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The 400 Best Photo Ideas of Architecture-Themed Engagement Portraits

Find a Photographer / Architectural + Buildings + Designs

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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Danny Klimetz, of Mississippi, is a wedding photographer for
Danny Klimetz
Vignamaggio, Florence, Tuscany prewedding photography | Engagement image in black and white
Marco Vegni
Edmonton, AB, Canada Engagement Shoot - framing in sunglasses
Dorota Karpowicz
Engagement Photo from Budapest /hungary Budapest Hilton Hotel - Couple standing on street in a good light
Emre Nesli
The couple appears statuesque as they stand in front of the Palace of Fine arts in this engagement portrait by a San Diego, CA photographer.
Kristina Cazares Neri
Burano, Venezia, Italy portrait session shoot with a couple sharing Hugs on the bridge
Paolo Blocar
Engagement Portrait from session at the Peasant Museum in Bucharest
Petrica Tanase
Angoustrine, French Pyrénées Pre-wedding portrait session on the top of the hill
Catherine Hudson Paturet
San Francisco Engagement Shoot - Couple Holding hands by big green door.
Chris Shum
Engagement Photography for Seattle, Washington - Portrait of a couple standing next to building
Ron Storer
Engagement Photos from California - San Francisco - Portrait contains: couple, shaft, light, shadows
Chris Shum
Black and white engagement photo of a couple silhouetted beneath a construction crane in Milan, Italy.
Massimiliano Beccati
Vietnam Phu Quoc Island - You and I go and save memories everywhere we can
Huy Che Hoang
Portugal Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: window, glass, stained, kiss, chin, vertical
Daniel Monteiro
Ian Chin, of California, is a wedding photographer for
Ian Chin
Penghu couple show affection to one another during their engagement photo shoot amongst a network of stone buildings
Chao Chin Yang
Beijing China Athletic Couple pose for an outdoor engagement portrait in the city.
Xiaoye Sun
Johns Hopkins University Engagement Portrait - They Met at JHU
Kathleen Ricker
Los Angeles engagement photographer captured this photo of the couples silhouettes
Tanya Parada
Engagement photo session in Budapest - Arches and Warm Light
Melinda Guerini Temesi
Campinas - São Paulo couple in front of the door, kissing for prewedding portraits
Vinicius Fadul
Painted Hall, London - Pre Bride and Pre Groom engagement portrait
Obi Nwokedi
Singapore Pre Wedding Portraits in Red - A Dip & a Kiss in Chinatown
Anupa Shah
Barra de São Miguel, Alagoas pre wedding portraits - prospective love
Monica Guimaraes
Baltimore, Maryland engaged couple holding hands and walking under the word Love, spelled out on a brick building
Kathleen Ricker
Couple Engagement Photos | Cabo de Gata - Almeria - Session on the Almería coast
Eduardo Blanco
Hradcanske Namesti, Prague Castle, Czech Republic Pre Wedding Portraits | A couple shares a late summer night kiss underneath the impressive gas lamps at Prague Castle
Kurt Vinion
Hong Kong Engagement Photos - Red, yellow, orange, blue and black.
Liam Collard
A couple kisses beneath a spiral window and blue skies in Colombo this engagement photo session by a Sri Lanka wedding photographer.
Geeshan Bandara
IL pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple in the windy city | Chicago portrait shoot
Victoria Sprung
Paris destination wedding photography at the Eiffel Tower | European engagement photographers
Sergio Cueto
A couple poses in front of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC
Johnny Shryock
Valencia engagement photographer captured this image of a couple embracing at sunset on a city block in Alcoy
Toni Miranda
El Morro, San Juan PR Engagement Portrait of a Couple - Image contains: Framing the couple with the arches and the door behind couple.
Alexis Rodriguez Montalvo
Rio Grande do Sul Engagement Session Photography - Portrait contains: silhouette, trees, blue sky, buildings, city
Mauricio Mussi
Washington, DC pre-wedding portraits - Couple with monument in background
Kevin Trimmer
Cabo de Gata Almeria — Sunny day in Almeria for couple engagement portrait session
Eduardo Blanco
Madison, Wisconsin Engagement Photography of a couple holding hands and walking
Romulo Morishita
London bridge Engagement Photograph
Gyula Lovaszi
England Haldon Forest Engagement shoot with a couple in the woods
David Pullum
Lviv, Ukraine kissing couple in front of an old building during pre wedding engagement shoot session
Emre Nesli
Couple Engagement Photo Session | San Francisco Lovers' shadows in the city
Chris Shum
Perth Western Australia - A nice picture at the beach. | Engagement Session Photography - Portrait contains: water, sun, sunset, pier
Jacob Gordon
A couple stands in front of a tower in Spoleto and kisses as the sun sets during their engagement photo session by Perugia, Umbria photographer.
Mirko Vegliò
Istanbul engagement Photo session at blue mosque at sunset
Ufuk Sarisen
Lukas Guillaume, of Florida, is a wedding photographer for
Lukas Guillaume
Engagement Photos from world trade center - NYC Couple Silhouette
Wenjie Han
Spain Dirt Bike loving couple pre-wedding portrait - KTM loving Almería couple
Eduardo Blanco
Engagement shoot at the Vijay Runn Palace, Jaipur, India of a couple running during mid-day with two strobes
Sunny Pariani
Engagement photography of a Nigerian couple in Lisbon
Fabio Azanha
A couple kissing on a stairwell in Hualien was captured by a Taiwan engagement photographer
Tao Hsuan Tzu
Ufuk Sarisen, of Istanbul, is a wedding photographer for
Ufuk Sarisen
Parque Lage - RJ - Rio de Janeiro Pre-Wedding Portraits - Good symmetry, beautiful reflection and connection.
Bruno Montt
high wall portrait with couple - Illinois Engagement Photographer
Victoria Sprung
Cristal Palace in Madrid Retiro Park engagement session
Rocio Vega Roa
Engagement Photography Session from Philadelphia, PA - Love is in the air at Philadelphia's historical Merchant Exchange Building
Ron Soliman
Brazil Pre Wedding Engagement Photography - Minas Gerais Wedding Photographers
Vinicius Terror
Trieste, Italy Love and a wonderful castle as a background for a nice engagement portrait
Paolo Blocar
Ian Chin, of California, is a wedding photographer for
Ian Chin
Haut-Rhin urban wedding engagement portrait of a couple on stairs with a huge glass building | Grand Estate pre-wedding photographer session
Nicolas Bernard

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