Wedding Photos of Light

The following “Light” 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 “Light” 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 couple stroll in Rocky Mountain National Park at sunrise, with hallet peak lit up gold with dawn's light

Nicola Lenivets engagement portrait session Somewhere in Russia

a couple portrait session Somewhere in Russia

Russia Nikola Lenivets pre wedding portrait Sasha Dzyubchuk Nikola Lenivets e session light Nikola Lenivets engagement photography Nikola Lenivets engagement images

Engagement Shooting with couple on the rocks with a light

rocks light Athens Engagement Shooting Athens pre wedding portrait Athens e session Athens engagement photography

Milano engagement image in Italy at night with a light

engagement image at night with a light

Milano e shoot engagement image Milano engagement photographer light Italy Night

London pre-wedding shoot of a couple with strong sunlight cast upon them

a pre-wedding shoot of a couple with strong sunlight cast upon them

urban London sunlight uk wedding photographer shadows uk bride

Engagement portrait session in Florence - I love the early morning light in Florence

early morning light Florence pre wedding portraits Florence engagement photos Florence Florence engagement photographer

Brescia Castle, Italy couple portrait - May the light be always with you

Castle couple portraits - May the light be always with you

couple portraits Brescia Castle Brescia wedding light Italy Brescia wedding photography Brescia brides

City Lounge Apeldoorn image of a Couple before lightened wine wall

City Lounge engagement image of a Couple before light wine wall

couple light engagement image City Lounge City Lounge Apeldoorn Gelderland e session gelderland wedding photography

Pre-wed engagement session with a couple sitting in the light next to a window

Goiás couples Blue Pre wedding engagement session Goiás engagement light Goiás wedding photographer

Vietnam home photography on wedding day | The light, shadow and details in chinese wedding

Vietnam home photography on wedding day - The light, shadow and details in a chinese wedding image

vietnam wedding photographer Ho Chi Minh detail light chinese shadow

Portrait of the couple After the dinner on Bovendonk, Hoeven - Outside, with lovely evening light, at the wedding venue location

outside light dinner Hoeven wedding image Bovendonk venue

Germany wedding photographer at Stuttgart | Silhouette portrait of the bride and groom with a light

Germany wedding photo at Stuttgart | Silhouette portrait of the bride and groom with a light

germany wedding photographer bride and groom portrait Baden Wurttemberg light silhouette

The Pearl Brewery Engagement Photo Session | Couple in the light with angled shadows in a parking lot

Brewery Engagement Photo Session with a Couple in the light with angled shadows in a parking lot

light San Antonio engagement photography The Pearl Brewery San Antonio engagement images couple Brewery Engagement Photo Session parking lot

Brazil Pirenópolis Engagement Portrait of a Couple

embrace sun Brazil hug smiles hair Pirenopolis pre wedding portrait

Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads in a forest Engagement Portrait Session

Yvelines engagement photos Yvelines pre wedding portraits Yvelines Yvelines engagement photographer Jeremie Sangare trees sunshine

San Diego, California Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: shadows, direct, sunlight, harsh, light

San Diego, California Engagement Portrait of a Couple with shadows, and direct sunlight

shadows harsh San Diego engagement photographers direct light sunlight

Alfama, Portugal Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: cable car, trolly, streets, train, light, sun

Alfama, Portugal Engagement Portrait with a cable car, trolly

sun Alfama engagement photos Alfama Portugal cable car trolly streets

Porto Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: purple, sky, sunset, street, light

Porto Engagement Photo Session with a purple sky

pre wedding location Porto light Daniel Monteiro Porto sunset street Porto engagement session

Cascais, PT Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: points, bokeh, light, hug, smile, red dress

Cascais, PT Engagement Photo Session with bokeh light in orange

pre wedding locations Cascais Cascais points Cascais engagement photos PT hug

Arcachon Bay, France Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: trees, forest, light, black and white

Arcachon Bay, France Engagement Photography in the trees of the forest

trees France Arcachon Bay engagement photos forest pre wedding locations Arcachon Bay black and white Arcachon Bay

South Tyrol Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: bokeh, indoors, hug, window, light

South Tyrol Engagement Photo Session with bokeh

South Tyrol light hug window indoors bokeh

Goiás Brazil pre-wedding portraits with a couple and a prism with water

light Goiás prism Night pre wedding locations Goiás Brazil

Canakkale-Aqua Hall Wedding Pictures - Bride Portrait with Shadow and Light

Wedding Bride Portrait with Shadow and Light

bw light Türkiye Kepez Wedding Bride Portrait shadow Çanakkale

Sheraton Hotel Downtown Montreal wedding photographer: Groom was sitting listening to his friends and the light hit him perfectly here - love this type of light.

wedding photo of the Groom sitting listening to his friends and the light hit him perfectly

light listening friends Sheraton Hotel Downtown Sheraton Hotel Canada wedding photography

Orvieto Terni wedding photographer at the home of the bride : Ray light hit the bride's shoes

wedding photo at the home of the bride when the Ray light hit the bride's shoes

home Terni Ray Light Orvieto Terni Wedding Photographer Orvieto bride wedding image

Mumbai Framed Couple Portrait using Light

Mumbai engagement shoot Mumbai Anupa Shah light pre wedding image Mumbai

Engagement Photos from California - San Francisco - Portrait contains: couple, shaft, light, shadows

Engagement Photos from California San Francisco of a couple with a shaft, light, and shadows

shadows couple portrait session San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco engagement photography California light

Engagement Photographer for Valencia - Image contains: couple, portrait, light, engaged

couple engaged light portrait Valencia Valencia wedding photographer

Engagement Portrait from Biarritz, France - Image contains: Light on the couple, shadows, blue

light Blue Biarritz couple Biarritz shadows France

Engagement Photography for Zamora - Image contains: couple, arch, stone, hair, light, shadows, trumpet, horn

light horn trumpet hair arch shadows couple

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