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Feb 18, 2020 - Fill your engagement and pre-wedding photos with bursts of light streaking across the frame. Creative photographers love when light is scattered or flared in their camera lenses during portrait sessions, sometimes gently and other times boldly. The top wedding and engagement members of the Wedding Photojournalist Association can help you come up with ideas to use lens flare for unique and artistic photoshoots to create either a romantic and relaxing or bright and thrilling atmosphere. If you like anything you see below, contact a cutting-edge WPJA member today to discuss how you can bring your own unique and artistic vision to life.

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pre-wedding photoshoot - cernobbio engagement in como lake
Matteo Lomonte
Pescia, Italy pre-wedding portrait of a couple about to kiss during the sunset
Alice Franchi
Bolton, Caledon pre-wedding engagement portraits at the park - Ray of Sunshine
Aniket Sananse
Julie Ambos
Tuscany, Buonconvento couple embraced among the flowers during engagement portrait shooting session
Marco Fantauzzo
This image of a couple kissing on the front porch while the sun shines through the trees was captured in a San Francisco engagement photo session
Chris Shum
Humboldt Park, Chicago IL engagement photographer | A couple hugs in a ray of light at sunset
Allison Williams
Engagement Photos from Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil - close your eyes and feel each other
Bruno Montt
Cancun, MX Engagement Portrait session on the beach at Dreams Playa Mujeres.
Trent Gillespie
Chicago urban engagement portrait with tall buildings, sun and clouds.
Milan Lazic
Brazil engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with church behind them | Minas Gerais photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session
Vinicius Terror
Carlo Bettuolo
Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York City - Couple pauses for a moment at sunset to think about their relationship. Engagement Photography
Casey Fatchett
Mumbai Sunshine Love Couple - Portrait in the Streets while Shooting into the Sun
Anupa Shah
Engaged Couple Session | Under a weeping willow in the early morning - couple who will mary this year
Bob Baeyens
Outdoor, city pre-wedding engagement pictures | Israel portrait shoot
Gershon Abramashvili
Shaun Baker
Yunnan, Diqin pre-wedding portrait photo shoot of naxi culture
Siliang Wang
Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida Engagement photographer: Using the steam from the train to create a backdrop, which created the same feel for the surroundings. we only had 1 shot at this and were lucky on the first image
Michael Freas
ring of fire - Engagement Photograph into the Sun
Matouš Bárta
Camargue France pre-wedding portrait taken straight into the sun at the beach
Colas Declercq
La LLagonne, Pyrénées Orientales, France | Sunset Engagement session in the mountains
Catherine Hudson Paturet
A couple runs through water in Pirenopolis as they hold hands in this black and white pre-wedding portrait by a Goias, Brazil photographer.
Claudia Amorim
Engagement photo of a couple standing in front of a stone house and flowers as the sun shines down at Broadchalke in Wiltshire, England.
Robin Goodlad
London - UK Bride and groom - Photographer shooting straight into the sun
Mauricio Mussi
Engagement Photographer for Avalon, New Jersey Beach - Image contains: couple, kiss, beach, wine glasses, toast, engaged
Michelle Arlotta
China pre-wedding portrait of a silhouetted couple at sunset
Vincent Mu
Western Cape Pre-Wedding Photographer: As the sun was setting through the trees, I saw this beautiful sun streaks through the trees and wanted to use it to place more focus on the couple at irene farm
Christelle Rall
Engagement Photos from Davis, CA - Image contains: warm, sunlight, trees, couple, engaged
Raymond Nguyen
Capitolio - Brazil Couple hugging in the sunlight during engagement photo session for portraits
Paulo Sacramento
On Worthing Pier, Worthing, West Sussex, UK engagement photographer: Silhouette of couple with starburst at sunset on Worthing Pier
Jenny Rutterford
Engagement Portrait from Barra da Tijuca - RJ - Brazil | Couple relaxing while enjoying the view
Bruno Montt
pondicherry engagement session - It was a long sunny day with we rushing up to have our shoot completed. Picture captured will speak a lot on the effort involved..
Vijay Anand
Silhouette picture of a couple walking on rocks on a cliff above the ocean at sunset | Engagement photographer
Jeremie Sangare
Al Qudra Desert Dubai - Dune Wandering during Couple Portrait Shoot
Bindi Richardson
Poseidon, Lima, Peru Engagement session with the couple's labrador a the beach
Maik Dobiey
Fargo, North Dakota Radisson downtown engagement photography - The couple embrace behind the lights of a Christmas tree.
Adam Boole
Venice destination wedding photography | Italian engagement photographers
Luca Fabbian
Brazil engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted with birds and the sun overhead | Cambara do Sul photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session
Renan Radici
Dorota Karpowicz
A Madrid engaged couple pose for their pre-wedding portraits for Spain engagement photographer
Miguel Onieva
Poços de Caldas - Minas Gerais Engagement Photography | Couple exploring nature at sunset
Fabiano Franco
Germany Couple doing the Spider-Man kiss | Engagement Photo of a Couple - Portrait contains: grass, lying down, upside down, black shirt, hair
Paulo Sacramento
Murcia Engagement Photograph taken in a museum tunnel
Eduardo Blanco
Agen, France sunset engagement portraits in the field with tall grass
Franck Petit
California - Northern San Francisco Engagement and Wedding Photographer
Chris Shum
Siracusa love season - Engagement, prewedding photoshoot at sunset at the water
Simona Cancelli
France engagement Portrait session with the sun between the trees behind them with sunshine just on them in Parc de Sceaux
Luan Nguyen
Marta Buso
On a wild rooftop in Paris - Engagement Portrait Session
David Zaoui
A couple hugs each other during an engagement shoot in Wilder Park in Elmhurst, IL.
Allison Williams
Los Gatos couple walking during engagement session - Follow me - California - Northern
Chris Shum
Blackwater Arboretum Engagement Photo of Couple in the Forest
Robin Goodlad
Milan Lazic
Acquamorta, Monte di Procida Engagement Shoot - Warm sunset in the end of April
Luigi Reccia
Couple session in the mountains of the Sila national park, Calabria | Image contains: hug, embrace, love, forest, trees, woods, sunlight
Marco Colonna
Mount Hamilton Engagement Shoot - On Top of the World
Tyler Vu
Fall engagement portrait of a couple in trees near Copper Mountain in CO.
Trent Gillespie
Blackwater Arboretum Portrait Session - This dog is Part of the family too
Robin Goodlad
Brazil wedding photographer engagement portrait of a couple walking in the sun | Brazil pre-wedding pictures
Vinicius Terror

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