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Wedding Photojournalist Association

2019 Diamond Awards for Engagement Photography

For over 19 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.

Goias Engagement Photographer - Pre Wedding Portrait in Black and White

Claudia Amorim

Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh pre-wedding portraits - posing for photos Amongst the ruins.

Darren Hendry

Athens, Plaka love couple portrait in black and white - Engagement Photography

Manos Skoularikos

Northern California - beach reflection of couple running for engagement shoot

Ian Chin

Brazil wedding photography - Pirenópolis couple portrait session

Claudia Amorim

Marciac, France | A couple kissing in a landscape during engagment photo session in the grass

Isabelle Bazin

Antalya Turkey Wedding Engagement Photographer - New York Sun Set

Serenay Lokcetin

Marseille Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: silhouette, couple, sunset, couds, sky, stacked rocks

Colas Declercq

Couple pose on rocks next to the ocean while the Miami skyline is in the distance in this engagement photo session

David Zaoui

Miguel Onieva

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

Jesse La Plante

Chris Shum

Indonesia sunset engagement shoot with couple at the beach

Mango Gu

Gers, South of France motorcyclist couple sitting on bike with helmets during engagement portrait session

Isabelle Bazin

Golden Gate Bridge at night - California Engagement Photos

Eric Tran

China Engagement Photography at night with Fireworks

Vinci Wang

Cabo de Gata Almeria — Sunny day in Almeria for couple engagement portrait session

Eduardo Blanco

Silhouette Portrait Engagement Session - Frosinone Engagement Photo with Couple, Umbrella, Trees and a View

Paolo Ferrera

Peneda Geres National Park - Portugal Portrait of the couple on the light

Paulo Castro

San Diego, CA Engagement Picture Session - Portrait contains: tree, roots, black, white, harsh, lighting, shadows, couple

Raymond Nguyen

Rainy Portland, ME Engagement - On the rocks at the beach

Corey Butler

Cappadocia, Turkey Engagement Portrait Session | The girl running to the man at sunrise time and the hot air balloons and at the background

Orçun Yalçın

Engagement Portrait from Dortmund - Image contains: couple, face-to-face, evening, sky, black and white

Nadine Lotze

The couple enjoy the moment on a bench in a park close by Eastern Market in DC.

Natasha Lamalle

Coastal engagement shoot at Reculver Towers, Kent, UK

Catherine Hill

Cyprus engagement photography session outdoors in the warm sun

Ashley Davenport

Ceparana Love engagement photoshoot in black and white

Matteo Originale

București pre wedding photography of a couple hugging in the sunlight by a building

Cristina Tanase

Ho Chi Minh city pre-wedding photo session with the bride in Aodai, tradition clothes of Vietnam

Trung Vo

Ho Chi Minh City couple Walking and laughing together for pre wedding photos in red attire.

Jacob Gordon

Couple lays among anime and graphic novels during engagement portrait session in Balboa Park, San Diego

Kristina Cazares Neri

On the cloud for this couple - California Engagement Photos

Leo Do

In this Bahama's engagement photo shoot, a couple posing on the dock get photo bombed by a school of colorful fish hiding just below the waves

David Zaoui

Rainy engagement at Mount-Royal lookout - Canada

Esther Gibbons

Breckenridge, CO Engagement Photographer: Back-lit in a patch of golden aspen trees with Mt Boreas lit by the sun in the background.

Trent Gillespie

Deborah Coleman

Canary Wharf Engagement Shoot Session - Couple kissing in One Canada Water, London England

Kari Bellamy

Newton, MA engagement session, fall portraits for couple in love - passing bikes

Alex Gordeev

Ron Storer

Parque Lage - RJ - Rio de Janeiro Pre-Wedding Portraits - Good symmetry, beautiful reflection and connection.

Bruno Montt

Vertical portrait of a young newly engaged couple laughing in black-and-white

Raymond Nguyen

Turpan Couple running in the mountains during prewedding photoshoot session

Qi Xiang

Artehouse, Washington, D.C - Engaged couple surrounded by the colors of reflection during their engagement portrait session

Ken Pak

Cheltenham pre-wedding shoot with a couple sipping shakes through straws.

Jonny Barratt

Lisbon engagement session on the streets in afternoon sunlight

Fabio Azanha

Cristal Palace, Madrid engagement session

Rocio Vega Roa

Engagement portrait photos in Key West - Creative Engagement Shoot in a canoe with the drone

Julie Ambos

Kirchhellen, Germany Engagement Photography - Image contains: session, forest, trail sunset, vertical

Patrycja Janik

quanzhou couple kiss for their engagement portraits in black and blue

Junxin Zeng

Taipei, Taiwan Engagement photo with their dog together.

