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155+ Engagement Portrait Photos on Boardwalks, Footbridges, Docks and More

Find a Photographer / Boardwalks + Footbridges + Docks

Feb 18, 2020 - Take a low-stress, pre-wedding photoshoot stroll on a boardwalk surrounded by blue water. Become inspired by charming footbridges, wooden paths, patios, and nautical boat docks. Get creative ideas from the top engagement photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. Are you tired of stale couple portraits? Turn to the WPJA for help with putting together an innovative and artistic photoshoot.

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Cartagena lovers during engagement session at the boardwalk
Jose Miguel Perez Nunez
e-Session on the dock near boats in Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Kássio Silva
Engagement Photography Session from Marina Del Ray - couple laughing on the beach in black and white
Heather DeCamp
Standard poodle jumps up into arms of couple at Steven's Institute of Technology during their Hoboken NJ engagement photo session
Michelle Arlotta
Worthing Pier, West Sussex, UK | Couple embracing on Pier with lifebouy ring in foreground
Jenny Rutterford
Vietnam engagement photos of a couple at the ocean with a seagull and lamp post | Ho Chi Minh photographer pre-wedding portrait session
Khoi Le
Manuel Medrano Coll
Couple Engagement Photos | Nailsworth, Gloucestershire fun session
Jonny Barratt
La Spezia Porto Mirabello - Engagement photography at the docks with boats.
Matteo Originale
Baden-Wurttemberg pre wedding portraits - Immenstaad am Bodensee - silhouettes of love
Michael Geyer
Burano, Venezia, Italy portrait session shoot with a couple sharing Hugs on the bridge
Paolo Blocar
New-York Walking Couple On Brooklyn Bridge - Black and White Engagement Portraits
Julien Laurent Georges
black and white como lake engagement photography near the water
Federica Ariemma
SENTOSA PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY
Vu Nguyen
Jeziorsko Lake, Poland Engagement Photo Session - Image contains: Two young people are lying on the bridge.
Piotr Maksa
Couple with a dog - Wisconsin Engagement Photos of Couples
Romulo Morishita
Hoboken New Jersey engagement photography session with NYC skyline in background
Michelle Arlotta
engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with a sailboat in the distance | Key West photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session
Julie Ambos
Engagement Photography Session from Tekirdag, Turkey - where they are in love
Nilufer Nalbantoglu
Santa Cruz Beach Lifeguard Tower Pre-Wedding Photo Session | Sunset at Santa Cruz
Shea McGrath
Annecy, French Alps - A couple walk near the lake in Annecy
Sylvain Bouzat
Park Gródek, Jaworzno, Poland - Engaged couple on a wooden path in an old stone pit
Grzegorz Kogut
Massachusetts Engagement Couple Portrait - Image contains: snow, covered, bridge, blanket, cold, winter
Alex Paul
Point Pleasant New Jersey Pre-Wedding Photographer: "Last shot as they left. I saw it, stopped them and clicked."
Miguel Gonzalez
Eagle Point, Oregon Lit Engagement Portrait at Night | A couple inside a covered bridge.
Jerome Pollos
Brazil Teresópolis Engagement Session Photography - Portrait contains: water, dock, boat, ramp, beach, lake, hug, couples
Claudia Amorim
Jesse La Plante
Venezia, Italy pre-wedding photo-shoot - Sweet picture at the pier of a young, engaged couple
Paolo Blocar
Wuyuan, Jiangxi, China Portrait Photography | Couple on the bridge in the countryside.
Leon Wong
Portrait at South Pointe Park, South Beach, FL engagement photo session with a couple sitting in the sand.
Lukas Guillaume
Azur France engagement photo shoot - slowly on the lake with a couple on a dock
Chrystel Echavidre
Zakynthos, Greece Sunset Engagement Portraits in Greece - A couple on the boardwalk over the water.
Paolo Blocar
AGUILAS MURCIA couple portraits | A fun little dog in the middle of the pre-wedding session
Eduardo Blanco
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
Thessaloniki engagement session near sunset on the wooden dock | Greece pre-wedding photographer
Vasilis Maneas
Old Town Alexandria, Virginia | A couple engagement session on the waterfront
Anastasiia Polyakov
Trasimeno Lake Love Portrait Session - Couple on the Dock at the Water.
Mirko Vegliò
Cedric Derbaise
London wedding engagement pictures by England photographer
Jay Hoque
Engagement photo of a couple kissing and silhouetted by the sunset at Trasimeno Lake, Italy.
Mirko Vegliò
Playful portrait of a couple lying on their backs on the wood deck by a La Spezia Engagement Photographer
Matteo Originale
Fujian, China Pre-Wedding Engagement Portrait
Lily Zeng
Engagement Photos | Lovers in reflection at the water
Chris Shum
Pre-wedding Photo shooting session in Rota, Spain at the beach boardwalk's
Pedro Volana
Bride and groom sitting embraced with two people passing by in Gramado - RS
Renan Radici
Izmir Pre-Wedding Photography portrait session on the pier of Cesme
Ufuk Sarisen
Barranco, Lima, Peru Portrait Session — Couple in the middle of an old wooden bridge in front of sunset
Maik Dobiey
Cabo de Gata - Almeria pre-wedding photo shoot of a couple on the beach with boats.
Eduardo Blanco
Montreal, Quebec Engagement Photographer - Image of the couple Taken at the Grand Quai in Old Montreal.
Esther Gibbons
A couple is Playing on the jetty during their sunset Aguilas - Spain engagement photo shooting session
Eduardo Blanco
Mumbai Engagement Photo. Pre-wedding portraits at the tall trees near the beach. Silhouette photography.
Ankita Asthana
Coastal sunsent engagement session in Whistable Kent, UK
Catherine Hill
Polignano - Puglia engagement session at the water with good light
Matteo Lomonte
A couple walks together on the pier of the New Brighton Pier, Christchurch, New Zealand
Liz Robson
Baltimore, Maryland engagement session walking the dog in Patterson Park
Kathleen Ricker
Le Grazie - La Spezia Portrait Session - you and me kissing on a bench at the boat docks.
Matteo Originale
Engaged couple walking on boardwalk, woman kissing man's hand - Old Montreal, Canada portrait session
Esther Gibbons
Overhead, drone portrait of couple on boat dock | Séance wedding engagement - France | S'aimer de haut
Cedric Derbaise
Laguna Beach, CA engagement photo session | A young couple and an elderly couple by the sea.
Leon Wong
Sunset Saco, ME Beer Engagement - Boardwalk hiking and biking trail portrait session
Corey Butler

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