Wedding Photos of Sunset engagement

The following “Sunset 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 “Sunset 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.

Fine art portrait of a bride and groom by a NJ wedding photographer, taken at Higbee's Beach, Cape May, sitting side by side in the sand at sunset.

Stunning Engagement Portrait at Higbee's Beach, Cape May

An artistic couple portrait by a NJ wedding photographer at Higbee's Beach, Cape May, capturing the Bride and Groom posing intimately on beach rocks at sunset.

Romantic Sunset Embrace: NJ Wedding Photographer's Artistic Engagement Portrait at Higbee's Beach

rocks ocean Cape May beach session sitting on rocks sunset engagement New Jersey

A couple in Chartres poses in a rural setting during sunset, creating a romantic engagement portrait captured at the golden hour.

Romantic Engagement Portrait: Couple Poses in Chartres' Rural Setting at Golden Hour

Chartres Engagement Portrait couple photography rural setting outdoor portrait natural lighting memorable moments romantic poses

The couple chose to have their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait taken at Praia do Canto Grande in Bombinhas, SC, where they grew up and first met at sunset

Bombinhas, SC - Sunset Engagement Announcement Portrait at Praia do Canto Grande - Where They First Met

Praia do Canto Grande water Bombinhas Bombinhas Engagement Photography beach boats sunset engagement

Horsetooth Reservoir engagement session of a couple kissing in the sunset next to dead tree

Horsetooth Reservoir sunset kiss by dead tree: Engagement session bliss

Silhouetted couple dead tree Fort Collins Horsetooth Reservoir Fort Collins engagement session sunset engagement

couple runs together with a purple sunset behind them

Chicago photographer Chicago purple sunset couple Runs north avenue beach sunset engagement

couple hold each other and enjoy the setting sun and warmth of the evening

Jersey summer afternoon St Ouens Bay by the ocean Channel Islands Photographer Channel Islands

couple posing for portraits on their favorite bridge

denver photographer Highland Bridge Denver Colorado sunset engagement bridge

couple on a bridge with sunset background and a tall lamp post

lamp post sunset engagement Toulouse Toulouse photographer standing on bridge

Romantic portrait from Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York of the time at sunset

Romantic couple portrait from the Park at the time of sunset

New York photographer sunset engagement New York City - Metro Brooklyn Prospect Park

A Slovenia couple hugs and shows their love at sunset

sunset engagement Slovenia photographer hugs Slovenia love at sunset

A Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom evening sunset engagement portrait in BW by the trees

United Kingdom Buckinghamshire bw portrait sunset engagement Damion Mower Buckinghamshire photographer

Thailand couple enjoying sunset on the boat at Koh Samui

Koh Samui couple on a boat during a portrait session

evening sky sunset engagement Koh Samui boat engagement Thailand Koh Samui Photographer

Tuz Golu engagement photography portfolio image with a Turkey couple against a dramatic sky lit by an epic sunset

tuz gölü dramatic sky Tuz Golu Photographer clouds sunset engagement epic sunset

Trieste couple posing for a sunset, urban engagement announcement shot in Portopiccolo Sistiana, Italy with a tender Hug at sunset

Trieste urban background trieste photographer tender hug sunset engagement Portopiccolo Sistiana

Agropoli engagement announcement couple photo session in Cilento, Salerno, Italy with an abundance of Beautiful warm sunset light

sunset engagement Agropoli Cilento Warm sunlight Salerno Photographer Salerno

Metz couple posing for a sunset engagement announcement shot at Dans un Parc in Maiziere les Metz with the couple standing, man in the foreground and woman in the background

Dans un parc Metz photographer Jonathan Fortuna sunset engagement Metz Maiziere les Metz

Pays de la Loire couple poses for fun portraits on the beach soaked by the waves at sunset to announce their engagement in Les Sables d'Olonne

beach engagement Jeremie Sangare sunset engagement Vendee Photographer Les Sables dOlonne Pays de la Loire

After the marriage proposal Vosges engagement photography with some Tendon sunset hugs

France silhouette sunset engagement Vosges Vosges photographer Tendon

An after the marriage proposal Praia do Francês engagement photograph in AL of a couple facing each other at the sunset

Renner Boldrino Praia do Francês sunset engagement Alagoas Alagoas photographer touching foreheads

A Save the Date in Chicago. Garden of the Phoenix portrait of Chicago, IL couple in the garden setting at sunset

Chicago photographer sunset engagement Garden of Phoenix Chicago Sarah Nader

An after the marriage proposal Chicago engagement photograph in Jackson Park created for a couple posing in front of a sunset

Jackson Park Chicago Chicago photographer Sarah Nader sunset engagement

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Abbotsbury Castle in Dorset, England for a couple during a shoot on mountain bikes

England Dorset sunset engagement mountain bikes dorset photographer silhouettes Abbotsbury Castle

A Save the Date in Pamphill Green. Wimborne, Dorset portrait of the couple at the park during a shoot at sunset

dorset photographer Dorset Pamphill Green Wimborne sunset engagement United Kingdom

An after the marriage proposal Wimborne engagement photograph at Pamphill Green during a lit shoot at sunset

Pamphill Green sunset engagement dorset photographer Dorset Wimborne

A Save the Date in DC. MLK Memorial portrait of a couple Kissing at sunset

sunset engagement Sarah Sta Ana MLK Memorial DC photographer Washington DC

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Horsetooth Reservoir in Fort Collins, CO from when a Couple sits on rocks overlooking reservoir at sunset

overlook Fort Collins Colorado sunset engagement Mark Creery reservoir Fort Collins Photographer

She said yes, post marriage proposal picture session in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico on a short pier over the water at sunset

Old San Juan pier water Puerto Rico Photographer Puerto Rico sunset engagement

An after the marriage proposal Keystone engagement photograph in Colorado during the winter with snow and a Sunset

Colorado snow mountains Keystone sunset engagement Keystone photographer

An after the marriage proposal New York City engagement photograph that is Catching the sunset between the streets

sunset engagement New York City - Metro City streets urban Engagement NYC photographer

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