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.

Engagement Silhouette Portrait with Eiffel Tower

Arvid de Windt - Gelderland

Engagement photo of a young couple in love and laughing while they dance indoors in Ruse, Bulgaria.

Bozhidar Krastev - Ruse

Baltimore engagement photo shoot session - Red color is a Key

Mantas Kubilinskas - Washington DC

Big Sur portrait from the cliffs overlooking the water - silhouette black and white

Thanh Vo - San Jose

London engagement couple portrait shoot at London Eye

Jonny Barratt - Gloucestershire

Couple holding hands and walking - Wisconsin Engagement Photo

Romulo Morishita - Madison

Bellapais Monastery, Kyrenia, Cyprus Engagement Portrait with the couple kissing on the top of the stairs

Orçun Yalçın - Ankara

A sweet engagement photo of a couple standing together among greenery in Assisi, Italy.

Mirko Vegliò - Perugia

Matteo Originale, of La Spezia, is a wedding photographer for

Matteo Originale - La Spezia

San Francisco Engagement photo session - woman in a bright red dress holds hands with her future husband as they stand in the tide on the beach

Chris Shum - San Francisco

Villa Monica, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Pre-wedding session in black and white

Juan Carlos Calderon - Puerto Vallarta

The silhouettes of the couple holding bright umbrellas against a gray sky was captured by a Mumbai engagement photographer

Anupa Shah - Mumbai

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

Trung Dinh - Da Nang

Creative Engagement Session in Western Washington - Couple kissing high up in large tree

Ron Storer - Seattle

turkey - cappadocia engagement shooting with hot air balloons at dusk

Ufuk Sarisen - Istanbul

Cabo de Gata Sunset pre-wedding portrait at the beach between two boats

Eduardo Blanco - Murcia

Silhouetted Rio de Janeiro, Brasil couple during their Mountain peak engagement portrait session

Clara Sampaio - Rio de Janeiro

Macae engagement photography session captures the couple embracing in front of a pond while the sun sets behind them

Aline Prado - Macaé

Illinois Engagement Photo Session for Pre Wedding Portraits at Night

Milan Lazic - Chicago

Boston, Massachusetts engagement - Couple on foot bridge

Kevin Trimmer - Providence

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Michele Agostinis - Venice

Death Valley engagement photography- laughing couple slides barefoot down sand dunes under a bright blue sky

Dorota Karpowicz - Alberta

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

Ron Storer - Seattle

Boston, Massachusetts Couple with flower tree in the park - engagement portrait session

Kevin Trimmer - Providence

Rebekah Sampson, of Arizona, is a wedding photographer for

Rebekah Sampson - Arizona

Azur France engagement portraits of a couple at the beach

Chrystel Echavidre - Landes

A man and woman hold one another on a sunny beach in the United States during this pre-wedding photoshoot by a Hangzhou City photographer.

Yudi Shao - Hangzhou City

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

Kathleen Ricker - Baltimore

Pre-wedding Italian engagement photo | red building, flowers and shadows

Massimiliano Beccati - Milan

Michelle Arlotta, of New Jersey, is a wedding photographer for

Michelle Arlotta - New Jersey

Engagement photo shoot in Playa del Carmen | the couple looks in window of a vintage car and asks: Where are the keys?

Adrian Bonet - Playa del Carmen

A couple lays head to head together on the grass in Ouro Preto during their engagement photoshoot by a Minas Gerais, Brazil photographer.

Vinicius Terror - Minas Gerais

Diablo Pub Pré-wedding couple portrait session with a light, an umbrella, and graffiti mural art on the wall

Claudia Amorim - Goiás

Alyson's Orchard, Walpole, NH | Engagement Portrait Among the candles and reflections...

Eric McCallister - Portsmouth

Quissama Pre wedding Photo session - engaged couple standing in tall grass in the sunshine

Aline Prado - Macaé

London (United Kingdom) Pre wedding photographer at the Camden Lock

Miguel Onieva - Madrid

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Nam Le - Ho Chi Minh

A couple holds a small light as they stand together at night in London during their pre-wedding shoot by an England photographer.

Rahul Khona - London

Engagement photo of a couple standing in front of a temple in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Sylvain Bouzat - Lyon

Venice, California Engagement Portrait - I love you Matcha sign reflection with a silhouetted couple

Tanya Parada - Los Angeles

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

Catherine Hill - Kent

Rocio Vega Roa, of Leon, is a wedding photographer for

Rocio Vega Roa - Leon

Jesse La Plante, of Colorado, is a wedding photographer for

Jesse La Plante - Boulder

Vietnam Hoian Pre Wedding Photography | A Kiss in the dark

Anh Phan - Hoi An

Bulgaria - Reflections of Love - Engagement Sessions

Bozhidar Krastev - Ruse

The silhouettes of the couple standing in front of an open doorway with mountains in the distance were captured in this Fujian, China pre-wedding portrait session

Joy Qin - Longyan

Sunset engagement portrait session at Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Justin Edmonds - Denver

