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Welcome to the Concrete Jungle Engagement Photo Gallery - 160+ Examples of Great Urban Couple Portraits

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April 17, 2021 - 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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Couple Shoot in the middle of Düsseldorf against a clean, plain wall, with a kiss
Patrycja Janik
Perth, Western Australia mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day on the parking garage roof with a Triumph motorcycle
Jacob Gordon
Guangdong - in this pre-wedding portrait session, the photographer captures the couple hugging in the distance as a bike rests in the foreground
Lin Yang
Paris, France Metro Station Engagement Portrait of a Couple on the Stairs
Franck Petit
Engagement Portrait from Biarritz, France - Image contains: Light on the couple, shadows, blue
Sylvain Garderes
Black and white engagement portrait of the couple giving each other a last kiss goodbye at the train station in Ruse, Bulgaria.
Bozhidar Krastev
Cape Town Pre Wedding Photographer using the location geometry to create a unique composition
Eric Corbacho
rio de janeiro, brazil - sunlight illuminates the engagement of this dear couple
Clara Sampaio
Engagement Portrait from Gantry Plaza State Park - Photography of Couple dancing on the steps :
Denis Gostev
Biarritz, France B/W Engagement Photos : Couple kissing in a street of Biarritz
Sylvain Garderes
PACA pre-wedding engagement picture at the beach | a couple love shoot
Karol Robache
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
Guangdong- couple runs hand in hand down a tunnel in this black and white pre-wedding portrait
Lin Yang
Manchester City Centre - Engagement portrait session: lets go for a walk
Janina Brocklesby
Ben Chrisman, of South Carolina, is a wedding photographer for
Ben Chrisman
Engagement Photos from Seattle, WA - Looking down on couple kissing on picnic table
Ron Storer
Pre-wedding portraits in the narrow streets of Italy
Carlo Bettuolo
Couple silhouette with queen mural | MN engagement photographer
Penny McCoy
Cape Town engagement portrait of the couple where the bride is in the positive and the groom in the negative
Eric Corbacho
A couple stands against a building in Edmonton in front of tall windows in this engagement photo by an Alberta, Canada photographer.
Dorota Karpowicz
Urban graffiti art engagement photography in La Spezia
Matteo Originale
BG engagement photo shoot of a couple nuzzling with grafitti as their backdrop in Sofia, Bulgaria
Ivelina Cholakova
Pachino couple walking piggyback through the streets during prewedding portrait shoot
Simona Cancelli
Edmonton, AB, Canada engagement photo shoot Together in the city
Dorota Karpowicz
Painted building art couple engagement image from Porto Maravilha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clara Sampaio
Oleg Rostovtsev, of , is a wedding photographer for
Oleg Rostovtsev
Galata Bridge, Istanbul couple standing on the stairs during engagement portrait session
Salih Ustundag
Rota, Spain Pre-wedding portrait | esquina couple in love and kissing
Pedro Volana
San Diego, California Pre Wedding Photography | Portrait of a Couple holding hands and running on the street next to painted sign
Ron Storer
Vietnam engagement images of a couple under the highway bridges | pre-wedding session for portraits
Khoi Le
Couple engagement portrait in Goa | Black and White photography
Sunny Pariani
Bab Al Shams Resort, Dubai Engagement photo of a couple relaxing by the water
Marius Arnautu
Singapore Engagement photoshoot in red and green
Vu Nguyen
Czech Republic engagement images of a couple in yellow on stair ramps | Prague photographer pre-wedding session for portraits
Lubow Polyanska
South Bank, London Engagement Photography | London love and concrete
Annamarie Stepney
A couple stands on a steaming manhole cover on a crowded city street in this New York City engagement portrait session
Chloe Delmonte
Crystal City, VA A couple jumps enthusiastically in front of a blue toned mural. Engagement photo session with fine art.
Brittany Diliberto
Perth, Western Australia mini urban pic shoot before the wedding day at sunset on the parking garage roof
Jacob Gordon
Downtown Los Angeles, California Engagement Photos | Crossing Couple in the Streets
Darren Hendry
This couple smiles outside during their pre-wedding session in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vu Nguyen
Istanbul Turkey - Engagement session for portraits under the bridge
Derya Engin
Engagement Photos from Barcelona - Image contains: sitting couple, parked bikes, light, depth of field
Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa
Couple holds hands while looking off into the distance in this Piazza del Plebiscito Napoli engagement photography session
Federica Ariemma
Old Montreal Pre Wedding Portait - Geometric engagement photo of couple in stark sunshine and shadow
Esther Gibbons
This pre-wedding photo was taken during noon on a scenic location in Telegraph Hill, San Francisco.
Jeffrey Chan
Cescaphe Tendenza Pre Wedding Photographer: Loved the shadows and the way they played.
Miguel Gonzalez
Spain pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple in Úbeda, Jaén with a car reflecting colorful graffiti
Pedro Volana
Engagement portrait Adèle Guillaume - Agen France pre-wedding photography session in black-and-white
Franck Petit
Downtown St Paul pre wedding urban BW shoot as the Couple does karate
Penny McCoy
Portrait of engaged couple messing round in London
Ashley Davenport
Engagement portraits of a couple sitting on the streets of Downtown LA
Darren Hendry
A Madrid couple during their pre-wedding portrait session with skateboarders | Spain street photographer
Sergio Cueto
Inman Park, Atlanta, GA - Portrait of Engaged Couple walking
Cindy Brown
England wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple with graffiti wall and dog / walker passing by | Devon pre-wedding pictures
Anthony Lyons
Newly engaged couple enjoy moments together atop the HoDo rooftop at sunset in Fargo, ND during their engagement photo shoot
Abby Paul
Murcia destination wedding photographer | Urban Spain engagement session photography
Eduardo Blanco
Guangzhou pre - wed image with some night life Embracing in the traffic under the lights
Jinqi Tan
Bilkent Univ Main Campus, Ankara Portrait Session - Couple is standing on a building highlighted with purple
Orçun Yalçın
San Antonio pre - wed image Captured in a parking lot, a couples engagement photo at sunset
Philip Thomas

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