Will Tee

Florence Old Bridge Engagement Session in Tuscany above the water.

Federico Pannacci

Engagement portrait of a couple standing in front of a stone building lit up at night in Reggio Calabria.

Pasquale Minniti

Saigon, Vietnam Portraits for Pre Wedding Couples

Vu Nguyen

Savannah GA Military couple during prewedding portrait shoot session at sunset

Gagan Dhiman

Engagement photo session in the Vail Village as the last bits of sun glaze the Gore Mountain Range in the background.

Trent Gillespie

Engagement Photographer for Red Rock, Nevada | The road lines lead the eyes straight to the couple

Eric Corbacho

China Pre-Wedding Engagement Portrait | Fujian couple playing on the grass hill.

Lily Zeng

Engagement Photography for Vietnam Da Nang - Image contains: silhouette, black and white, nature, grasses

Lucas Tran

Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire | Couple shot in the tree shade

Jay Hoque

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil engagement session with bricks and stones

Clara Sampaio

Engagement shoot at the Jetty in South Pointe Park Miami Beach, FL

Lukas Guillaume

New York City - Metro - Dumbo Engagement portrait

Denis Gostev

Sunset pre wed session for a couple in London

Rahul Khona

Portland Photographer - Oregon Coast Engagement Shoot - Waterfall Engagement

Tanya Parada

El Matador Beach Malibu CA Beach portrait of a couple standing on a rock at the water.

Attila Iuhasz

Engagement shoot in Aachen of a couple running through a field of yellow flowers.

Rosa Engel

West Village, NY Pre Wedding Portrait of a couple in front of traffic sign

Wenjie Han

Simona Cancelli

West Wittering, West Sussex | Engagement portrait session shoot

Jay Hoque

Camden New Jersey Wedding and Engagement Photographer: More rain but it stopped and I saw this tree in bank parking lot, set them up and clicked. They couldn't believe it.

Miguel Gonzalez

CSU east bay portriats for engagement shoot in black and white.

Ian Chin

A couple in Paraia do Rosa, Santa Catarina hold hands by the water in this pre-wedding portrait by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

Renan Radici

Engagement shoot with a couple posing in front of the Mogosoaia Palace

Petrica Tanase

Engagement Portrait from Graz | Young couple in the summer sun

Tanja Ruderes

Sunny Pariani

Juan Carlos Calderon

Frankfurt - Eiserner Steg Engagement Session - Couple at the Eiserner Steg sitting next to padlocks

Paulo Sacramento

Engagement Portrait from Bolano - Photography contains: couple, buildings, town, silhouette

Matteo Originale

Couple kissing in Wynwood, Miami, FL - Fine Art Mural Engagement Shoot

Lukas Guillaume

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

Kevin Trimmer

The couple can be seen standing on the other side of a circular window as lights reflect around them during their engagement session by a London, England photographer

Rahul Khona

On a wild rooftop in Paris - Engagement Portrait Session

David Zaoui

Fossil Rock, Dubai Desert destination engagement shoot | Desert adventure in the sand and sun

Bernie Richardson

Vietnam pre wedding portraits at a bridge in danang

Tam Nguyen

Engagement Photographer for Stroud Preserve, West Chester PA - Photographer said "Saw a sea of yellow and wanted them walk through it."

Miguel Gonzalez

Condos, West lake Tahoe | Engagement Portraint In the Sky and Snow and Trees

Kevin Sawyer

Campinas destination portrait session - pre-wedding shoot in red

Vinicius Fadul

Engagement Photographer for Santorini - Image contains: water, mediterranean, cliff, cruise ship, couple, kiss

Yudi Shao

Pre-wedding photo session of a couple at a broken-down house in Taitung, Taiwan.

Tao Hsuan Tzu

Alila Uluwatu Bali prewedding photoshoot at sunset.

MangKhris Santika

Bernie Richardson

Seattle, Washington e-session - Couple kissing on the sand

Ron Storer

Enumclaw, WA Pre Wedding Portrait Session | A newly engaged couple kisses next to a barn

Ron Storer

A woman stands holding the large shadow of a man's chin on Orgigia Island during their engagement photoshoot by a Syracuse, Sicily photographer.

Simona Cancelli

Rio de Janeiro engagement photo of couple silhouetted with mountain peak behind them

Clara Sampaio

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK engagement photography | A couple, facing into the sunlight, embrace at the university where they first met.

Rob Dodsworth

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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.