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Welcome to the Concrete Jungle Engagement Photo Gallery - 150+ Examples of Great Urban Couple Portraits

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Feb 18, 2020 - An overabundance of concrete and urban life worked into these pre-wedding engagement photo sessions. Get inspiration for your city portraits incorporating a plethora of unique buildings, architecture, walls, parking structures, stairs and plain old street sidewalks from the top engagement session photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. WPJA members are not afraid to push the envelope and try new techniques, so speak with one today about your dream engagement photoshoot that might have that urban grit you are after.

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Cape Town Pre Wedding Photographer using the location geometry to create a unique composition
Eric Corbacho
Romania Bucharest Couple kissing on the street during engagement portrait session
Petrica Tanase
Pre-wedding portraits in Edmonton, AB, Canada | you and me in a big city
Dorota Karpowicz
A Northern California couple on the street during their pre-wedding portrait session San Francisco photographer
Chris Shum
A couple stands on a steaming manhole cover on a crowded city street in this New York City engagement portrait session
Chloe Delmonte
Florida engagement pictures of a couple sitting on concrete at the beach | Key West photographer pre-wedding shoot with photographer
Julie Ambos
Photographer peeks through a break in the concrete wall to capture the couple embracing in this San Francisco engagement portrait shoot
Chris Shum
Engagement Portrait from New York - Session On the subway in New York
Ashley Davenport
A couple walking in the streets of Marseille during their prewedding photography session for engagement pictures
Sylvain Bouzat
Camden Yard, Oriole Park, Baltimore, MD - Couple is becoming part of the geometry during their Camden Yard engagement session, a lifelong dream for them.
Andrew Morrell
Vicosa Brazil Couple running together during prewedding portrait shoot against a brick wall.
Paulo Sacramento
Cape Town Engagement Photographer Playing with the shadows to create a contrast
Eric Corbacho
Bilkent Univ Main Campus, Ankara Portrait Session - Couple is standing on a building highlighted with purple
Orçun Yalçın
Valladolid pre-wedding session - sitting on concrete holding hands - couple shot from above
Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa
A Madrid couple during their pre-wedding portrait session with skateboarders | Spain street photographer
Sergio Cueto
Washington, DC pre-wedding portraits - Couple with monument in background
Kevin Trimmer
District Of Columbia destination wedding photography | Washington DC engagement photographers
Mantas Kubilinskas
A couple kisses under an umbrella surrounded by water fountains in Tacoma, Washington
Ron Storer
Dancing in Lisbon during outdoor engagement shoot
Fabio Azanha
A couple can be seen through street signs as they stand outside of Columbia University in this pre-wedding photo by a New York City photographer.
Wenjie Han
Rock and Roll engagement photography at Brooklyn, NY with an Air guitar jam session
Casey Fatchett
STEEL FACTORY IN FUZHOU, CHINA PRE-WEDDING PORTRAIT - THE WARM COLOR FOR THE BRIDE AND THE COOL COLOR FOR THE GROOM
Henry Xu
Assan's Mill Bucharest Couple having a warm laugh together during engagement shoot
Cristina Tanase
Nishit Parmar
Urban graffiti art engagement photography in La Spezia
Matteo Originale
Arlington, Virginia Wedding Engagement Photographers
Brittany Diliberto
Engagement portrait session with a couple somewhere in Shoreditch
Matilda Delves
Singapore Engagement photoshoot in red and green
Vu Nguyen
Walking around Downtown LA - Concrete and Stairs PreWedding Portrait Session
Darren Hendry
Engagement Photographer for San Francisco - Time for the couple till the end of the world - beach portraits
Chris Shum
Hvězdárna a Planetáruim Brno Portrait Shoot with engaged couple under the dome
Matouš Bárta
DUMBO couple hugging together during their pre-wedding engagement session
Tim D. Yun
PACA pre-wedding engagement picture at the beach | a couple love shoot
Karol Robache
Las Vegas engagement portraits at the hotel parking lot | Let's Ride - she gives him a piggyback ride in the city
Mantas Kubilinskas
Romance in an antediluvian spot, 7th century rock complex - Mahabalipuram Engagement Portrait
Sujith Kumar
Aachen, NRW Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: black, white, holding, looking, concrete, wall
Rosa Engel
Engagement photo of a couple in the distance lit from above in Antwerp.
Yves Schepers
Crozon, France engagement picture taken Just before the kiss
Patrick Lombaert
Urban freeway engagement portrait session by Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographer
Gagan Dhiman
Burano, Venezia, Italy - Funny engagement session
Lisa Pacor
Black and white engagement portrait of the couple giving each other a last kiss goodbye at the train station in Ruse, Bulgaria.
Bozhidar Krastev
Engagement Sessions | Florence Reflections
Simone Miglietta
This couple smiles outside during their pre-wedding session in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vu Nguyen
Ben Chrisman
Malaysia urban concrete backdrop for wedding engagement photos for Malacca couples
Chin Whei Tay
The couple holds each other in this black and white engagement photo in front of Galle Fort. Taken by a Galle, Sri Lanka photographer.
Geeshan Bandara
A couple passes one another at nighttime during this Porto Alegre engagement session by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.
Renan Radici
Engagement Portrait from Gantry Plaza State Park - Photography of Couple dancing on the steps :
Denis Gostev
Kristina Cazares Neri
Gloucestershire engagement photo of a couple holding hands before white walls.
Jonny Barratt
San Diego, California Pre Wedding Photography | Portrait of a Couple holding hands and running on the street next to painted sign
Ron Storer
San Francisco Engagement and Wedding Photographer — Embrace in the rain. Couple with umbrella and puddles.
Chris Shum
reflection under bridge of this couple in their MN engagement portrait session
Penny McCoy
Engagement Photographer for Almeria - Spain | Couple portrait In the shadow
Eduardo Blanco
Photographer used the flash to represent the bride in an alternative way during this Chicago engagement shoot
Eric Corbacho
engagement shoot at Cuba-Havana with couple walking the streets
Ufuk Sarisen
Cape Town engagement portrait of couple using shadow to create a contrast
Eric Corbacho
Cambridge, Massachusetts Engagement Portraits | Wide shot under bridge
Simi Rabinowitz
East Midlands engagement photographer shot this black and white pre-wedding portrait in Rushden Lakes
Jason Huckle
Agen, France Engagement portrait session in shadows
Franck Petit

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