Wedding Photos of Engagement

The following “Engagement” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Engagement” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

Kaomai Lanna Resort Chiangmai, Thailand small indoor photo session - The green room looks strange with the reflection of a couple giving flowers to show their love

Engagement Session at Zilker Botanical Gardens

Engagement image Session at Zilker Botanical Gardens

Zilker Botanical Gardens rocks Shannon Cain formal stairs Zilker Botanical Gardens engagement photos pre wedding locations Zilker Botanical Gardens

Los Gatos Love under Christmas tree lights during engagement photo session

Christmas tree Lights Los Gatos engagement photos love Los Gatos e shoot Los Gatos engagement photographer

Boston Engagement session in of a couple holding each other under a flowering tree

Boston e shoot couple Boston MA Engagement flowering tree

Victoria engagement portraits in black and white for a couple from Australia

pre wedding location Dandenong forest Engagement black and white Dandenong engagement session Australia

Lavras Novas, Brazil shadows of lovers with a symmetrical composition

Brazil Lavras Novas Lavras Novas pre wedding portraits Victor Ataide Engagement church engagement photo Lavras Novas

Holding his fiance close to him in a very romantic engagement portrait at Founder's Park, Farragut, TN

Bryan Aleman Farragut TN engagement session Farragut Engagement posing pre wedding location Farragut TN TN

Águilas - Spain pre-wedding portraits - Kiss me in the convertible BMW car

car Aguilas Engagement Spain Aguilas engagement photos pre wedding locations Aguilas

The Veneto kiss for a couple in venice

groom to be pre wedding session Venice Venice engagement photos bride to be Engagement couple

a young couple walk together during their engagement photoshoot in Lake George, Colorado

pre wedding location Lake George CO Colorado Lake George Engagement walking Autumn Parry Lake George CO engagement session

cappadocia engagement shooting in the carved caves

an engagement shoot session in the carved caves

Cappadocia e shoot session Cappadocia engagement photographer shoot Engagement Cappadocia

istanbul couple engagement portrait shooting at grand bazaar

a couple engagement portrait shooting at grand bazaar

Istanbul engagement images Istanbul e session shooting Grand bazaar Engagement Istanbul

Paris couple holding hands against a wall during their engagement portrait session

a young couple holding hands against a wall during their engagement portrait session

Paris pre wedding portrait Paris engagement photography portrait session Engagement Paris engagement images young couple Paris e session

A couple is running toward each other during their outdoor, park engagement portrait session in Toulouse

A couple is running toward each other during their outdoor, park engagement portrait shoot

Toulouse engagement photos running Outdoor Engagement park portrait shoot couple

Beautiful engagement photo session at the sunrise in Florence

a warm, Beautiful engagement photo session at sunrise

Duomo Florence engagement photography warm Engagement photo session Florence engagement images Florence pre wedding portrait

Engagement portrait session in the urban streets

streets Tuscany e shoot urban portrait session Tuscany engagement photos Engagement Tuscany engagement photographer

hugging couple engagement portrait in black and white

Auvergne Rhône Alpes Engagement hugging couple Castille Alma portrait Lyon

Couple leaning close together during their engagement photo session

Rhode Island Engagement Rhode Island e shoot Rhode Island engagement photographer Couple leaning close Newport

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

a Loving overhead embrace by a couple during their engagement portrait session

Bahia pre wedding portrait embrace Bahia engagement photography Engagement portrait session Brazil Bahia e session

Couple at the window and people walking down the street during engagement portrait shoot

people Engagement Victor Ataide Bahia engagement photos walking window Bahia pre wedding portraits

flowers and couple under them during engagement portrait session

flowers NJ pre wedding portrait NJ NJ engagement images NJ e session NJ engagement photography

ice cream truck engagement portrait session in Passaic Falls

an ice cream truck engagement portrait session

ice cream Passaic Falls truck Passaic Falls e shoot portrait session Engagement Passaic Falls engagement photographer

Canada engagement portrait session with a Hug by the lake

Banff National Park e shoot portrait session Canada Banff National Park engagement photos Banff National Park pre wedding portraits hug

a Couple waiting for the sunrise during their engagement portrait shoot at Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, AB, Canada

a Couple waiting for the sunrise during their engagement portrait shoot at the Lake

lake couple Engagement Banff National Park pre wedding portrait Banff National Park e session Moraine Lake

Love in this silhouette engagement portrait shoot

Rio de Janeiro engagement images love Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portrait Brazil portrait shoot Museu do Amanhã

The light illuminates the engagement afternoon of this beautiful and beloved couple

Rio de Janeiro engagement photography Engagement Rio de Janeiro pre wedding portrait Rio de Janeiro e session Rio de Janeiro couple

Sofia, Bulgaria Graffiti and a couple during an engagement photoshoot session

apple Graffiti and a couple during an engagement photoshoot session

Sofia pre wedding portraits Sofia engagement photographer Bulgaria apple photoshoot session Sofia engagement photos Sofia e shoot

Snowfall kisses during winter engagement photo session at the water

York Maine engagement images Engagement York Maine e session photo session water Casey Durgin York Maine pre wedding portrait

Cotes-d'Armor Brittany engagement couple portrait on the rocks

silhouette engagement couple portrait on the rocks

Cotes d Armor elopement couple portrait Brittany silhouette Engagement rocks

pre wedding engagement couple portrait at sunset

couple Engagement sunset Espírito Santo wedding elopement Espírito Santo elopement photography Espírito Santo Santa Teresa

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