Wedding Photos of Engagement image

The following “Engagement image” 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 image” 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.

Bangkok playful engagement image of a couple resulting in a framed, creative portrait

Pre-wedding engagement image-session at Calle del Chorro in San Miguel de Allende showing the red color of the streets and the shadow of the sun to make this dramatic photograph

San Miguel de Allende sun streets Jorge Alcala Goded Red color Calle del Chorro Dramatic

Parc de Bagatelle couple e-shoot in Neuilly sur Seine resulting in BW Pre-wedding engagement image in Paris

Neuilly sur Seine bw engagement image Paris Jean Baptiste Chauvin couple Parc de Bagatelle

Parc des Ulysses couple e-shoot in warm sunlight for a Pre-wedding engagement image in Paris

engagement image couple Jean Baptiste Chauvin Warm sunlight Paris Parc des Ulysses

engagement image with Tenderness in the field

Udine Udine photographer Udine elopement photography field Udine wedding elopement Italy

Milano engagement image in Italy at night with a light

engagement image at night with a light

Night Milano pre wedding portraits Milano e shoot engagement image light Italy Milano engagement photographer

This was taken at the Cape Town botanical gardens. This lane of mature, age old trees made for incredible dramatic image.

a lane of mature, age old trees made for incredible dramatic engagement image

Dramatic Cape Town engagement photographer Cape Town pre wedding portraits incredible engagement image old trees mature

Glencoe, Scotland couple looking at this crazy environment - Engagement image in black and white

couple looking at this crazy environment - an Engagement image in black and white

scotland bride Scotland Scotland e session couple looking Scotland wedding photography environment Charline Eberhardt

City Lounge Apeldoorn image of a Couple before lightened wine wall

City Lounge engagement image of a Couple before light wine wall

gelderland bride engagement image wine wall Gelderland e session City Lounge gelderland wedding photography

Wedding photo shoot of bride with dad | Baldoria on the Water

Wedding photo shoot of bride with dad near the Water

FOB lakewood colorado wedding photographer lakewood engagement image Baldoria on the Water Colorado

Vail, Colorado wedding photo | outdoor wedding ceremony photography at Vail Golf Club

outdoor wedding ceremony photography at the Golf Club

vail wedding ceremony image Colorado vail wedding photographer engagement image Vail Vail Golf Club

Denver, CO engaged couple share a kiss near Kriley's pond as their dog Koda keeps a lookout during their Spring Golden Gate Canyon engagement photography session.

an engaged couple share a kiss near the pond as their dog keeps a lookout during their Canyon photography session

engagement image Spring Golden dogs dog Gate Canyon

Colorado couple share a moment together at The Dairy Block in downtown Denver during their engagement photo session.

a couple share a moment together downtown during their engagement photo session

engagement image downtown Denver Downtown Engagement CO The Dairy Block

Engagement portraits at sunset at Golden Gate Canyon State Park.

Engagement portraits at sunset at the State Park

State Park engagement image CO Golden Gate sunset Canyon State Park

A couple is reflected in the water during their engagement photos at Officer's Gulch near Copper Mountain Colorado

A couple is reflected in the water during their engagement photos near the Mountain

engagement image Copper Mountain Officers Gulch

Brazil engagement images of a couple in the sun with green foliage | Minas Gerais photographer pre-wedding session for portraits

Outdoor engagement images of a couple in the sun with green foliage

Outdoor engagement image sun Minas Gerais green foliage MG couple

Shooting into the sun makes an orange background for the silhouette of this engagement portrait of the couple holding hands

couple holding hands engagement image Porto Alegre engagement portrait background Porto Alegre couple

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