Wedding Photos of Formal clothes

The following “Formal clothes” 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 “Formal clothes” 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.

Ring bearer scratching himself before walking down the aisle at Fountains Ballroom, Iowa, capturing the relatable discomfort of kids in formal clothes

Iowa's Unconventional Ring Bearer: Capturing the Discomfort of Kids in Formal Attire at Fountains Ballroom

Epic Cappadocia, Turkey engagement session with a light, formal clothes and hot air balloons

Turkey Hot air balloons Cappadocia formal clothes light Turkey engagement session Cappadocia bride to be

Epic Cappadocia pre wedding portrait with formal clothes, a silhouette and a hot air balloon

Cappadocia Turkey couple formal clothes Cappadocia pre wedding portrait silhouette hot air balloon

Scenic Tuz Golu engagement picture with formal clothes, a sunset and some dance moves

Tuz Golu engagement tuz gölü dance sunset formal clothes scenic

Adventurous Cappadocia pre wedding portrait with formal clothes and carved sand caves

Cappadocia pre wedding Cappadocia formal clothes Cappadocia bride and groom Turkey portrait sand

An upscale China black and White Shanghai wedding couple portrait in formal clothes with dark tones

formal clothes China bw Shanghai couple portrait dark tones Shanghai

Istanbul, Turkey on-location portrait e-shoot in formal clothes and a kiss in the city

Turkey portrait e shoot Istanbul kiss istanbul engagement shoot Istanbul photographer city Nilufer Nalbantoglu

National Gallery of Art, East Building, DC urban pic shoot before the wedding day with a couple dressed in formal clothes and smiling

formal clothes couple National Gallery East Building East Building DC DC urban pic shoot DC

engagement photo session with a couple in formal clothes

Engagement Kyrenia engagement photography formal clothes Kyrenia engagement images photo session Kyrenia pre wedding portrait

Engagement Photo in the Winter in formal clothes on the snow

winter Alberta Alberta engagement photo alberta e session wind snow formal clothes

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