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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.

Milano, Italy pre wedding portraits - best Italian engagement photo

Massimiliano Beccati

Shaun Baker

Cape Town Pre Wedding Photographer using the location geometry to create a unique composition

Eric Corbacho

Couple standing on a rock with an interesting sky behind them in Mersin Turkey

Emre Nesli

Praia de Toque Toque Pequeno pre wedding picture session in black and white.

Vinicius Terror

Chandan Sojitra

San Francisco Engagement and Wedding Photographer — Embrace in the rain. Couple with umbrella and puddles.

Chris Shum

Travis Haughton

Savannah GA Military couple during prewedding portrait shoot session at sunset

Gagan Dhiman

$Engagement portrait of a young couple about to kiss with refracted sunlight in San Francisco.$

Raymond Nguyen

Dali, Yunnan, China Engagement Shoot - On the road of Dali, the night view of the town and the couple

Leon Wong

Engagement Portrait from Castle Rock State Park, Los Gatos - Photography contains A quiet moment in the majestic wood

Chris Shum

Esther Gibbons

Brooke Mayo

Engagement Photos from Georgia - Old Fourth Ward Park | Military couple arm wrestles

Cindy Brown

Cappadocia, Turkey Early morning engagement portraits with hot air balloons and vintage convertible car

Ankita Asthana

pre wedding venice photographer for black and white couple portraits

Carlo Bettuolo

Tian'an Park PreWedding Photo - Girl kissing boys ear

Lin Yang

Engagement Photography for Provence - A couple in front of an old car

Sylvain Bouzat

Phuket, Thailand PreWedding Portraits of a couple

Liam Collard

Wailea, Maui, Hawaii Portraits - Silhouette reflections on the rocks during engagement photo shoot

Angela Nelson

Kenosha Pass Engagement Portrait Session in the Trees and Snow | Colorado Wedding Photography

Jesse La Plante

Pre Wedding Santorini Engagement Photo Session in Bright Sun

Stam Chananakhon

Engagement Photos from Barcelona - Image contains: sitting couple, parked bikes, light, depth of field

Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa

Engagement Photographer for Seaport, Boston, Massachusetts - Reflection of couple kissing

Simi Rabinowitz

Cape Town engagement portrait of couple using shadow to create a contrast

Eric Corbacho

Itapira - São Paulo - Face to face prewedding portrait session in great light.

Fabiano Franco

Rambouillet, Yvelines - France Backlit photo of a loving couple touching heads in a forest - Engagement Portrait Session - Image contains: sun, light, sunlight, sunshine, trees, embrace

Jeremie Sangare

Having fun in the cave with a couple | Minneapolis Engagement Photographer

Penny McCoy

Sunset silhouette engagement potrait in Melaka, Malaysia

Thai Le

Pre-Dawn Romance - Boat portrait - Tamil Nadu Engagement Photographer

Sujith Kumar

Simon Cassanas

Engagement Portrait from Italia Tuscany - Image contains: couple, hug, lane, cypress, dirt road

Yudi Shao

Goias Engagement Photography of couple walking in sunny fields

Claudia Amorim

Vietnam pre wedding portraits at a bridge in danang

Tam Nguyen

Lisbon Engagement Couple Portrait - Image contains: ring, detail, tight, faces

Fabio Azanha

fuzhou Park pre-wedding portrait photo shoot for a couple in formal wear

Cen Lin

Aachen, NRW Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: black, white, holding, looking, concrete, wall

Rosa Engel

Goias Engagement Photography Session with guitar, ballet and street art

Claudia Amorim

Urban Pre-wedding photoshoot of a couple in Hoi An Vietnam

Trung Dinh

Engagement Session - Portrait contains: Lily Pond Park Nantucket Couple shares an embrace during their engagement session on Nantucket.

Katie Kaizer

Julie Ambos

Engagement from another view, overhead drone photography | Key West engagement portrait shoot on the bridge

Julie Ambos

Galle Fort, Galle, Sri Lanka Engagement PhotoShoot with pre wedding couple

Geeshan Bandara

Da Lat, Vietnam PreWedding PhotoShoot - Sun kiss through the car's window

Van Tran

Engagement Portrait from Da Nang - Photography contains: intimate, couple, close-up, engaged, smiles

Tam Nguyen

Costa Verde Miraflores Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: Night session

Dante Ceccon

YOSEMITE ENGAGEMENT PORTRAITS WITH BIG MOUNTAINS AND CLIFFS BEHIND COUPLE

Raymond Nguyen

Venezia engagement photography: hug, kiss, embrace, love, water, boats, buildings

