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October 31, 2021 - The wedding and couple portrait photographers of the WPJA can inspire you with their artistic imagery. Find creative ideas and ways to show off your formal outfits during your engagement portrait session, whether it’s that sleek cocktail dress, a smart tie, and slacks, or a stunning pair of heels. WPJA members are not afraid to try new techniques and, as experts in their field, they can help you create the high class and stylized portrait session you’ve always wanted.

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W Punta Mita Resort, Punta Mita, Mexico engagement shoot | Photo includes: couple, silhouette, water, sunset, dancing
Juan Carlos Calderon
Uris Library at Cornell University Engagement Photographer: I used the reflection on the library desk to create this "up side down" look-like image.
Will Tee
Portrait of a couple with moving subway train during engagement session in london
Samuel Berthelot
Bucharest Couple loving each other during the pre wedding photo session in the Appeal Court
Cristina Tanase
Canada engagement photos of a couple in the mountains | Alberta photographer pre-wedding portrait session
Dorota Karpowicz
Cape Town engagement portrait of couple using shadow to create a contrast
Eric Corbacho
Pasadena portrait e-session - double exposures with a couple
Darren Hendry
Engaged couple kisses in front of the main entrance of the Appeal Court historical building during pre wedding photo shoot.
Cristina Tanase
True Love Engagement Posed Portrait in Oakland capturing a CA couple taking a Walk in the woods in pale sunlight
Tyler Vu
Napa, California Vineyard Mystery engagement portraits, lit at dusk
Tyler Vu
Forest bike path engagement photos in Hualien, China
Tao Hsuan Tzu
Breckenridge, CO Winter adventures engagement picture session in the cold white snow
Stacy Gillespie
Black-and-white intimate Lake Tahoe couple portraits
Shaunte Dittmar
Pyramid Island, Jasper National Park, AB, Canada outside forest picture session before the wedding day while crossing a wet bridge over the water on a Rainy afternoon
Dorota Karpowicz
North Avenue Beach, Chicago Artful Engagement Picture for a couple walking in front of the skyline
Victoria Sprung
Wedding engagement photography in Goias by a waterfall | Brazil engagement photographers
Claudia Amorim
Art Institute of Chicago | couple pulling each other during indoor pre wedding engagement shoot
Olu Akintorin
Travis Haughton, of Illinois, is a wedding photographer for
Travis Haughton
Romania Bucharest Couple kissing on the street during engagement portrait session
Petrica Tanase
Chicago destination wedding photography | Illinois engagement photographers
Milan Lazic
Atacama desert couple portrait session in the sun at the water
Eric Corbacho
Engaged couple gaze down the river during engagement session portraits at Lair o' the Bear Park in Idledale, CO
Autumn Parry
Lair O Bear Park Couple kissing by water during a winter pre-wed photo session
Shea McGrath
Haras Albar couple e-session against the warm red bricks and in the warm afternoon sunlight
Eric Corbacho
San Diego prewed portrait session with a couple standing in front of some wall art
Kristina Cazares Neri
Two Harbors couple e-session in Minnesota at a frozen waterfall
Penny McCoy
Lima prewedding portrait of a couple with a mural as their backdrop | Peru wedding engagement
Jamil Valle
Sofia Artful Engagement Picture with the Couple looking at each other at the restaurant patio
Tatyana Chohadjieva
Pre-Wed Engagement Session on the hills of cappadocia, Turkey
Ankita Asthana
Bridge over the water couple engagement portraits at Ponte Vecchio in Florence, as they sitting on the wall of the bridge
Laura Barbera
Sunshine couple intimate engagement picture session in Harrisburg, PA
Scott Josuweit
Port Aransas Beach environmental engagement e-session at Sunrise in Port Aransas, TX
Shannon Cain
A Happy couple posing for engagement portraits in the sand dunes of Death Valley National Park, CA, USA
Dorota Karpowicz
Mission Control - Santa Ana, California pre-wedding portraits at the Arcade/Bar Engagement Session
Shaun Baker
Rio de Janeiro on-location portrait e-shoot of couple standing on the stairs of a brick structure
Bruno Mattos
Calle del Chorro couple e-session in San Miguel de Allende using an external flash, The light was used intentionally to also give light to the bougainvillea and cause a dramatic effect to the photo
Jorge Alcala Goded
Shaun Baker, of California, is a wedding photographer for
Shaun Baker
Baltimore wedding photographer | Maryland engagement photography with a couple and hot air balloons
Kathleen Ricker
Arches National Park Engagement Photos - The couple in Arches National Park
Leon Wong
Shaun Baker, of California, is a wedding photographer for
Shaun Baker
Couple at sunrise on the beach of Positano during engagement photo session.
Renan Radici
world trade center - engaged couple silhouette during portrait shoot
Wenjie Han
Virginia bride and groom to be, posturing for an engagement image at Great Falls captured as The groom-to-be balances his fiance on his leg in a very dramatic ballet pose on the rocks, with a waterfall in the distance
Brittany Diliberto
Engagement Photography in Santa Monica - Stylish couple chilling in an 'old' house in Santa Monica
Darren Hendry
Bursa, Turkey engaged couple portrait
Nilufer Nalbantoglu
San Francisco on-location portrait e-shoot - I'm so glad to be walking through this journey together with you
Chris Shum
Engaged Couple kissing against giant mural in Wynwood, Miami, FL
Lukas Guillaume
Borgo San Felice, Siena engagement session with a sunset and a stunning background
Andrea Sampoli
Monjeau Lookout, NM outside environmental couple prewedding photoshoot in BW in the Ruidoso countryside
Shannon Cain
A couple has a fun pillow fight in Bangalore in this pre-wedding photo session by a Karnataka photographer.
Vijay Anand
Istanbul, Galata Bridge pre wedding photoshoot | engagement shooting at istanbul turkey on the bridge
Ufuk Sarisen
Silhouette portrait of newly engaged couple before their wedding day
Penny McCoy
DC pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple running down the middle of a mountain road | portrait shoot on location
Mantas Kubilinskas
Sapphire Point, Frisco environmental engagement e-session - a couple walking up a mountain
Lucy Schultz
Engagement Photographer | Indoor session at Rice University, Houston, TX
David Truong
Antelope Canyon, AZ engagement photographer: "Took my couple into a small slot canyon outside of Page, AZ. I used a single flash to light the couple."
Sean Lara
Shaun Baker, of California, is a wedding photographer for
Shaun Baker
California - Northern Engagement Portraits at santana row san jose
Ian Chin
Manassas, VA Pre Wedding Engagement Shoot up in the clouds
Sunny Mathur
Caracas Sunset love portraits - Engagement Photo Shoot
Victor R. Urosa

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