25 Ways to Transform Your Wedding With Lighting
If you want to make your wedding unique in an affordable way, Bridal Guide shows how to spice up your wedding with different lighting techniques.
Unlike covering your wedding venue with towering floral arrangements, creative lighting can be surprisingly affordable. From uplighting to lanterns, image projections to illuminated backdrops, here are some of our favorite ideas.
Twinkling Lights
Create a "ceiling" of twinkling lights to reflect the night sky during an outdoor wedding.
Twinkling Lights
Transform a barn into a glamorous ballroom with light strands and chandeliers.
Uplighting
The dramatic centerpieces combined with the purple uplighting transform this reception space into a winter wonderland.
Uplighting
Blend a few different colors for this watercolor-inspired effect.
Uplighting
Cool uplighting, candles, and chandeliers warm up an industrial loft wedding reception.
Uplighting
Give your reception a frosty feel with icy blue lights.
Uplighting
Don't be afraid to go bold with your uplighting!
Suspended Lights
Wow your guests with a cool lighting installation.
Backdrop
Creating a stunning photo backdrop is as simple as hanging a few strands of twinkling lights.
Backdrop
Oversized light-up letters provide a fun background for your photos.
Backdrop
Put the focus on your head table with strands of café lights.
Lanterns
Your guests will feel like they've been transported to an enchanted garden with this romantic idea.
Lanterns
Floating paper lanterns are a fun and colorful way to punch up your reception space.
Lanterns
Jewel-toned lanterns, combined with cool uplighting, provide a soft glow.
Lanterns
Lanterns provide a warm glow over your nighttime reception.
Lanterns
Choose paper lanterns that contrast your uplighting.
Chandeliers
Bring the indoors out with chandeliers over your dance floor.
Projections
An illuminated aisle is an ultra-romantic idea for a nighttime ceremony.
Projections
Add the appearance of texture on your walls with creative lighting.
Projections
Create a beautiful backdrop for a winter wedding ceremony with images of trees.
Projections
Give your wedding a one-of-a-kind feel with a pattern projected across the ceiling.
Projections
Highlight your monogram with a wavy image projection.
Dance Floor
A light-up dance floor will be a fun surprise for your guests.
Dance Floor
Pin lights give this dance floor a magical feel.
Dance Floor
Dance under the moon and stars in your own fairy tale wedding.
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