Wedding Photos of Sunset portrait

The following “Sunset 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 “Sunset 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.

Bavel's KorenMolen de Hoop hosted an intimate ceremony, with the couple's profile portrait captured as the sun set, in a stunning scene

profile portrait KorenMolen de Hoop Bavel Face to face silhouette sunset portrait Noord Brabant

bride wearing a traditional red wedding dress during sunset

chinese bride Eliza Slobodzian sunset portrait British Columbia Canada British Columbia Photographer red dress

bride flicks her dress as the sun sets behind her

California photographer California - Southern Kate Hampson Train station sunset portrait

couple is kissing for a last picture before the diner outside during sunset

Florian Maguin Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes sunset portrait France photographer couple kissing

The beautiful sunset is the perfect frame for the bride and groom's kiss at Crete Senesi, Castello di Leonina

At Castello di Leonina, Crete Senesi, the bride and groom's kiss was adorned by a beautiful sunset

sunset portrait Crete Senesi Artistic Photographer Crete Senesi Beautiful sunset Castello di Leonina couple kiss Tuscany

Langres Engagment Shoot at Sunset | Portrait of the couple with sky and clouds

a Langes sunset portrait of the couple silhouetted

Oliver Saillard sunset portrait Langres Photographer France Silhouette portrait Langres sky and clouds

Fort Collins nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a Colorado couple taking in the dramatic sunset overlooking Horsetooth Reservoir

Horsetooth Reservoir Colorado Fort Collins Fort Collins Photographer sunset portrait dramatic sky Mark Creery

A Nevada, on location couple lifestyle portrait at the Valley of Fire capturing the Sunset and love

Valley of Fire Nevada photographer sunset portrait evening engagement cowboy hat Tiago Pinheiro Silhouette portrait

Sao Luis do Quitunde lifestyle couples photography session in Alagoas, Brazil showing the young couple at the sunset

smiles sunset portrait Renner Boldrino Brazil Alagoas São Luis do Quitunde young couple

A lifestyle engagement portrait session in Trieste for an Italian couple with some Sunset love by the water

Italy waters edge engagement Trieste trieste photographer sunset portrait

Trieste lifestyle couples photography session in Italy showing the lovers posing at sunset near the water

posing at sunset Italy Trieste sunset portrait trieste photographer waters edge engagement

A Grado, Italy, on location couple lifestyle portrait during a sweet hug by the sea

sunset portrait Grado Photographer Italy hug Grado by the sea

Washington DC nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a sunset silhouette couple at Meridian Hill Park

Meridian Hill Park sunset portrait Silhouette portrait DC photographer Washington DC

A Washington DC sunset lifestyle couple portrait session in Meridian Hill Park with a tender kiss at sunset by the trees

Meridian Hill Park sunset portrait DC photographer tender kiss Washington DC

Cerbois lifestyle engagement photography of a couple in the Tournesol of Centre-Val de Loire, France

sunflower field Cerbois Photographer sunflowers France sunset portrait Centre-Val de Loire Tournesol

Oingt nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a French couple walking in a field just after the sunset

Florian Maguin Oingt Photographer walking in field sunset portrait Oingt Silhouette portrait French Couple

A Burgundy sunset lifestyle portrait session at Chateau de Fretoy for the young couple kissing at sunset on the grass lawn

sunset portrait Burgundy Photographer burgundy grass lawn Chateau de Fretoy couple kissing

An Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on location lifestyle portrait of the Couple embracing at sunset

Brittany France Jeremie Sangare Ille-et-Vilaine sunset portrait Couple embracing Brittany photographer

Brittany lifestyle engagement photography of French Lovers on the sunset

beach engagement sunset portrait France ocean Brittany photographer Brittany Elodie Gentit

sunset with couple silhouette

Basel Basel Photographer sunset portrait Silhouette portrait Germany

A lifestyle engagement portrait session at Bevano Natural Reserve for an Italian couple immersed in nature in sunset love

Italy photographer Bevano Natural Reserve Caterina Errani sunset portrait

An Italy, on location lifestyle portrait at Bevano Natural Reserve with the couple totally immersed in nature during a sunset love session

sunset portrait sunset love session Italy Bevano Natural Reserve Caterina Errani couple kissing Italy photographer

A lifestyle engagement portrait session at the Louvre Carrousel in Paris for a couple during sunset

sunset portrait Paris Louvre Pyramid Paris photographer

A Montpellier countryside lifestyle portrait session for a couple embracing in tall grass at sunset

Montpellier sunset portrait Couple embracing tall grasses Montpellier photographer

Montpellier nontraditional lifestyle engagement portrait of a French couple embracing at sunset in the wind by the water

windy Montpellier photographer Montpellier France sunset portrait

A lifestyle engagement portrait session in Colorado for a couple kissing at the Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado photographer sunset portrait Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado Shea McGrath

A mountain Virginia lifestyle picture session on location at the Shenandoah National Park for a Couple at an overlook in the Blue Ridge Mountains during sunset

Blue Ridge Mountains overlook sunset portrait Shenandoah National Park Virginia photographer Virginia

Praia do Frances engagement announcement photo idea in Alagoas, Brazil with some sunset wind at the beach with waves

Alagoas photographer Brazil waves Renner Boldrino sunset portrait beach engagement ocean

Maceio destination engagement shoot for a Brazilian Silhouette of a couple on the beach

Renner Boldrino Silhouette portrait Maceió photographer beach engagement Brazil Alagoas Maceió

Le Touquet Paris Plage announcement of engagement idea with the sunset using the Couple looking at each other at the beach

Le Touquet ocean beach engagement Paris Le Touquet Paris Plage Paris photographer sunset portrait

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