Wedding Photos of Sunset portrait

The following “Sunset portrait” 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 “Sunset portrait” 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.

At Ovila Vineyard in Quebec, Canada, the wedding couple held hands in a sunset field surrounded by wildflowers and looked over their shoulders to the right side of the frame

Ovila Vineyard in Quebec, Canada: A wedding couple in a sunset-lit wildflower-filled field

The couple kissed in tall grasses near an old railway station at sunset in Fleurance, Gers, France, as captured in a lifestyle engagement portrait

At sunset, the couple shared a romantic kiss among the tall grasses near an old railway station

tall grasses Silhouette portrait Gers Gers engagement photography Fleurance railway station sunset portrait

An engaged couple had a lifestyle session at The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, walking into the sunset on the South Bank of the River Thames in London

An engaged couple's journey to the horizon, captured by their dramatic lifestyle portrait with a grand ferris wheel in the background

Millennium Wheel sunset portrait silhouettes grand ferris wheel London engagement photography London South Bank River Thames

The couple posed for a session at sunset in Bourgogne, facing each other and embracing, with a partial silhouette of them both and details of her gown still visible

In Bourgogne, the couple posed for a sunset session embracing and partially silhouetted

burgundy veil silhouette facing each other sunset portrait Burgundy Photographer

A couple kissed beneath a dramatic Arizona sky and clouds at sunset in Sedona, captured in a lifestyle engagement portrait

A romantic sunset portrait of a couple kissing was captured in an image

sunset portrait couple kissing dramatic sky Arizona Sedona Engagement Photographer Sedona

At Lost Gulch Overlook, Boulder, Colorado, a silhouette image just after sunset as the man is caressing the woman's chin and bringing her in for a kiss

A pre wedding couple portrait captures a silhouette of the man caressing the woman's chin after sunset

touching chin sunset portrait silhouette boulder Colorado Lost Gulch Overlook boulder engagement photography

A passionate kiss on a beach at sunset captures a couple's romantic lifestyle

A passionate kiss at sunset on a beach sparked a deep connection between the couple during their prewedding engagement session

sunset portrait Herault Engagement Photography France couple kissing

A romantic kiss at a golden pond as the sun sets

A passionate kiss near the golden pond at sunset during a prewed engagement session

Herault golden pond romantic kiss sunset portrait Herault Engagement Photography

Engaged couple lifestyle session in Cappadocia, Turkey, with vibrant colors in the sky, hot air balloons filling the sky, and silhouetted embracing couple

A prewedding couple portrait session featuring a silhouetted embracing couple with vibrant colors in the sky and hot air balloons in the background

embracing Hot air balloons Cappadocia engagement photography Silhouetted couple Cappadocia sunset portrait Vibrant colors

The couple's beautiful and lovely portrait session at sunset on the docks of Espaço Barcelona in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro

The couple's portrait session at the docks at sunset was a stunningly beautiful experience

Rio de Janeiro docks Niterói Rio de Janeiro photographer Espaço Barcelona sunset portrait

During a Paris engagement session, the lovers found themselves against the light with this fine light at the end of the stormy day which passed between the clouds, giving this very singular atmosphere

A couple posed for a lifestyle engagement portrait in front of a beautiful sunset

rim light Paris engagement photography Paris sunset portrait silhouettes

At sunset in a vineyard in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, a couple posed for a portrait while the warm sun tones lit up the scene from behind

In Berkshire, England, a couple posed for a portrait at sunset in a vineyard, lit by warm sun tones

Berkshire Berkshire photographer United Kingdom vineyard sunset portrait warm sun England

Pre wedding photo during a couples lifestyle session in Masai Mara, Kenya during Sunset

A lifestyle couple portrait at sunset in the desert with vibrant colors

sunset portrait Vibrant colors solo tree orange sky Kenya Engagement Photographer Kenya East Africa

The breathtaking sunset framed by towering trees was captured in the couple's romantic engagement photo

The couple's engagement picture captured the beautiful sunset over the Bentonville Arkansas cliff, framed by the majestic tall trees

cliff Bentonville Engagement Photography Arkansas tall trees picturesque landscape Bentonville sunset portrait

A couple recently posed for a pre-wedding photo shoot in front of a breathtaking valley sunset

The couple's pre-wedding picture session against the bold Valley of Fire sunset captures their love in the beauty of nature

valley sunset Nevada Valley of Fire Nevada e session sunset portrait

The romantic engagement portrait of the couple walking together along the waterfront of Trieste, Italy at sunset was an embodiment of true love

This engagement portrait of the couple walking together along the waterfront at sunset embodies true love

Trieste Italy waterfront stroll trieste engagement photography sunset portrait

At sunset, the bride and groom posed together with the bright foliage glowing behind them to the left at their ceremony location in Mülheim Dusseldorf

The newlyweds were surrounded by the vivid hues as they posed for photos at sunset

foliage sunset portrait Mülheim Dusseldorf Photographer dusseldorf vivid hues

The silhouette of an engagement portrait couple against the large, bright sun at the low horizon of Birdshill Park, Canada, provides an unforgettable memory of a sunset in the grass field

A silhouette engagement portrait of a couple is taken in a grass field with a bright sun at the low horizon

low horizon Birdshill Park sunset portrait Manitoba Manitoba Engagement Photography Canada silhouette

The couple shares a romantic dance at sunset, with long shadows and warm tones highlighting their love and joy in the beautiful Parc de la Tête d'Or in Lyon, France

The romantic couple's portrait captures them dancing at sunset, with the long shadows and warm tones creating a beautiful ambiance

warm tones France sunset portrait Lyon long shadows Parc de la Tête d'Or Lyon engagement photography

A warm and romantic sunset portrait captures the couple approaching for a tender kiss in the charming French town of Oingt

As the romantic sunset approached, the couple in the town embraced for a tender kiss, captured forever in their portrait

Oingt France nose to nose sunset portrait Oingt Engagement Photography Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The couple in Oingt, France wait in anticipation of a sunset kiss during their engagement photo session

The excited couple waited in anticipation for their sunset kiss engagement photo session to capture their shared love

Oingt Engagement Photography evening engagement sunset portrait Oingt France

engaged couple embracing at sunset on a windy evening

Couple embracing Colorado photographer mountain engagement Indian Hills sunset portrait Mt Falcon

sunset portrait in the narrow stone alleyway

urban Engagement narrow alleyway stone alleyway Salerno Agropoli Salerno Photographer

a couple is kissing by the trees at sunset

sunset portrait Gers photographer couple kissing Castera Lectourois

couple sitting on a small bridge over the water in the sunset by the sea

sunset portrait Giens Peninsula Marion Deletraz sitting on bridge Var Var photographer Niel

couple is kissing in the sunset by the sea

Niel Var Marion Deletraz by the sea Giens Peninsula Var photographer sunset portrait

tattooed couple looking at each other tenderly on the banks of the Loire at sunset

sunset portrait Audrey Dubessay Nantes tattoos sitting on bridge Nantes Photographer banks of Loire

a couple is kissing at sunset

Loire couple kissing Loire photographer Audrey Dubessay France sunset portrait

minute of complicity at sunset during the engagement session

rural engagement Chavanoz Isere sunset portrait Florian Maguin Chavanoz Photographer

the couple hugs just before sunset below a blue sky with small white clouds

France Silhouette portrait Florian Maguin Chavanoz white clouds Chavanoz Photographer blue sky

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