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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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Engagement photo of a couple standing in a white building with large, vertical beams in Agen, France.
Franck Petit
Cape Town Engagement Photographer Playing with the shadows to create a contrast
Eric Corbacho
Galata Bridge, Istanbul couple standing on the stairs during engagement portrait session
Salih Ustundag
Vicosa Brazil Couple running together during prewedding portrait shoot against a brick wall.
Paulo Sacramento
Engagement Photos from Seattle, WA - Looking down on couple kissing on picnic table
Ron Storer
Agen, France pre-wedding photographer - Engagement portrait - Severine Jo
Franck Petit
Rota, Spain Pre-wedding portrait | esquina couple in love and kissing
Pedro Volana
Singapore Engagement photoshoot in red and green
Vu Nguyen
Sofia, Bulgaria engagement photoshoot - Black and white portrait of the couple with concrete pillars
Tsvetelina Deliyska
Crystal City, VA A couple jumps enthusiastically in front of a blue toned mural. Engagement photo session with fine art.
Brittany Diliberto
Pre-wedding portraits in Edmonton, AB, Canada | you and me in a big city
Dorota Karpowicz
South Bank, London Engagement Photography | London love and concrete
Annamarie Stepney
Engagement portraits of a couple sitting on the streets of Downtown LA
Darren Hendry
The Doors | black and white engagement pictures of a couple in the streets | Arezzo photographer pre-wedding shoot with photographer
Simone Bacci
Engagement photo of a couple in the distance lit from above in Antwerp.
Yves Schepers
A subway train passes by as the engaged couple kiss during their engagement shoot at the Grand Central Station
Kathleen Ricker
Rock and Roll engagement photography at Brooklyn, NY with an Air guitar jam session
Casey Fatchett
Engagement Photos from Barcelona - Image contains: sitting couple, parked bikes, light, depth of field
Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa
Seattle, Washington Engagement Photographer | Girl riding piggyback on guys back as they walk up the street
Ron Storer
Creative engagement portriat of a couple in Washington DC
Mantas Kubilinskas
England wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple with graffiti wall and dog / walker passing by | Devon pre-wedding pictures
Anthony Lyons
Pre-wedding portraits in the narrow streets of Italy
Carlo Bettuolo
Engagement Sessions | Florence Reflections
Simone Miglietta
Portrait of a couple on the stairs at Matheson Hammock Park, Miami - Engagement shoot in FL
Lukas Guillaume
A couple walking in the streets of Marseille during their prewedding photography session for engagement pictures
Sylvain Bouzat
Romania Bucharest Couple kissing on the street during engagement portrait session
Petrica Tanase
Engagement Picture Session dip as a CTA train approaches the State/Lake CTA station in downtown Chicago.
Steven Rosenberg
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY Engagement photography of couple running
Tim D. Yun
Dubai pre-wedding portraits - engagement photo shoot in the sun
Christophe Viseux
Cescaphe Tendenza Pre Wedding Photographer: Loved the shadows and the way they played.
Miguel Gonzalez
Pre-wedding circle of love portrait in Marseille
Karol Robache
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
Valladolid pre-wedding session - sitting on concrete holding hands - couple shot from above
Marcos Rodriguez Pedrosa
Engagement Portrait from Gantry Plaza State Park - Photography of Couple dancing on the steps :
Denis Gostev
Agen, France Engagement portrait between parked automobiles
Franck Petit
Las Vegas engagement portraits at the hotel parking lot | Let's Ride - she gives him a piggyback ride in the city
Mantas Kubilinskas
Aachen, NRW Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: black, white, holding, looking, concrete, wall
Rosa Engel
engagement shoot at Cuba-Havana with couple walking the streets
Ufuk Sarisen
Washington, DC pre-wedding portraits - Couple with monument in background
Kevin Trimmer
Tainan, Taiwan PreWedding Photographer: The couple were holding hands and walking by the embankment.
Will Tee
Ben Chrisman, of South Carolina, is a wedding photographer for
Ben Chrisman
Texas wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple kissing in good light | San Antonio pre-wedding pictures
Philip Thomas
Pachino couple walking piggyback through the streets during prewedding portrait shoot
Simona Cancelli
Dancing in Lisbon during outdoor engagement shoot
Fabio Azanha
Malaysia urban concrete backdrop for wedding engagement photos for Malacca couples
Chin Whei Tay
STEEL FACTORY IN FUZHOU, CHINA PRE-WEDDING PORTRAIT - THE WARM COLOR FOR THE BRIDE AND THE COOL COLOR FOR THE GROOM
Henry Xu
St. Anthony Main, MN Engaged Couple in front of colorful autumn ivy wall in Minneapolis
Laura Robinson
Bab Al Shams Resort, Dubai Engagement photo of a couple relaxing by the water
Marius Arnautu
Engagement photo session of a young couple holding each other in a tunnel in Venice.
Carlo Bettuolo
Florida engagement pictures of a couple sitting on concrete at the beach | Key West photographer pre-wedding shoot with photographer
Julie Ambos
Nanxun, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China Engagement Photography - The couple came to their home country to shoot a set of engagement photos of many childhood scenes
Leon Wong
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
BG engagement photo shoot of a couple nuzzling with grafitti as their backdrop in Sofia, Bulgaria
Ivelina Cholakova
Couple engagement portrait in Goa | Black and White photography
Sunny Pariani
Engagement Photographer for Almeria - Spain | Couple portrait In the shadow
Eduardo Blanco
Kristina Cazares Neri, of California, is a wedding photographer for
Kristina Cazares Neri
Newly engaged couple enjoy moments together atop the HoDo rooftop at sunset in Fargo, ND during their engagement photo shoot
Abby Paul
Engagement Photos from Fujian, China - Image contains: pier, beach, sunset, couple, silhouette
Joy Qin
Cescaphe Waterworks Photo Session with Engaged Couple "Just a beauty shot. But using the pillars it just felt classy."
Miguel Gonzalez
Downtown Los Angeles, California - Catching those last rays during afternoon engagement shoot.
Darren Hendry

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