Wedding Photos of Urban Engagement

The following “Urban 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 “Urban 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.

A creative couple portrait by a North California wedding photographer capturing a romantic kiss on a city street at night near trees with lights in them in Los Gatos, California.

ROMANTIC KISS: NIGHTTIME LOVERS IN LOS GATOS - ENGAGEMENT PORTRAIT BY N CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHER

The Siena couple had their engagement shoot during a beautiful sunset in the stunning backdrop of Piazza del Campo

Romantic Engagement Shoot Captures Stunning Sunset at Piazza del Campo in Siena

stunning backdrop urban Engagement sunset Siena engagement photography Piazza del Campo Siena

The soon-to-be-married couple posed in urban mirrors in Miami, Florida, USA for their pre-wedding photo session

In Miami, Florida, the engaged couple beamed in urban reflections for their pre-nuptial portraits

Florida reflection mirror urban Engagement Miami Engagement Photography Miami

A couple in Eminönü, Istanbul, Turkey, were photographed in a romantic embrace under an umbrella in the falling snow near water

A prewedding couple portrait session with a tender embrace under an umbrella in the falling snow near water

Eminönü Engagement Photographer urban Engagement Eminonu snow falling Istanbul clear umbrella Turkey

urban couple walks in front of their favorite mural

urban Engagement Avondale wall art Chicago photographer wall mural Chicago Illinois

sunset portrait in the narrow stone alleyway

Agropoli Cielento urban Engagement narrow alleyway Salerno Salerno Photographer stone alleyway

couple through the bike parked on the sidewalk

urban Engagement parked bike sidewalk San Francisco photographer San Francisco

couple at the top of a steep street in the city

symmetric portrait urban Engagement San Francisco steep street San Francisco photographer

Couple shadows at a pre wedding photoshoot for sunset engagement portraits

urban Engagement Cher Bourges sunset portrait Bourges Photographer Silhouette portrait

couple kissing cross legs sitting on a wall

Toulouse photographer kissing couple sitting on wall urban Engagement Toulouse

couple leaning against wave mural painting on an urban city wall

Katharine Green mural painting wave mural urban city wall Denver engagement urban Engagement RiNo

A Poland couple in the city of Lodz, posing on a bench for an urban engagement portrait in the sunshine

A couple in the city, posing on a bench for an urban engagement portrait in the sunshine

Lodz Photographer urban Engagement Lodz sunshine Poland

Pre wedding photography for a couple with a taste for urban street scenes

Poland street scene portrait Lodz Photographer urban street urban Engagement Lodz

A Lodz bride to be poses with her fiance in Poland against an urban building scene

A bride to be poses with her fiance against an urban building scene

urban Engagement Couple embracing Lodz Poland Lodz Photographer urban building

For a pre wedding photo at Piedmont Park, Atlanta, a couple is laughing with each other while sitting on a wall

Piedmont Park Georgia urban Engagement Atlanta sitting on wall Atlanta photographer

Washington DC couple posing for a bokeh portrait in a A light of love pre wedding photo

Washington DC DC photographer silhouette bokeh portrait urban Engagement

An urban Downtown Las Vegas lifestyle couples shoot on location in the streets of some Car lovers

red truck Nevada Las Vegas Photographer car lovers Tiago Pinheiro urban Engagement Las Vegas

An urban Singapore lifestyle couples shoot on location at M Social Hotel capturing in BW The wind beneath her wings

M Social Hotel Singapore bw portrait Singapore photographer Charles Sng urban Engagement

Paris lifestyle photography session showing the light couple in an underground parking structure

parking structure Paris photographer urban Engagement cars Elodie Gentit Paris

An urban Macau lifestyle couples shoot on location in China as the pair runs in the streets

China city scene Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Macau Photographer couple running urban Engagement Macau

Agen couple posing for a creative engagement announcement shot at the urban bike rack

Agen Photographer Agen bike rack urban Engagement France

Dallas couple posing for an urban engagement announcement shot using a building behind as a background with some reflection of Christmas tree for more epic feel

urban Engagement city building Dallas photographer Brandon Lai Dallas

Dallas couple posing for an urban engagement announcement shot during their 8th anniversary, they have known each other for 8 years since they were kids

Dallas Dallas photographer Texas - Northern urban Engagement Brandon Lai

Valladolid couple posing while walking down the middle of the street for an urban engagement announcement shot at Caizada de los Frailes in Yucatan, Mexico

Yucatan Peninsula Mexico Mexico photographer Valladolid MX Caizada de los Frailes couple walking

San Jose couple posing for a creative, urban engagement announcement shot in BW with the pair Spiraling in Control

San Jose photographer San Jose bw portrait urban Engagement California - Northern Tyler Vu

Lisbon couple posing for a creative, urban engagement announcement shot with an oncoming train and a bike mirror reflection

Portugal Lisbon photographer bike mirror Lisbon train urban Engagement

New York couple posing for an urban engagement announcement shot in DUMBO with the bridge and water in the background

NYC photographer Dumbo urban Engagement water NYC couple bridge

An after the marriage proposal Los Gatos engagement photography for a CA couple walking and holding hands

Los Gatos Photographer Los Gatos couple walking urban Engagement California - Northern holding hands

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Calle Aldama in San Miguel de Allende with an action dance move lift

dancing Guanajuato Photographer Jorge Alcala Goded Guanajuato Calle Aldama street urban Engagement

An after the marriage proposal Cazorla engagement photograph in Jaen, Spain created with a backlight and a couple silhouette and a blue sky

urban Engagement Cazorla photographer Jaén Backlight Spain couple silhouette

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