Wedding Photos of Night

The following “Night” 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 “Night” 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.

Bride and groom pose for wedding portrait at night with lights

Florida wedding venue photography - Ocean Key Resort | Last portrait of the night!

wedding venue photography at the Ocean the Last portrait of the night!

Florida florida wedding venue FL Ocean Key Resort FL Night Last portrait Ocean Key Resort

Bride and groom portrait with lighting

Serbia Blue silhouette portrait Smederevo Fortress lighting bride and groom

quanzhou silhouette in the rain - couple portraits during prewedding shoot

quanzhou silhouette in the rain during couple portraits for pre-wedding images

China couple Quanzhou Quanzhou pre wedding portrait Night Junxin Zeng Quanzhou engagement images

wedding portrait of the couple in the chaos of the square

urban city portrait couple Morocco wedding portrait Morocco morocco wedding Morocco Wedding Photography city square

Fuzhou, Fujian wedding photographer said this: In some cities in China, when the bride and groom return home, they need to burn fireworks to celebrate, even during the day.

Fuzhou, Fujian wedding image from China, when the bride and groom return home, they need to burn fireworks to celebrate, even during the day.

wedding image going home Fuzhou fine art wedding photo Vinci Wang rain bride and groom Fuzhou artistic wedding photography

Wishaw County Sports, Birmingham, England wedding venue photo | Creative Night Shot of a Bride and Groom | Purple Smoke Bomb with Lights

Wishaw County Sports, Birmingham, England wedding venue photo in a Creative Night Shot of a Bride and Groom with a Purple Smoke Bomb and Lights

Wishaw County Sports Night Lights England bride and groom UK Birmingham-UK purple

Lionsgate Event Center (Lafayette, CO) wedding venue picture | Portrait of the Bride and groom by fountain at night | OCF Lit Portrait

wedding venue picture of the Bride and groom by fountain at night

Night groom Lafayette CO picture portrait CO wedding venue

Wedding Reception venue with Sky lantern release party

Release Party Night Party Decorations Reception Celebrations Lantern Lighting outdoor weddings wedding reception

Resort Salinda silhouettle love portrait for a romantic couple

Phu Quoc Island engagement photography Resort Salinda Night city Phu Quoc Island outside

Armenia, Geghard monastery Engagement photo session in Armenia

pre wedding portraits Armenia Night candles Lights Armenia engagement picture Geghard monastery Geghard

villa lario mandello lago di como - fireworks, night, bride, groom

At Lake Como, a romantic night of fireworks illuminated the newlywed couple against the dark sky

villa lario mandello lago di como groom fireworks bride Night

Campania wedding photographer shooting night reception at como lake

The couple celebrated romance under the stars at Lake Como with a magical outdoor reception lit up by strings of lights

Como Lake Night Campania reception

Engagement Photographer for Maryland at Client's Home with holi powder and dramatic lighting

blue hour sunset lit portrait Maryland engagement session holi powder evening Lights

Engagement Photography for Turkey | istanbul pre wedding session at grand bazar

Engagement Photography Turkey Istanbul pre wedding session at grand bazar

dusk grand bazar Istanbul engagement Istanbul Turkey Night evening

Engagement Photographer for Key West, FL - Portrait contains: street lamp, couple, sidewalk, night

FL engagement photographer Night FL couple shoot couple sidewalk Key West

Pré-wedding photo session with open fire, guitar and a couple in Caraíba.

dusk Night Caraíba wedding couple Caraíba pre wed engagement session lit portrait Brazil

Vik, Iceland Engagement Portraits | Nothing better than a hot tub under the northern lights!

Vik Vik wedding engagement dusk green lighting low light Lights

Using flash creatively in grand central stations vast walkway

ny engagement image lighting lit portrait Night dusk evening

Couple hugs each other in the sunset light

Mogosoaia Park lampposts lit portrait Romania engagement photographer evening Mogosoaia engagement photo

Washington DC National Gallery of Art - silhouette couple portraits at night for engagement

Lights Silhouette portrait Kenneth Clapp low light Washington DC Night lit portrait

DC National Gallery of Art Engagement Photo Session - A couple on the steps at night

Lights dusk steps evening low light lighting Washington

National Gallery of Art couple portrait on stairs

lit portrait low light night portrait monument Kenneth Clapp Lights lighting

New York City - Metro The Foundry wedding reception photos of the singer

wedding reception singer

New York City outdoor ceremony Lights New York City outdoor wedding Night Emin Kuliyev singer New York City

Little Traverse Lake, Traverse City, MI Wedding Photography at Night | Father's surprise gift to the bride and groom!

Little Traverse Lake MI surprise groom Ray Iavasile Detroit gift

Duluth Engagement Photographer - Couple hanging out in the nocturnal room during portrait session

night portrait dusk lit portrait evening Lights nocturnal room lighting

Engaged couple is standing in front of an amphitheater highlighted with colour orange at Bilkent University Main Campus, Ankara

dusk Bilkent University Main Campus evening Ankara engagement photo Night low light

Couple is standing on a building highlighted with purple

Ankara engagement photo lit portrait Lights low light Ankara dusk

Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) Pre Wedding Photo shoot with atistic jars - universe with couple shilouette

Toledo lighting dusk Toledo pre wedding portrait Lights Night

Sunset loving couple shilouttes during engagement photo session

kissing low light Toledo Spain lit portrait alley

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