Wedding Photos of Intimate engagement

The following “Intimate 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 “Intimate 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.

In La-Teste-de-Buch, France, this intimate engagement portrait captures a couple sitting on the beach, facing each other in the soft evening light.

Beachside Bliss: Pre-Wedding Love in La-Teste-de-Buch France

A WPJA wedding photographer captured a black and white photograph of a couple closely snuggled together during their engagement photography session at Tinicum Park in Bucks County, PA

Together in Timeless Tenderness: An Intimate Engagement amidst Nature's Splendor

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At WeddingStudio in Milan, Italy, an intimate engagment photo of the soon-to-be married couple on a couch

The soon-to-be-married couple posed for an intimate engagement portrait at WeddingStudio in Milan, Italy, with bride to be seated on the back of a cozy couch

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Chartres intimate engagement portrait of a couple at their apartment

Chartres: Intimate engagement portrait captures couple in their apartment; her head tilted back, he tenderly touches her neck

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A sunny Szeged Engagement Session outdoors for intimate lovers

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Assis Chateaubriand portrait e-session with image of city projected on the couple

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Kansas pre wedding shoot with a couple | engagement session

The pre-wedding shoot featured a couple holding hands for an intimate engagement session, with the photo taken in black and white

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Intimate engagement portrait in Wicker Park Chicago

Intimate engagement portrait on the porch with his hat in Wicker Park Chicago

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