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130+ Pre Wed Engagement Photo Session Ideas with Boats, Ships and Watercraft

Find a Photographer / Nautical + Boats + Ships + Watercraft

April 17, 2021 - Search for inspiration for your nautical-themed engagement photoshoot. Looking for creative portraits of couples in small rowboats, sailboats, luxurious yachts or maybe just a pre-wedding session at the beach, marina, harbor, lighthouse or docks? Get ideas from the best engagement and wedding photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. The best way to capture your personality and style during your engagement photoshoot is to jump in headfirst with an industry-leading WPJA photographer.

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Fun time by the lake of a couple during a portrait shoot in Foster City
Chris Shum
Berkeley Marina engagement photo shoot - Love heats up this portrait session in black and white
Tyler Vu
Siracusa engagement portraits on a sailboat - Shooting love from air
Simona Cancelli
Siracusa summer loving couple engagement portraits on a boat on the open water
Simona Cancelli
Kristina Cazares Neri, of California, is a wedding photographer for
Kristina Cazares Neri
Silverthorne, CO Engagement Portraits aboard the Love Boat at Sunset
Stacy Gillespie
La Cala, Palermo, Italy Engagement Shoot - Kiss at sunset at the tourist port of Palermo
Nino Lombardo
Boats at the ocean couple engagement portraits of a kiss on the beach in CAP FERRET - FRANCE
Isabelle Dohin
N. CA engagement image of couple at night | pre-wedding love session
Raymond Nguyen
Sunrise Couple Portraits at Cape Spear Light House in Newfoundland, Canada
Kathleen Ricker
San Diego, CA Engagement Photography Session - Image contains: Couple Silhouetted by a lake.
Kristina Cazares Neri
Katie Kaizer, of Massachusetts, is a wedding photographer for
Katie Kaizer
engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with a sailboat in the distance | Key West photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session
Julie Ambos
Boston, Massachusetts engagement photographer | portrait session at the Marina docks
Nicole Chan
Engagement Photography Session at Susquehanna Park, Havre de Grace, MD - Sunrise on the water in Havre de Grace Maryland. Lit with softbox.
Breanna Shaw
black and white image of two lovers walking on a jetty by the sea | Trapani, Sicily Portraits | hand in hand
Nino Lombardo
Siracusa pre-wedding night photo session with an engaged couple at the ending summer
Simona Cancelli
Rio de Janeiro destination wedding photographer for Brazil engagement sessions by the ocean
Clara Sampaio
Albany, New York engagement portraits | The bride to be steal's her fiance's sailor's cap as he lifts her on board a WWII battleship.
Lucy Schultz
Key West portrait photographer | Canoe fun Engagement session on the water
Julie Ambos
Italy engagement photo shoot riding a water taxi in Venice
Carlo Bettuolo
Engagement Photographer | Bill Baggs State Park, Key Biscayne, Florida couple embrace
Lukas Guillaume
Engagement session couple portrait in Central Park with water and boats
Denis Gostev
Pre-wedding couple shoot in the boats of Venice
Carlo Bettuolo
Engaged Couples Photographer | USS Slater, Albany, New York, USA - A military couple cuddles up on board a battleship for their dramatic engagement photo.
Lucy Schultz
Miraflores sesion at Malecon with the lighthouse at sunset
Dante Ceccon
Sacramento Engagement Photographer. Portrait session with a beached and wrecked fishing vessel.
Gagan Dhiman
Marta Buso, of Venezia, is a wedding photographer for
Marta Buso
Canal close to Piazza San Marco - Venice Italy | A couple engagement shoot during a gondola ride in Venice
Michele Agostinis
Bolsena Italy engagement session - Couple having a magic moment in the harbor
Zsofia Rebicek
Pre wedding session in the colorful Burano
Luca Fabbian
A Florida engagement photo session of a couple at the beach with ships | Key West photographer
Julie Ambos
Kerala backwater wedding engagement portriat of a couple in a boat on the water
Sephi Bergerson
Castile and León destination engagement session
Rocio Vega Roa
Carlo Bettuolo, of Venezia, is a wedding photographer for
Carlo Bettuolo
Bordeaux couple portrait as they look out at the sea with a small boat nearby
Isabelle Bazin
Marina Yacht Club, Chonburi beach couple photography session before the wedding day with a young naval officer and a young dentist With the atmosphere of the yacht marina in the background
Vutiporn Supanish
Buzios - RJ - Brasil Engagement portrait at sunset with my love and the beach
Wander Menezes
Engagement portrait of a couple at a New England lighthouse in MA
Alex Paul
Valencia sunset engagement shoot at the water with a light
Jose Miguel Perez Nunez
Engagement portraits at sunset on Willemstad the Netherlands, at the Hollands diep, nice loveshoot - Fort Sabina Heijningen
Caroline Elenbaas
Annecy, French Alps - A couple walk near the lake in Annecy
Sylvain Bouzat
Almería - Spain Engagement Portraits with the Sun and beach by a boat
Eduardo Blanco
CO Couple canoeing at sunset in front of Buffalo Mountain in Silverthorne.
Trent Gillespie
Western Maryland kissing couple in canoe during engagment photoshoot on the water
Kathleen Ricker
Salerno engagement photo shoot captures the couple sitting on the ground next to a red striped row boat
Paolo Ferrera
Martely, Hungary Fun Couple Portraits - Session at the Water with Hugs.
Krisztian Bozso
Venezia, Italy pre-wedding photo-shoot - Sweet picture at the pier of a young, engaged couple
Paolo Blocar
Overhead couple in a boat engagement photography at Assis Chateaubriand, Paraná
Heloisa Todescatt
Engagement Portraits on the docks of Le grazie - La Spezia
Matteo Originale
This portrait was taken at Hoi An between two fishing boats at the sea
Tam Nguyen
Nautical engagement images of a couple paddling small watercraft | Brazil photographer pre-wedding session for portraits
Gustavo Lucena
New England engagement portrait - Picture Session - Portrait contains: lighthouse, rocks, jetty, couple, water
Alex Paul
Destination wedding photographer Palermo Harbour engagement session photography with boats
Ufuk Sarisen
California Engagement Portrait on the Dock by the Water.
Leo Do
Italy pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple riding on a boat in the waters of Venice
Carlo Bettuolo
Dorset Pre Wedding Engagement Photography by the Water - England Photographers
Robin Goodlad
Brazil engagement photographer caught this prewedding portrait of a couple cuddling in a canoe
Claudia Amorim
Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil engagement portrait on the lake rowing a boat
Kássio Silva
Cascais, Portugal Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: last light, red dress, palm trees, blue sky
Fabio Azanha

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