Wedding Photos of San Francisco engagement photography

The following “San Francisco engagement photography” 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 “San Francisco engagement photography” 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 pre-wedding engagement portrait captures a couple in San Francisco, Northern California, embracing against the backdrop of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. The image also features wind-swept flat ocean waters.

An Embrace Among Giants | A Golden Gate Engagement Session in Northern California

Lifestyle couple portrait in Northern California's San Francisco showcases a lovely couple amidst green foliage. The tilted camera angle adds a dramatic and artistic touch, while a row of houses serves as a scenic backdrop.

Captivating Urban Lovebirds | Artistic Engagement Session amidst San Francisco's Lush Greenery

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In San Francisco, the lovely couple shares a kiss inside the historic Sutro Bath ruins, framed against an old concrete wall grid with a breathtaking ocean backdrop. - Ruins of Love by Sea

San Francisco: Ruins of Love by Sea

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In Northern California, San Francisco, the couple embraces, holding hands in front of a black-yellow barricade, capturing an urban city vibe illuminated by the warmth of the sunshine. - Urban Love in City Glow

San Francisco: Urban Love in City Glow

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In San Francisco, a layered portrait of the couple is framed by leading lines, capturing an urban concrete wall vibe, adding depth to their story. - Urban Layers: San Francisco Style

Urban Layers: San Francisco Style - Capturing the Depth of their Story

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A WPJA wedding photographer captured an engagement picture of a couple standing in San Francisco's woods, with only the two of them and twisted tree trunks overhead

Intimate Moments in San Francisco's Enchanted Woods

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In this image, an engaged couple in San Francisco, California, pose for portraits, capturing the joy between them with the Bay Bridge in the background

Capturing Bay Area Bliss: San Francisco Engaged Couple Poses Against Iconic Backdrop of the Bay Bridge

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A beautiful engagement portrait captures the couple strolling through a serene cypress forest in San Francisco, surrounded by towering trees along a trail

Whispering Romance: Enchanting Engagement Portrait Unveils Serene Cypress Forest Oasis in San Francisco's Heart

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A dreamy engagement portrait session in San Francisco, California captures the couple's intimate embrace beneath the majestic archway, from a unique low angle perspective

Enchanting Engagement: A Captivating Embrace Immortalized in San Francisco's Breathtaking Archway

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A San Francisco, CA couple in love gazes lovingly into each other's eyes during their engagement portrait, showing their deep connection and affection

Capturing the Love: Engaged Couple in San Francisco, CA Share Intimate Engagement Portrait Revealing Deep Connection and Affection

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The engagement portrait captures the couple in a unique perspective, framed perfectly under the arches of the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco, California

A Captivating Engagement Portrait: Embracing Love Under the Arches of the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, California

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The happy couple embraced and shared a romantic kiss while strolling along the sandy beach of San Francisco, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge visible in the distant horizon

San Francisco Beach Romance: Happy couple embraces and shares a kiss near the iconic Golden Gate Bridge

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A couple in San Francisco, CA were photographed in a Mustang with the city skyline in the background

The engaged couple in San Francisco, CA were captured in a beautiful moment, smiling in a Mustang with the city skyline in the background

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The couple posed for a romantic embrace and kiss in front of the Golden Gate Bridge at night in Overlook, San Francisco for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture

Overlook, San Francisco: Couple's Romantic Embrace at Golden Gate Bridge at Night

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The couple posed for their Save-the-Date wedding announcement photo at Baker Beach, San Francisco, with the Golden Gate in the background at golden hour

Baker Beach, San Francisco - Golden Gate at Golden Hour: Couple's Wedding Announcement Photo

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The couple posed for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, surrounded by towering columns

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco: Couple Announcement Picture Among Towering Columns and Lush Gardens

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The soon-to-be-married couple pose for an amusing save-the-date wedding announcement picture in San Francisco City Hall

San Francisco City Hall: soon-to-be-married couple pose for amusing wedding announcement picture by a large window

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The couple posed for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture at San Francisco City Hall, framed by beautiful stairs in a high angle shot

San Francisco City Hall: couple posed for wedding announcement, high angle shot framed by beautiful stairs

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A happy couple are soon to be married with the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in the background in San Francisco, California

In San Francisco, California, a couple kissed near the iconic Golden Gate Bridge

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The couple at the lifestyle photoshoot in San Francisco, California were beautifully framed by the photographer through a Cherry Blossom tree, and the shadows and sunlight added more complexity to the image, creating multiple layers for a stunning effect

A San Francisco beautiful Cherry Blossom tree framed the romantic couple in a stunning photoshoot

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The newly engaged couple were glowing with happiness at their prewedding photoshoot in the majestic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco

At the majestic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the newly engaged couple glowed with joyous happiness

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The couple enjoyed the beautiful sunny day in San Francisco as they had their pre-wedding portrait taken in front of City Hall

In San Francisco CA, the couple had a lifestyle portrait taken at City Hall on a beautiful day

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The couple in San Francisco embraced passionately in front of the Palace of Fine Arts wall for a pre wedding lifestyle portrait

In San Francisco, California, the couple embraced during a lifestyle portrait session at a Palace of Fine Arts wall

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The couple are captured in a romantic portrait, enjoying the sunset breeze on a beach in San Francisco, CA

In San Francisco, a silhouette portrait captures the couple enjoying the sunset breeze

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The engaged couple had their pre-wedding portrait taken at The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, with a low camera angle and in black and white

At Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA, the engaged couple posed for a portrait, shot from a low angle

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The engaged couple's pre-wedding portrait in San Francisco, CA, was taken at Pier 7 with a stunning sunrise, framed symmetrically and near the guard railing of iron

At Pier 7 in San Francisco, CA, the engaged couple's portrait was captured with a stunning sunrise

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The newly engaged couple enjoyed a warm morning embracing in love while resting on curved railings in San Francisco for their pre-wedding lifestyle portrait

San Francisco, CA: Newly engaged couple embracing at curved railings for urban lifestyle portrait session

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The engaged couple spent a peaceful afternoon together in San Francisco, sipping coffee in this black and white pre-wedding portrait

San Francisco: Engaged couple sitting at cafe table sipping coffee in a BW portrait session

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The couple was captured dipping at dusk beneath the patterned ceiling of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA in a lifestyle engagement portrait taken from a low camera angle

San Francisco, CA: Engagement portrait of couple dipping at Palace of Fine Arts, captured from low angle in rotunda

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A deep kiss in the rays of the afternoon sun over San Francisco

The couple about to get married shared a kiss in the afternoon sun at the park

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