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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.

Engagement Photographer for Tregastel, France - Pre-wedding portrait with jumping couple in the rocks

Patrick Lombaert

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

North Rhine-Westphalia Engagement Photography - Image contains: couple, field, grass, ocean, water, beach, trees, holding, hands

Rosa Engel

Great Addington, Northamptonshire engagement portrait of couple sitting among the tall grasses in a field.

Jason Huckle

Engagement portrait session in Downtown Los Angeles - A rare quiet city crossing

Darren Hendry

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

Justin Edmonds

Engagement portrait shoot captured couple laughing in front of a serious looking gravity man as captured in Ljubljana

Emre Nesli

Engagement session in Stoney Creek, Ontario - Prewedding photo shoot at the beach

Lori Anne Crewe

South Portland, ME Beach Engagement - Relaxed and Natural Looking Couple

Corey Butler

Hanul Lui Manuc Bucharest Photo Shoot - This couple hugs on the stairs of historical building in Bucharest

Cristina Tanase

Shanghai Pre-Wedding Portrait Session with Engaged Couple Walking in the Streets.

Moana Wu

Rio de Janeiro couple embraced with her eyes closed in the warm afternoon sun for their pre-wedding portrait

Aline Prado

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

Thai Le

Tuscany, Val d'Orcia Portrait Session with Engaged Couple — Silhouette among the Tuscan cypresses

Marco Fantauzzo

black and white como lake engagement photography near the water

Federica Ariemma

Fuzhou Engagement portrait of a couple at the beach in the wind. Fujian prewedding photoshoot.

Vinci Wang

Couple's portrait in Dumbo | NYC wedding and engagement photography

Denis Gostev

Spacewonder, Arizona engagement photo shoot - Love's shadow on this couple silhouetted

Thinh Phan

Laguna Beach CA Engagement Photographer - Couple walking on rocks at beach

Matt Theilen

Kari Bellamy

Pre-wedding photo session of the couple standing on a bridge in Bangkok.

Lucas Tran

Cescaphe Tendenza Pre Wedding Photographer: Loved the shadows and the way they played.

Miguel Gonzalez

San Francisco, CA - Steady Love - couple on the hill for a portrait before wedding day

Gagan Dhiman

Güzelçamlı Kuşadası, Turkey Engagement Photography | Couple sitting on a picnic table looking each other and laughing and the background is highlighted with purple colour

Orçun Yalçın

Angelica Virgen

Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York City - Couple pauses for a moment at sunset to think about their relationship. Engagement Photography

Casey Fatchett

A couple holds hands and walks through a sunny field of tall grass in Dois Irmaos in this engagement photo by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

Renan Radici

Engaged couple sharing an ice cream sundae at the Peninsula Creamery in Palo Alto, CA

Joyce Perlman

In this photo designed by an Apulia engagement photographer, we see the couple hiking into the snowy mountains near Tretino

Matteo Lomonte

An engaged couple hug in their Engagement photo session in Sirmione, Italy

Melinda Guerini Temesi

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

Miguel Gonzalez

San Francisco Humorous Engagement Portraits

Chris Shum

Angelica Virgen

Couple holds hands while looking off into the distance in this Piazza del Plebiscito Napoli engagement photography session

Federica Ariemma

A couple holds one another in the woods in Yosemite during their engagement photo session by a Sao Paulo, Brazil photographer.

Vinicius Fadul

Vietnam Hoian Pre Wedding Photography | A Kiss in the dark

Anh Phan

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil engagement Photos | you lift me high

Clara Sampaio

NY Engagement Shoot - Cherry blossom in Brooklyn Botanical garden are always a spectacular moment to photograph couples love.

