Wedding Photos of Lit portrait

The following “Lit portrait” 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 “Lit portrait” 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.

El Matador Beach Malibu | Pre-Wedding Portrait at the Beach at Sunset

The pre-wedding portrait at the beach featured the couple embracing at sunset, with huge jagged rocks in the background and warm tones in the image

Istanbul couple posing under a light umbrella below a dark blue sky

The romantic pose of the engaged couple under the light umbrella juxtaposed against the dark blue sky reflects the duality of marriage

Istanbul umbrella urban portrait dark blue sky Istanbul engagement photography lit portrait

The California engaged couple with a romantic sunset view of the city

The sunset silhouette of the palm trees helped to feature the engaged couple in a romantic view of the city, highlighting all its beauty with the photographer's experienced light-making warmth on their faces

city view San Diego lit portrait palm trees sunset silhouette San Diego Engagement Photography Southern California

A California couple standing and lit before the orange sunset

The romantic engagement portrait session captures a beautiful couple standing in photographer's light, illuminated by the orange sunset

sunset portrait lit portrait California engagement session California orange sunset

Engagement Photo from a dusk session with a light

Hesse Hesse Engagement Photography dusk session Germany lit portrait

Indoor portrait of engaged couple by Mango Gu, of Hangzhou City

A happy couple stands in front of a beautiful, ornate carved wooden paneling, smiling for their lit portrait session

Hangzhou City PreWedding Portrait lit portrait smiling Hangzhou City Asia China wooden paneling

A Minneapolis couple near the water during their pre-wedding portrait session by a Minnesota photographer

A couple near the water during their pre-wedding portrait session with light behind them, creating a glowing halo effect around their figures

water lit portrait standing on rocks MN Minneapolis engagement photography Minneapolis

Breckenridge Engagement Photographer for Colorado Couples

The sunset portraits of the couple were lit by the photographer, with the sunlight only hitting the tops of the hills in the background. The image captures a romantic and intimate moment between the couple.

CO sunlight romantic lit portrait trees Breckenridge engagement photography Breckenridge

Como Lake engagement portrait of a couple on Como streets

The couple kissed in their engagement portrait, the streets providing a beautiful backdrop, illuminated by the photographer's own light

urban location street engagement lit portrait Como Lake kissing couple Como Lake Como Engagement Portrait

Hangzhou City pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple at dusk near the water with single light | Zhejiang portrait shoot

Scenic pre-wedding picture of a couple at dusk near the water with single light

mountains water Hangzhou PreWedding Portrait Asia China dusk portrait lit portrait

England engagement portraits of a couple in phone booth in the countryside | UK photographer pre-wedding photographer pictures

Photographer lit engagement portrait of a couple in red phone booth in the countryside

red phone booth uk engagement session lit portrait UK countryside Dorset

Mountain top engagement images of a couple in nature | Colorado photographer pre-wedding session

Mountain top engagement images of a couple in nature above the clouds

Colorado mountain engagement mountaintop Colorado engagement photography lit portrait

UK countryside wedding engagement portrait of a couple | Essex pre-wedding pictures

Countryside wedding engagement portrait of a couple in nature, framed in center and lit up

uk engagement photography center framed countryside engagement Essex lit portrait United Kingdom

Dusk engagement session with a couple at tower bridge

dusk portrait Tower Bridge London lit portrait London engagement photographer

Engagement portraits created indoors with stained glass and statues

lit portrait stained glass Vietnam PreWedding Session silhouettes Vietnam statues

San Jose California Engagement Photography - Couple Lit with Flowers Outdoors

Engagement Photo Lit with Flowers Outdoors

California San Jose engagement session orange flowers flowers San Jose lit portrait

A dark outdoor pic of a lovingly intwined married couple in Brazil.

An amazing lit portrait of a married couple intertwined in front of a dusk sky is truly unique

married couple intertwined Brazil wedding lovingly intertwined A dark outdoor wedding married couple dusk sky truly unique wedding photo

Lit portrait on the Beach rocks of Rio de Janeiro Brazil for this engaged couple

Lit portrait on the Beach rocks for this engaged couple

Rio de Janeiro engagement photography lit portrait Rio de Janeiro beach rocks Brazil

Castile and León engagement portrait in the dark forest with great lighting

Castile leon engagement Castile couple portrait shoot engagement image Castile dark forest lit portrait lighting

Larger-than-life shadows created during this Brazil providing portrait shoot

Larger-than-life shadows created during this Brazil portrait shoot

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