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.

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

Ron Storer - Seattle

Pirenópolis Pré-wedding Portrait Photography at the beach during sunset

Claudia Amorim - Goiás

A couple squats on the ground kissing in front of a wall in Ho Chi Minh with graffiti art of a boy and a dog in this engagement photo by a Vietnam photographer.

Huy Nguyen - Ho Chi Minh

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

Aline Prado - Macaé

Asbury Park New Jersey Engagement Session with Crossed Keys Estate Wedding couple at the Beach

Michelle Arlotta - New Jersey

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

Raymond Nguyen - Sacramento

Candice C. Cusic, of Illinois, is a wedding photographer for

Candice C. Cusic - Chicago

San Francisco engagement photography | face to face couple is silhouetted in the afternoon light

Chris Shum - San Francisco

A San Francisco engaged couple sits dead center for a portrait on a dead log in the Forest

Raymond Nguyen - Sacramento

Sunset engagement shoot at the beach in whitstable, Kent, UK

Catherine Hill - Kent

James Nix, of North Carolina, is a wedding photographer for

James Nix - Charlotte

Vicenza Airport Love engagement photos | portrait of a couple with small aircraft

Enrico Celotto - Vicenza

Orbetello, Tuscany engagement portrait shoot - couples silhouettes are captured as they stand on a long pier in the ocean as the sun sets behind them

Marco Vegni - Siena

Sayen Gardens New Jersey Engagement Photographer: Last shot of the day, gelled the water, lit them, got the picture I wanted and clicked.

Miguel Gonzalez - Philadelphia

Hawaii, United States engagement shoot over the beach at dusk

Mango Gu - Hangzhou City

Tommy Cafe, Old Montreal - Engagement Portraits

Esther Gibbons - Montreal

Magic Village Drave - Arouca, Viseu - Portugal Engagement Photography with the light window

Paulo Castro - Braga

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

Kenneth Clapp - Baltimore

Milano, Italy - best italian engagement photo - black and white

Michela Bocciarelli - Milan

Engagement portraits from Christchurch Priory | posing for a session before their wedding

Robin Goodlad - Dorset

Coke's Ads on the Tennis Court - Arizona Engagement Photo

Thinh Phan - Chandler

Engagements during a blizzard while this couple stands framed below some prayer flags.

Trent Gillespie - Colorado

Marrakech, Morocco engagement portraits - Marrakech pre wedding session. Sunset after the rain

Luca Fabbian - Venice

Pre-wedding in Hoi An Vietnam with red and multicolored lanterns

Trung Dinh - Da Nang

Tian'an Park PreWedding Photo - Girl kissing boys ear

Lin Yang - Quanzhou

Death Valley engagement session in the hot desert sand for pre-wedding portraits

Dorota Karpowicz - Edmonton

Sofia, Bulgaria geo metric portrait of a newly engaged couple before their wedding

Tsvetelina Deliyska - Sofia

Laguna/SC - Brasil Pre Wedding Portraits at the Water

Willian Mariot - Santa Catarina

Ceparana Natural engagement photoshoot session for portraits.

Matteo Originale - La Spezia

Nam Le, of , is a wedding photographer for

Nam Le - Ho Chi Minh

Ouro Preto, MG couple holding hands by rock wall during photo shoot

Vinicius Terror - Minas Gerais

Newport, Rhode Island engagement portrait session - intimate Couple near ocean

Kevin Trimmer - Providence

Engaged couple portrait session at Rudyard Lake, Staffordshire

Jason Huckle - Northamptonshire

Florence, Tuscany pre-wedding photography | Engagement portrait session in Tuscany

Andrea Sampoli - Siena

YOSEMITE ENGAGEMENT PORTRAITS WITH BIG MOUNTAINS AND CLIFFS BEHIND COUPLE

Raymond Nguyen - Sacramento

San Francisco - A kiss... Almost! - California Engagement Photographer

Gagan Dhiman - Sacramento

São Paulo Engagement Photographer - destination session with birds flying

Vinicius Fadul - São Paulo

Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire | Couple shot in the tree shade

Jay Hoque - London

A couple sits on the floor holding a painting while a string of lights shaped into a heart lays on the floor in front of them for their pre-wedding photoshoot by a Hualien County, Taiwan photographer.

Tao Hsuan Tzu - Taipei

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

Chris Shum, of California, is a wedding photographer for

Chris Shum - San Francisco

Marco Odorino, of Bari, is a wedding photographer for

Marco Odorino - Bari

Boston engagement portrait at the park in the afternoon sun.

Alex Paul - Boston

Gorenjska, Slovenia Engagement Shoot with Love and Lens Flares

Goran Vadlja Kamenjašević - Velenje

Gantry Park LIC - Fun Couple portrait with city skyline behind them

Tim D. Yun - Manhattan

Engagement Portrait from Philadelphia - The horticultural center - Photographer "I saw the line of trees and a statue and climbed it to get the up high shot."

