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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

Photographed By Orlando Suares Of Viridian Images Photography In Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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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.

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Photographed By Levana Cynthia Of Sincēra

Photographed By Levana Cynthia Of Sincēra

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Photographed By Liat Aharoni Of Liat Aharoni Photography In Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

Photographed By Liat Aharoni Of Liat Aharoni Photography In Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This picture just makes me happy, love that it's from my country🇨🇦💙

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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.

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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.

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Photographed By Marcella Laine In Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Photographed By Marcella Laine In Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

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Photographed By Alina Kay Of Alina Kay Photography, Sugarloaf Cove In Schroeder, Minnesota, United States

Photographed By Alina Kay Of Alina Kay Photography, Sugarloaf Cove In Schroeder, Minnesota, United States

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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.

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Photographed By Kristi Boatright Of Stori Photos, Jet, Oklahoma, United States

Photographed By Kristi Boatright Of Stori Photos, Jet, Oklahoma, United States

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Photographed By Emilija Kviliunaite Of Emilija Photography

Photographed By Emilija Kviliunaite Of Emilija Photography

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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.

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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.

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Photographed By Joel Bedford Of Joel & Justyna In Ottawa, Canada

Photographed By Joel Bedford Of Joel & Justyna In Ottawa, Canada

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Photographed By Kasey Powell Of Kasey Powell Weddings In Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA

Photographed By Kasey Powell Of Kasey Powell Weddings In Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA

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Photographed By Paulina Pietraszkiewicz Of Pietraszkiewicz Love Photography, Warsaw, Poland

Photographed By Paulina Pietraszkiewicz Of Pietraszkiewicz Love Photography, Warsaw, Poland

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Photographed By Steffi Mainik Of Maiffi-Design In Bad Driburg, Nrw, Germany

Photographed By Steffi Mainik Of Maiffi-Design In Bad Driburg, Nrw, Germany

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Photographed By Sirjana Singh & Ben Lane Of Tinted Photography, Lake Pukaki, New Zealand

Photographed By Sirjana Singh & Ben Lane Of Tinted Photography, Lake Pukaki, New Zealand

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Photographed By Safeena Padder Of Safeena Noah

Photographed By Safeena Padder Of Safeena Noah

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Photographed By Lukas Piatek Of Lukas Piatek Photography

Photographed By Lukas Piatek Of Lukas Piatek Photography

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Photographed By Adriana Morais Of Adriana Morais Photography In Comporta, Portugal

Photographed By Adriana Morais Of Adriana Morais Photography In Comporta, Portugal

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Photographed By Jordan Voth Of Jordan Voth Photography In Trinidad, California, USA

Photographed By Jordan Voth Of Jordan Voth Photography In Trinidad, California, USA

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know this guy! Vic Fuentes from a band called Pierce the Veil :D

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Photographed By Inna Yasinska Of Inna Yasinska Photography

Photographed By Inna Yasinska Of Inna Yasinska Photography

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Photographed By Henry Tieu Of Henry Tieu Photography In Washington State, USA

Photographed By Henry Tieu Of Henry Tieu Photography In Washington State, USA

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Photographed By Darren Hendry Of The Hendrys In Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Photographed By Darren Hendry Of The Hendrys In Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Photographed By Francesca Floris In Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

Photographed By Francesca Floris In Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the smoke element. Eh, makes sense. My names IS Arson after all lmao

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Photographed By Leah Miessler Of Leah Miessler Photography

Photographed By Leah Miessler Of Leah Miessler Photography

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Photographed By Helena And Laurent Martin Of Helena And Laurent Photography In Inverness, California, USA

Photographed By Helena And Laurent Martin Of Helena And Laurent Photography In Inverness, California, USA

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Fabio Mirulla, Montevarchi, Tuscany, Italy

Fabio Mirulla, Montevarchi, Tuscany, Italy

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Photographed By Calvin Setiawan Of Sincēra In Dream Belle, Bandung, Indonesia

Photographed By Calvin Setiawan Of Sincēra In Dream Belle, Bandung, Indonesia

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Photograph Valerie Fernandez Of Salt & Shores Photography, Vanuatu

Photograph Valerie Fernandez Of Salt & Shores Photography, Vanuatu

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Photographed By Jessie Lyee Of Jessielyee Photography

Photographed By Jessie Lyee Of Jessielyee Photography

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Photographed By Chrissy Gilmartin Of Chrissy Gilmartin Photography In Noguchi Gardens In Costa Mesa California, USA

Photographed By Chrissy Gilmartin Of Chrissy Gilmartin Photography In Noguchi Gardens In Costa Mesa California, USA

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cool. Question, what is the pyramid? Is it a building? Solar panels or something?

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Photographed By Mike Vallely Of Shari + Mike, Spanish Banks, Vancouver, Bc

Photographed By Mike Vallely Of Shari + Mike, Spanish Banks, Vancouver, Bc

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Photographed By Andri Tei Of Andri Tei Photography In Little India, Singapore

Photographed By Andri Tei Of Andri Tei Photography In Little India, Singapore

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My country !!!! I luv Little India ! Where I go to to visit my friend from India.

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Photographed By Vasilis Liappis Of 2p_weddings In Karpathos Island, Greece

Photographed By Vasilis Liappis Of 2p_weddings In Karpathos Island, Greece

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Note: this post originally had 50 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.