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.

Fargo, North Dakota mini couple photo session before the wedding day with a look at each other as they are surrounded by Christmas lights at night

Rocky Mountain National Park mini backlit couple photo session before the wedding day created as The moon shows itself through the clouds of a snowy evening

Rocky Mountain National Park Night evening snow snowy moon

Jaén, Spain mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day at night under an umbrella with blue lights

umbrella urban Night Jaén Spain blue lights Jaén pre wedding photo

Pier 7, San Francisco, California mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of an evening stroll on a lovely night

Tyler Vu SF wedding photo urban SF pic shoot evening Pier 7 California

Denver, Colorado creative wedding day portrait from a winter wedding and lucky to be caught in a huge blizzard after dark

The couple had a winter wedding portrait taken in a blizzard after dark on their wedding day

Night Colorado wedding day portrait lit winter wedding dark Lucy Schultz Denver bride and groom

Delhi, India wedding photo of the Baraat procession with music and money at night

money India wedding photo music Baraat procession Night Delhi

Jaén, Spain pre-wed photography session with fire and flames

Jaén wedding engagement evening lighting fire Lights flames

Jaén, Spain Pre-Wedding portrait shoot with escalator glass reflections

city portraits Night city scene evening Lights lit portrait

Spain Pre-Wedding night shoot under the display lights in Jaén

evening low light Lights lit portrait Night Jaén engagement photos

Jaén Pre-Wedding portraits with a couple riding horses on a fair carousel

Jaén Pre-Wedding portraits with a couple riding horses on a fair carousal

Spain Jaén fair carousel Jaén engagement photos dusk

Jaén Pre-Wedding photo shoot at night in the rain under a clear umbrella

dusk low light night engagement Spain Night Jaén rain

Reno, NV Couple backlit in the trees during a pre-wed photoshoot

trees night engagement evening outdoors reno engagement photography NV

Lair o Bear Park Couple kissing in snow during a pre-wed photography session

CO Colorado blue hour low light evening Lair O Bear Park lit portrait

Illinois wedding reception photo at night showing a Chicago couple chatting on the roof Chicago

roof open air wedding venue outside reception Chicago garden receptions Night chatting

New Jersey girl smiles to her fiance shadow during a pre-wed picture session

evening nj engagement portrait Night New Jersey lighting blue hour night portrait

Inside an old cheese farm, The couple is standing next to a press to make cheese during a pre-wed engagement photo session

low light lighting Thomas Jongbloed Lights Night lit portrait dusk

Schloss Linnep, Ratingen, Germany Bridal couple shoot at night on the venues front stairs under lights

Germany wedding venues Germany wedding couple Lights Patrycja Janik Bridal couple shoot Ratingen Schloss Linnep

Artistic Bridal Portrait in Downtown Chicago, Illinois at night

artistic Night Downtown Chicago Illinois bridal portrait

Della Terra Mountain Chateau, Estes Park, CO minimalistic portrait of bride and groom at night

Night Estes Park wedding couple bw Estes Park portrait Della Terra Mountain Chateau

Spain pre wedding and engagement photography at sunset in Aguilas Murcia with a Car and a low sun

auto lighting night portrait Night evening car sunset

NoCal engagement photo shoot in San Francisco with The lighted couple against the twilight blue sky

dusk lit portrait low light SF engagement lighting Night Lights

A Goias wedding photographer created this party night dancing image at the venue of Villa Borguese Anápolis

Goias wedding photo party Villa Borguese Anápolis venue Goiás dancing

BG pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Vitosha mountain near Sofia, Bulgaria with Two lovers on a night walk in the mountain

Lights Vitosha mountain dusk lighting low light lit portrait Bulgaria

BG pre wedding and engagement photography at the front entrance to the St Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria with Two lovers embracing

lit portrait Night Sofia lighting evening low light Lubomir Jiponov

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Reception venue Photo of couple in fields with fall colors

A backlit photo of a couple in a field with fall colors, holding drinks in their hands, taken at night

holding drinks hands Night Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes field smiling bride and groom couple

Sofia, Bulgaria couple posing for a wedding Night portrait with a giant lit sign reading, LOVE

A giant lit sign reading "LOVE" illuminated a wedding night portrait of a couple seated across from each other

portrait love couple seated illuminated Sofia Night

Angoulême Reception b&w wedding image of the couple embracing under a dark tree at night

A black and white wedding photo of the happy couple embracing underneath a tree lit up

couple bw image magical tree romantic embrace

Siracusa pre-wedding night photo session with an engaged couple at the ending summer

blue hour Sicily lit portrait evening couple portrait session Siracusa Night

TX engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session in blue at The White Sands National Monument

The White Sands National Monument Night lighting evening Texas desert lit portrait

Boulder engagement portrait with a posed couple at Walker Ranch, CO as their dog photo bombs their portrait

Colorado boulder engagement dusk low light Night CO Walker Ranch

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