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.

Lincoln Park, Chicago outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in the sunshine under the trees

On location Tropea, italy couple session by the sea

Italy Tropea couple session sunshine Tropea photographer beach ocean

Chateau Hermitage de Combas wedding couple portrait in the sunny afternoon fields

sunny wedding couple portrait Montpellier photographer fields Chateau Hermitage de Combas afternoon bride and groom

Nashville, TN environmental couple pre wedding image session at an art center

shipping container TN couple sunshine art center Pre Wedding Image Nashville

Annecy bride and groom to be, posturing for a France engagement image created in the sunshine shadows

sunshine Annecy France Annecy bride shadows stairs FR

Meuse bride and groom to be, posing for a pre-wedding engagement photo shoot for some France sunshine love

France Meuse stairs sunshine Meuse bride to be

St Petersburg wedding art image from a Beach wedding on Floridas Gulf Coast under blue skies, sunshine, and clouds

Florida Gulf Coast Florida beach wedding Gulf Coast wedding blue skies beach St. Petersburg St Petersburg wedding image

Montpellier, FR couple e-shoot in formal attire walking on the sand dunes in the sunshine

formal attire sand dunes Montpellier bride to be montpellier engagement walking Montpellier

Montpellier, France couple e-session in the afternoon sunshine

France couple embracing sunshine Montpellier bride to be Montpellier Engagement

Juiz de Fora couple e-shoot in Minas Gerais in the sunshine with shadows by the stone wall

Minas Gerais stone wall shadows Juiz de Fora sunshine Juiz de Fora couple

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Santa Cruz capturing a couple in the sunshine who are So in love

pre wedding portrait session couple sunshine Santa Cruz Santa Cruz bride to be

Artistic Saint Tropez wedding picture in the French Riviera showing beautiful Light on the bridesmaids outside in the sunshine

France Saint Tropez wedding picture beautiful light bridesmaids French Riviera sunshine outside

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Central Park capturing a couple wearing Korean traditional outfits

Korean sunshine Central Park park NY Portrait Session traditional outfits

Brazil True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Boituva capturing a couple playing with sunshine and shadows in the buildings

Brazil Engagements buildings couple playing Boituva photographer sunshine shadows

True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Cordoba, Spain displaying a couple running in the urban sunshine near a vertical painted striped wall

vertical painted Spain couple Spain sunshine Spain Engagement Portrait urban

BW Jaén True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Pantano de El Jándula showing a couple having fun covering eyes in the sunshine

Pantano de El Jándula Jaén bw Jaen couple sunshine covering eyes Jaén PreWedding Portrait Session

Sky Ranch Lodge, Sedona Arizona wedding photography showing Brides mother, father, and bridesmaid watch on during wedding ceremony

holding hands bridesmaid mother sunshine outdoors outdoor wedding ceremony

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Paris showing a couple below the trees and sunshine in France

Paris couple sunshine France France photographer Ronan Jégaden sunlight laughing

Napoli True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Naples showing a couple enjoying the urban city sunshine

Naples Napoli PreWedding Portrait shadows urban Naples couple sunshine

Saratoga portrait e-session with an affectionate kiss in the woods

forest sunshine sunlight Saratoga affectionate woods trees

Maceió, Brazil portrait e-session under the clouds showing that Love is to throw oneself into the immensity

Maceió couple love clouds Renner Boldrino sunshine Brazil portrait Sky

Megeve, French Alps on-location portrait e-shoot in the winter sunshine on the snow

snow winter French Alps on location portrait e shoot Megève sunshine

Halsweh Quarry Park Christchurch environmental engagement e-session of the couple dancing

sunshine New Zealand Christchurch Christchurch engagement park dancing couple

Siena, Tuscany Fine Art Pre Wedding photoshoot with their lovely dog

Arturs Sulainis pets sunshine nature Siena dog trees

Prainha Artful Engagement Picture in Rio de Janeiro for a Couple feeling the sun

trees Brazil outdoor dining sunshine park Rio de Janeiro

DE photography of a Recklinghausen, Germany wedding moment as the bride jokes with the groom

groom Germany wedding moment DE photographer pinch Germany outdoor wedding sunshine joke

Paris pre wedding couple portrait with some laughing fun in the sunshine

A pre wedding couple portrait with some laughing fun in the sunshine

earrings sunshine Paris engagement photography Paris couple laughing

Cappadocia, Turkey mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a tender kiss against a big wall in the sunshine

sunshine urban Cappadocia Turkey tender kiss Cappadocia engagement shoot big wall

Vila Antonieta - Sapucaia do Sul - Brazil Bride portrait against sunshine

The bride's portrait is illuminated by the sun shining through the trees

trees Vila Antonieta sunshine garden scene Sapucaia do Sul Brazil Bride portrait

Wedding photography from Sedalia, CO as the couple walks together during portraits on their wedding day

On their wedding day, the couple's portraits were captured during a walk together by the wedding photographer

Autumn Parry CO sunshine during portraits couple walks together afternoon Colorado wedding photography

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