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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.

Malaysia couple portrait with the special light - prewedding photography

Chin Whei Tay

Stroud Preserve, West Chester PA Engagement Photos during fall | Taking a ride on the grooms back. Fun + color + moment/light

Miguel Gonzalez

Stacy Gillespie

venice pre-wedding shoot for engagement portraits

Carlo Bettuolo

A couple stands against a building in Edmonton in front of tall windows in this engagement photo by an Alberta, Canada photographer.

Dorota Karpowicz

Black and white engagement photo of laughing couple in Old Montreal - Winter engagement session in Old Montreal

Esther Gibbons

Piaui Brazil Pre Wedding Photo Shoot at the Beach at Sunset

Carlos de Andrade

Chris Shum

Engagement Photographer for Romania | session on the streets of Amsterdam Netherlands

Petrica Tanase

Gyula Lovaszi

Acqui Terme (Alessandria), Piemonte, Italia pre-wedding portrait photographer - Couple running around the swimming pool with a dog

Giorgia Gaggero

Pre wedding portraits in Huahin | Black and White Engagement Photographer

Stam Chananakhon

Chandan Sojitra

Engagement Photographer for Siena, Piazza del Campo - Portrait contains: couple, embrace, public square, building

Federico Pannacci

Cappodocia, Turkey Pre Wedding Portraits - lovers with a beautiful view

Nilufer Nalbantoglu

Montreal, Quebec portrait session Among pine trees - Winter engagement photo

Esther Gibbons

Princeton Engagement Photos "Couldnt get to the sunset in time without driving, I found a bench they could sit on to try and get it. There are cars and the street behind us."

Miguel Gonzalez

Engagement Photography for Siracusa - Portrait contains: home, doorways, couple, engaged

Simona Cancelli

Miraflores sesion at Malecon with the lighthouse at sunset

Dante Ceccon

Milan engagement pre-wedding photo shoot - love in Milan

Federica Ariemma

Cape Elizabeth, ME Engagement Photography in Nature

Corey Butler

Tao Hsuan Tzu

Shrine Pass Portraits | Sun flare on top of Shrine Pass to finish up their Vail engagement session.

Trent Gillespie

Tanarak Visessonchoke

Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) Engagement Portrait - Climbing couple at a rock wall

Miguel Onieva

Napa Valley Engagement Photography — A moment in love for couple | Tattoos and Rings

Thanh Trung

Couple walks their dogs in Central Park during engagement shoot

Denis Gostev

venice winter engagement shoot in black and white

Carlo Bettuolo

Turpan Couple running in the mountains during prewedding photoshoot session

Qi Xiang

Simon Cassanas

Toni Miranda

Puglia engagement shoot with afternoon sun and green smoke

Federica Ariemma

Engagement Photos from Local fair in Edmonton - Couple rides the swings at fair

Lauren Hannah Garcia

Los Angeles, California Engaged Couple Posing for PreWedding Portraits

Tanya Parada

South Mountain, Arizona engagement photo shoot during the Golden Hour

Thinh Phan

Barranco, Lima, Peru Portrait Session — Couple in the middle of an old wooden bridge in front of sunset

Maik Dobiey

Engagement Portrait from Tibães monastery - Braga - Portugal | Couple holding each other with lake in the background

Andre Furtado

Engagement Portrait Session - Image contains: Sunset in Almería

Eduardo Blanco

Facula Bokeh Portrait from above - Purple Dots Engagement Photo

Jinqi Tan

Cruise Ship MSC Seaview Engagement Photography - Theater on the sea

Vinicius Fadul

Engagement Photographer for banff national Park, AB, Canada - high in the mountains

Dorota Karpowicz

YOSEMITE PARK ENGAGEMENT PORTRAITS IN BLACK AND WHITE

Raymond Nguyen

Engagement Photos from Kirchhorst, Germany | Summer Engagement Session that includes the couple's love for the outdoors

Anji Martin

Landgoed den Treek Couple having fun during engagment photo time in the grass and trees.

Karin Bunschoten

Panjin engagement portrait with green plants and in vertical.

