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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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Engaged couple walking on boardwalk, woman kissing man's hand - Old Montreal, Canada portrait session
Esther Gibbons
Rio de Janeiro destination wedding photographer for Brazil engagement sessions by the ocean
Clara Sampaio
Jeziorsko Lake, Poland Engagement Photo Session - Image contains: Two young people are lying on the bridge.
Piotr Maksa
Trasimeno Lake Love Portrait Session - Couple on the Dock at the Water.
Mirko Vegliò
Engagement Photography Session from Tekirdag, Turkey - where they are in love
Nilufer Nalbantoglu
MA wedding engagement photos for New England couples
Simi Rabinowitz
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
Newly engaged couple walking hand in hand on a cobblestone road during their pre-wedding engagement shoot
Corina Oghina
A Fujian engagement photo shoot session of a couple on a long bridge by the ocean | China photographer
Joy Qin
Lazio wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple and balloons by the water | Rome pre-wedding pictures
Massimiliano Esposito
Bucharest Dambovita River Engagement Shoot with a couple posing on a bridge
Petrica Tanase
New-York Engagement Portrait on the Brooklyn Bridge in Black and White
Julien Laurent Georges
Baltimore, Maryland engagement session walking the dog in Patterson Park
Kathleen Ricker
Bride and groom sitting embraced with two people passing by in Gramado - RS
Renan Radici
Marta Buso, of Venezia, is a wedding photographer for
Marta Buso
Brazil Teresópolis Engagement Session Photography - Portrait contains: water, dock, boat, ramp, beach, lake, hug, couples
Claudia Amorim
Frankfurt - Eiserner Steg Engagement Session - Couple at the Eiserner Steg sitting next to padlocks
Paulo Sacramento
California Engagement Portrait on the Dock by the Water.
Leo Do
Umbria engagement image of couple at the dock.
Mirko Vegliò
Western Australia Engagement Photographer: Fremantle Couple Dancing together during the sunset
Jacob Gordon
chicago couple at the water with a light - Illinois Engagement Photographer
Milan Lazic
Cappadocia, turkey engagement photo session outside
Ufuk Sarisen
Boston, Massachusetts engagement photographer | portrait session at the Marina docks
Nicole Chan
Park Gródek, Jaworzno, Poland - Engaged couple on a wooden path in an old stone pit
Grzegorz Kogut
London wedding engagement pictures by England photographer
Jay Hoque
Cedric Derbaise, of Oise (60) , is a wedding photographer for
Cedric Derbaise
Black and white engagement portrait of a couple holding each other in Agen, France.
Franck Petit
San Diego, CA Engagement Photography Session - Image contains: Couple Silhouetted by a lake.
Kristina Cazares Neri
New-York Walking Couple On Brooklyn Bridge - Black and White Engagement Portraits
Julien Laurent Georges
A couple smiles at each other while sitting on a dock during their engagement shoot at Montreal Botanical Gardens
Esther Gibbons
Baden-Wurttemberg pre wedding portraits - Immenstaad am Bodensee - silhouettes of love
Michael Geyer
Engagement Photography for NYC Couples - Image contains: Gantry Plaza State Park - Couple's portrait in Gantry Plaza
Denis Gostev
Quimiac (Brittany, France) Intensity - Black and White Intimate Couple Portrait at the Water
Charline Eberhardt
black and white image of two lovers walking on a jetty by the sea | Trapani, Sicily Portraits | hand in hand
Nino Lombardo
Lectoure, France - A couple in a gallery
Isabelle Bazin
SENTOSA PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY
Vu Nguyen
Couple Engagement Photo Session | A couple in front Annecy lake
Sylvain Bouzat
A couple is reflected in a car mirror as they hold hands on the sidewalk in this engagement photo by an Alicante, Valencia photographer.
Toni Miranda
A couple holding each other and smiling on Galata Bridge during their engagement picture session.
Salih Ustundag
Engagement photo of a couple kissing and silhouetted by the sunset at Trasimeno Lake, Italy.
Mirko Vegliò
California engaged couple portrait by water at the ocean
Chris Shum
Laguna Beach, CA engagement photo session | A young couple and an elderly couple by the sea.
Leon Wong
Thessaloniki engagement session near sunset on the wooden dock | Greece pre-wedding photographer
Vasilis Maneas
Engagement Portrait from Hossegor promenade - Photography contains: couple, black and white, dock, water, kiss
Chrystel Echavidre
South Portland, ME Beach Engagement - Relaxed and Natural Looking Couple
Corey Butler
Engaged Couples Photographer | Key West Harbor Dockmaster Quarters Engagement Shoot
Julie Ambos
Long Island beach pictures of a couple by a top New York wedding engagement photographer
Denise Chastain
Stockholm Sweden mountain winter engagement portrait session on the boat dock at the lake
Juliana Wiklund
Azur France engagement photo shoot - slowly on the lake with a couple on a dock
Chrystel Echavidre
Simon Cassanas, of , is a wedding photographer for
Simon Cassanas
Izmir Pre-Wedding Photography portrait session on the pier of Cesme
Ufuk Sarisen
Playful portrait of a couple lying on their backs on the wood deck by a La Spezia Engagement Photographer
Matteo Originale
Shoreham Beach, West Sussex, UK pre-wedding portrait session | Couple embracing by the beach huts with sun flare
Jenny Rutterford
como lake couple hugging on the dock at the water during prewedding photo session.
Federica Ariemma
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
black and white como lake engagement photography near the water
Federica Ariemma
Santa Cruz Beach Lifeguard Tower Pre-Wedding Photo Session | Sunset at Santa Cruz
Shea McGrath
Lake and dock engagement portraits at Witten Ruhrgebiet
Nadine Lotze
Engagement portrait of a beautiful sunset behind newly engaged couple on a dock in New Hampshire.
Eric McCallister
Samujana Villas, Koh Samui Engagement Shoot on the wood deck in bathing suits | The couple were embracing the nature surrounding and waiting for the sunset.
Will Tee

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