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 Sirmione Lake Garda, the Italy couple is in tender attitudes on the shore of the lake at sunset

Haute-Garonne engaged couple in a vineyard at sunset for pre-wed portraits

Haute Garonne Photographer sunset portrait vineyard engagement Haute-Garonne

In Lyon, France, the couple approach for a kiss above a lake at sunset

Lyon photographer lakeside engagement Florian Maguin sunset portrait France Lyon

In Beaujolais, France, the couple is kissing in a field at sunset

field Beaujolais sunset portrait Florian Maguin couple kissing Beaujolais photographer France

A couple is silhouetted by light with the mountains and sunset in the background in Boulder, Colorado

boulder Silhouette portrait Colorado sunset portrait Boulder photographer orange sky Jennifer Garza

A Denver wedding photographer captured a romantic portrait session of a newlywed couple as they are about to kiss against a glowing sunset backdrop

Denver, CO, wedding portrait of the couple posing in the city during the sunset at the Mile High Station

sunset portrait Mile High Station urban portrait denver photographer Denver Bonnie Sizer Colorado

A Les Sables d'Olonne wedding photographer captured a stunning sunset shot of the newlyweds sharing a romantic kiss in the ocean

Kissing in the waters of Les Sables d'Olonne, France are the Bride and groom in the ocean at sunset

Vendee Photographer Jeremie Sangare Pays de la Loire couple kissing sunset portrait standing in water Vendee

The bride and groom shared a kiss at sunset under the market lights at Blanc Denver wedding venue in CO

At Blanc Denver wedding venue in CO, the bride and groom shared a kiss at sunset under the market lights

Colorado market Denver Blanc Denver Lights sunset portrait denver photographer

The silhouette of the bride and groom was captured at sunset at Hanbury Wedding Barn in the UK

At Hanbury Wedding Barn in the UK, the bride and groom's silhouette was captured at sunset in profile

Hanbury Wedding Barn sunset portrait Staffordshire photographer silhouette Staffordshire

A Germany wedding photographer captured the romantic image of a bride and groom holding hands, with the bride walking atop a city wall, elevated above her husband

Düsseldorf wedding couple Portraits in the middle of the big city

sunset portrait urban portrait dusseldorf Patrycja Janik Dusseldorf Wedding Day Portrait Dusseldorf Photographer brick building

A Dorset wedding photographer recently captured a romantic image of a bride and groom holding hands at sunset amidst the epic skies

Coppleridge Inn, Dorset couple holding hands at sunset Under epic skies

Coppleridge Inn epic skies dorset photographer Dorset sunset portrait clouds

Image from the Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, Massachusetts showing a silhouette of a couple kissing at sunset

Good Harbor Beach sunset portrait Simi Rabinowitz Gloucester couple kissing Silhouette portrait Gloucester Photographer

A Veneto wedding photographer captured a romantic sunset portrait of a bride and groom sharing a kiss on a balcony with a breathtaking water view

At Venice, Veneto, Italy, a romantic bride and groom sunset portrait

Venice Veneto romantic sunset Venice photographer Italy sunset portrait

A reception venue portrait of the couple at The Cruin, Loch Lomond was lit by off camera flash on a dock over the water

At The Cruin, Loch Lomond, a dock over the water was the setting for a reception venue portrait of the couple lit by off camera flash

sunset portrait dock Loch Lomond Photographer Loch Lomond off camera flash Loch Lomond portrait The Cruin

A Veneto wedding photographer captured a romantic sunset portrait of the newlyweds, bathed in warm light

Veneto, Italy portrait of the bride and groom with warm light on them from the sunset in Venice

sunset portrait Italy warm light Veneto Venice photographer Venice

A Haute-Garonne, France wedding photographer captured a romantic image of a bride and groom silhouetted against a stunning sunset

Château du Croisillat photograph of the silhouetted bride and groom during the sunset and dusk transition

Château du Croisillat sunset portrait Toulouse Silhouetted portrait Toulouse photographer

A Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom couple pose for an evening sunset engagement portrait in silhouette form

Damion Mower evening sunset orange sky Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire photographer United Kingdom sunset portrait

A sunset pre wedding photography session in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom for a silhouetted couple

Damion Mower Silhouetted couple Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire photographer sunset portrait

As the sun set at the Grange de Condé in France, the silhouette of the couple poised to kiss created a romantic ambience at the wedding reception

The romantic ambience of the wedding reception at the Grange de Condé in France was heightened by the setting sun illuminating the couple poised to kiss

Moselle Grand Est silhouette sunset portrait romantic ambience Grange de Condé Moselle Photographer

A silhouetted Agen, France couple is profiled while walking through a field at sunset, with out-of-focus grass in the foreground

In Agen, France, a couple is silhouetted against a sunset horizon, with grass in the foreground blurred out

sunset portrait Agen silhouettes Agen Photographer walking in field France

A Laramie wedding photographer captured a romantic image of a bride and groom sharing a kiss at sunset, the groom in his military dress uniform

Laramie, WY image of the bride and groom kissing at sunset on a bridge

Wyoming bridge portrait Laramie sunset portrait couple kissing Laramie Photographer

A Fort Collins wedding photographer captured a romantic embrace between the newlyweds, framed by mesmerizing orange sunset clouds

Fort Collins, CO photo | the bride and groom embrace at the orange sunset

Fort Collins sunset portrait Fort Collins Photographer orange sunset Colorado

At sunset, a Estes Park wedding photographer captured a stunning image of the bride and groom, alone together, surrounded by majestic mountains and billowing clouds

CO photography of the couple sharing a minute together alone on their wedding day during sunset surrounded by mountains and clouds in Estes Park

sunset portrait Estes Park clouds mountains Estes Park photographer wedding day portrait

A bride and groom enjoy their first sunset together amongst a large grove of trees near the Reception Venue at Estes Park, Colorado

At Estes Park, Colorado, a bride and groom watched their first sunset together in a grove of trees near the Reception Venue

grove of trees sunset portrait Estes Park Venue Estes Park Colorado Estes Park photographer

As the sun set, a Breda wedding photographer captured the bride and groom in a romantic portrait session, bathed in warm orange tones

At the Venue de Korenmolen in Breda, a bride and groom portrait session, during sunset time

sunset portrait couple portrait Breda Breda Photographer Venue de Korenmolen

Outside at Lookout Mountain of Golden, CO, a sunset portrait of bride and groom in the mountains

The photographer captured a romantic sunset portrait of the bride and groom in the majestic mountains of Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado

Colorado photographer golden co sunset portrait mountains Lookout Mountain Colorado

Overlooking Pike Lake, Hartford, Wisconsin was an amazing sunset as the bride to be to pulled her fiancé in for a kiss as the sun went down behind them

lakeside engagement sunset portrait Pike Lake Wisconsin Photographer Hartford WI Wisconsin Taber Lacie

A Castello di Meleto, Siena Sunset portrait of the bride and groom outside in black and white

The Castello di Meleto, Siena was the backdrop for a black and white portrait of the bride and groom surrounded by orchard trees

bw portrait sunset portrait Castello di Meleto Siena photographer bright sun Siena

At Villa Castelletti in Firenze, a sunset portrait for the couple with warm tones bleeding into the frame from the left side

The couple posed for a sunset portrait at Villa Castelletti in Firenze, with warm tones on the left

Florence Photographer Villa Castelletti Florence sunset portrait warm tones

At Ravenna Wild Beach, Italy, a couple hug during a gifted surprise sunset love session at the beach

ocean Ravenna photographer Caterina Errani bw portrait Ravenna Wild Beach sunset portrait beach engagement

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