Blazej Sendzielski

David Butler II

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

Clara Sampaio

San Marco Mountain, IT Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: white horse, pure, embrace, snowing, winter

Pierpaolo Cialini

Creative Engagement Session Western Washington - Couple kissing on bench

Ron Storer

Fabio Azanha

Nino Lombardo

Cascais Lighthouse Session - Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: bokeh, rocks, water, beach, cove, red dress

Fabio Azanha

Istanbul engagement photo - shooting outdoors in black and white

Ufuk Sarisen

İstanbul couple in a gorgeous forrest during engagement photo session in Turkey

Emre Nesli

Miguel Onieva

Engagement session with an American couple at Cappadocia

Ufuk Sarisen

Engagement Photographer for Apulia - Portrait contains: couple, white, blue, building, apartment, doors, shutters, windows

Matteo Lomonte

Kristina Cazares Neri

Melissa Mercado

Tanya Parada

Mango Gu

Engaged couple in bamboo forest at LA Arboretum - Pre wedding pictures

Attila Iuhasz

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

Angela Nelson

Minnesota engagement session in Silverwood Park - Couple in the tall grass with a blue sky behind them

Penny McCoy

Brno engagement ring with couple | Engagement Photography

Matouš Bárta

Georgia pre wedding photo with a kiss at the park

Cindy Brown

Huy Nguyen

Engagement photo session of a couple standing together in front of a mural in San Francisco.

Raymond Nguyen

This Enagaged couple holds hands as they walk for their Pre-wedding session in Hoi An Vietnam

Trung Dinh

Joaquim Egidio Pre Wedding Photo Shoot - relaxing at the field

Vinicius Fadul

Industrial, symmetrical black and white portrait by Reggio Calabria Italy wedding photographer

Pasquale Minniti

Murcia Spain engagement photo session with a dog at sunset

Jose Miguel Perez Nunez

Cancun, Mexico pre-wedding portrait session | Pure love! - Couple in a swing.

Ankita Asthana

Julie Ambos

Napa Valley engagement photo shoot - Deep in the blue silhouette vertical

Thanh Trung

Rome, Georgia - Creative backlit engagement portrait

Orlando Suarez

Kevin Trimmer

Mumbai Giggles During E-Photo Session with Black and Green

Anupa Shah

Tenney Park, Madison, Wisconsin pre-wedding portraits | The engaged couple take a moment to kiss while walking on the snowy breakwater of Lake Mendota.

Ruthie Hauge

Bolano Love engagement photo shoot with a couple kissing and a running dog

Matteo Originale

Wright Locke Farm | Winchester, MA - sweet sunset engagement portrait session

Kevin Wright

Presidio Yacht Club, Sausalito Engagement Portrait at the boat docks.

Chris Shum

Miraflores Lima Pre Wedding E Shoot - Light Blue and Red

Dante Ceccon

Ilha de Paquetá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil pre-wedding shoot | They love Paqueta Island, the place they chose for their engagement. Nightfall left a mood of romance in the air!

Clara Sampaio

Castellina in Chianti, Siena PreWedding Photography | Engagement portrait session in Tuscany

Andrea Sampoli

Engaged Couple Portrait at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

Penny McCoy

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

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

Andres Preumayr

Simona Cancelli

Khao Lak - Bang Niang Beach - Thailand Engagement Photo Session in black and white at the Beach

Martin Hecht

Guanella Pass, Georgetown, CO Portraits | Walking couple celebrates their engagement in Georgetown

Justin Edmonds

pre wedding holiday portrait session in Lago Maggiore

Alessandro Serravalle

Charlotte Arts District Engagement Photography for Couples.

James Nix

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

Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa

Boston Public Garden Engagement Shoot - The flowers are larger than the couple but small compared to their love.

Abby Paul

Krabi prewedding shoot - heaven on the beach

Wasan Chirdchom

Chandan Sojitra

Jeziorsko Beach, Poland | Engagement portrait of two lovers in thickets.

Piotr Maksa

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

Cedric Derbaise

Tian'an Park Lovers Back to Back for Pre Wedding Photo

Lin Yang

Black and white engagement photo in rain at Mount Royal belvedere

Esther Gibbons

Campinas portrait of the couple amid the shadows

Eric Corbacho

A couple is silhouetted as they stand beneath trees on a bright, sunny day in this engagement photo by a Zhejiang, China photographer.

Chenjie Tan

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