Wedding Photos of Engagement

The following “Engagement” 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 “Engagement” 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.

Fort Collins, CO: A couple engages in a romantic dance pose against the backdrop of a setting sun. Illuminated by the skilled photographer, this lifestyle portrait captures their passion and connection.

Fort Collins, CO | Enchanting Engagement: Love's Dance Beneath the Setting Sun

A pre-wedding portrait | Finca Vikingos, Santa Barbara, Costa Rica

Heredia photography Santa Barbara CR blue sky light Finca Vikingos silhouette profile

A couple lovingly gazes at each other, standing before silhouette trees and a deep blue sky, in a beautifully composed lifestyle portrait by the photographer at Pont de l'Isch - Wolfskirchen.

ENCHANTING ENGAGEMENT | LOVING GAZE | SILHOUETTE TREES | PONT DE L'ISCH

couple portrait session silhouetted rim lit Engagement couple portrait photography gazes standing

A couple sits on the porch of a red barn with red brick walls at Tinicum Park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania during their engagement photography session with a professional WPJA wedding photographer

Love Stories Unfold: Capturing Everlasting Moments in the Rustic Charm of Tinicum Park

Engagement Pennsylvania Tinicum Park porch Bucks County photography session red barn

A couple in Fort Collins, Colorado, shares a moment on top of their convertible car during their engagement portrait at Horsetooth Reservoir

Engaged couple in Fort Collins, Colorado enjoy romantic moment at Horsetooth Reservoir

engaged couple convertible car romantic Fort Collins Colorado Horsetooth Reservoir Engagement

The engagement portrait captured the couple in San Francisco, showing a sweet hug and their reflection in a picturesque setting

Romantic Engagement Portrait in San Francisco: Sweet Hug and Reflection in Picturesque Setting

picturesque setting San Francisco Engagement romantic portrait in San Francisco SWEET HUG couple

The couple sauntered endearingly on the trail in Emeryville during their engagement portrait session

Romantic Emeryville Engagement Portrait Session: A Couple's Endearing Trail Saunter

trail saunter Emeryville couple sauntered California - Northern romantic Emeryville Engagement

Cornelius NC lifestyle couples portrait session at Jetton Park showing they are Celebrating their engagement

Cornelius NC Jetton Park celebrating NC lifestyle couple Cornelius portrait session North Carolina

Dolomites loving engagement Silhouette shot of a couple kissing between mountains before sunrise

mountains Jeremie Sangare sunrise Dolomites Dolomites couples Engagement loving

Hotel William Gray, Montreal pre-wed portraits for a Newly engaged couple sitting on hotel bed with helium balloons around them to celebrate their engagement

Engagement helium Montreal pre wed portrait hotel bed sitting Montreal couple

Montreal pre-wedding couple shoot in Quebec celebrating engagement with raised clasped hands

Montreal couple shoot Montreal Montreal pre wedding clasped hands Engagement celebrating

Montpellier, France couple e-session in the afternoon sunshine

Engagement embracing France couple sunshine Montpellier bride to be Montpellier

Sand Mountain, NV couple e-session at sunset with an off-camera flash

couple Sand Mountain Engagement sunset NV

Galena Forest, Nevada couple e-session standing in the trees facing the light

Nevada couple couple trees Engagement Nevada Galena Forest

La Defense, Paris couple e-shoot of them kissing through glass

couple La Defense couple La Defense Paris glass Engagement kissing

Marciac, France couple e-session of the engaged stretched out to connect

grass overhead engaged couple rural France Marciac engagement

Marciac couple e-session in France kissing with chicks around them

Marciac couple Marciac engagement table France chairs chickens

France couple e-session in Marciac showing them looking at each other in the window

Marciac engagement Engagement symmetry Marciac France couple window

San Francisco Coffee, Atlanta couple e-shoot sharing drinks in a coffee shop

drinks San Francisco Coffee Engagement Atlanta engagement Atlanta coffee shop Atlanta couple

Boulder, Colorado couple e-session, share a smooch in the winter forest

winter forest Lucy Schultz boulder engagement photographer Night Engagement trees branches boulder

Colorado couple e-shoot in Boulder shown in silhouette for their forest engagement

couple double exposure boulder engagement Lucy Schultz silhouettes trees Engagement

Longmont, Colorado couple e-session of a gentleman giving his fiance' a romantic kiss on her hand

Lucy Schultz Engagement Longmont pumpkin kiss on hand romantic Colorado couple

Albany, NY couple e-session on the USS Slater of swing dancers cutting a rug on a battleship

Engagement Albany battleship Lucy Schultz cutting a rug NY couple USS Slater

Bragança, Portugal couple e-session hugging at the foot of the castle

Engagement Bragança portugal couple castle hugging Bragança engagement

Rio de Janeiro couple e-session in Petrópolis at the train tracks for a pre essay

Petrópolis engagement Train station Engagement train tracks Petrópolis Rio de Janeiro couple

Paraty couple e-shoot in Rio de Janeiro during the sunrise on the island

island sunrise Rio de Janeiro Engagement Paraty couple

Downtown Chicago environmental engagement e-session while a Couple kisses in a dipping pose during golden hour

IL golden hour IL couple kisses Chicago pose city

Prosser Pines environmental engagement e-session of a dancing couple in the woods

trail loop dancing woods Engagement Middle Island

Nantucket, MA on-location portrait e-shoot of a couple popping champagne to celebrate their engagement

champagne MA couple portrait MA engagement image popping Nantucket MA couple

Rocky Mountain National Park micro outdoor mountain photo session before the wedding day with A couple celebrating their engagement with a snowy adventure in the mountains of Colorado

outdoor mountain photo Rocky Mountain National Park Engagement Colorado RMNP wedding photo snowy adventure

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