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30+ Best Photo-Op Ideas of Engagement Portrait Sessions at Amusement Parks and County Fairs

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April 17, 2021 - Take your pre-wedding engagement photography session to the amusement park or local county fair for some fun and creative ideas. Get inspired by the top wedding and engagement photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association and search their photoshoots by exciting rides (using a slow shutter speed for motion blur), food trucks, and tractors. When you’re searching for out of the box thinking that will make for a fun and unique photoshoot, speak with a WPJA member about your vision.

4 Amusement Park Engagement Photo Ideas:

1. On the rides 2. At a food vendor 3. Fun zone games 4. Slow camera shutter motion blur

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Engagement Photo Sessions | Carousel in Florence
Simone Miglietta
A couple rides the Scrambler during a Virginia Fair Engagement Photography session
Johnny Shryock
Carrousel engagement portrait session - Love at the park
Veronica Ruiz
Santa Monica, Los Angeles Engagement Photography | Couple by the sea in the evening.
Leon Wong
A couple kisses on the ferris wheel at the county fair at sunset | Virginia Engagement Portraits
Brittany Diliberto
Parque Eduardo VII couple portrait of the two enjoying the end of the day with a view a big wheel in Lisbon
Carlos Porfírio
Paris engagement portrait session - giant wheel laughs from this couple
Eric Corbacho
Engagement Photos from Madrid - Couple in front of a carrousel
Sergio Cueto
Engagement Photographer | Dave and Busters, Anne Arundel, Maryland - playing video games engagement session. This photo shows them playing a shooting game
Breanna Shaw
Western Cape wedding photographer: "This was taken at Gold Reef City theme park in Johannesburg, South Africa. The park was almost closed and we sneaked in a last photo with an empty merry-go-round and the late afternoon sun."
Christelle Rall
Engagement Photos from Local fair in Edmonton - Couple rides the swings at fair
Lauren Hannah Garcia
Hafen Stuttgart couple Laughing during their engagement shoot
Martin Hecht
London engagement couple portrait shoot at London Eye
Jonny Barratt
Minnesota playful pre wedding portrait session in Minneapolis, MN as they dance together with a romantic dip
Adam Boole
Rhode Island engaged picture session at the Roger Williams Park using a double exposure of couple holding hands
Warren Lane
Lisbon engagement picture session at Parque Eduardo VII created with a Couple looking each other with a moving giant wheel in their back
Carlos Porfírio
Simona Cancelli, of Siracusa, is a wedding photographer for
Simona Cancelli
Anne Arundel County Fair engagement portrait session at night - Cute couple on the scrambler!
Brittany Diliberto
A couple in the fun-house at the county fair, getting scared by the air blow walkway | Arlington, VA Wedding Photographer
Brittany Diliberto
Santa Monica, Los Angeles Beach Photo Session for Engagement | Couple playing by the sea.
Leon Wong
China fun pre wedding portrait on the streets of carnival with balloons
Vincent Mu
Simona Cancelli, of Siracusa, is a wedding photographer for
Simona Cancelli
A Virginia couple during their pre-wedding portrait session at a carnival | Arlington, VA photographer
Johnny Shryock
Bolano Love engagement portrait of a couple sitting on a playground slide tube
Matteo Originale
Roller Coaster Love Session for Engagement Portraits in California
Scott MacDonald
Siracusa luna park slow-shutter engagement portrait with blur.
Simona Cancelli
Montmartre, Paris portrait session in front of the old merry-go-round at the bottom of the Sacre Coeur in Montmartre
Elodie Ruelleux-Dagorne
IT pre wedding and engagement photography at the lake in Forlì-Cesena, Italy
Caterina Errani
London Eye Engagement Photo Shoot at Night with Couple in Red
Gaby Ermstrang
Engagement Picture Session | engagement shooting at the Cannstatter Volksfest
Svetlana Kohlmeier
IT pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at Lago del Predil, Udine, Italy with nothing but Smiles
Lisa Pacor

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