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Wedding Photojournalist Association

2019 Diamond Awards for Engagement Photography

For over 18 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.

Milan Lazic

Cassis France Couple in love - Engagement portrait session overlooking the water

Colas Declercq

Christmas lights during Valladolid Engagement PhotoShoot

Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa

Penny McCoy

Engagement Photographer for Rennes, France - Pre-wedding Image contains: couple, portrait, trees, grass, park

Patrick Lombaert

Central Park, NYC engagement portraits - Couple laid down on grass

Tim D. Yun

Death Valley, California - Rocks, Sand and Sun for a warm engagement portrait session

Tanya Parada

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Engagement Shoot - A couple laughs and enjoys the falling rain

Johnny Shryock

Simon Cassanas

Marseille Bouches-du-Rhone Engagement Session with a couple - Portrait contains: hug, hold, laugh, smile, cliffs, water, coast, look, posing

Colas Declercq

Santa Brígida, Calle de Hortaleza - Madrid, Spain - couple portrait while eating and drinking

Emin Kuliyev

Fossil Rock, Dubai pre-wedding engagement photos | Running down the Dunes

Bindi Richardson

Couple sitting on steps under hand railing light for engagement portraits at Washington DC National Gallery of Art

Kenneth Clapp

Nilufer Nalbantoglu

Joaquim Egidio campinas engagement portraits couple on the steps

Vinicius Fadul

Cartagena lovers during engagement session at the boardwalk

Jose Miguel Perez Nunez

Washington DC - Lincoln Memorial - Morning engagement shoot at the Lincoln Memorial - Woman in Red Dress

Kathleen Ricker

Engagement portrait of a couple with flying open arms and white negative space at Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)

Miguel Onieva

best Italian engagement photos - Milano Engagements

Massimiliano Beccati

London Pre-Wedding Shoot with Couple in warm colors and architecture

Ashley Davenport

Shaun Baker

Prewedding portraits with a couple and two dogs in Dalat, Vietnam

Thai Le

A couple laughs as they stand together in Ouro Preto by a green bush with pink flowers in this engagement session by a Minas Gerais, Brazil photographer.

Vinicius Terror

Chicksands Wood, Bedfordshire, UK Engagement Couple Photography - Portrait contains: trees, forest, lighting, black, white

Jason Huckle

The Sand Dunes, St Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands Engagement Photos | The couple brought their dog along for their engagement shoot. I wanted to include the colours and textures of the landscape - their dog was amusing following on behind!

Catherine Hill

Sentosa, Singapore Reflection with sihouette photoshoot with engaged couple.

Vu Nguyen

Western Australia Engagement Photographer: Fremantle Couple Dancing together during the sunset

Jacob Gordon

CO Couple canoeing at sunset in front of Buffalo Mountain in Silverthorne.

Trent Gillespie

Ouro Preto, MG Engagement Session - Couple holding each other in the afternoon sunlight

Vinicius Terror

Sofia, Bulgaria engagement photoshoot - Black and white portrait of the couple with concrete pillars

Tsvetelina Deliyska

reggio calabria engagment photo showing the ropes of a boat

Pasquale Minniti

Montreal, Quebec Engagement photo of couple holding hands and sitting on front steps

Esther Gibbons

Blackwater Arboretum Portrait Session - This dog is Part of the family too

Robin Goodlad

Paris, La défence, France Pre-Wedding Engagement Shoot - A couple loving red

Isabelle Bazin

Los Gatos CA Couple Portrait Session - Joy at the coffee house

Chris Shum

Holambra Pre Wedding Photo Shoot | sun and kiss

Vinicius Fadul

Engagement Photos from Hendaye France - Portrait contains: couple, rocks, waterfall, shore

Chrystel Echavidre

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

Eric Corbacho

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

Kurt Vinion

Pachino beach engagement portraits - love in sicily

Simona Cancelli

Bulgaria Sofia - photo from an engagement session with wedding clients

Boris Hristov

Engagement photo of a couple driving in a small red car through Siracusa.

Simona Cancelli

Cascais, Portugal Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: last light, red dress, palm trees, blue sky

Fabio Azanha

Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) Pre-Wedding Photoshoot - Sunset couple shilouttes

Miguel Onieva

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado - Engagement photos in pine trees

Joe Pyle

Laguna Beach, CA engagement photo session | A young couple and an elderly couple by the sea.