Moana Wu

Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park engagement photographer: We had a blue bird sky day, and I wanted to create a cool landscape of the feel of our day. We were 70 miles from land, on an island. So I wanted to show the feel of floating

Michael Freas

Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: woods, forest, blue, evening, sky

Olu Akintorin

Vlad Lodoaba

Aachen Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: woods, trees, forest, grass, embrace, hug

Rosa Engel

London couple portrait with trees around them

Ashley Davenport

Da Li Engagement Pre-wedding Portrait Session at the Water at Sunset

Xiang Liu

Yedigöller/Bolu/Turkey | Portrait of a couple sitting on a natural balcony

Emre Nesli

Engagement Photography for Fujian Beach - Image contains: black, white, wind, blowing, couple, portrait

Qi Xiang

University of Delaware Portrait Session in a Small Boat on the Water.

Kathleen Ricker

Chicago engagement session with couple about to get married

Milan Lazic

Rixey VA Farm Engagement Portrait session - The couple embraces after sunset and the sky is illuminated

Brittany Diliberto

Cliffs of Mohr - Ireland Engagement Shoot in the Clouds | I can Fly!

Kathleen Ricker

On the streets of Frankfurt Germany for Engagement Portrait Session

Tobias Löhr

Thailand Wedding Photographer - Couple shooting in chinatown busy street, Bangkok - engagement photos

Chin Whei Tay

Engagement photo session in Lincoln Park, Chicago with warm light

Tamara Gavrilovic

guess what - Rio de Janeiro Engagement Photograph

Bruno Montt

Ashley Davenport

world trade center - engaged couple silhouette during portrait shoot

Wenjie Han

Tam Nguyen

Vittel, France Automnal engagement portrait - Photo Session - Portrait contains: leaves, fall, colors, rainbow, prism, kiss

Julien Maria

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

Vinicius Fadul

Monocacy Battlefiels Engagement Portrait of Couple and their dog

Anastasiia Polyakov

Cedric Derbaise

Los Angeles engagement photographer captured this photo of the couples silhouettes

Tanya Parada

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

Bruno Montt

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

Matteo Lomonte

Maleiha Desert, Dubai - Desert pre-wedding shoot with a warm wind blowing her hair

Bernie Richardson

Tanya Parada

This photo of a couple kissing below an advertisement of a couple kissing was designed by a Naples engagement photographer in Milano

Federica Ariemma

Antarctica engagement portraits - Couple Posing with the Penguins

Kathleen Ricker

Milano, Italy Fine Art, Black and White Pre Wedding Portrait with Wall Mural.

Michela Bocciarelli

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

Emre Nesli

Engagement Photos from Almería - Spain | Image contains: palm trees, couple, sky, clouds

Eduardo Blanco

The Waterworks Philadelphia Engagement Photographer: "Bride said she did gymnastics so we said let's see. Click."

Miguel Gonzalez

Danny Klimetz

Engagement session on the urban streets of Manhattan, NYC

Lukas Guillaume

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

Cindy Brown

cappadocia pre-wedding portraits of a couple walking in to the history books

Emre Nesli

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

Thinh Phan

Symmetrical Orvieto Engagement portrait in the late afternoon sunlight with a couple nearly silhouetted between buildings

Massimiliano Esposito

Shoot through woods. - Vietnam Engagement Photography

Vu Nguyen

Malibu, California Beach Engagement Session near the edge of the water and cliffs

Tanya Parada

Engagement photo session of a young couple holding each other in a tunnel in Venice.

Carlo Bettuolo

Pre Wedding in Florence - portrait of a couple in Piazzale Michelangelo

Alessandro Serravalle

Tuscany Engagement Portrait In their Town, Pescia - sunlight, kiss

Patrycja Janik

Couple's portrait in Central Park by NY wedding and engagement photographer

Denis Gostev

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

Andrea Sampoli

Engagement Portrait from Avalon, New Jersey Beach - Photography contains: hug, kiss, couple, lifestyle, beach

Michelle Arlotta

venice engagement shooting with High Water couple in black and white

Carlo Bettuolo

Ashley Davenport

Silhouetted profiles of the newly engaged couple looking at each other. This photo was taken soon after the proposal, inside the Mount Royal Chalet.

Esther Gibbons

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