Wedding Photos of Formal wear

The following “Formal wear” 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 wear” 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.

Excitement fills the moment as two young boys in smart bow ties and formal wear gaze eagerly at a decadent wedding cake at the Hilton Hotel Istanbul.

Boys in Bow Ties Admiring Decadent Cake at Hilton Hotel Istanbul Wedding Celebration

Engaged couple elegantly dressed in formal wear poses among towering rocks during a breathtaking photo session in the stunning Atacama Desert

Love in the Land of Giants: A Captivating Atacama Engagement

elegant towering rocks Argentina Peru Atacama Desert formal wear Atacama desert engagement photography

An engaged couple poses in front of the San Mark Basilica in Venice, Italy, standing next to a lamppost

Love Illuminates Venice: A Dreamy Duo Exudes Romance in Front of San Mark Basilica

lamppost Venice Venice engagement session Saint Marks Basilica formal wear

The couple is sitting in St Mark Square, Venice Italy, with the Palazzo Ducale's arcade in the background and the groom formally kissing the bride's offered hand

Formal Wedding in St Mark Square, Venice Italy: Groom Kisses Bride's Hand with Palazzo Ducale Arcade

formal wear kissing hand Palazzo Ducale Arcade Venice engagement photography Venice St Marks Square

The happy couple posed for their engagement announcement portrait, framed by the beautiful sunlight and windows of the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco

San Francisco Transamerica Pyramid: Engaged Couple in Sunlight & Windows

windows Transamerica Pyramid sunlight San Francisco formal wear sf Engagement photography

The Denver couple posed for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait at Chamberlin Observatory at DU with a wrench in front of the telescope, looking serious at the camera

Denver, CO: Chamberlin Observatory Engagement Announcement - Couple, Telescope & Wrench

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory formal wear Denver engagement photography large wrench telescope

A couple is soon to be married in San Francisco, as shown in their engagement portrait taken amongst the tall white columns

San Francisco hosts a soon-to-be-wed couple's romantic engagement shoot centered in building columns

San Francisco columns sf Engagement photography center framed formal wear

The engaged couple's lifestyle pre-wedding portrait in black and white, with a low camera angle and long flowing dress, was taken inside the arched window rotunda at Vizcaya Miami

At Vizcaya Miami, the engaged couple's BW portrait was taken inside the arched window rotunda

Florida Rotunda formal wear Miami arched windows flowing dress Vizcaya

In all black formal clothing, a couple walks Oxford Street, London for an urban portrait

In all black formal clothing, a couple walks down the street in London

urban portrait formal wear Chaiyasith Junjuerdee Black clothing London photographer London Oxford Street

Cappadocia engagement announcement photo idea in Turkey with arched columns and stairs

stairs Cappadocia Photographer Cappadocia Turkey formal wear arched columns

A Cappadocia couple poses near fairy chimneys at a World Heritage Site during their Turkey engagement announcement portraits

Cappadocia Photographer formal wear World Heritage Site blue dress Cappadocia

A San Francisco couple dance together for a classic Legion of Honor engagement announcement portrait session

San Francisco columns formal wear San Francisco photographer Legion of Honor Tyler Vu red dress

A California couple poses for an urban, city portrait together as they prepare to announce their San Francisco engagement showing The Trolley way of the kiss

California - Northern San Francisco City streets San Francisco photographer red dress formal wear Tyler Vu

A Koh Larn portrait shows a unique way this newly engaged Pattaya City couple is announcing their Thailand engagement via a mostly white BW picture

Surasart Areear Koh Larn Pattaya city formal wear Thailand bw portrait Pattaya Photographer

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado during a Winter Engagement shoot in the snow

formal wear rocky mountains Colorado winter engagement Rocky Mountains Photographer mountains

An after the wedding proposal engagement picture session at Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan Condado Vanderbilt Hotel Puerto Rico Photographer formal wear Puerto Rico

A pre wedding photoshoot from Cappadocia, Turkey with the couple walking and holding hands as they climb on the rocks of love

Cappadocia Photographer Turkey desert engagement formal wear holding hands Cappadocia

A Colorado Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, urban portrait of this Des Moine couple sitting on some stairs in formal wear

Des Moine couple formal wear urban Des Moine sitting stairs IA

A NYC Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this artistic, city portrait of this New York couple at The Edge while looking out the windows in formal wear

The Edge new york couple NYC photographer city New York windows

A California Wedding, Elopement, and Engagement Photographer created this creative, adventurous portrait of this CA couple in formal wear dancing of a mountain road in Yosemite National Park

CA couple road California Yosemite National Park dancing formal wear

Cappadocia, Turkey pre-wedding engagement session capturing her flowing red dress and hot air balloons

Cappadocia engagement photography formal wear red dress Istanbul Cappadocia Hot air balloons

Cappadocia couple pre-wed portrait of a couple that was sitting high up on a solid rock

Cappadocia engagement photography Cappadocia low angle elegant couple rock formal wear

Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado wedding couple artistic image session of fog surrounding the couple at their elopement

Colorado wedding couple Lucy Schultz formal wear snow couple Colorado elopement

True Love Engagement Picture Session in Fargo showing a couple looking at each other in a winter wonderland

Winter wonderland Fargo formal wear Fargo engagement Engagement Picture Session winter

True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Lake Louise, Banff illustrating a couple standing and kissing on a rock in the water

formal wear water Canada Banff snow Alberta

Aix-les-Bains wedding couple artistic image session of the couple standing the snowy field

couple artistic image session snowy field winter snow formal wear Aix les Bains wedding couple

True Love pre wedding Photoshoot at Sidecar New Braunfels of a couple in formal wear at the bar

bar indoor couple portrait Pre wedding Photoshoot Sidecar New Braunfels formal wear Shannon Cain

Legion of Honor, San Francisco portrait e-session with a Contrasting Viewpoint in black and white formal wear

Contrasting N CA San Francisco portrait e session Tyler Vu San Francisco couple images Legion of Honor formal wear

Sofia Artful Engagement Picture with the Couple looking at each other at the restaurant patio

Sofia restaurant picnic benches formal wear Tatyana Chohadjieva Sofia engagement photographer Bulgaria

Denwell Pre Wedding Photoshoot w Fine Art Style showing Everyone witness their love

friends Zhongshan District Taipei City Ho Cheng Chung Taipei Photographer formal wear Denwell

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