Wedding Photojournalist Association

2019 Diamond Awards for Engagement Photography

For over 16 years, exceptional engagement photography has been awarded by the Wedding Photojournalist Association®. The WPJA Diamond Awards are presented to members who have demonstrated creativity during their pre-wedding portrait sessions with couples.

Angelica Virgen, of California, is a wedding photographer for

Angelica Virgen - Los Angeles

chicago Illinois Engagement Formal Outdoor PhotoShoot

Milan Lazic - Chicago

Engagement Portrait from Bellapais Monastery, Kyrenia, Cyprus - Couple is kissing in front of a highlighted wall

Orçun Yalçın - Ankara

Seattle, WA Pre-Wedding Portraits | Creative engagement in downtown building site

Ron Storer - Seattle

japan red leaf Engagement Photography of couple

Xiaoye Sun - Beijing

Tian'an Park PreWedding Photo - Girl kissing boys ear

Lin Yang - Quanzhou

Bear mountain engagement photos - Couple walking on top of the mountain

Tim D. Yun - Manhattan

Union Station, Denver, CO - This couple poses together at twilight in front of Denver Union Station during their engagement photos.

Justin Edmonds - Denver

Laguna de Duero pre-wedding engagement portrait session in the sun

Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa - Valladolid

A couple in front of an old door in Kathmandu during engagement portrait photoshoot.

Sylvain Bouzat - Lyon

Sahara Desert Engagement Session in the Sand Dunes

Yudi Shao - Hangzhou City

Bento Gonçalves - Brasil pre-wedding portraits - bride and groom running in the vineyards

Renan Radici - Porto Alegre

Cyprus engaged couple walking in the road during portrait session

Ashley Davenport - Derbyshire

Engagement Photographer for Turkey Istanbul | kissing couple on the rock

Emre Nesli - Istanbul

Laguna/SC Sunset Portraits with Engaged Couple in Brasil at the Water

Willian Mariot - Santa Catarina

Angelica Virgen, of California, is a wedding photographer for

Angelica Virgen - Los Angeles

Ring of fire engagement portrait in Downtown Los Angeles, California

Darren Hendry - Los Angeles

Engagement Photography for Siracusa - Portrait contains: home, doorways, couple, engaged

Simona Cancelli - Syracuse

Gaiola natural reserve, Napoli - An intimate photo session taken in the wildest part of Napoli

Luigi Reccia - Naples

Sofia, Bulgaria engagement portraits - red Vespa lovers in the city

Tsvetelina Deliyska - Sofia

City of Vatican - Saint Peter square. The couple in St Peter square in front of the fountain

Massimiliano Esposito - Orvieto

Cabo de Gata Engagement Photo Session on a sunny day

Eduardo Blanco - Murcia

Loveshoot in Paris at Night with Couple

Arvid de Windt - Gelderland

This engaged couple is having fun outside during their pre-wedding shoot in Edmonton, AB, Canada

Dorota Karpowicz - Edmonton

Pietro Tonnicodi, of Siena, is a wedding photographer for

Pietro Tonnicodi - Siena

Cisco Grove, CA indoor engagement photo shoot - Starbucks can make interesting images

Gagan Dhiman - Sacramento

Salerno engagement photo shoot captures the couple sitting on the ground next to a red striped row boat

Paolo Ferrera - Frosinone

Hebei prewedding photoshoot before the big day - Love in the sky

Vincent Mu - Shandong

Los Gatos Pre Wedding Engagement Portrait Session — Looking through narrow staircase

Chris Shum - San Francisco

Wenjie Han, of New York, is a wedding photographer for

Wenjie Han - New York City - Metro

A couple during their very sexy night time engagement photo session at Prague Castle

Kurt Vinion - Prague

China Liaoning PreWedding Portraits for Couples

Moana Wu - Shanghai

Engagement photos in the jungle in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii. Couple is silhouetted against a tree with the foliage in the foreground

Angela Nelson - Maui

Chicago, IL couple reflected in motorcycle mirror - Engagement session with ring detail and bike

Tamara Gavrilovic - Chicago

Engaged couple shares a minute together before dawn on the Charles Bridge in Prague during portrait session.

Kurt Vinion - Prague

Engagement Portrait from San Francisco at dusk

Chris Shum - San Francisco

Mumbai Framed - Couple Portrait using Light

Anupa Shah - Mumbai

St Katherine's Dock, London engagement photoshoot with a young couple.

Jay Hoque - London

Puerto Madero. Buenos Aires Engagement session with black and white photos indoors

Veronica Ruiz - Caba

walking on the edge of the river, with nice low light, made in February this year, with lovely couple | Fort Sabina Heijningen engagement photography

Caroline Elenbaas - Noord Brabant

Engagement Photos from Durango, Bizkaia, Spain - Portrait contains: vertical, black and white, couple

Monika Zaldo - Gipuzkoa

socoa France - joy and happiness in black and white for this couple at the water

Chrystel Echavidre - Landes

Maleiha Desert, Dubai - Desert pre-wedding shoot with a warm wind blowing her hair

Bernie Richardson - Dubai UAE

The couple embraces during their engagement photography session at Piney Lake near Vail, Colorado

Justin Edmonds - Denver

St Johns University Library in Newfoundland - Engagement photo session with a couple reading books

Kathleen Ricker - Baltimore

This prewedding portrait of a couple kissing on a city street was created by a Venice wedding photographer

Luca Fabbian - Venice

Roberta De Min, of , is a wedding photographer for

Roberta De Min - Veneto

A couple looks at one another as they stand in a field of flowers in this black and white pre-wedding photo by an Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia photographer.

