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Feb 18, 2020 - Engagement photography featuring warm sunlight, sunsets, and couples lit by the afternoon setting sun. Wedding Photojournalist Association members and pre-wedding, Diamond Awards-winning portraits can inspire you with ideas for using sunlight to bring warmth to your pictures. If you want your sun-drenched couple portraits to stand out, share your thoughts with a WPJA photographer who will help you achieve your desires.

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Newport, RI Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: couple standing on rocks
Kevin Trimmer
Vicenza Airport Love engagement photos | portrait of a couple with small aircraft
Enrico Celotto
CA engagement images of a couple in a forest setting with sunlight | California photographer pre-wedding session
Raymond Nguyen
Sunset engagement shoot at the beach in whitstable, Kent, UK
Catherine Hill
Elysian Park, Los Angeles Crescent moon portrait of engaged couple with palm trees
Darren Hendry
Indonesia sunset engagement shoot with couple at the beach
Mango Gu
Kapalua, Hawaii Engagement Photography - Couple in the jungle with sun rays coming through the trees
Angela Nelson
Engagement shoot of a playful couple in the outdoors in Essen, Germany
Patrycja Janik
This Orcoyen, Spain engagement photo session was captured in a field at sunset.
Monika Zaldo
Engaged Lovers lean against the wall in Tian'an Park for a pre wedding portrait
Lin Yang
Sunset engagement Portrait | A couple embrace outside the Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk, UK
Rob Dodsworth
Pedra Azul, Espírito Santo, Brazil e-Session on a dock by the water at sunset
Kássio Silva
Kilyos Beach, Istanbul pre wedding session with a couple smiling and hugging at sunset
Salih Ustundag
FR pre-wedding photo session with an engaged couple at the Montpellier France vineyards
Johanna Marjoux
Pre Wedding Pictures from Ouro Preto, Brazil - Engaged couple above the village in the afternoon sunlight and shadows.
Vinicius Terror
Sunlight shining during this engagement picture of a kissing couple | Rio de Janeiro photographer pre-wedding shoot with photographer
Clara Sampaio
Engaged couple walking along Malibu beach during their pre-wedding session
Vinci Wang
Beach-side engagement pictures of a couple silhouetted | North Rhine-Westphalia photographer pre-wedding photo shoot session
Monique De Caro
Madrid, Spain pre-wedding engagement shoot - Couple silhouettes with sunset and visual effect
Miguel Onieva
Flanders engagement photographer shot this photo of the couple kissing as the sun shines on them during a photo session near Musso
Joshua Dhondt
Australia engagement photo shoot at sunset in Perth with a soft kiss
Jacob Gordon
TriBeCa, NYC Engagement Pre-Wedding Portrait of couple in afternoon sunlight
Tim D. Yun
Jeziorsko Beach, Poland | Engagement portrait of two lovers in thickets.
Piotr Maksa
Urban engagement photos of a couple with brick building and street signs | Rhode Island photographer pre-wedding portrait session
Kevin Trimmer
Engagement Couple Photography - Portrait contains: University Alagoas - Dating started at college and had pre wedding at college
Monica Guimaraes
Engagement Photographer for San Francisco - Time for the couple till the end of the world - beach portraits
Chris Shum
Key West Engagement Portrait Session with a walk on the beach.
Julie Ambos
Arezzo pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple sitting on baled hay in the fields | Tuscany portrait shoot
David Butali
Urban sunlight engagement photography on a San Francisco city street
Chris Shum
CA pre-wedding engagement pictures in the forest of trees | San Jose portrait shoot
Siliang Wang
The couple enjoy the moment on a bench in a park close by Eastern Market in DC.
Natasha Lamalle
This Engaged couple pose for their Pre-wedding session in Hoi An Vietnam
Trung Dinh
San Francisco Engagement Portraits
Chris Shum
Portrait of an engaged couple and a curious horse in Adana Turkey
Emre Nesli
Joaquim Egidio campinas engagement portraits couple on the steps
Vinicius Fadul
Walking around in İstanbul during a pre-wedding photo session.
Goktug Ozcan
Close to "Le Manoir de Sauvegrain", France - Sunset time for a couple during their engagement photo shoot.
Jean-Baptiste Chauvin
A playful engagement portrait at Yosemite National Park
Kathleen Ricker
Goiânia couple portraits for prewedding session in the afternoon sunlight
Claudia Amorim
Strasbourg pre wedding shoot with couple and backlight in the middle of the street
David Anton
Engagement Portrait from session in the Mogosoaia Park near Bucharest
Cristina Tanase
Afternoon sunlight engagement photos of a couple hugging in the sun in BORDEAUX, FRANCE
Isabelle Dohin
palo alto sunset walk during CA engagement photo shoot session.
Ian Chin
Kevin Trimmer, of Rhode Island, is a wedding photographer for
Kevin Trimmer
Beach Engagement Photography - A couple embrace at last light on the cliffs at Happisburgh in Norfolk, UK
Rob Dodsworth
Sunset Engagement photo session in autumn in Certaldo, Tuscany
Simone Miglietta
Engagement session with couple at Olive Park, Chicago Illinois
Travis Haughton
Castle of Vinhedo Pre Wedding Shoot - Engaged couple almost kissing
Vinicius Fadul
Silivri, İstanbul Engagement Portrait of a couple sitting on a flipped-over metal box in front of a fence and looking at each other
Erkin Agsaran
Engagement Portrait Session at Corbiere Lighthouse, St Brelades, Jersey, CI - Coastal engagement shoot of a couple walking together
Catherine Hill
Castellina in Chianti, Siena PreWedding Photography | Engagement portrait session in Tuscany
Andrea Sampoli
Alberta couple in a stream of evening light at the legislature grounds, Edmonton
Lauren Hannah Garcia
Brazil Couple and horses house during engagement shoot
Gustavo Lucena
Sacramento, California Wedding Engagement Photo on the Rocky Cliffs
Raymond Nguyen
Borgo San Felice, Siena engagement session with a sunset and a stunning background
Andrea Sampoli
Navarra, Basque Country Engagement Photography - Portrait of a loving Couple at sunset
Monika Zaldo
Pre-wedding Shooting in Aachen | a kiss in the shadows from the afternoon sun
Rosa Engel
Nice sunset on the sleeve of the smaller sea - Murcia Engagement Photo Shoot Session
Eduardo Blanco
Key West Engagement Photography Session with Brick Walls
Julie Ambos
Teramo engagement photographer of Abruzzo at a photoshoot with a couple at the beach
Pierpaolo Cialini

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