Wedding Photos of Sunset

The following “Sunset” 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” 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.

View this picturesque Crete Senesi wedding Couple Portrait at sunset with clouds which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Tuscany from the WPJA

An elegant California - Northern wedding day portrait of the Norden bride and groom at the Sugar Bowl Resort shot during sunset showing a dip by the couple and the venue behind them

California wedding portrait Sugar Bowl Resort weddings dip chairlift CA ski resort weddings California - Northern Sugar Bowl Resort

View this exquisite Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica wedding ceremony pic of the First kiss of the bride and groom with a stunning sunset, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel from the WPJA

CR bride and groom Costa Rica wedding ceremony pic sunset First Kiss Villa Caletas weddings Jaco wedding photography

View this picturesque Belén, Heredia, Costa Rica wedding Couple kissing during golden hour while two beautiful horses stand close to see them kissing, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography at La Casona Pedregal from the WPJA

La Casona Pedregal weddings wedding photography countryside Costa Rica kissing La Casona Pedregal sunset

View this picturesque McCormick Ranch Golf Club Scottsdale wedding day bride and groom pic at sunset which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Arizona from the WPJA

Arizona wedding venue McCormick Ranch venue Scottsdale weddings McCormick Ranch Golf Club wedding photography AZ bride and groom pic

Keystone, Colorado couple engagement shoot showing how to be Kissed by light

Colorado couple Kissed by light Keystone Colorado sunset Colorado engagement shoot

Urla couple e-session in Izmir, Turkey with a romantic sunset lifted hug by the boats on the water

Urla couple romantic boats water sunset Turkey

Muggia couple e-shoot in Trieste, Italy with Silhouettes and a ladder cage system

Trieste silhouettes sunset Muggia couple Sky ladder cage

Pont des Arts, Paris couple e-session while embracing next to a Parisian lamppost at sunset

Parisian Paris couple paris weddings sunset lamppost Jeremie Sangare embracing

Marseille couple e-session above the sea waters during the golden hour

sea waters golden hour Thomas Orsatelli Marseille couple ocean Marseille sunset

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

intimate embrace sunset sunlight Thomas Orsatelli France couple Marseille

Marseille, FR couple e-shoot during the sunset overlooking the sea waters

FR couple Marseille bride to be sea waters Thomas Orsatelli overlooking sunset

Recreio dos Bandeirantes couple e-session in Rio de Janeiro while Just chilling and enjoying each other

enjoying chilling Recreio dos Bandeirantes Rio de Janeiro engagement shoot sunset

Santa Cruz couple e-shoot on the railroad tracks with some sunset Jumping for joy

sunset happy train CA bride railroad tracks Jumping for joy

Melaka couple e-session in Malaysia during sunset shooting for young lovers

engagement portraits sunset young lovers Malaysia Melaka couple

Washington National Mall couple e-session in silhouette with the Washington Monument in the background, at sunset

silhouette DC couple background Brittany Diliberto Washington National Mall sunset Washington Monument

Colorado wedding couple artistic image session At couples house where they had their reception with the couple kissing at sunset

Colorado Colorado couple kissing mountains sunset Shea McGrath

Surreal Colorado wedding portrait of a Denver couple holding hands with an orange sky and sunset in the background

Colorado Shea McGrath Colorado wedding portrait Denver mountains sunset holding hands

Black and White Mantua, Italy wedding portrait at Ritrattistica in Piazza Erbe as the sunset light filters through the houses in the center of town, creating narrow areas of light

Italy black and white Mantua bride and groom Ritrattistica Fabrizio Demasi town Lombardy

Colorado Springs couple e-shoot at the Garden of the Gods admiring the sunset together

Bonnie Sizer Garden of the Gods colorado bride sunset Colorado Springs couple

The Landing, Estes Park, CO wedding couple artistic image session for a Sunset bride and groom portrait

artistic image session CO Estes Park couple Bonnie Sizer The Landing wedding couple bride groom portrait

Tenuta Pantano Borghese, Rome, Italy artful style wedding detail picture showing The wedding dress at sunset

sunset Rome sunset portrait wedding dress artful style wedding detail picture Rome Italy

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

sunset Italy wedding portrait romantic kiss Rome sunlight Lazio

Tenuta Pantano Borghese, Rome, Italy wedding couple artistic image session resulting in a Portrait of the bride and the groom at sunset

portrait wedding couple bride and groom artistic image session Tenuta Pantano Borghese rome couple

Ventanas, Atlanta, Georgia wedding couple artistic image session using a Reflection to pull sky from the bottom of the images with the silhouetted couple against sunset

Ventanas Georgia sunset artistic image session silhouetted reflection

The Farmhouse at Redcoats, UK wedding couple artistic image session with a walk in golden hour at sunset

Hitchin UK wedding couple sunset walk Hitchin sunset portrait artistic image session

Germany wedding couple artistic image session in Leingarten during sunset in the woods

artistic image session Leingarten Germany sunset portrait sunset Germany wedding couple woods

Sanctuary Golf Course wedding couple artistic image session with a bride and groom pose together at sunset under a tree

under a tree Sanctuary Golf Course wedding couple Bride and groom pose artistic image session sunset Sedalia CO sunset portrait

Shenzhen, China couple e-shoot at Sunset in warm tones with a silhouette

china couple Color Song Shenzhen warm tones sunset silhouette Shenzhen sunset portrait

Domaine les tables de Crespin, Tarn, France wedding couple artistic image session from the south of France as The bride and the groom sit next to old car are enjoying the Sunset

old car Tarn France wedding couple bride and groom sit artistic image session Domaine les tables de Crespin enjoying

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