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The following “Sunset backdrop” 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 “Sunset backdrop” 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.

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Capturing their love, this portrait features a couple sharing a kiss at sunset against the backdrop of Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada.
Burning Love: Couple Kisses at Sunset in Black Rock City
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This award-winning portrait showcases the modern beauty of a couple walking near a tranquil pond at New Haven's Tourterelle Inn, with the stunning Adirondack Mountains as a backdrop.
New Haven's Tourterelle Inn: Serene Love Amidst Adirondack Majesty
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Award-winning portrait captures the intimate embrace of a newlywed couple against a beautiful sunset backdrop at a Rugby reception venue, showcasing the perfect blend of lighting and love.
Sundrenched Love: Intimate Rugby Wedding Embrace With Perfect Sunset Backdrop
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Wedding portrait captured in Aveyron, featuring a stunning sunset backdrop. The couple gazes at each other in partial silhouettes, framed by foliage surroundings, basking in warm tones and sunlight.
Aveyron's Spectacular Sunset: A Captivating Love Story Amidst Nature's Embrace
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Lifestyle couple portrait at Mount Falcon Trailhead: A couple gazes intently into each other's eyes amidst a sunset backdrop, enveloped by the enchanting sight of small, luminous bugs swirling around them. The composition is left of center-framed.
Luminescent Love: Captivating Couple Portraits in Nature's Twilight at Mount Falcon Trailhead
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A stunning wedding portrait captured at sunset in Baronesse Tacco, Italy. The couple stands in a graceful pose with a captivating view as the backdrop, highlighting the bride's profile and the groom slightly blurred in the background.
GLAMOROUS ITALIAN WEDDING PORTRAIT: CAPTURING ETERNAL LOVE IN A BARONESSE TACCO SUNSET
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A beautiful engaged couple embraces each other against a stunning sunset backdrop in a golden field at Nymans Estate, United Kingdom
Love Blooms: A Captivating Engagement Portrait Amidst Nymans Estate's Golden Fields, United Kingdom
Nymans Estategolden fieldsunset backdropWest SussexWest Sussex engagement sessionUnited Kingdom
A breathtaking wedding photo taken at Olympic National Park. The newlyweds stand on a rocky shoreline, against a stunning sunset backdrop.
Capturing Eternal Love: Newlyweds Embrace Amidst Majestic Olympic National Park, Bathed in Awe-Inspiring Sunset Glow
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A joyful couple dancing and laughing together in a picturesque meadow with breathtaking mountains and a glorious sunset as the backdrop during their engagement session at Flatirons Vista Trail in Boulder
Unforgettable Moments: Love Transcends Time Amidst Nature's Splendor
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The couple stands in profile, embracing each other with a backdrop of the sunset in Udine, Italy
Udine, Italy: Profiled couple embraces each other with a backdrop of the sunset
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The engaged couple had a romantic pre-wedding portrait session at La Madrague Beach, Presqu'île de Giens in Hyères, Var; dancing, playing and dipping in the sunset against the spectacular water backdrop
The couple's engagement portrait captured their joy and love, dancing in the sunset with the beautiful Hyères water as their backdrop
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The loving couple had an unforgettable lifestyle wedding engagement portrait taken at Praia do Estaleirinho, Balneário Camboriú, SC with the bride's yellow dress matching the double curving yellow traffic paint markings on the street
The beautiful couple posed joyfully for their professional engagement portrait, framed by the vibrant sunset backdrop
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The Zephyr Palace at Villa Caletas Hotel in Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica provided a beautiful location for a silhouette of the ceremony scene with an a stunning sunset and ocean view as a backdrop
A wedding photographer captured the silhouette of the ceremony scene with a stunning ocean and sunset view as a backdrop
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The engaged couple kissed passionately in the trees with a beautiful sunset backdrop in Lyon, Auvergne Rhone-Alpes, France for their pre-wedding lifestyle portrait
In Lyon, France, the engaged couple kissed passionately in the trees with a beautiful sunset backdrop for a lifestyle portrait session
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The beautiful orange sky over Lake Como provided a stunning backdrop for the couple portrait, with the sunset adding a romantic touch
The couple posed in front of a romantic sunset creating a breathtaking backdrop over the lake
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A silhouette of a bride and groom was captured against a sunset backdrop of either water or snow in Edmonton, Alberta, on a wedding day
A silhouette of a bride and groom was photographed in Edmonton, Alberta on their wedding day against a golden sunset
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A London engaged couple pose for their pre-wedding portraits for England engagement photographer
The happy couple posed for their pre-wedding portrait engagement, their love radiating through the rich colors of the sky, as the dramatic sunset backdrop added to the romance
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