Thousands of talented photographers worldwide submitted their best work to Junebug Weddings’ annual Best of the Best Engagement Photo Contest. Here's a glimpse at the top 50. Hit the link to see the entire collection and tell us which photo is your favorite!
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Photographed By Orlando Suares Of Viridian Images Photography In Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Since 2008, Junebug Weddings has been hosting annual photography contests to curate image collections that best represent the year’s achievements in artistry, technical skill, and emotional impact. The engagement photo contest went on a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 and Junebug is so proud to be back with 2022’s creative and diverse collection.
This year’s celebratory contest brought in approximately 4,000 image submissions from photographers around the globe eager to share and celebrate the love stories they captured during the past year.
Photo contests require a certain amount of subjectivity and we understand that not every photo in our collections will appeal to every person. We try to make sure that collections speak to more than just one audience and that they represent a wide spectrum of photographic styles, cultures, and love.
Photographed By Levana Cynthia Of Sincēra
Photographed By Liat Aharoni Of Liat Aharoni Photography In Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
The Junebug team and photographer guest judges choose the winning images through a point system. This year, wedding photographers The Ferros, Katch Silva, and Bare Odds assisted the Junebug Weddings team in judging the contest.
When submissions are received, we blind them so that no one on the judging panel—including the Junebug team—has access to any information about who submitted the images. After submissions are anonymized, each guest judge and Junebug team member receive the submissions. Then those judging individually narrow down the images from the initial 4,000+ submissions to about 300 of their favorites.
Once each judge has finalized their favorite image selections, they sort the images into three different folders. Each folder is worth a different number of points. While still anonymized, the images in each of the judge’s folders are given points based on a weighted system.
Photographed By Marcella Laine In Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Photographed By Alina Kay Of Alina Kay Photography, Sugarloaf Cove In Schroeder, Minnesota, United States
Rather than a specific set of photos moving us, we’re proud that the collection as a whole showcases diversity through photography style, sexuality, race and geography.
Photographed By Kristi Boatright Of Stori Photos, Jet, Oklahoma, United States
Photographed By Emilija Kviliunaite Of Emilija Photography
Engagement photos help you get to know your wedding photographer, provide you with photos for your save the dates and invitations, and give you something that you can look back on for years.
Lots of couples wear clothes they wear in their everyday life for their engagement photos and have the session in a location that tells their love story in some way. Other couples wear traditional wedding attire for capturing portraits they may not have the flexibility to squeeze into their wedding day timeline.
Because engagement sessions are less formal than a wedding day (and less time-constrained) we think engagement sessions are the perfect opportunity to document what a couple’s life authentically looks like or to get those epic portraits you don’t have time to achieve on a wedding day.
Photographed By Joel Bedford Of Joel & Justyna In Ottawa, Canada
Photographed By Kasey Powell Of Kasey Powell Weddings In Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA
Photographed By Paulina Pietraszkiewicz Of Pietraszkiewicz Love Photography, Warsaw, Poland
Photographed By Steffi Mainik Of Maiffi-Design In Bad Driburg, Nrw, Germany
Photographed By Sirjana Singh & Ben Lane Of Tinted Photography, Lake Pukaki, New Zealand
Photographed By Safeena Padder Of Safeena Noah
Photographed By Lukas Piatek Of Lukas Piatek Photography
Photographed By Adriana Morais Of Adriana Morais Photography In Comporta, Portugal
Photographed By Jordan Voth Of Jordan Voth Photography In Trinidad, California, USA
Photographed By Inna Yasinska Of Inna Yasinska Photography
Photographed By Henry Tieu Of Henry Tieu Photography In Washington State, USA
Photographed By Darren Hendry Of The Hendrys In Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Photographed By Francesca Floris In Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
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Photographed By Leah Miessler Of Leah Miessler Photography
Photographed By Helena And Laurent Martin Of Helena And Laurent Photography In Inverness, California, USA
Fabio Mirulla, Montevarchi, Tuscany, Italy
Photographed By Calvin Setiawan Of Sincēra In Dream Belle, Bandung, Indonesia
Photograph Valerie Fernandez Of Salt & Shores Photography, Vanuatu
Photographed By Jessie Lyee Of Jessielyee Photography
Photographed By Chrissy Gilmartin Of Chrissy Gilmartin Photography In Noguchi Gardens In Costa Mesa California, USA
Photographed By Mike Vallely Of Shari + Mike, Spanish Banks, Vancouver, Bc
Photographed By Andri Tei Of Andri Tei Photography In Little India, Singapore
Photographed By Vasilis Liappis Of 2p_weddings In Karpathos Island, Greece
Photographed By Jackson Leong Of Plan A Production In Cameron Highland, Malaysia
Photographed By Bonjo Abadi Of Terralogical In Mount Bromo, Indonesia
Photographed By Mailou Her Of Mailouphoto In Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Photographed By Geoff Duncan Of Geoff Duncan Photography, Austin, Texas, United States
Photographed By Emily Barbarita Of Emily Barbarita Photography In The Dive Motel In Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Photographed By Johanna Grzonka Of Finn & The Fox Photography In New Forest, Dorset, United Kingdom
Photographed By Edward Winter Of Readyluck In Brooklyn, New York, USA
Photographed By Benoit Heurtault Of Groovy Banana In Tanna, Vanuatu
Photographed By Bego Avila Of Begography In Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Photographed By Brittany Boote Of Brittany Boote Photography In Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, USA
Photographed By Krishna Pradana Of Berawal Dari Teman
Photographed By Brjann Batista Bettencourt Of 3bphotography In Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Photographed By Haley Hawn Of Haley Hawn Photo In Boulder, Colorado, USA
Photographed By Flora Gibson Of Flora Gibson Photography In Big Sur, California, USA
Photographed By Eshant Raju Oguri Of Eshantrajuphotography In Bengaluru, India
Photographed By Payton Wilson Of Payton Marie Photography
Photograph By Nahuel Aseff Of Nahuel Aseff Photography, Rosarito, Baja California, México
Photographed By Andrew Pavlidis Of Willow And Wolf In Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Photographed By Kuoloon Chong Of Kompactfaen In Singapore
Miriam Ackroyd, Life Is Beautiful, Brisbane, Australia
Where I live, not the US, its common for couples to privately agree that they do want to get married. Then usually they will have an engagement shoot to have pictures to send to family and friends to announce their engagement.
Load More Replies...Okay, the photos are beautiful. But, engagement photos? What kind of self absorbed nonsense is this? If people put as much effort into their marriage as they do all this engagement / wedding b******t, maybe we wouldn't have a 50% divorce rate.
A high divorce rate is a reflection of how much freedom we truly have to choose who we love and to change our minds as we grow and change. It's a good thing I'm thankful for.
Load More Replies...Where I live, not the US, its common for couples to privately agree that they do want to get married. Then usually they will have an engagement shoot to have pictures to send to family and friends to announce their engagement.
Load More Replies...Okay, the photos are beautiful. But, engagement photos? What kind of self absorbed nonsense is this? If people put as much effort into their marriage as they do all this engagement / wedding b******t, maybe we wouldn't have a 50% divorce rate.
A high divorce rate is a reflection of how much freedom we truly have to choose who we love and to change our minds as we grow and change. It's a good thing I'm thankful for.
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