Marco Colonna

Pescia, Italy pre-wedding portrait of a couple about to kiss during the sunset

Alice Franchi

Salt Lake City pre-wedding portraits | Couple kissing on sand at the beach with old tree stump in background

Ron Storer

Camden Yard, Oriole Park, Baltimore, MD - This couple is expressing relief and excitement after their Camden Yard engagement photo session

Andrew Morrell

National Gallery of Art East Wing pre-wedding portrait session - A couple imitates the sculpture nearby

Brittany Diliberto

French pre-wedding photographer in megeve, French Alps | winter portraits for the engaged couple

Sylvain Bouzat

River North Art District Pre Wedding Session - Soon to be Bride and groom with grafitti

Jesse La Plante

high wall portrait with couple - Illinois Engagement Photographer

Victoria Sprung

Chicago Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: red dress, green, trees, blue suit, embrace

Olu Akintorin

São Paulo Couple dancing during engagement portrait session in the Forest sunlight

Vinicius Fadul

Engagement session picture was taken at Hoi An

Tam Nguyen

Le Pinete - Viggiù - Varese pre-wedding portrait with engagement ring visible

Massimiliano Beccati

Engagement Photography Session - Image contains: Pinones, PR a couple and a contrasted background

Alexis Rodriguez Montalvo

Engagement Photography for Seattle, Washington - Portrait of a couple standing next to building

Ron Storer

Tacoma, Washington engagement portraits of a Couple holding hands on dock | shadows and lines frame this engaged couple showing the light and darkness they came through to be together

Ron Storer

Enagaged couple looking at each other behind a palm tree for their engagement shoot

Orçun Yalçın

Brazil Couple and horses house during engagement shoot

Gustavo Lucena

Juan Carlos Calderon

Worthing Pier, West Sussex Photography - An engaged couple on a Stroll along the pier

Annamarie Stepney

A couple kisses as they stand on rocks with waves crashing nearby in San Francisco during their pre-wedding session by a Sacramento, CA photographer

Raymond Nguyen

NICOTERA ( VV ) ENGAGEMENT PORTRAITS - Sunset Photo Session with a Car and a Couple

Danilo Muratore

Tacoma, Washington Photo session | engaged Couple jumping with wall of umbrellas

Ron Storer

Burano, Venezia, Italy - Happy beautiful couple during engagement photoshoot

Lisa Pacor

Rocky Mountain National Park, CO - Street swing engagement portrait session

Joe Pyle

A subway train passes by as the engaged couple kiss during their engagement shoot at the Grand Central Station

Kathleen Ricker

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

Cindy Brown

Chris Shum

Ron Storer

Sunset Motorbike/Moped Portraits - Sofia Engagement Photographer

Tsvetelina Deliyska

Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy engagement photographer: yes i want you

Marco Fantauzzo

Lima, Perú Wedding PreSession with Gymnastic Couple doing Flips

Dante Ceccon

best Italian engagement photos - Milano Engagement Photographs

Massimiliano Beccati

Antalya Turkey Wedding Engagement Photographer - New York Sun Set

Serenay Lokcetin

Engagement Couple Portrait - Image contains: Sunset in Almería, dancing, sunset, trees

Eduardo Blanco

best Italian engagement photos - Milano Engagements

Massimiliano Beccati

Engagement shoot couple facing the sunlight during dumbo portrait session

Wenjie Han

Carcaraña, Argentina Engagement Photo | jump at sunset!

Andres Preumayr

South Dartmouth, MA Engagement shoot with a Couple along sea shore

Kevin Trimmer

This creative portrait using the couples reflection at the Lisbon tiles was designed by a Portugal engagement photographer

Fabio Azanha

Telegraph Hill engagement shoot at a spot to frame the couple between the residences and Coit Tower in the surrounding area.

Jeffrey Chan

Taiwan, Hualien Engagement Couple Session - Image contains: red, dress, formal, dress, attire, indoors

Tao Hsuan Tzu

Engagement Photographer for Maceió, AL - Dreams and expectations in a house under construction

Monica Guimaraes

Samujana Villas, Koh Samui Pre Wedding Portrait Shoot - The couple were trying to have a martial arts competition in traditional Chinese wedding outfits.

Will Tee

Engagement Photos from O Butia - Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul - Portrait contains: brick, wall, shadows, couple, love session

Renan Radici

apartment engagement portraits - couple caught in a reflection on kitchen table top

Wenjie Han

South Bank, London Engagement Photography | London love and concrete

Annamarie Stepney

Bozhidar Krastev

Fujian, China Pre-Wedding Engagement Portraits with strings of lights

Joy Qin

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