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75+ Bokeh Pre Wedding Engagement Photos

Feb 18, 2020 - Be the main event in your engagement photos by surrounding yourself with soft globes of light with the unique and artistic photography effect of Bokeh (Boke), the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image. These intentional blurring or gradation know as Bokeh can add a gentle glow and creative, romantic and sometimes colorful touch to your photo shoot. Just ask for ideas and inspiration from the top wedding and engagement photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. WPJA members are all leaders in the industry and can give you the unmatched creative style you seek in your engagement session.

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Hong Kong Indoor Engagement Portraits - Love Photo Session with Bokeh

Stam Chananakhon

Travis Haughton

Longwood gardens engagement photographer: "We were there during golden hour so we went gold."

Miguel Gonzalez

Rome, Italy engagement shoot at night - This photograph has been shot on Nikon Noct f0.95 lens. The bokeh is clean and lovely plus this lens can see at night!

Ankita Asthana

Netherlands Haarijnse Plas - bokeh silhouette portrait

Corrine Ponsen

Wedding photographer in Fujian for China engagement photography

Henry Xu

Cascais, PT Engagement Photo Session - Portrait contains: points, bokeh, light, hug, smile, red dress

Fabio Azanha

Yunnan, Diqin engagement portrait - naxi culture in the sun

Siliang Wang

Arcachon Bay, France Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: trees, forest, light, black and white

Isabelle Dohin

Engagement portrait session during fall in Summit County, Colorado

Trent Gillespie

Pre-wedding engagement shoot in Udaipur, India | bokeh portraits of a couple before their wedding

Ankita Asthana

Jesse La Plante

Art Museum of Philadelphia Photo Session | Using the tree and loving the brides look.

Miguel Gonzalez

Vertical engagement pictures of a couple with bokeh lights | Dorset photographer pre-wedding shoot with photographer

Robin Goodlad

Engagement Photography Session at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts - Harrisburg, PA - Creative silhouette made using multiple exposures

Scott Josuweit

Paulo Sacramento

Pre Wedding Manhattan, KS | Engaged couple showing their school spirit

Melissa Sigler

Pre-Wedding portraits from İzmir, Turkey

Furkan Akarsu

A Madrid engaged couple pose for their pre-wedding portraits for Spain engagement photographer

Miguel Onieva

A man draws his fiance closer to him as they walk along the sand in the sunlight of Pirenopolis during their engagement photoshoot by a Goias, Brazil photographer.

Claudia Amorim

Pre Wedding Phuket Engagement Photograph of couple kissing

Liam Collard

Murcia Engagement Photograph taken in a museum tunnel

Eduardo Blanco

Bento Goncalves pre-wed photo session of a couple running in the peach fields.

Renan Radici

Kisses during their fall mountain engagement photos near Frisco Colorado

Justin Edmonds

Meenambakkam, Chennai Pre-wedding couple shoot on the eve of the wedding

Sujith Kumar

San Diego Engaged Couple has a playful minuted during portrait session.

Kristina Cazares Neri

Fargo, North Dakota Radisson downtown engagement photography - The couple embrace behind the lights of a Christmas tree.

Adam Boole

Facula Bokeh Portrait from above - Purple Dots Engagement Photo

Jinqi Tan

Washington Square Park Philadelphia Photographer said: We were on the sidewalk shooting to a few twinkle lights across the street in a storefront.

Miguel Gonzalez

Angelica Virgen

Engaged couple in beautifull lighting during engagement photo session in Uddel- Kootwijkerzand

Marlous Nijholt

Sunny Pariani

Heath, West Sussex Woodland love portrait of a couple in the trees and sunlight.

Annamarie Stepney

Engaged Couple Session | Silhouette of a couple at the Gifford Pinchot State Park lake

Scott Josuweit

Singapore prewedding photographre: "It was a pretty looking sunset over the city line and we found a quiet spot to do just that."

Ryan Ng

Paris Bokeh Pre-Wedding Shoot with Couple at Night with Lights

Ashley Davenport

Bruno Montt

Copper Mountain Engagement Formals | Colorado Wedding and Engagement Photography

Jesse La Plante

Holambra engagement portrait of a couple in the flower fields

Vinicius Fadul

Florida Key West | Splash Water at Night with Lit Couple

Julie Ambos

New York Couple back lit under the hudson brigde for engagement portrait

Ashley Davenport

Courtyard by Marriott, Isla Verde PR Engagement Picture Session - Portrait contains: Champagne Glasses to create bokeh that frames the couple

Alexis Rodriguez Montalvo

Oise Engagement Session with a couple - Portrait contains: watch, glasses, suspenders, flowers, hair, sunglasses

Cedric Derbaise

Penns Landing Philadelphia engagement photographer: I Saw the lights on the ceiling and had to use them.

Miguel Gonzalez

Singapore prewedding portraits - Guardians of the galaxy

Nam Le

Peniscola Beach couple enjoying the sunshine just minutes before the proposal - Engagement Photographer in NL

Marlous Nijholt

Borgo San Felice, Siena Portrait in the vineyard - Engagement Shoot

Andrea Sampoli

Deborah Coleman

Julie Ambos

Windy Engagement Session - Santa Monica Wedding Photographer

Tanya Parada

Ontario, Canada Engagement Photography Portrait session with couple in the grass fields with their dog

Lori Anne Crewe

Miraflores Lima Pre Wedding E Shoot - Light Blue and Red

Dante Ceccon

The couple can be seen standing on the other side of a circular window as lights reflect around them during their engagement session by a London, England photographer

Rahul Khona

Stay Okay Bergen op Zoom engagement photo shoot | nice light, with lovely couple, in the morning sun, taken in november

Caroline Elenbaas

Balboa Park, San Diego Engagement Photography | A Couple poses in Bokeh

Kristina Cazares Neri

Central London pre-wedding couple photo session - Slow shutter speed silhouette of the couple

Nishit Parmar

Engaged Couples Photography | Siracusa emotions

Simona Cancelli

On top of Shrine Pass for the last bits of sunlight during this couple's Vail, CO engagement session.

Trent Gillespie

Tsvetelina Deliyska

Rosewood Phuket Engagement Portraits - Indoor Prewedding Photoshoot

Liam Collard

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