Wedding Photos of Natural sunlight

The following “Natural sunlight” 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 “Natural sunlight” 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.

Excited spouses during the outdoor ceremony at Tenuta Tramontana, Reggio Calabria, with guests seated behind them in the natural sunlight

Tenuta Tramontana: Spouses Embrace, Guests Bathed in Natural Sunlight

Wedding photo taken at Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. Shows the bride in her room with a view, captured in a portrait shot with a natural sunlight ambiance.

Sunlit Window Splendor: A Breathtaking Bridal Portrait at Loews Hotel, Philadelphia

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Portrait of a bride at Abbaye de Fontmorigny, with the back of her dress visible as she gazes over her shoulder, illuminated by natural warm sun light

Abbaye de Fontmorigny: Stunning Bride Portrait with Back of Dress, Basking in Natural Sunlight

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A couple is being captured in a picturesque engagement photo session, bathed in natural sunlight, as they stand within the charming stone structure of Baños de Popea in Córdoba, Spain

Engagement Photo Session at Baños de Popea, Córdoba, Spain: Capturing a Couple in Picturesque Charm

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Siena engagement photography portfolio image with a Tuscany couple enjoying the natural sunlight casting their shadows on a brick wall

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Central Park engagement announcement couple photo session in New York City on a park bench in natural sunlight

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A beautiful Marburg, Germany bridal portrait in BW outdoors in a chair in natural sunlight

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Castello di Strassoldo, Cervignano, Italy creative natural sunlight wedding portrait

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Meersburg artistic wedding photo in the fall of the Bride and leaves

The Bride was lovingly surrounded by nature in a dreamy autumn setting, illuminated by a soft, natural sunlight, creating a beautiful and artistic wedding photo

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Dippelshof bride and groom posing during a portrait session walking in the trees of the wooded forest

The newlyweds were captured strolling among the trees of a wooded forest, with natural sunlight contrasting a dramatic dark backdrop

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Syracuse couple shot from above with some nice natural sunlight on them

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The groom was getting ready by fixing cuflinks in the sunlight coming through a window at a wedding venue in London

The groom prepared for the wedding by fixing his cufllinks in a London venue with natural sunlight streaming in

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