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.

Lerici La Spezia Villa Marigola wedding couple artistic image session behind the veil of love

Artistic Sopot wedding photo at the Chateau Copsa in Bulgaria for a Portrait of the couple in the sunset against a blue sky with a romantic kiss

Bulgaria Sopot wedding photo Sopot artistic Chateau Copsa romantic bulgaria couple

Artistic Key West wedding picture in Florida Showing the setup at sunset for a beach reception at dusk with strings of lights

strings of lights Florida couple sunset Key West wedding picture beach reception dusk dusk reception

Shannxi Xi'an couple e-session behind a bush at sunset

sunset bush Xi'an Shannxi sunset portrait Sun Long Xian couple Shannxi

Murcia couple e-session in Aguilas framed by rocks at sunset

framed MURCIA couple sunset Aguilas rocks Murcia sunset portrait

Zug City couple e-session in Switzerland on a dock at sunset

Mischa Baettig dock Zug City sunset portrait sunset Switzerland Zug City couple

Steinhausen couple e-session at sunset with a beautiful Silhouette

Steinhausen sunset portrait Mischa Baettig beautiful Silhouette Steinhausen couple sunset

Calle Terraplen couple e-session in San Miguel de Allende with beautiful colors at sunset and The street was full of parked cars cut out of the picture

beautiful colors sunset Calle Terraplen couple San Miguel de Allende Jorge Alcala Goded San Miguel de Allende sunset portrait street

Sunset Key, Key West couple e-session at sunset on a dock

sunset Key West couple key west sunset portrait Sunset Key dock

Duluth, MN couple e-session having fun by the water

Duluth having fun sunset lit MN couple water

Tofino couple e-session at Vancouver Island at sunset with ocean and rocks behind them

sunset Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne Vancouver Island sunset portrait ocean Vancouver Island rocks Tofino couple

Vancouver Island couple e-shoot on the west coast of the island at sunset

Vancouver Island sunset portrait Vancouver Island Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne Vancouver sunset couple island

Tofino, Vancouver Island couple e-session kissing at sunset

sunset kissing Vancouver Island sunset portrait Vancouver Island Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne Vancouver couple

British Columbia couple e-session at Tofino, Vancouver Island kissing with a ocean backdrop with rocks and waves

sunset ocean backdrop Vancouver Island rocks Vancouver Island engagement portrait British Columbia couple e session at Tofino kissing

Estes Park, CO wedding couple artistic image session of a newlywed couple shares a romantic embrace at sunset

CO Newlywed couple sunset romantic embrace Estes Park Estes Park night portrait artistic image session

Estes Park, CO wedding couple artistic image session of the newlyweds sharing a walk at sunset

artistic image session CO wedding couple Estes Park sunset portrait sunset newlyweds Estes Park walk

Artistic Fort Collins wedding portrait of a Colorado couple sharing a romantic dance at sunset with an orange sky outside the wedding venue

Colorado couple romantic Fort Collins wedding portrait artistic CO wedding venue Colorado orange sky

Fort Collins wedding art created as a Colorado newly wed couple shares a passionate kiss at sunset

Colorado newly wed couple passionate kiss brush sunset Fort Collins water Fort Collins wedding

A French wedding photographer at Mas Saint Germain created this image showing The witness caught the bouquet from the brides toss

Mas Saint Germain brides toss france bouquet toss sunset bouquet french wedding photographer

Sand Mountain, NV couple e-session at sunset with an off-camera flash

NV Sand Mountain NV engagement Engagement sunset couple

Tenuta Carretta, Italy wedding couple artistic image session - a portrait of the couple kissing at the sunset with smoke bombs

hold powder Smoke Bombs portrait Italian wedding portrait couple artistic image session kissing

Romantic New York - Upstate wedding portrait in The Adirondacks using a double exposure of the NY couple and the sunset sky

Lucy Schultz New York - Upstate Sky The Adirondacks sunset romantic double exposure

Guanella Pass couple session in Georgetown, Colorado a double exposure of the couple and the sunset sky

Georgetown Colorado Sky Lucy Schultz trees double exposure sunset

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Marechal Deodoro showing a couple embracing at sunset

Marechal Deodoro sunset portrait sunset embracing Renner Boldrino couple engagement portrait session Marechal Deodoro

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Maceió showing a couple holding hands at sunset in front of the sea

sea Renner Boldrino lens flare Maceió couple Maceió sunset portrait holding hands

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in UC Berkeley showing a couple Enjoying the spectacular evening view of the city below at sunset

spectacular evening engagement portrait session couple sunset view of the city below UC Berkeley

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at Fazenda Água Limpa in Hidrolândia capturing a GO couple holding each other below the sunset clouds

GO clouds sunset pre wedding portrait session Hidrolândia Hidrolândia bride to be Fazenda Água Limpa

True Love Engagement Picture Session in Camargue showing a couple on the beach at sunset

Camargue couple Engagement Picture Session sunset beach Thomas Orsatelli wind

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot in Camargue of a couple playing around on dune at the beach at sunset

couple Pre wedding Photoshoot dancing sunset Camargue Thomas Orsatelli Dune

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Marseille illustrating a couple in artistic image at sunset

couple lens flare Thomas Orsatelli artistic image sunset Marseille Marseille photography

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