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25+ Top Examples of Slow Shutter, Motion Blurred Engagement Photography

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Feb 18, 2020 - Playing with slow shutter speeds can add energy and movement to your pre-wedding photo session. Get ideas for experimenting with motion blur from the award-winning engagement photographers of the Wedding Photojournalist Association. When you’re looking for that 'on the go' blurring portrait session, turn to the photographers of the WPJA to coordinate type of moving photo you desire.

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A man holds onto a woman as she rides on the back of his motorcycle during their Ho Chi Minh engagement session by a Vietnam photographer.
Van Tran
Subway engagement photo shoot in Manhattan, NYC
Lukas Guillaume
Urban freeway engagement portrait session by Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographer
Gagan Dhiman
Central London pre-wedding couple photo session - Slow shutter speed silhouette of the couple
Nishit Parmar
Kyoto, Japan Couple on the evening street. Engagement Photography at Dusk.
Leon Wong
China Engagement Photography at night with Fireworks
Vinci Wang
Siracusa luna park slow-shutter engagement portrait with blur.
Simona Cancelli
Simona Cancelli, of Siracusa, is a wedding photographer for
Simona Cancelli
Athens pre-wedding portrait photography session with a couple next to the train | Attica photography
Nikos Roussis
A couple rides the Scrambler during a Virginia Fair Engagement Photography session
Johnny Shryock
Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil indoor black and white session with a slow shutter and blur dress
Kássio Silva
Memories with the buses when they were in high school - VN Engagement Photographer
Nam Le
Ho Chi Minh city pre-wedding photo session with the bride in Aodai, tradition clothes of Vietnam
Trung Vo
sai gon engagement portrait of a couple standing in separate doorway openings as scooters pass by
Raymond Nguyen
Anne Arundel County Fair engagement portrait session at night - Cute couple on the scrambler!
Brittany Diliberto
Engagement Photos from Madrid - Couple in front of a carrousel
Sergio Cueto
Red Line, Chicago Metro station Engagement portrait session with slow-shutter
Tamara Gavrilovic
Engagement Sessions | marriot asia hotel İstanbul Turkey - Couple kissing while a man jumping on a rock to another
Emre Nesli
Milan Lazic, of Illinois, is a wedding photographer for
Milan Lazic
Paris, France Couple Photos - Engagement portrait session - Urban photography
Patrick Lombaert
Subway engagement portraits of a couple at train station | Athens photographer pre-wedding photographer pictures
Nikos Roussis
Caeté couple during e-session in Minas Gerais
Victor Ataide
Hong Kong Engagement Photo Session on the Busy Streets
Stam Chananakhon
Portrait of a couple with moving subway train during engagement session in london
Samuel Berthelot
Raymond Nguyen, of California, is a wedding photographer for
Raymond Nguyen
Los Gatos couple engagement photography | Love in the city - Sitting at outdoor cafe table
Chris Shum
CO destination wedding photographer for mountain engagement sessions
Trent Gillespie
Key West Fireworks Engagement Photographer | Florida Photography
Julie Ambos
Engagement Portrait from New York - Session On the subway in New York
Ashley Davenport
Virginia engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session at Ballston Square, VA using Motion Blur & Still Motion
Ken Pak
A subway train passes by as the engaged couple kiss during their engagement shoot at the Grand Central Station
Kathleen Ricker
A silhouette of a couple holding hands as they walk along a lake can be seen in this engagement photo by a Santa Catarina, Brazil photographer.
Willian Mariot
Lower Thames Street, London pre-wedding engagement photographer: Stylistic image of a couple against a wall with a cyclist cycling past creating a different type of interest.
Nishit Parmar
Edmonton, Alberta Couple kiss as train goes by during prewedding portrait photo session
Lauren Hannah Garcia
Moscow, Russia engagement portrait session love story with motorbike before sunrise
Sasha Dzyubchuk
Engagement Couple Session - Image contains: Southern California Couple silhouetted by the lake during sunset
Kristina Cazares Neri
Da Lat, Vietnam Pre Wedding Picture Session - Shadow of night lovers
Van Tran
Banff, AB, Canada engagement portraits with an invisible couple in the streets with blurred and moving people
Dorota Karpowicz
Engagement Sessions | Bologna, Italy - Relaxing moment in the center of the city
Paolo Blocar

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