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Wedding Photojournalist Association

225+ Drone Overhead Camera Angle Engagement Portraits and Aerials

April 17, 2021 - Become inspired by romantic portraits captured from a high camera angle as you lay, sit or stand together. The top engagement photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association can also give you ideas for ways to use aerial drones to create stunning pre-wedding photos with a bird’s eye view. Need some help navigating through your engagement portrait session? Want to stand out? Contact a WPJA photographer today to coordinate your unique shoot.

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Nilufer Nalbantoglu

Pre-wedding photo of a couple kissing in the rain as they hold their umbrellas in Da Lat, Vietnam.

Jacob Gordon

SAN DIEGO CA ENGAGEMENT PORTRAITS AT THE BASE OF A HUGE TREE WITH LARGE ROOT BASE

Raymond Nguyen

Mumbai, India pre-wedding portraits - Nothing like a fun fight with your partner!

Ankita Asthana

Lake Tahoe, NV pre-wedding portrait session in warm light.

Chris Werner

Rio de Janeiro pre-wedding portrait photography session with a couple in the gym with weights | Macaé photography

Aline Prado

London engagement shoot St Pancras station stairs in black and white

Jonny Barratt

Urrugne, France Aerial engagement picture with drone

Patrick Lombaert

Ben Chrisman

Brno Portrait of a Couple on the blooming meadow

Matouš Bárta

Colorado Engagement Photography on the Rocks as seen from a Drone

Trent Gillespie

Turkey engagement session with a Russian couple at Cappadocia

Ufuk Sarisen

Creative Engagement Photo Session with beach and a blanket | Washington Portraits

Ron Storer

Loving embrace by a couple from Bahia Brazil during their engagement portrait session

Victor Ataide

Engagement portrait photos in Key West - Creative Engagement Shoot in a canoe with the drone

Julie Ambos

Siracusa engagement shoot - Drone photography of couple lying in field

Simona Cancelli

engagement photo shoot session with a bright orange sunset in Rio Grande do Sul by a Brazil wedding photographer

Renan Radici

Engagement Sessions | Los Gatos, California - Fields of Green

Tyler Vu

High angle portrait of couple during a South Bank prewedding engagement session

Ashley Davenport

Da Nang Wedding Engagement Photographer | Vietnam photography in a small boat on the water

Trung Dinh

Officers Gulch Engagement Session - Photographed from the sky while laying on the rocks at Officers Gulch.

Trent Gillespie

Caeté MG couple portraits while lying down on a wooden boardwalk

Victor Ataide

Jaipur, India pre-wedding portraits - India, lakes and love go well together! - Drone photography over the water and boat

Ankita Asthana

Venezuela Engagement Photos - Caracas couple lying in the grass and kissing

Victor R. Urosa

Engagement Photographer | Penha Beach, SC - Brazil drone portrait - Unbreakable heart

Chris Borges

Newly engaged couple enjoy moments together atop the HoDo rooftop at sunset in Fargo, ND during their engagement photo shoot

Abby Paul

Love in Woudrichem - Warm engagement shoot with couple embracing.

Gaby Ermstrang

Fujian, China Pre-Wedding Engagement Portrait

Lily Zeng

Denver fall colors engagement photography shoot with red maple trees

Justin Edmonds

Black and white photo of couple laying on the ground kissing during their engagement shoot in zhangzhou

Lin Yang

Gers, South of France Black and White Engagement Portrait of a Couple lying in grass

Isabelle Bazin

Atlanta wedding engagement portrait of a couple on their backs in fall colored leaves | Georgia pre-wedding photographer session

Cindy Brown

Telegraph Hill engagement shoot at a spot to frame the couple between the residences and Coit Tower in the surrounding area.

Jeffrey Chan

Wedding photographer in Syracuse | Sicily engagement photography in the village

Simona Cancelli

Minas Gerais, Brazil Couple at Plantation | Pre-Wedding Photo Session

Victor Ataide

an engaged couple Under the illumination of the summer sun of Aguilas - Spain

Eduardo Blanco

Milano, Italy - best italian engagement photo - black and white

Michela Bocciarelli

Napa Valley Engagement Photography — A moment in love for couple | Tattoos and Rings

Thanh Trung

Engagement Portrait of Couple in Grass in Aachen

Rosa Engel

Rocio Vega Roa

Cappadocia Turkey Engagement Shoot of a couple lying on a long grass field

Emre Nesli

Took this photographs at Prestons apartment roof in San Fransisco. They spend many evening up there. I wanted to see what it looked like at bird eye view.

Gagan Dhiman

Couple kisses on a rainbow tiled walkway in this Vietri Sul Mare - Salerno engagement photo session

Paolo Ferrera

Couple Engagement Photos | cappadocia turkey casual session from above

Ufuk Sarisen

Pondicherry engagement session | higher camera angle overlooking couple and the water

Vijay Anand

London Engagement Photographer. Warm tone portrait with a warm embrace.

Rahul Khona

Serra da Arrábida, Setúbal, Portugal Photo taken in the beautiful Serra da Arrábida with a tilt-shift lens

Nuno Lima

Cappadocia, Turkey overhead engagement portrait

Ankita Asthana

Reggio Calabria wedding engagement photography with a couple at night with the city glowing | Calabria photography

Pasquale Minniti

Engagement portrait session in Downtown Los Angeles - A rare quiet city crossing

Darren Hendry

Virginia pre wedding and engagement photography of The couple sitting by the raging river at Great Falls

Brittany Diliberto

Turkey engagement photography at the Mersin Hilton Hotel - a couple posing in a swimming pool

Emre Nesli

Urrugne, France Aerial pre-wedding photo session using a drone

Patrick Lombaert

Engagement from another view, overhead drone photography | Key West engagement portrait shoot on the bridge

Julie Ambos

Durdle Door couple engagement pic session with a high angle on the natural arch by the sea

Robin Goodlad

San Francisco Shot down through an old Argus camera. Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: photo, creative, artistic

Stephanie Secrest

Steinway Mansion Engagement Session - Photo of a Kiss on the stairs

Denis Gostev

An Le

Brasilia - Brazil Engagement and Pre Wedding Portraits - Couple on stairs where they saw each other for the first time.

Gustavo Lucena

Engagement Photos from Seattle, WA - Looking down on couple kissing on picnic table

Ron Storer

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