Wedding Photos of Sun shining

The following “Sun shining” 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 “Sun shining” 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 bride is in her home in Zuid Holland, Netherlands. She is preparing for her wedding day, the sun shining through the windows as she puts on her earrings.

Sun-Kissed Bride: A Serene Morning in South Holland

Inside, with the sun shining through a window at St Giles Church, Camberwell, London, a ceremony blessing for the couple

A beautiful wedding picture taken inside a church showed the couple being blessed by a priest with the sun shining through a window and a bible in his hands

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Sunset Photo Portrait of Bride & Groom, sun shining between their faces, close up, colour

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A couple stands together in a field with the sun shining between them in this pre-wedding photo by a London, England photographer.

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The Hessen sun is shining over the convertible car for the newly engaged couple

The twinkling of the sun shining over the car captures an eternal bliss for the newly engaged couple, as if the fork in the road was meant for them

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A Rio Grande do Sul couple during their pre-wedding beach portrait session by a Brazil photographer

A couple during their pre-wedding beach portrait session is captured with a cave-like opening in the rocks overhead and the sun shining through behind them

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