Wedding Photos of Lighthouse

The following “Lighthouse” 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 “Lighthouse” 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.

A couple poses and walks for a pre-wedding photo shoot on the beautiful sandy beach of Scheveningen, Netherlands, with the iconic pier in the background

Scheveningen's Stunning Sands: Capturing Love with the Iconic Pier

This engagement portrait was taken on a sunny day at Ouddorp beach in the Netherlands, capturing a romantic pose in a field of tall grass next to a lighthouse

Captured Love: Embracing Romance at Ouddorp Beach's Serene Lighthouse

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A couple walking hand in hand beside the iconic Pemaquid Point lighthouse in Maine on their wedding day. The black and white wide shot captures the essence of their elopement.

Romantic Elopement: Love Amidst Pemaquid's Majestic Light

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Couple on a boat during the engagement session at Limanu Harbour

Couple on a boat during the engagement session in Romania

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A newly engaged California couple poses near the ocean lighthouse for a Pigeon Point engagement announcement portrait

California - Northern Tyler Vu Pigeon Point lighthouse dusk portrait California photographer

Pleneuf Val Andre post proposal portrait session with a Côtes-d'Armor engagement photographer of a Brittany couple kissing on the hills above the sound with a lighthouse

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A Long Island Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this night, lit portrait of this New York couple at Montauk State Park depicting them near the seaside at dusk with a lighthouse behind them

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An alternative Illinois wedding portrait of the Evanston bride and groom with a lighthouse, blue sky, and clouds

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Vendee bride and groom to be, modeling for a pre-wedding picture in Les Sables d'Olonne with a lighthouse behind the couple

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Sankaty Lighthouse environmental engagement e-session on Nantucket Island, MA of couple taking a stroll with a lighthouse behind them

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Kadıköy Artistic wedding portrait of the bride and groom posing in front of a lighthouse

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Golden hour engagement session at the cliffs of Castle Hill Lighthouse in Newport, RI

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Golden hour engagement session at Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport, RI

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Golden hour engagement session in Newport, Rhode Island at Castle Hill Lighthouse

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Water loving couple engagement photos in St Marine, France

St Marine lighthouse France pre wedding location St Marine Water loving couple St Marine engagement session ocean

Engagement Photographer | Bill Baggs State Park, Key Biscayne, Florida couple embrace

State Park couple embrace portrait at the beach with a lighthouse

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Engagement Sessions | marriot asia hotel İstanbul Turkey - Couple kissing while a man jumping on a rock to another

Engagement Session with a Couple kissing while a man is jumping on a rock to another

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Engagement Photography | Brant Point Lighthouse, Nantucket Island, MA - Sunset engagement session.

Lighthouse Sunset engagement session by the water

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Havre de Grace, MD | Photographer: "This lighthouse is one of the staple elements of the Havre de Grace area so I knew I had to incorporate it into their photos."

This lighthouse is one of the staple elements of the Havre de Grace area so I knew I had to incorporate it into their photos

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Castle Hill Lighthouse engagement shoot - A sweet kiss in front of the lighthouse where they got engaged.

a Lighthouse engagement shoot with A sweet kiss in front of the lighthouse where they got engaged

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Beach Engagement Picture with Lighthouse

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New England engagement portrait - Picture Session - Portrait contains: lighthouse, rocks, jetty, couple, water

New England engagement portrait at the beach lighthouse

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Sunset engagement Portrait | A couple embrace outside the Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk, UK

Sunset engagement Portrait of A couple embrace outside the Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk, UK

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Miraflores sesion at Malecon with the lighthouse at sunset

Miraflores pre wedding portrait twilight Lima lighthouse sunset portrait backlit Dante Ceccon

Sunrise Couple Portraits at Cape Spear Light House in Newfoundland, Canada

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Engagement portrait of a couple at a New England lighthouse in MA

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Edgartown, MA engaged couple riding bikes during portrait session at lighthouse

Outdoor bicycle nature park Sky Edgartown engagement photo

Nobska Lighthouse, Falmouth, MA engagement portrait session at sunset

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Discovery Park Engagement Photography - Couple walks on rocks near light house

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Corbiere Lighthouse, St Brelades, Jersey, CI Engagement Portrait - A silhoutte of a engaged couple

A Lighthouse Engagement Portrait showing a silhoutte of an engaged couple

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