Itacaré - Bahia/BA Engagement Photography session with palm tree and blue sky

Bruno Montt - Rio de Janeiro

Hangzhou City Zhejiang China | Red and blue | Engagement Photographer

Mango Gu - Hangzhou City

best Italian engagement photos - Milano Engagement Photographs

Massimiliano Beccati - Milan

Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida sunset silhouette engagement photos with dog

Michael Freas - Key West

Vietnam Engagement Photographer - the inner peace

Nam Le - Ho Chi Minh

Rebekah Sampson, of Arizona, is a wedding photographer for

Rebekah Sampson - Arizona

Engagement session in Brasil at sunset - Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil wedding photographer

Renan Radici - Porto Alegre

Afternoon Engagement shoot in Patrixbourne, Kent, UK with great sunlight

Catherine Hill - Kent

Black and white close-up engagement portrait of a couple in Saint Emilion, France.

Franck Petit - Lot-et-Garonne

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

Ron Storer - Seattle

Wells-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom - man poses on one knee next to his future bride as a row of shacks line the beach in this black and white engagement photography session

Aaron Storry - Northamptonshire

Lovech, Bulgaria Engagement Photos on a Foggy day

Hristina Handzhieva - Lovech

Engagement photo session of a loving couple walking through a field as the man reaches for his fiance's hand in Ceparana.

Matteo Originale - La Spezia

Chaka Salt Lake Pre-Wedding Portrait in White.

Vinci Wang - Fuzhou

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Mango Gu - Hangzhou City

Las Vegas engagement portraits at the hotel parking lot | Let's Ride - she gives him a piggyback ride in the city

Mantas Kubilinskas - Washington DC

An Enaged couple during their Pre-wedding shoot in nature

Claudia Amorim - Goiás

Italy - Piedmont - La Morra - engagement photos at The Chapel of Barolo

Patrizia Galliano - Cuneo

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

Angela Nelson - Maui

Yunnan, Diqin engagement portrait - naxi culture in the sun

Siliang Wang - San Jose

Piney Lake, CO Photo Shoot near the water edge at Piney River Ranch during their engagement session in Vail

Justin Edmonds - Denver

Vlad Lodoaba, of București, is a wedding photographer for

Vlad Lodoaba - Bucharest

Pietro Tonnicodi, of Siena, is a wedding photographer for

Pietro Tonnicodi - Siena

Scilla Enagaged Couple Portrait | reflections in a pool of water

Pasquale Minniti - Reggio Calabria

ring of fire - Engagement Photograph into the Sun

Matouš Bárta - Prague

5th Av, NYC Engagement Photographer: "A whirlwind of love and crazy energy. They wanted a photoshoot for their engagement that reflected that, "not the standard" they said."

Chloe Delmonte - London

Olya Vysotskaya, of New York, is a wedding photographer for

Olya Vysotskaya - Brooklyn

Engagement portrait was taken during dusk at Pier 14 in San Francisco.

Jeffrey Chan - San Francisco

Bruno Montt, of Rio de Janeiro, is a wedding photographer for

Bruno Montt - Rio de Janeiro

Los Angeles engagement photographer captured this photo of the couples silhouettes

Tanya Parada - Los Angeles

This Enagaged couple share a moment as he carries her around the Old Town Square at sunrise

Kurt Vinion - Prague

Kansas wedding engagment image in black and white | Merian, KS Engaged couple playing together

Melissa Sigler - Kansas

Minneapolis, MN Couple Portrait at Varsity Theater during engagement session

Penny McCoy - Minneapolis

Catherine Hill, of Kent, is a wedding photographer for

Catherine Hill - Kent

cappadocia, turkey drone shooting of an engaged couple on hiking trails | pre-wedding portraits from above

Ufuk Sarisen - Istanbul

Engagement photo of a couple standing in front of a stone house and flowers as the sun shines down at Broadchalke in Wiltshire, England.

Robin Goodlad - Dorset

Sihouetted air balloons fly around the enagged couple during their pre-wedding session in Turkey, Cappadocia

Goktug Ozcan - Adapazari

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

Leon Wong - Hangzhou City

Engagement session at San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires | Photo shooting at the bride's farm

Veronica Ruiz - Caba

venice winter engagement shoot in black and white

Carlo Bettuolo - Venice

Sharing a laugh during their engagement portrait session in Dillon at Sapphire Point

Justin Edmonds - Denver

Orlando Suarez, of Georgia, is a wedding photographer for

Orlando Suarez - Atlanta

Ben Chrisman, of South Carolina, is a wedding photographer for

Ben Chrisman - Charleston

Chris Shum, of California, is a wedding photographer for

Chris Shum - San Francisco

Jesse La Plante, of Colorado, is a wedding photographer for

Jesse La Plante - Boulder

A young couple in love have their pre-wedding portraits created in Stanwick Lakes, Northamptonshire

Jason Huckle - Northamptonshire

Manayunk Philadelphia Engagement Portrait At their home with their doggy

Miguel Gonzalez - Philadelphia

Engagement photo session of a couple laying down in a field in Aachen.

Rosa Engel - Aachen

David Merat, of , is a wedding photographer for

David Merat - Lille

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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.