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.

The enchanting Podere La Strega in Siena, Tuscany, was the perfect backdrop for a romantic silhouette portrait of the couple at sunset by the water

Romantic sunset silhouette portrait of couple in Siena, Tuscany

Chicago engagement announcement photo idea at Belmont Harbor showing the Couple walking with the sunset behind them

sunset Belmont Harbor Chicago photographer Chicago

A Dallas modern couple poses for an intimate announcement portrait of their Texas engagement during Sunset at the lake with a nice backlight for them to feel their love

Backlight sunset Brandon Lai lakeside engagement Dallas Texas Dallas photographer

The bride and groom are happily dancing at their outdoor sunset wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri

At their outdoor wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri, the bride and groom are joyfully dancing under the orange sky

couple dancing sunset Missouri orange sky Kansas City Kansas City photographer

A couple in the village of Golyama Zhelezna, Bulgaria, is captured in a romantic black and white portrait surrounded by a heart shaped arbor just before sunset

In Golyama Zhelezna, Bulgaria, a romantic portrait of a couple surrounded by a heart shaped arbor at sunset

Bulgaria Golyama Zhelezna Bulgaria photographer heart shaped arbor silhouettes sunset black and white

A CA engagement picture session at Santa Cruz beach with small ocean waves and a low sun

Santa Cruz photographer sunset Jipeng Han Santa Cruz waves beach engagement slow sun

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session at Cilento Coast in Paestum for a young couple posing at sunset at the entrance to the beach behind the pine forest

pine forest Campania Salerno Paestum bw engagement sunset Salerno Photographer

The newlyweds pose for a romantic portrait on the beach at sunset, both wearing off-white on their special day

At sunset on their special day, the newlyweds posed on the beach, both wearing off-white

white clothing Mexico photographer sunset Beach Portrait Mexico

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Monterey, California showing A man leads a woman across the rocky bluffs above the ocean at sunset

Monterey sunset Monterey photographer walking on rocks ocean bluff

Engagement Photos France. A Coupvray couple pose on a wood boardwalk railing during a session at sunset

Coupvray wood boardwalk Coupvray Photographer foot bridge intimate portrait Seine-et-Marne

Buonconvento post proposal portraits by an Italian wedding photographer of a happy Tuscan couple showing the woman hugging form the back her partner at the sunset

sunset Tuscan Couple Italian photographer Buonconvento Arturs Sulainis Italy hugging

Maceio beach portrait lifestyle session with the couple smiling at the sunset

wind sun Maceió Maceio lifestyle session ocean Renner Boldrino Brazil

Brazil couples lifestyle photography at Fazenda Boa Sorte for a Silhouette of the bride and groom kissing at sunset using a prism as an element to multiply the images

sunset Brazil Fabio Melo element Brazil lifestyle photography Fazenda Boa Sorte Brazil multiply

A Colorado couple poses during a Rocky Mountain National Park lifestyle Alpine photography session at sunset with a light

Colorado couple Alpine photography session Colorado lit pose Rocky Mountain National Park light

Montpellier lifestyle couples photography in Occitanie, France with a sweet sunset embrace under the cloudy sky

France lifestyle photography Occitanie France couple Montpellier Montpellier lifestyle couple embrace

Bulgaria lifestyle couples portraits session in Chernomorets showing the beach sunset belongs to them

Bulgaria Chernomorets portrait session Sozopol Violeta Pefticheva sunset Black Sea coast ocean

Cher lifestyle couples photography in Sancerre, France with a lift and a kiss at sunset time

Sancerre couple photography Sancerre Cher kiss lift France couple

Pennsylvania lifestyle portrait session at the Gettysburg National Military Park created as a Silhouetted couple walks on the sky at sunset

Pennsylvania Gettysburg National Military Park Sky park Silhouetted couple PA couple session Gettysburg

Caledonia State Park lifestyle couples portraits session in Franklin County, Pennsylvania created as they walk by a nearby stream in the park at sunset

sunset Franklin County park walk portrait session Franklin County Pennsylvania Caledonia

Luray lifestyle couples photography in Virginia for a Sunset engagement shoot in Shenandoah National Park overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains

clouds National Park Shenandoah Virginia overlooking couple photography Virginia sunset

Nebraska lifestyle portrait photography at a Private Residence for a Couple with a horse as sun goes down

rural Nebraska lifestyle horse farm Nebraska Nebraska portrait photography

Boston Seaport lifestyle couples photography at sunset with silhouettes and the city skyline

Boston city Massachusetts Boston Seaport Boston lifestyle skyline

A Biarritz couple poses during a Basque coast, France lifestyle portrait photography session as they are watching the sunset from the rocks near the sand

Charline Eberhardt France photography session pose rocks Biarritz couple Biarritz coast

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative portrait of a couple at the Rocky Mountain National Park standing in a tundra at high elevation during sunset

Mark Creery RMNP colorado wedding photographer high elevation Colorado sunset Rocky Mountain National Park

A Maceio Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this Alagoas couple at Marechal Deodoro depicting them leaning against their car during the sunset

Renner Boldrino Maceió car Maceio engagement photographer alagoas couple sunset reflection

A Italian Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, adventurous portrait of this Trieste couple at Portopiccolo Sistiana depicting them standing in the sunset at a beach

Portopiccolo Sistiana water standing ocean sunset Trieste

A Lake Tahoe Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, sunset portrait of this California groom to be holding his bride to be in the countryside with dog at Pearson-Arastradero Preserve

dog Preserve groom to be sunset pets countryside dogs

A Nova Friburgo Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, sunset portrait of this Rio de Janeiro couple silhouetted by the sunset

Rio de Janeiro couple Rio de Janeiro Nova Friburgo Engagement Photographer orange sky silhouetted sunset

An Italian Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, silhouette portrait of this val d'orcia couple backlit by the golden sunset

silhouette orange sky italian engagement photographer sunset backlit Val D orcia

A Surat Thani Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, scenic portrait of this Bangrak couple laughing in the mountains and sunset

Vitalii Nikonorov sunset Bangrak laughing scenic Surat Thani Wedding Photographer Bangrak couple

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