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275+ Artistic and Creative Pre Wedding Engagement Photos

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October 31, 2021 - Artistic engagement photography from members of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. Get ideas from creative pre-wedding Diamond Award-winning portraits. You can count on a WPJA artist/photographer to push the cutting edge when it comes to stunning engagement portraits.

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Belo Horizonte, Brazil Silhouette of the couple together with the cross during engagement portrait shoot.
Victor Ataide
Mojacar Spain Photo shoot with Sunglasses for engaged couples
Eduardo Blanco
Utrecht, Netherlands Wedding Engagement Photographers
Corrine Ponsen
Christchurch Couple on large art installation couch in the streets of New Zealand
Liz Robson
IT pre wedding portrait session with engaged lovers in Grado, Italy showing their Love and tenderness
Paolo Blocar
Sentosa, Singapore Reflection with sihouette photoshoot with engaged couple.
Vu Nguyen
Nishit Parmar, of Essex, is a wedding photographer for
Nishit Parmar
Houston, TX, engagement photography - A double exposes photo of a happy couple in Fall
Si Vo
Shanghai couple photo session before the wedding day using flash light behind back
Yuan Man
Engagement Photography for Vicosa, Brazil - Couple hugging near a lake
Paulo Sacramento
New York Minimal E-shoot for a couple with brick buildings and a couple of cars
Tom Leung
Cenote Suytun Yucatan couple e-session while looking up to the light coming from above
Alessandro Banchelli
Steven Herrschaft, of Hessen, is a wedding photographer for
Steven Herrschaft
Gettysburg Engagement Portrait | Photographer: "This coupled opted for a hot air balloon for their engagement session so we climbed inside the balloon for a few photos before we took off."
Scott Josuweit
Scilla Enagaged Couple Portrait | reflections in a pool of water
Pasquale Minniti
Engagement portrait of a couple kissing reflected in a glass ball they are holding together in El Monte, CA.
Leo Do
Rocher du Falkenstein outside forest picture session before the wedding day in the fall with bright red leaves
Marck Yvan
Silhouetted couple kiss at night during their pre-wedding shoot in Saigon
Khoi Le
Nicola Lenivets engagement portrait session Somewhere in Russia
Sasha Dzyubchuk
Sapphire Point, Frisco on-location portrait e-shoot - double exposure silhouette of a couple and the sunrise
Lucy Schultz
Peru black and white portrait session with engaged couple
Desyree Valdiviezo
Abisko, Sweden environmental engagement e-session in front of a frozen waterfall
Elodie Ruelleux Dagorne
Pre-wedding Hingham, MA couple engagement image-session as the couple poses in direct sunlight
Korri Crowley
Minnesota couple e-session at Two Harbors with a firewheel nearby
Penny McCoy
CO afternoon sun flare couple summer engagement photos at Twin Lakes, CO
Stacy Gillespie
Trapani love during a dinner engagement photo session.
Simona Cancelli
North Point Park mini kissing couple photo session before the wedding day created while dropping glitter hearts onto a book
Warren Lane
A couple kisses at nighttime in a beautiful Saigon garden in this engagement photo by a Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam photographer.
Khoi Le
Waterfront Brewery, Key West, Florida Couple Portrait Photographer: really cool mural, but has really bad foreground. reflected the mural into my cell phone below lens to create the illusion that couple was inside the waterscape
Michael Freas
True Love Engagement Portrait Session at the Golden Mile Tower in Singapore displaying a Singapore couple having fun with light and shadows
Timothy Sim
Brazilian couple e-shoot at Cabanas Encantadas, Goiânia on a wooden walking bridge above from a high angle
Claudia Amorim
Engagement Photos from Durango, Bizkaia, Spain - Portrait contains: vertical, black and white, couple
Monika Zaldo
Fujian garage prewedding portrait session with Light and shadows
Qi Xiang
Feel the warmth of the late afternoon sun in this engagement portrait from Golf Club, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Clara Sampaio
London Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography - Colour image of close up with rainbow lens flare
Ashley Davenport
China couple pre wedding portrait in beijing
Xiaoye Sun
Ravenna Wild Beach, Italy on-location portrait e-shoot through the lens, upside down color kiss
Caterina Errani
Outdoor Marseille couple engagement photography portrait walking past an art wall
Sylvain Bouzat
Ahmedabad, India engagement photographer: Couple stood on a ledge with a tree reflected underneath them (signifying roots to their marriage/relationship)
Nishit Parmar
Brooklyn Bridge Fine Art Engagement Photos with a Kiss in the sunlight
Tim D. Yun
Germany wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple | stars and sky | Hesse pre-wedding pictures
Steven Herrschaft
Black and white pre-wedding photo-session at Lake Geneva by the ocean in a creative upside down display
Castille Alma
Engagement photo using light and shadow to make it appear as though the bride is dancing in the groom's heart in Kuliang Mount.
Henry Xu
LACMA Museum Engagement Photo Session - Photographer: their first trip was here and 5 years later the came back for a professional session.
David Truong
McKinney Falls State Park Day and night creative engagement portrait session in black and white
Shannon Cain
Shanghai Artful Engagement Picture showing There is a shadow of the couple's shade
Will Tee
Vail creative engagement shoot of couple having a drink at the Sebastian Hotel lobby
Stacy Gillespie
Couple Engagement Photo Session | Downtown Gettysburg PA Engagement Session
Scott Josuweit
Ruse, Bulgaria - The Eyes of Love | Engagement Photos
Bozhidar Krastev
Aguilas couple e-shoot in Murcia with Face to Face intimacy
Eduardo Blanco
Manhattan Apple Computer Shoot - Engagement session in Grand Central, Manhattan, NYC
Lukas Guillaume
Illinois wedding engagement photos for Chicago couples
Victoria Sprung
Artehouse, Washington, D.C - Engaged couple surrounded by the colors of reflection during their engagement portrait session
Ken Pak
New Jersey Artful engagement session with bubbles and red tops
Michelle Arlotta
Engagement portrait of a couple laughing surrounded by vibrant, graphic colors in Venice, California.
Tanya Parada
legion of honor optical illusion silhouette | California Engagement Photos
Ian Chin
Shannxi Xi'an couple e-session behind a bush at sunset
Sun Long
This Engagement photo was taken at Da Nang - Trees
Tam Nguyen
Loveland Engagement Shoot | Colorado Wedding Photographer - Bride and groom silhouette
Jesse La Plante
Viseu, Portugal outside environmental couple prewedding image created as The peacock opens 
Nuno Lopes

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