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25+ Musical Instrument Engagement Portraits by Top Photographers

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April 17, 2021 - Have your engagement portrait taken with your favorite music instruments. Get ideas for ways to incorporate the band into your pre-wedding photoshoots. Be inspired by photos of guitars, horns, violins, cellos, pianos, and other wind, brass, or string instruments from the top engagement photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. Whatever you’re looking for in your engagement photoshoot, a WPJA member can tune into your artistic vision to life today.

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new orleans couple pose on the steps of a business as a street musician plays for them
Milan Lazic
Central Park Dancing in Bethesda Terrace during Engagement Portrait Session
Denis Gostev
a Couple kissing in the hills during their engagement photoshoot in Godley Head, Christchurch NZ
Liz Robson
Walking along the street in GA during urban engagement shoot for portraits
Joshua Grasso
Rock and Roll engagement photography at Brooklyn, NY with an Air guitar jam session
Casey Fatchett
Engagement Photography for Istanbul, Turkey - music lovers embraced in black and white
Nilufer Nalbantoglu
Pomorskie pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple on fire escape of a graffiti painted building | Poland portrait shoot
Raphael Newman
Argentina Engagement portraits sitting on a piano in the fields of Provincia de Buenos Aires
Veronica Ruiz
Mountains in Abruzzo - Italy | He plays the guitar for her during an engagement shoot under the blue sky
Pierpaolo Cialini
Raphael Newman, of Pomorskie, is a wedding photographer for
Raphael Newman
Couple Engagement Photo Session | Bologna, Italy - Love and music
Lisa Pacor
Pre-wedding photography in Colombia - Villa de Leyva
Camilo Nivia
Valleta Malta Portrait Session - A couple enjoys the music provided by a street musician during their engagement session in Malta
Kurt Vinion
Pré-wedding photo session with open fire, guitar and a couple in Caraíba.
Claudia Amorim
Engagement Photography for Zamora - Image contains: couple, arch, stone, hair, light, shadows, trumpet, horn
Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa
Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil evening e-session
Kássio Silva
DC pre wedding portrait session of engaged musicians in Blagden Alley laughing and playing a mandolin & banjo
Brittany Diliberto
Rock and Roll Engagement Portrait session for this couple with a guitar
Raphael Newman
Goias Engagement Photography Session with guitar, ballet and street art
Claudia Amorim
Engagement session at San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires | Photo shooting at the bride's farm
Veronica Ruiz
England black and white engagement photos of a couple playing the guitar in the trees while kissing | UK photographer pre-wedding portrait session
Catherine Hill
Engagement Photography | Brasília - Brazil Couple and acoustic guitar under sunset.
Gustavo Lucena
Desyree Valdiviezo, of Lima, is a wedding photographer for
Desyree Valdiviezo
Bethesda Terrace in Central Park - Having fun during music performance and engagement photography session.
Denis Gostev
Engagement Photography Session at One if By Land, NYC - Chopsticks...
Casey Fatchett

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