Rosa Engel - Aachen

Boston, Massachusetts engagement portrait | Couple against wall

Kevin Trimmer - Providence

Engagement Portraits at Greenhill Winery in Middleburg, VA - Giant tulip couple

Ken Pak - Washington DC

Engagement shoot with couple in the fields at sunset in Patrixbourne, Kent, UK

Catherine Hill - Kent

Khoi Le, of , is a wedding photographer for

Khoi Le - Ho Chi Minh

Engagement Photography for Little Five Points, Atlanta | Couple laughing together in front of red wall

Cindy Brown - Atlanta

A couple can be seen holding each other by the beach in this engagement photo captured through palm fronds by an Alicante, Valencia photographer.

Toni Miranda - Alicante

WA Creative Engagement Couple Shoot - Happy couple holding hands and balloons

Ron Storer - Seattle

Brno Portrait of a Couple on the blooming meadow

Matouš Bárta - Prague

Lauren Lindley, of California, is a wedding photographer for

Lauren Lindley - Lake Tahoe

CA Engagement Photos - Sunset and couple at the beach

Tanya Parada - Los Angeles

Estes Park CO Engagement Portrait Photographer | Photo of a Couple climbing the Rockies

Penny McCoy - Minneapolis

Engagement shoot in the village of Ouro Preto, MG

Vinicius Terror - Minas Gerais

Engagement Photographer for Willard Beach South Portland Maine - Portrait contains: silhouette, couple, buildings, water

Corey Butler - Portland-ME

A couple stands in front of the Cabo de Gata as the sun sets in this engagement photo by a Murcia, Spain photographer.

Eduardo Blanco - Murcia

An Engaged Séance couple kiss on a wind swept Sand dune with sea grasses

Cedric Derbaise - Oise

Couple stands for an engagement portrait in the foreground of a cornfield in Goiania, Brasil.

Alexandre Grand - Rio de Janeiro

Siracusa lit portrait session at night | engagement love photography in sicily

Simona Cancelli - Syracuse

Logan Westom, of Washington, is a wedding photographer for

Logan Westom - Seattle

Elburn, IL | The engaged couple embrace in the middle of a harvested wheat field.

Ruthie Hauge - Madison

Seattle, WA Creative Engagement Portrait with street signs at sunset

Ron Storer - Seattle

Jacob Hannah, of Vermont, is a wedding photographer for

Jacob Hannah - Burlington

Katie Kaizer, of Massachusetts, is a wedding photographer for

Katie Kaizer - Nantucket

Da Lat, Vietnam prewedding portraits - The growing leaves

Nam Le - Ho Chi Minh

Engagement portraits from Aachen | a couple lit with the city silhouette behind them

Gaby Ermstrang - Noord Brabant

Almeria - Spain Engagement Portrait Shoot - Almeria's precious late afternoon

Eduardo Blanco - Murcia

Key West Florida Creative Engagement Session with Star and Couple Shadows

Julie Ambos - Key West

Pre-wedding portraits at Christchurch Priory | engagement photography session

Robin Goodlad - Dorset

Virginia Engagement Portraits at Monocacy Battlefield | Couple and their dogs in black and white

Anastasiia Polyakov - Arlington

Almería - Spain PreWedding Photo Session with a Sunset and horses

Eduardo Blanco - Murcia

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

Chris Werner - Lake Tahoe

Columbia University engagement session - Portrait of pre-wedding couple

Tim D. Yun - Manhattan

Cape Town Engagement Photography Session with a silhouette of a couple in an incredible sunset

Eric Corbacho - São Paulo

Rudyard Lake, Staffordshire pre-wedding portrait photographer - engagement session with the couple indoors

Jason Huckle - Northamptonshire

Matthew Pautz, of South Carolina, is a wedding photographer for

Matthew Pautz - Greenville

Mojacar Spain outdoor engagement portrait session - Beach Shower at sunset

Eduardo Blanco - Murcia

Raymond Nguyen, of California, is a wedding photographer for

Raymond Nguyen - Sacramento

Silhoutted couple share a moment during their pre-wedding session in Bolsena Italy

Massimiliano Esposito - Orvieto

Minas Gerais Engagement Photograph of a couple lit and reflected in glass windows

Vinicius Terror - Minas Gerais

Death Valley engagement session in the hot desert sand for pre-wedding portraits

Dorota Karpowicz - Edmonton

Engagement Photographer for YUN NAN - Young couple In the wilderness

Asaph Xu - Quanzhou

Bilkent University Main Campus, Ankara - Couple is standing and hugging each other under a gate during pre wedding photo shoot.

Orçun Yalçın - Ankara

Lovech, Bulgaria Engagement Photos on a Foggy day

Hristina Handzhieva - Lovech

Niteroi - RJ / Brazil engagement portrait of the couple posing among the trees

Bruno Montt - Rio de Janeiro

Tuscany, Siena Couple Dancing at sunset during engagement portrait session

Marco Fantauzzo - Siena

A couple stands together at the San Francisco Aquarium as they watch a large stingray during their pre-wedding photo session by a Sao Paulo, Brazil photographer.

Vinicius Fadul - São Paulo

Hoek van Holland, Netherlands Pre-Wedding Engagement Photography - Golden hour portrait session

Jolanda Boer - Zuid Holland

sunset portrait with special color - Murcia Engagement Photographer

Eduardo Blanco - Murcia

Scout Key, Florida reflection shot of an engaged couple in a tidal pool

Michael Freas - Key West

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WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.