Wedding Photos of Engagement session

The following “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 “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.

Frenchtown, New Jersey fall engagement session

engagement session with indescribable happiness in Parque das Ruínas, Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro laughing happiness engagement session Parque Das Ruínas engagement session Santa Teresa

The couple embrace during their engagement session at Eleven Mile Canyon in Lake George, Colorado

Lake George engagement session Lake George engagement session Colorado pre wedding location Lake George couple embrace Eleven Mile Canyon

Engagement session with a couple sitting on the steps with their reflection on the water

Venice engagement photos reflection Venice engagement photographer engagement session couple Venice e shoot Venice

Engagement session portraits with intimacy in black and white

Italy black and white Calabria Calabria engagement photography engagement session Calabria pre wedding portrait

a young Couple having fun during the winter engagement session in the snow and trees

trees Banff National Park engagement photographer Lake Louise snow AB winter

England engagement session with a couple at Manchester City Centre

England engagement session with a couple in the City

Manchester e shoot Manchester engagement photos Philip Salisbury engagement session city Manchester pre wedding portraits Manchester City

Late afternoon engagement session with a nice breeze

San Francisco afternoon California Sutro Baths engagement session Tyler Vu breeze

Love is in the air in this engagement session at Parque das Ruínas, Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Love is in the air in this tropical engagement session

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Love in hugs of this beautiful engagement session in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Love in hugs of this beautiful and warm engagement session

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Portrait shoot through a grid for an engagement session

Sofia Bulgaria Sofia pre wedding portraits engagement session grid Sofia e shoot Sofia engagement photographer

The mountaintop was blanketed in fog the night of these ladies' engagement session, and we included their wedding purple in the backlight at Lookout Mountain, Golden Colorado

The mountaintop was blanketed in fog the night of this engagement session

Lucy Schultz Golden pre wedding portraits fog Colorado engagement session golden engagement photographer mountaintop

a hand down from a rock in Moab during their sunrise desert engagement session

Arches National Park Utah engagement images rock Utah e session Moab engagement session Utah pre wedding portrait

Engagement Session in the urban city at sunset

Roma Piazza di Spagna engagement session city Roma engagement photography Roma engagement images sunset portrait

ragusa couple love in hospital during informal engagement portrait session

couple love in hospital during informal engagement session

Ragusa e shoot Ragusa engagement photographer hospital couple love Ragusa Ragusa pre wedding portraits engagement session

engagement session in Dorset against the clouds

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A couple embraces during their Chicago engagement session

Chicago engagement photography Chicago cafe Windy Kitty Cat Cafe Chicago e session Chicago pre wedding portrait

Florida Engagement Session in an Orange Grove

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Love engagement session in the winter with snow at the lake

Castille Alma Courchevel e session Courchevel engagement photography lake Courchevel pre wedding portrait Courchevel engagement images Courchevel

Engagement session shot tight in black and white

Italy Roma e session Trastevere Roma engagement images Roma engagement photography Roma pre wedding portrait

Sunrise engagement session at the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, VA with the DC skyline in the back.

Sunrise engagement session with the skyline in the back

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A hugging couple during their engagement session in Athens, Greece

A hugging couple during their black and white engagement session

Athens Athens engagement photographer Athens e shoot Greece hugging couple black and white engagement session

An engagement session during sunset in Florence.

An engagement session during sunset over the water on a bridge

Florence engagement photography Florence bridge Florence engagement images sunset engagement session

San Francisco Engagement Photographer | Romancing through the city streets

Romancing through the city streets during engagement session

San Francisco engagement photography City streets San Francisco pre wedding portrait CA San Francisco engagement images engagement session

Vietnam Dalat dusk pre-wedding engagement session under the dark clouds

a dusk pre-wedding engagement session under the dark clouds

Vietnam Wedding Photography Dalat brides Vietnam wedding engagement session dark clouds Pre Wedding Nien Truong

Engagement Session at the couple's home on the couch with a dog and a cat

MA engagement session Boston prewedding Boston couch dog

Boston Engagement Session in Beacon Hill in MA

Street Engagement Session MA

MA wedding photography streets MA wedding engagement session MA street

Boston Engagement Session in New England foliage

Engagement Session in New England fall foliage

Boston weddings Boston wedding photographer Boston foliage Boston bride New England fall

Winter Snow Engagement session

Ontario wedding image Ontario engagement Ontario snow Canada winter Elora

Engagement session of a couple at the Holiday Inn Corby

Engagement session of a couple at the hotel garden

Corby garden Corby wedding photo Corby engagement a couple Holiday Inn

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