Wedding Photos of Sunshine

The following “Sunshine” 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 “Sunshine” 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.

Garden of the Gods Park - Colorado Springs, Colorado couple embracing during portraits on their wedding day.

Castello di Strassoldo, Cervignano, Italy creative natural sunlight wedding portrait

Cervignano weddings natural sunlight creative Castello di Strassoldo Cervignano bride and groom wedding portrait Italy

Pirenópolis natural sunlight wedding couple portrait

Pirenópolis photographer natural couple portrait sunlight sunshine Pirenópolis wedding

Wellfleet, MA creative beach sand running wedding image of the Bride and groom in the sunshine

Wellfleet creative sand MA bride and groom sunshine

Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, AB, Canada fine art wedding portrait of the Bride and groom and a beautiful sunrise

fine art wedding portrait lens flare Lake Minnewanka AB Banff National Park sunshine

Colorado Bend State Park Adventure Engagement Session at a CO State Park

colorado weddings sunlight Bend State Park sunshine CO State Park adventure Colorado photographer

Big Bend National Park Adventure micro outdoor mountain photo session with sun flare

Outdoor sunshine El Paso adventure Big Bend National Park sun flare sunlight

Schio, Vicenza, Italy mini photo session before the wedding day - couple in a grass field

grass field Schio sunlight Vicenza photographer Vicenza weddings sunshine

Montpellier, Hérault fine art wedding portrait of the bride in lace and some warm sunshine

The bride and groom had a romantic wedding portrait taken in the sunshine, with the groom kissing his bride's neck

France Hérault wedding portrait Montpellier photographer Montpellier Herault bride warm

France mini beach amoureux photography session before the wedding at the water

sunshine france weddings France photography session amoureux France beach

Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona mini couple photo session before the wedding day with lens flare

AZ Phoenix afternoon warm light Japanese Friendship Garden sunlight

Palos Verdes Beach mini photo session before the wedding day of a smiling and hugging couple

beach lens flare afternoon Palos Verdes Heather DeCamp sunlight sun flare

A Devils Thumb, AB, Canada Sunrise madness pre-wed picture session

Canada mountain lens flare sun flare Devils Thumb sunlight view

Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads at sunset in the woods

trees woods afternoon Les Sables dOlonne sunshine France sunlight

Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France Silhouette pre-wed shot of a couple kissing at sunset on a motorbike over the ocean

sun flare Vendee sunset Les Sables dOlonne ocean lens flare sunlight

The Farm Al Barari, Dubai Couple with sun as backlight for their pre-wed photography session

sun sunlight sunshine Backlight sun flare trees afternoon

LaSalle Street Bridge Running in the streets during a sunset creative pre-wedding photo shoot

LaSalle Street warm light sunshine sunset sunlight afternoon running

Aguilas Murcia Car and sunset pre-wed image session with a clear sky

car afternoon sunlight Aguilas Murcia Sky

Washoe Lake, NV couple walking with their pups in the sand during a pre-wed image shoot

Nevada NV sunlight sunset Washoe Lake sunshine

red brick art gallery during an engagement portrait session with some Love in the rain

3D art shadows symmetry sunshine China silhouette Beijing wedding couple

Marciac, Gers, France couple kissing with the sunset for a creative engagement portrait

lens flare Gers afternoon sun flare sunlight Marciac

Erice Mount - Italy Sunshine caresses the couple for an artistic and warm engagement portrait

afternoon lens flare sunlight Italy warm light sunshine sunset

Acreage by Stem Ciders, Lafayette, CO couple silhouetted in front of sunset during an engagement pre-wed photography session

sunlight silhouette Stem Ciders creative portrait CO Lafayette CO sunset

Versailles gardens, France Pre-wedding engagement at sunset with a warm kiss

France sunlight warm light lens flare kiss sun flare Versailles

Houston, TX Couple having their romantic moment under a sunset hour at Herman Park during a creative pre-wed portrait shoot

sunset hour Houston sunlight Herman Park sun flare Si Vo sunshine

chicago downtown engagement session on the bridge with warm afternoon sunlight

lens flare sunlight IL bridge sun flare Chicago

chicago lincoln park engagement session in warm sunlight

lens flare Chicago sunshine Lincoln Park afternoon Warm sunlight

chicago lincoln park beach couple during a pre-wed engagement photo session

sea sun flare sunshine sand Lincoln Park afternoon

Sutro Baths. Lands End. San Francisco, California couple portrait shoot at the very edge of a continent where San Francisco meets the Pacific Ocean are the Sutro Baths

sand warm light sea waves sunlight Lands End beach

Taft Point adventure engagement session in Yosemite National Park

afternoon view warm light mountains sun flare sunlight cliffs

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