Wedding Photos of California engagement session

The following “California engagement session” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “California engagement session” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

The couple posed for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture on a wooden walking trail in Muir Woods, California

Muir Woods, California - Couple's Save-the-Date Wedding Announcement Picture on Wooden Trail

The couple had an engagement session walking in the sunshine of California for their save-the-date wedding announcement picture

California Engagement Session: Couple Walking in Sunshine for Wedding Announcement Image

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Moss Beach, California e-session of couple in the woods for this portrait

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Ocean loving couple engagement photos under the pier at Capitola Beach, California

Beach Portrait Tyler Vu California pre wedding location California Capitola Beach pier California engagement session

Sunset engagement shoot at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California

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Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, California couple surrounded in The love of light during engagement photo session

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Urban Love with a colorful, stucco background at Capitola Beach, California

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Yosemite National Park Engagement Photo Session

Nature Park Engagement Photo Session with car glass reflections and a waterfall

California engagement session waterfall glass reflection Yosemite National Park nature park auto window

California road portrait of an engaged couple walk at the road

Desert road portrait of an engaged couple walk at the road

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Santa Monica, California engagement session Overlooking the ocean

A sunset engagement session Overlooking the ocean of the Pacific

Santa Monica ocean California engagement session CA overlooking

Love beneath the X'mas lightings - California Engagement Photographs

The couple's love shone brightly beneath the Christmas lightings in their engagement photo, taken from a low angle under a huge green tree adorned with many twinkling lights

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A California couple standing and lit before the orange sunset

The romantic engagement portrait session captures a beautiful couple standing in photographer's light, illuminated by the orange sunset

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A playful California couple dancing and dipping against a pale sky

The couple's romance was illuminated against a pale sky, captured in a gently silhouetted dip during their engagement portrait session

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A California couple with a Gatsby-style engagement portrait session of dancing and dipping

The city lights illuminated the couple's romantic Gatsby-style engagement portrait session of dancing and dipping

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An urban California newly-engaged couple embrace and kiss over the water puddle

This portrait captures an intimate connection of love between the newly-engaged couple, their passionate embrace and kiss reflected back in the shimmering water puddle

water puddle reflection in puddle California California engagement session couple kiss silhouetted

This California couple is posing stand back to back against the red grid of the building

This portrait session captures the unique connection between the couple as they stand back to back against the red grid of the building, yet share a meaningful gaze

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Sunset wedding engagement photo in Lake Tahoe by California engagement photographers

Sunset wedding engagement photo in Lake Tahoe by a California photographer

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