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The 400 Best Photo Ideas of Architecture-Themed Engagement Portraits

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Feb 18, 2020 - Pre-wedding engagement portraits featuring couples who appreciate good architecture. Get inspiration from Diamond Award-winning photography by the Wedding Photojournalist Association for photos that show off unique designs, original buildings, and intriguing structures. If you like what you see in the pictures below, make sure you contact a WPJA photographer to bring your dream urban photoshoot to life.

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Engagement photo session in Vienna, Austria
Melinda Guerini Temesi
UC Berkeley Engagement Portraits by the Clock Tower
Chris Shum
Sofia, Bulgaria engagement photoshoot - Black and white portrait of the couple with concrete pillars
Tsvetelina Deliyska
Laura Segall
Union Station, Denver, CO - This couple poses together at twilight in front of Denver Union Station during their engagement photos.
Justin Edmonds
Burano, Venezia, Italy portrait session shoot with a couple sharing Hugs on the bridge
Paolo Blocar
Silhouettes under Buildings at Night - Sofia Engagement Photo
Tsvetelina Deliyska
Great wall engagement session - Beijing, China portraits
Vincent MA
Murcia Spain engagement photo session with a dog at sunset
Jose Miguel Perez Nunez
Silhouette of the couple with St Paul's in the background in Central London.
Nishit Parmar
Engaged couple hug in Modern Chic North Loop Minneapolis Urban Engagement shoot with Cool Texture Wall
Laura Robinson
Engagement Photography for Saigon, Vietnam - Image contains: patterns, shadows, couple, sunlight
Vu Nguyen
Ho Chi Minh destination wedding photography | Vietnam engagement photographers
Khoi Le
Mojacar - Spain couple portrait session - The Kiss under the lattice framework
Eduardo Blanco
London pre-wedding shoot - urban minimalism
Ashley Davenport
National Gallery Of Art Engagement Photos for this silhouetted couple
Mantas Kubilinskas
London Pre-Wedding Photography with statues at British Museum
Ufuk Sarisen
Los Gatos engagement photo shoot of a couple hugging under a mission bell
Chris Shum
Singapore Engagement Photographer said: Singapore has a lot of interesting structure and these giant trees attracted to me. I decided to shoot these trees with couple.
Vu Nguyen
Hvězdárna a Planetáruim Brno Portrait Shoot with engaged couple under the dome
Matouš Bárta
Engagement Session Photography - Portrait contains: Central Park in Manhattan, New York - Silhouette picture with a famous building in the background
Yun Li
IL pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple in the windy city | Chicago portrait shoot
Victoria Sprung
London UK Engagement Photography for couples
Jay Hoque
Tower Bridge, London engagement portrait | The activity this couples does the most is read to each other, so they wanted to have a shot of them reading during their engagement session
Kari Bellamy
Hyde Park, London England Pre-Wedding Portraits: A modern engagement photo in London England
Kari Bellamy
Beijing China Red Engagement Portrait under the Golden Mc Arch
Xiaoye Sun
Ian Chin
Bursa, Turkey engagement pre-wedding shoot of hugging lovers
Nilufer Nalbantoglu
Javea Pre-Wedding Portraits - Valencia Engagement Photography
Toni Miranda
a romantic portrait in Venice with a newly engaged couple - black-and-white pre-wedding photography
Marta Buso
Vietnam Engagement Photography - transition couple portrait
Huy Nguyen
Laguna/SC - Brasil - casal emoldurado pre wedding portraits
Willian Mariot
Joaquim Egidio campinas engagement portraits couple on the steps
Vinicius Fadul
Angelica Virgen
Vignamaggio, Florence, Tuscany prewedding photography | Engagement image in black and white
Marco Vegni
Central Park Dancing in Bethesda Terrace during Engagement Portrait Session
Denis Gostev
San Francisco Engagement Portraits
Chris Shum
Key West Florida Portrait Couple Session with a Red Brick night sky
Julie Ambos
An engaged couple silhouette kissing under a chinese roof in Marathonas, Greece
Manos Skoularikos
Newly engaged couple pose for a portrait on the stairway of the San Jose City Hall Rotunda
Tyler Vu
Edmonton, AB, Canada Engagement Shoot - framing in sunglasses
Dorota Karpowicz
Phu Quoc Island pre-wedding photographer| a kiss in the room with a beautiful view
Huy Che Hoang
Vietnam pre wedding portraits at a bridge in danang
Tam Nguyen
Minneapolis, MN engagement portraits - They embrace by the Cherry in the spoon in Minneapolis
Abby Paul
Engagement Portrait from Bellapais Monastery, Kyrenia, Cyprus - Couple is kissing in front of a highlighted wall
Orçun Yalçın
Engaged Couples Photographer | battery mendell geometry
Ian Chin
Ancient Castle in the north of Italy engagement portrait - Me, you and this awesome sunset.
Giorgio Baruffi
Engagement Photos | Budapest Hilton Hotel - couple standing in a railway station
Emre Nesli
Breckenridge, CO Photography | A snow engagement near the Sawmill Reservoir in Breckenridge.
Trent Gillespie
Engagement Photo Session at Laguna/SC - Brasil
Willian Mariot
Barra de São Miguel, Alagoas pre wedding portraits - prospective love
Monica Guimaraes
Engagement photos in Florence - This is one of my favorites corners to take engagement photos in Florence
Simone Miglietta
Engaged couple posing in an old beer factory in Bucharest for portrait
Petrica Tanase
Sofia Couple Portraits - Bulgarian National Library Engagement Photography - Image contains: steps, building, back, sitting, flags, concrete, pillars
Tsvetelina Deliyska
Slovakia wedding engagement photographers | pre-wedding photography
Martin Almasi
Tuscany wedding engagement portrait of a couple in the city shadows | Siena pre-wedding photographer session
Federico Pannacci
Rio Grande do Sul pictures of a couple before a stone church by a top Brazil wedding engagement photographer
Renan Radici
Engagement portrait session in sunny South Beach Miami
Brenda Bravo
East Midlands city pre-wedding engagement pictures | UK portrait shoot
Aaron Storry
Knoetzie Beach, Knysna engagement portrait | The beach is known for the castle's and I used them in the background to give this photo that extra interest.
Christelle Rall

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