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

Find a Photographer / Nautical + Boats + Ships + Watercraft

October 31, 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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Positano prewedding engagement photo session with a boat in the foreground
Matteo Lomonte
Engagement session couple portrait in Central Park with water and boats
Denis Gostev
Indonesia engagement pictures of a couple covering each others eyes at the beach with boats | Bali photographer pre-wedding shoot with photographer
MangKhris Santika
Japaratinga Fine Art Pre Wedding Portrait in BW with a silhouette couple standing on the ledge
Gustavo Sarmento
Pre-wedding Mártély couple portrait-session in Hungary with the groom to be kneeling on the wooden boat dock and presenting an engagement ring
Szilveszter Szabados
Santa Cruz Beach Engagement Picture with Lighthouse
Shea McGrath
Dorset Pre Wedding Engagement Photography by the Water - England Photographers
Robin Goodlad
Amsterdam Canal engagement portrait of a couple on back of a boat
Frances Morency
Positano, Italy, Almafi Coast engagement picture on a boat - Love in Italy
Tyler Vu
Siracusa portrait e-session of the couple out on the water holding one another on a boat
Simona Cancelli
Como Lake engagement photography shoot with a couple kissing in a boat
Ufuk Sarisen
Photo shoot for engagement on the island of Levanzo in Sicily next to the clear waters
Nino Lombardo
Ventnor City Beach New Jersey Pre Wedding Photographer -- "I waited for these birds that kept flying by to get the perfect shot."
Miguel Gonzalez
Discovery Park Engagement Photography - Couple walks on rocks near light house
Logan Westom
Pre-wedding couple shoot in the boats of Venice
Carlo Bettuolo
Bangkok Artful Engagement Picture showing that We sing, we dance, we love and we smile
Siwanat Phongbunkumlarp
Sunset engagement Portrait | A couple embrace outside the Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk, UK
Rob Dodsworth
Marseille couple e-shoot during the golden hour by the sea
Thomas Orsatelli
Bari engagement photo session under the blue skies of Apulia, with boats on the water
Matteo Lomonte
Hugging in the boat during engagement photography session at Pyramid Island, Jasper National Park, AB, Canada
Dorota Karpowicz
London, United Kingdom boat house terrace sun light romantic couple portrait session for engagement pictures
Miguel Onieva
Crozon, France Couple Picture for Pre Wedding Image
Patrick Lombaert
Miraflores sesion at Malecon with the lighthouse at sunset
Dante Ceccon
True Love Engagement Portrait Session in Sayulita, Nayarit showing a couple on the Mexico beach with boats and volleyball players
Juan Carlos Calderon
Key West, FL Engagement Shoot at the Beach with Sail Boat
Julie Ambos
Bordeaux couple portrait as they look out at the sea with a small boat nearby
Isabelle Bazin
Boat marina sunset couple engagement portraits at the docks in Trapani, Italy
Nino Lombardo
Minnesota engagement photography at the water with the city skyline
Theresa Scarbrough
Gantry Park LIC Engagement Photography session
Tim D. Yun
Black and white couple engagement shoot in Trapani, Italy
Nino Lombardo
Toronto, Ontario couple engagement portrait under a tree at a port with boats
Aniket Sananse
Eastern Shore Engagement photography of a couple sitting on a boat in the water with clouds overhead
Kathleen Ricker
Pre-wedding portrait photo shoot in a boat on the river in Hoi An Vietnam
Trung Dinh
Badavut, Ayvalık, Balıkesir Couple sitting on a boat are kissing during engagement photo session.
Orçun Yalçın
Girl smiling at her fiancee with sun hats at the beach during engagement shoot | East Sussex England
Corina Oghina
La Cala, Palermo, Italy Engagement Shoot - Kiss at sunset at the tourist port of Palermo
Nino Lombardo
Cabo de Gata - Almeria pre-wedding photo shoot of a couple on the beach with boats.
Eduardo Blanco
Hoi An love engagement picture session in a boat on the water
Anh Phan
Destination engagement portrait session on the Cruise Ship MSC Seaview - Glass bridge
Vinicius Fadul
Key West portrait photographer | Canoe fun Engagement session on the water
Julie Ambos
Tineretului park engagement portrait session with a couple posing in a boat on tineretului park
Petrica Tanase
California Engagement Portrait on the Dock by the Water.
Leo Do
Overhead couple in a boat engagement photography at Assis Chateaubriand, Paraná
Heloisa Todescatt
This portrait was taken at Hoi An between two fishing boats at the sea
Tam Nguyen
Siracusa engagement portraits on a sailboat - Shooting love from air
Simona Cancelli
Outdoor Adirondack Park, New York couple engagement photography portraits as he splashes his fiance with his canoe paddle
Lucy Schultz
Venice, Italy mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day of a couple sitting by a canal
Luca Fabbian
Acicastello Artful Engagement Picture from a drone for a couple who know how to relax and love
Simona Cancelli
Kerala backwater wedding engagement portriat of a couple in a boat on the water
Sephi Bergerson
Engagement Photographer | Bill Baggs State Park, Key Biscayne, Florida couple embrace
Lukas Guillaume
Fort Myers Florida Engagement Photography - Couple Fun in a Canoe
Julie Ambos
Italy Engagement session in Venice - Black and White prewedding portraits
Luca Fabbian
Boating engagement portraits at Oporto - Douro River of the couple ejoying the sunset in a sailboat
Bruno Moreira
Boston, Massachusetts engagement photographer | portrait session at the Marina docks
Nicole Chan
Siracusa pre-wedding night photo session with an engaged couple at the ending summer
Simona Cancelli
Castile and León destination engagement session
Rocio Vega Roa
Nautical engagement images of a couple paddling small watercraft | Brazil photographer pre-wedding session for portraits
Gustavo Lucena
Cap Ferret, France Engagement Photography - Image contains: This couple remember the proposal at this same place
Isabelle Dohin
Silverthorne, CO Engagement Portraits aboard the Love Boat at Sunset
Stacy Gillespie
San Francisco Couple Portraits for Pre-Wedding | The sea, the bird and the lovers
Chris Shum

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