Miguel Gonzalez - Philadelphia

Downtown Los Angeles, California - Windswept Couple during engagement shoot

Darren Hendry - Los Angeles

Fabio Azanha, of , is a wedding photographer for

Fabio Azanha - Lisbon

Hvězdárna a Planetáruim Brno Portrait Shoot with engaged couple under the dome

Matouš Bárta - Prague

Cape Cod, MA Engagement Photographer - wide portrait of the soon to be bride and groom

Alex Paul - Boston

New Hamsphire Engagement Photography Portrait Session in the Woods on a Flat Rock

Jessica Weiser - Portland-ME

Eric McCallister, of New Hampshire, is a wedding photographer for

Eric McCallister - Portsmouth

Laguna/SC - Brasil - casal emoldurado pre wedding portraits

Willian Mariot - Santa Catarina

China Silhouette Portrait - Engagement Photography

Vincent Mu - Shandong

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

Bruno Montt - Rio de Janeiro

Boston engagement portrait with afternoon sun and lens flares

Alex Paul - Boston

A couple stands together in a cafe in Ruse in this nighttime engagement portrait by a Bulgaria photographer.

Bozhidar Krastev - Ruse

Milano, Italy engagement photo at sunset at the water with a solo light

Michela Bocciarelli - Milan

Engagement Portrait | Getting wet in Iceland by the waterfall and lake/river

Ashley Davenport - Derbyshire

DUMBO couple walking together during their pre-wedding engagement portrait session

Tim D. Yun - Manhattan

Enjoying a last minute glass of champagne before starting the portraits of their downtown Denver engagement.

Trent Gillespie - Colorado

Beach Silhouette of Engaged Couple at El Matador Beach Malibu

Angelica Virgen - Los Angeles

Sunset engagement portrait session at Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Justin Edmonds - Denver

Engaged couple during their black and white Pre-wedding session

Claudia Amorim - Goiás

Brazil wedding photography - Pirenópolis couple portrait session

Claudia Amorim - Goiás

Kristina Cazares Neri, of California, is a wedding photographer for

Kristina Cazares Neri - San Diego

Couple kiss in front of a graffiti wall on Arthur Verona street in Bucharest during prewedding portrait session.

Petrica Tanase - Bucharest

San Donato V.C. - (Fr) - Italy Engagement Session in afternoon sunlight

Paolo Ferrera - Frosinone

Savannah GA Military couple during prewedding portrait shoot session at sunset

Gagan Dhiman - Sacramento

DC Couple laying down on giant outdoor inflatable bounce house floor

Abram Eric Landes - Washington DC

A woman peeks out from behind her fiance in this pre-wedding portrait in Milan, Italy. Taken by a Lombardy photographer.

Michela Bocciarelli - Milan

Hendaye engagement pre wedding session

Chrystel Echavidre - Landes

Engagement Shooting of kissing couple in Aachen

Rosa Engel - Aachen

Beach pre-wedding portrait photography | Light and movement. Silhouette and action.

Qi Xiang - Nanping

This Engaged couple kiss in a field during their Pre-wedding shoot in Hoi An Vietnam

Trung Dinh - Da Nang

In Vitoria, a woman holds her fiance's hand as he stands behind her in this black and white pre-wedding portrait by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

Renan Radici - Porto Alegre

A couple stands in the golden sunlight of Bolsena, Italy in this engagement photo by a Orvieto photographer.

Massimiliano Esposito - Orvieto

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 - Miami

Black and white engagement photo session of a couple walking along Mirror Beach in Devon, England.

Robin Goodlad - Dorset

California - Northern San Francisco Engagement and Wedding Photographer

Chris Shum - San Francisco

South London cute cats joining in the engagement portrait session.

Matilda Delves - Kent

Downtown Los Angeles, California Engagement Photos | Crossing Couple in the Streets

Darren Hendry - Los Angeles

North Mymms Park Couple session against green wall of trees.

Razvan Danaila - Bedfordshire

A couple walks along the beach of Barra Grande in Bahia in this pre-wedding photo by a Minas Gerais photographer.

Vinicius Terror - Minas Gerais

Casterat-Lectourois, Gers | A girl laughing in the arm of her boyfriend during pre-wedding engagement photoshoot

Isabelle Bazin - Gers

A couple hugs on the top of sand dunes for their engagement portrait in Death Valley

Dorota Karpowicz - Edmonton

A couple can be seen kissing through branches in during their Lorient, France engagement photoshoot by a Morbihan, Birttany photographer.

Christophe Pasteur - Morbihan

Holambra Pre Wedding Photo Shoot | sun and kiss

Vinicius Fadul - São Paulo

James Nix, of North Carolina, is a wedding photographer for

James Nix - Charlotte

Cappadocia engagement portraits of a couple kissing under hot air balloons

Emre Nesli - Istanbul

Engagement Photos from Koekbouw Veghel, The Netherlands - Silhouette of an engaged couple in a former compound feed company

Elke Teurlings - Noord Brabant

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

Ron Storer - Seattle

Mihai Zaharia, of București, is a wedding photographer for

Mihai Zaharia - Bucharest

Los Angeles, California Pre Wedding Engagement Photo Shoot

Darren Hendry - Los Angeles

West Wittering, West Sussex at the beach | London Engagement Photographer

Jay Hoque - London

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

Ben Chrisman - Charleston

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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.