best wedding photography vows couple

Paraty couple e-shoot in Rio de Janeiro during the sunrise on the island

Engagement Paraty couple island Rio de Janeiro sunrise

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Moraine Lake, AB showing a couple caught in a romantic pose during the sunrise

sunrise Alberta pre wedding portrait romantic pose clouds couple mountain

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Trieste showing a couple having some Hugs at sunrise

hugs couple Trieste Trieste bride to be pre wedding portrait session sunrise

True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Marseille capturing a couple at sunrise in the creeks

sunrise Marseille Thomas Orsatelli ocean creeks Engagement Posed Portrait couple

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Marseille capturing a couple watching the sun rising behind them

pre wedding portrait session Marseille lens flare couple sunrise Thomas Orsatelli marseille photographer

True Love Engagement Picture Session at Red Rocks Park in Morrison, CO showing a couple embracing at sunrise

sunrise Couple embracing CO Morrison Red Rocks park CO Engagement Picture

True Love Engagement Portrait Session at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison displaying how a couple snuggles in together during sunrise

Morrison Portrait Session CO snuggles sunrise Red Rocks amphitheater Morrison couple

Maceió, Brazil on-location portrait e-shoot with the beautiful Sunrise and reflections

sunrise Sky Brazil on location portrait reflections Renner Boldrino clouds Maceió couple

Maceió, Brazil portrait e-session with the Couple at the sunrise, but in a cloud day

Brazil portrait sunrise blue sky Maceió e session clouds lit Maceió

Port Aransas Beach environmental engagement e-session at Sunrise in Port Aransas, TX

Port Aransas Beach Shannon Cain TX engagement water sunrise Port Aransas TX

Port Aransas Beach portrait e-session during the Sunrise in TX with his cowboy hat

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Port Aransas Beach on-location portrait e-shoot with a Sunrise in TX

sunlight sand Beach Portrait Shannon Cain clouds sunrise water

Sapphire Point, Frisco on-location portrait e-shoot - double exposure silhouette of a couple and the sunrise

double exposure Colorado silhouette Frisco CO Frisco portrait couple Sapphire Point

Cappadocia Fine Art Engagement session at the sunrise with hot air balloons

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Cappadocia pre - wed image session at the sunrise under the blue skies

blue skies sunrise rocks Cappadocia Cappadocia engagement photographer

Maceió beach couple portrait as a silhouette at sunrise

A dramatic looking beach couple portrait as a silhouette at sunrise

Maceió silhouette sunrise Sky Renner Boldrino contrast water

Cappadocia, Turkey mini couple photo session before the wedding day with a mirror sunrise reflection on the rocks

Cappadocia sunrise reflection Turkey Cappadocia couple photo mirror

Colorado bride and groom wedding portrait session at sunrise by the lake

The bride held out her gown gracefully as the couple posed for their sunrise wedding portrait session by the lake

Colorado Colorado photographer low angle sunrise lakeside portrait mountains

Richmond VA Sunrise on the River pre-wed couple picture

contrast sunrise river Richmond silhouette VA

Two Jacks Lake, AB, Canada Sunrise engagement photo shoot with beautiful mountain reflections on the water

Canada Two Jacks Lake sunrise AB wedding photographer shore AB couple portraits

Colorful pre-wed shoot at Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, AB, Canada with some Sunrise love

Lakeside sunrise Moraine Lake beach AB couple portraits Banff National Park

Wedding photography from Zion Canyon showing the dramatic Ceremony during the Sunrise

sunrise morning Wedding photo outdoor ceremony Zion Canyon Dramatic

Vermilion Lakes at sunrise portrait of the bride and groom by an Edmonton wedding photographer

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

Great Falls Johnny Shryock silhouette sunrise steam Virginia engagement shoot Virginia

DC engagement photo shoot at the Lincoln Memorial DC with The couple embracing at the Memorial before sunrise

engagement image DC engagement silhouettes contrast sunrise landmark Brittany Diliberto creative portrait

DC engagement photo shoot in Washington at a Lincoln Memorial Sunrise

Washington sunrise Washington DC engagement picture Lincoln Memorial pre wedding portraits Washington DC

Turkey engagement photo shoot at sunrise as the hot air balloons take to the air above cappadocia, turkey

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