Wedding Photos of Sunshine

The following “Sunshine” 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 “Sunshine” 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.

A San Francisco couple poses during a Northern California lifestyle portrait photography session showing these CA Lovers are enjoying the sunshine on a city street after rain

A Murcia couple poses during a Portmán lifestyle portrait photography session in an old building with sunlight

Portmán lifestyle portrait MURCIA couple Murcia Murcia photography session sunshine Portman sunlight

A Rio de Janeiro Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, playful portrait of this Paraiba do Sul couple holding hands in the sunshine

Rio de Janeiro engagement photographer RJ Paraiba do Sul Paraiba do Sul couple sunshine holding hands

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, beautiful portrait of this Colorado Springs couple posing on the grounds of the Glen Eyrie Castle at sunset

Colorado Springs Colorado Springs couple Glen Eyrie sunshine colorado engagement photographer sunset Glen Eyrie Castle

An extraordinary Sozopol wedding picture by a pro Bulgaria photographer at Santa Marina wedding venue showing groom and bestman enjoying an outdoor toast under the sunshine

Bulgaria photographer Sozopol wedding picture Santa Marina Sozopol groom and bestman Outdoor

An extraordinary Fuzhou hotel wedding picture by a pro Fujian, China photographer revealing brides Father gives daughter to marry as they walk outside in the sunshine

daughter China photographer FOB Fuzhou hotel wedding picture marry sunshine walk

A sweet and serene Red Rock engagement session for an outdoor couple portrait in nature

Red Rock Red Rock engagement Outdoor sunshine nature rocks

Melaka picture session for a carefree engaged couple that is loving the tall grass sunshine session

Melaka engagement photography Malaysia Melaka portrait in field tall grasses sunshine

World's most visionary and best wedding couple portrait images from Mas del Ca, Perpignan of the Bride and groom standing near trees under the natural sunshine

sunshine Perpignan natural Perpignan wedding couple portrait trees Mas del Ca standing

Siena fun-loving couple modeling for a pre-wedding session against the painted walls in the Toscana sunshine

Siena couple Toscana Italian painted walls Siena pre wedding sunshine

Bangkok fun-loving couple modeling for a pre-wedding session with an airplane toy in the sunshine and shadows

airplane toy grids Bangkok wedding photography Patterns sun shadows sunshine

A pre-wedding session in Szeged, Hungary that took place in a poppy field

Hungary Csongrad Poppy field Szilveszter Szabados Szeged wedding photography Szeged sunshine

A Vermont wedding photojournalist captured this moment at the Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden showing The groom watches the bride and her parents walk through a set of doors and down the aisle

bride outdoor ceremony Vermont wedding photojournalist Mountain Top Inn groom parents trees

View this pivotal moment in Chicago wedding picture of the Couple saying their vows during their wedding ceremony in the outdoor sunshine

IL wedding ceremony vows Chicago couple sunshine Outdoor Chicago wedding picture IL

Montpellier prewedding engagement session capturing the nature of a couple as they hold one another

Montpellier prewedding Montpellier sunshine Montpellier Engagement Session nature couple

Montpellier engagement photo showcasing the nature surrounding them in this natural scene

Montpellier engagement photo Montpellier Montpellier couple trees nature sunshine

A top France wedding photojournalism example from a beautiful Chateau Saint Denis wedding venue as the bride and groom exit the building into the sunshine with guests tossing flower petals

guests flower petals Chateau Saint Denis wedding venue France tossing sunshine exit

RJ prewedding photo-session at the beach with sunshine, sand and palm trees

RJ prewedding beach Rio de Janeiro Renner Boldrino RJ photo session sunshine sand

Maceio, Brazil pre-wedding photo-session using a Silhouette of a couple by the sea with sunshine and a low angle

Brazil pre wedding silhouette low angle sunshine Maceió couple Maceió sea

Pre-wedding photo-session in Mount Erice, Sicily during an engagement proposal in the sunshine at the public park

Sicily engagement proposal public park Sicily photographer Sicily Mount Erice sunshine

A wedding photojournalist in Emigrant, Montana captured this moment in BW of an outdoor processional under the sunshine

Emigrant photographer Outdoor bw processional outside ceremony Emigrant sunshine

Pre-wedding photo-session in Parnitha Mountain, Athens, Greece showing us that Love is here along with the sunshine

nature Parnitha Mountain hugging greece photographer Anastasia Eleni Rassia trail Parnitha Pre wedding photo

Montpellier pre-wedding portrait-session with sunlight and vert lines on the wall behind them

wall Patterns Montpellier couple sunlight sunshine Montpellier Portrait Session vert lines

Pre-wedding Morancez couple portrait-session in the sunshine while standing in the fields of tall grass

Morancez photographer countryside Morancez Ilhan Celebi fields tall grass sunshine

Pre-wedding San Miguel de Allende couple engagement image-session at Calle Aldama while Walking and holding hands in the village in the sunshine

holding hands Jorge Alcala Goded sunshine walking Calle Aldama couple village urban engagement image

View this graceful Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait at the beach on the wall, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Italy from the WPJA

graceful Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait at the beach on the wall, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography in Italy

Civitanova Marche Bride Portrait bridal Civitanova Marche graceful IT wedding photography sunshine ocean

An elegant Southern Texas wedding day portrait of the TX bride and groom at Bergheim Ranch event venue running on the grass under the sunshine, blue sky and clouds

TX bride and groom Bergheim Ranch event venue Bergheim grass blue sky TX Shannon Cain

A sophisticated France wedding portrait of the Dordogne couple at Domaine de Beaufort with bursting sun rays from a low sun

Jean Baptiste Duarte Sun rays low sun Dordogne Domaine de Beaufort trees Domaine de Beaufort wedding venue

On location Roteiro couple engagement portrait shoot during a Sunset in the wind

Roteiro couple warm tones sunset engagement portrait sunshine wind white clothes

Atacama Desert environmental couple pre wedding image session against the warm rocks in the sunshine

desert Atacama sunshine rocks warm couple pre wedding image Atacama Desert

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