Leon Wong

Memories with the buses when they were in high school - VN Engagement Photographer

Nam Le

London UK Pre-Wedding Shoot with Couple in the City

Ashley Davenport

Engagement Photographer for Kasteel Groot Buggenum Grathem, The Netherlands - Silhouette of an engaged couple by sundown

Elke Teurlings

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

Vinicius Terror

Cruise Ship MSC Seaview Engagement Photography - Theater on the sea

Vinicius Fadul

UC Berkeley Engagement Session - It's cold outside - Couple Portraits

Chris Shum

The "high" kiss - California Engagement Photography in the Mountains

Leo Do

San Diego, California Engagement Photo Session | Couple sitting down and holding hands on the cliffs of ocean

Ron Storer

DUMBO Brooklyn Engagement Session - "Kiss Here" painted sign above kissing couple

Tim D. Yun

Cape May, NJ Engagement Session - Couple kissing on the beach

Tim D. Yun

Sylvain Bouzat

Rebekah Sampson

Gironde two lovers walking in the desert - Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: sand, dirt, hike, mountain, hat

Isabelle Dohin

Carcaraña, Argentina engagement portraits with couple by the lake

Andres Preumayr

A couple walks hand in hand down the road with two stop signs behind them in Cape Cod in this engagement photo by a Boston, MA photographer, who is also available for RI, VT, NH and CT weddings.

Alex Paul

Engagement Photographer for THE BONNET HOUSE MIAMI - Image contains: black and white, close-up, lashes, intimate, engaged couple

Rocio Vega Roa

Los Angeles Engagement Silhouette Photography - Couple jumping over water with red sky

Tanya Parada

This Engagement photo was taken at Hoi An - Pre Wedding Photographer

Tam Nguyen

engagement love from Forte dei Marmi - window portraits of this couple

Matteo Originale

Breckenridge couple loving on each other in a grove of yellow aspen trees.

Trent Gillespie

Southbank Centre, London, England Engagement Photography for Couples in Love

Kari Bellamy

Couple Reflection - London Engagement Photograph in Black and White

Gyula Lovaszi

San Francisco Couple Portraits for Pre-Wedding | The sea, the bird and the lovers

Chris Shum

black and white image of two lovers walking on a jetty by the sea | Trapani, Sicily Portraits | hand in hand

Nino Lombardo

Matteo Originale

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

Tuscany, Italy Engagement Shooting in their home

Alice Franchi

Murcia pre wedding photo | Abandoned Mines of Mazarrón | Car and love

Eduardo Blanco

St Brelades, Jersey, CI engagement photos | A spring coastal pre-wedding shoot

Catherine Hill

Lytham Windmill Museum Lancashire, UK engagement photo at windmill

Jonny Barratt

Fall Trees Shoot - New Jersey Engagement Session

Michelle Arlotta

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

Corey Butler

Engagement Photographer for Valencia - Image contains: couple, portrait, light, engaged

Toni Miranda

Pueblo Esther, Argentina Engagement Portrait as Sunset | Here she comes

Andres Preumayr

japan red leaf Engagement Photography of couple

Xiaoye Sun

Engagement session at Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida

Lukas Guillaume

Couple hugs each other in a ray of sunlight in Chicago's Lincoln Park.

Allison Williams

Engagement Portrait from Davis - CA Image contains: afternoon, couple, portraits, green, trees, hug

Raymond Nguyen

El Matador Beach Malibu | Pre-Wedding Portrait at the Beach at Sunset

Angelica Virgen

Los Angeles California pre-wedding portraits - Walt Disney Hall Engagement Session

Carsten Schertzer

Engagement Portrait Session at Corbiere Lighthouse, St Brelades, Jersey, CI - Coastal engagement shoot of a couple walking together

Catherine Hill

Brugges, Belgium - Couple Chained in love! - Engagement Photos

Danny Klimetz

This artisic engagement portrait designed by an Apulia photographer captures the couples reflection on the ice near Tretino

Matteo Lomonte

Engagement Portrait Session - Image contains: Sunset in Almería

Eduardo Blanco

can you see me now? - Rio de Janeiro Engagement Shoot

Bruno Montt

Silhouette shot of a couple touching heads in a tiny street of Les Sables d'Olonne

Jeremie Sangare

Vinhedo couple in the car during pre-wedding portrait session on the grass.

Vinicius Fadul

This shoot was captured very quickly when we cross over the a normal bar that has messy chairs at the front. I decided to shoot through the chairs to create a funny shot. -Singapore Wedding Photographer

Vu Nguyen

Saigon Vietnam Pre-Wedding Shoot through mirror

Vu Nguyen

Allison Williams

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