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25+ Shallow Waters or Underwater Engagement Portraits

Feb 18, 2020 - Do you want to dip your ankles in the ocean for your relaxed, pre-wedding photoshoot or be entirely submerged in water for a more artistic vibe? If you like to be in the water, the top engagement portrait photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association can help inspire you with images from sparkling pools, the beaches or calm, blue lakes. Take a more artistic approach to your wet portrait session and seek out the help of a first-rate WPJA photographer today.

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Katie Kaizer

Biscay surfing couple engagement shoot | wet suits and a surfboard suit these newlyweds in the water very well

Monika Zaldo

San Francisco Engagement photo session - woman in a bright red dress holds hands with her future husband as they stand in the tide on the beach

Chris Shum

Miami, Florida couple and lightning during engagement shoot in the water.

David Zaoui

In this Bahama's engagement photo shoot, a couple posing on the dock get photo bombed by a school of colorful fish hiding just below the waves

David Zaoui

Raymond Nguyen

Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil e-Session with a couple in the blue pool

Kássio Silva

Cenote Buho Playa del Carmen Water Pre Wedding Shoot - Engagement photo session at the cenote

Alessandro Banchelli

Engagement Portrait from Cambury, são paulo | Portrait of couple playing with brazilian sunset in the background

Eric Corbacho

Wedding photographer in Baltimore for Maryland engagement photography sessions at the beach

Kathleen Ricker

Engagement Photography portrait session of a couple in India waters of Kerala

Sephi Bergerson

Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil Couple at Cachoeira | Cold Water Engagement Session at the Falls.

Victor Ataide

Brazil Ouro Preto engagement portrait in a cave with water

Vinicius Terror

kissing couple engagement shoot at Cuba beach

Ufuk Sarisen

Amalfi, Italy black and white photo captures the couple standing knee high in the ocean waves in this engagement shoot

Lubow Polyanska

Playful beach embracing couple engagement photography at Ronce-les-Bains France

Audrey Morisson

Popowo Beach engagement photo of a couple laying in the water with goggles and fins.

Piotr Maksa

Avalon, New Jersey beach engagement session with a couple spinning and dancing by the water's edge at the beach

Michelle Arlotta

Florida engagement photographer | pre-wedding portrait session at the beach in the water

David Zaoui

Windy City pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at North Avenue Beach Chicago

Aileen Ciesielski

Engagement Photos from Antalya - Portrait contains: black and white, couple, kiss, trees, lake

Serenay Lokcetin

Santa Monica, Los Angeles Engagement Photography | Couple by the sea in the evening.

Leon Wong

Caeté couple during e-session in Minas Gerais

Victor Ataide

Reflected love engagement photos at Witten Ruhrgebiet

Nadine Lotze

Hotel Mariott Madeleine Paris evening of a pre-wedding engagement session just after his proposal

Jean-Baptiste Chauvin

Gold Creek Pond WA couple portrait in a pond

Jennifer Tai

Annapolis Maryland engagement portrait session in the water with a Double Rainbow sunset

Kathleen Ricker

Ocean waves pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple at the beach | Biscay portrait shoot

Monika Zaldo

Cenote Buho, Playa del carmen engagement photo session at the cenote

Alessandro Banchelli

Underwater couple engagement session | Las Vegas wedding and engagement photography

Tomasz Rossa

Indonesia sunset engagement shoot with couple at the beach

Mango Gu

Wiesbaden, Germany Couple walking together in the river during engagement photo session

Paulo Sacramento

Mango Gu

Cambury, são paulo couple engagement photo taken at sunset deep in the water

Eric Corbacho

wedding photo session with a couple in the water in Key West for Florida engagement photography

Julie Ambos

São Paulo wedding photography showing a Brazil Cambury couple at sunset in the beach waters

Eric Corbacho

Phu Quoc Island engagement photographer: Water is the best mirror for couple portraits

Huy Che Hoang

Miami, FL Photographer: "Last picture of this engagement session before the storm."

David Zaoui

Bonneville Salt Flats engagement shoot of a couple goofing around in the water

Jesse La Plante

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

Chris Borges

Black and white wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple on the rocks in the water | NRW pre-wedding pictures

Monique De Caro

Underwater portrait of couple during a Las Vegas engagement photography session

Tomasz Rossa

Goias Engagement Photo Session in shallow water at sunset

Claudia Amorim

Newport Beach engagement session - A Kiss in the water wearing her red dress

Thanh Trung

Couples just wanna have fun - Rio de Janeiro Engagement Shoot Session at the Beach

Bruno Montt

Wedding engagement photography in the water in Spain by Madrid engagement photographers

Sergio Cueto

Harpers Ferry couple posing for engagement portrait In the water

Kathleen Ricker

Valencia pre-wedding portrait Photographer. She walks in the water at the beach as he flips head over heels for her.

Toni Miranda

Tao Hsuan Tzu

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