Wedding Photos of Desert engagement

The following “Desert 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 “Desert 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.

Amidst the captivating landscapes of Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey, a pre-wedding photo session unfolds with the couple as horses and a dog run wild around them. The animals create a lively scene, kicking up desert dust, adding an unexpected touch.

Captivating Landscapes and Playful Companions: Pre-Wedding Bliss in Goreme, Nevsehir, Turkey

This romantic portrait captures a couple in Joshua Tree National Park, at the end of their photoshoot, as they unwind and relax before their wedding day.

Unwinding in Joshua Tree: A Romantic Engagement Portrait

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A newly engaged couple in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, are captured in their engagement portrait, walking down an empty road

Stunning Engagement Portrait in Garden of the Gods: Capturing the Bliss of a Colorado Springs Couple Walking Down an Empty Road

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In Mesa, Arizona, a couple had an engagement shoot where they danced in the desert, and the photographs captured this beautiful portrait in black and white

Dancing in the Desert: Mesmerizing Black and White Engagement Shoot in Mesa, Arizona

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This loving couple posed for an engagement photo session in Cappadocia, Turkey, showcasing a unique high perch viewpoint with a hot air balloon in flight below them

Engagement Photo Session in Cappadocia, Turkey: Unique High Perch Viewpoint with a Hot Air Balloon

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The couple passionately kissed amidst the wildflowers in the stunning desert backdrop of Scottsdale, Arizona

Couple Kisses in Beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona Desert with Wildflowers - Picture Perfect!

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This portrait captures a happy engaged couple in Red Rock, a desert area, with a passing bicyclist in motion in the foreground

Red Rock Engagement Portrait with Happy Couple and Bicyclist Captured in Motion

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The couple walk with the majestic Himalayas in the background, capturing their engagement session

The couple walked, capturing their engagement session with the majestic Himalayas in the background

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The happy couple posed for their engagement photos in a beautiful windmill-filled landscape of Palm Springs, California

The couple beamed with joy as they posed for their engagement portrait session in the picturesque windmill-filled landscape of Palm Springs, California

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This fun couple enjoyed their engagement photos in the pristine desert of Cappadocia, Turkey, making the most of their memorable time with playful jumps and captivating surroundings

The couple's engagement portrait captured their joy and love in the stunning Cappadocia desert, immortalizing their playful jumps and special moment

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This photo was taken waiting for the sun to set on the dunes of Death Valley, CA for a save-the-date wedding announcement

Death Valley, CA Sunset: Wedding Announcement Image in Desert Mountain Scene

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A soon-to-be-married couple posed for a picture in the desert of Palm Springs, California, with the iconic windmills in the background

Palm Springs, California: A couple posed with a Jeep in a sand storm, windmills in the background

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The lovebirds embraced the beauty of the majestic valley, beaming with joy against a backdrop of a blue sky

This pre-wedding picture session captures the timeless love between the couple amidst the majestic Valley of Fire

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A couple celebrated their bond by taking an intimate photoshoot in the desert's sand dunes

The couple's strong bond and unwavering trust in each other shined through during their BW desert picture session at the Nellis Dunes

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pre wedding photos of a couple in a desert field in warm sunlight

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A black and white Valley of Fire Sunset and love portrait of a couple in the desert light near rocks

A black and white Sunset and love portrait of a couple in the desert light near rocks

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Las Vegas Desert Smoke Bomb Couple Picture | The colors of love

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Seven Magic Mountains Showing Desert Romance and fun

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Arizona Couple Picture Session | Romance in the desert

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Cappadocia couple posing for a desert engagement announcement shot against the desert fairy chimneys

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New Mexico engagement announcement couple photo session in the middle of nowhere with a beautiful mountain behind

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A Turkish couple at the Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site, near chimney rocks during an engagement announcement portrait session

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An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in the Valley of Fire, Las Vegas, NV for a pre bride and groom walking across the red rocks

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A Save the Date in Valley of Fire. Las Vegas portrait of a couple standing against the bright blue sky and red rocks of NV

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An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session at the Valley of Fire in Las Vegas for a couple dancing in a black and white vertical image

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A Save the Date in Valley of Fire. Las Vegas portrait of the bride and groom walking across the NV desert rocks

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A pre wedding photoshoot from Cappadocia, Turkey with the couple walking and holding hands as they climb on the rocks of love

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Couple photography in Cappadocia during a pre wedding engagement shoot near a rustic wooden fence below the rock cliffs

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Apache Junction engagement photo session in Arizona showing the couple photographed in the desert

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Adventurous engagement photos in Apache Junction in Arizona in a cholla field

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