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410+ Fine Engagement Photo Sessions in Formal Wear Outfits

Feb 18, 2020 - The wedding and couple portrait photographers of the WPJA can inspire you with their artistic imagery. Find creative ideas and ways to show off your formal outfits during your engagement portrait session, whether it’s that sleek cocktail dress, a smart tie, and slacks, or a stunning pair of heels. WPJA members are not afraid to try new techniques and, as experts in their field, they can help you create the high class and stylized portrait session you’ve always wanted.

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Black and white, intimate engagement portrait of couple in Vicosa, Minas Gerais

Paulo Sacramento

Pisa, Italy Photography | Pre-Wedding Engagement with black background!

Alessandro Serravalle

Engaged couple kissing in the library of Bovendonk for pre wedding portrait

Caroline Elenbaas

UAE pre wedding and engagement photography from Maleiha Desert, Dubai of a couple Dancing in the Desert

Bindi Richardson

Montreal, Quebec Engagement Photographer - Image of the couple Taken at the Grand Quai in Old Montreal.

Esther Gibbons

China wedding engagement photos for Hangzhou City couples

Mango Gu

Taiwan Pre Wedding portrait session in the Studio with vintage lights

ChiangYuan Hung

Engagement photo session in Wien, Austria

Melinda Guerini Temesi

Antalya Rock Engagment Portrait with a Couple Dressed in all Black

Serenay Lokcetin

Arvid de Windt

A couple walks hand-in-hand as they take a stroll along frozen Lake Dillon on a windy winter day near Silverthorne, Colorado during their engagement session.

Autumn Parry

The Pearl Brewery Engagement Photo Session | Couple in the light with angled shadows in a parking lot

Philip Thomas

Cappodocia, Turkey | Portraits of engaged couple walking around the fairy chimneys

Nilufer Nalbantoglu

Sacramento pre-wedding engagement pictures of a couple playing Bocce Ball against brick building | California portrait shoot

Raymond Nguyen

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada - holding the hands - Engagement Photography - Portrait contains: brick, wall, bushes, ivy, holding, hands, urban

Dorota Karpowicz

Engagement Photographer | Silparamam, Hyderabad, India - A cross culture destination wedding.

Deepak Nadh D

Bath, UK engagement portrait shoot- man gives his future bride a hug from behind as they stand in a lush green forest

Jay Hoque

CA pre-wedding engagement pictures in the forest of trees | San Jose portrait shoot

Siliang Wang

Norfolk Downtown, VA Engagement session during the Christmas season

Ken Pak

Orlando Suarez

Engagement Portrait from Italia Tuscany - Image contains: couple, hug, lane, cypress, dirt road

Yudi Shao

Couple engagement portrait session in the French Pyrénées - Franco-Turmenistan pre-wedding shoot.

Catherine Hudson Paturet

California - Northern Presidio couple portraits in the grass below the trees

Ian Chin

Vietnam urban city engagement photoshoot & pre-wedding session high above the nightlife of Dalat

Nien Truong

East Midlands engagement photography - Couple walking in the streets during portrait session.

Ashley Davenport

Venice Pre-wedding formal portrait session in Italy

Carlo Bettuolo

Ísland pre wedding photos at the beach with arch cave and red dress

Yudi Shao

Illinois skyline wedding engagement pictures by Chicago portrait photographer

Milan Lazic

Engagement photo session of a young couple sitting on a motorcycle in front of a brick building in San Francisco.

Raymond Nguyen

Bath, UK engagement photo session of a couple embracing in front of a well stocked bar

Jay Hoque

S&O sexy night time engagement photo session of a couple in Prague

Kurt Vinion

Engagement photos from Bakersfield, CA | Under the sky, sitting on the grass With a sun umbrella

Leo Do

Argentina Engagement portraits sitting on a piano in the fields of Provincia de Buenos Aires

Veronica Ruiz

Vail, CO Engagement Shoot - Standing next to the Eagle River in Vail while the last bits of sun spray through the evergreen trees for this winter engagement session.

Trent Gillespie

Borovets Bulgaria traditional engagement portraits of a couple

Ivelina Cholakova

This photo was taken during dusk near Pier 14 in San Francisco. It is a popular spot for both locals and tourists... lucky to capture a quick photo with the couple together.

Jeffrey Chan

New York City - Metro - Dumbo Engagement portrait

Denis Gostev

Jay Hoque

Street art engagement image from Helen, GA of couple posing with wall art

Cindy Brown

Chicago, IL pre-wedding portraits - The dinosaur skeleton on the roof.

Elena Bazini

London, U.K Engagement Portrait Photoshoot with a warm loving feeling during autumn

Chandan Sojitra

Engaged couple kisses in front of the main entrance of the Appeal Court historical building during pre wedding photo shoot.

Cristina Tanase

A Clapham Park, London, United Kingdom portrait session with the couple on engagement shoot

Ola Bamigboye

Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil engagement portrait on the lake rowing a boat

Kássio Silva

Pre-Wed Engagement Session on the hills of cappadocia, Turkey

Ankita Asthana

China fun pre wedding portrait on the streets of carnival with balloons

Vincent Mu

Brooklyn, New York engagement portraits on a rainy day with umbrellas

Nikhol Esteras

Overjissel engagment photographer created this prewedding portrait in a sunny meadow in Enschede

Jola Mulder

Milano Engagement Photography in the City

Massimiliano Beccati

Campinas portrait of the couple amid the shadows

Eric Corbacho

Engagement Photography at the Tidal Basin, Washington DC — A couple toasts to their romantic New Year's Eve Wedding plans

Johnny Shryock

Art Institute of Chicago | couple pulling each other during indoor pre wedding engagement shoot

Olu Akintorin

Huy Nguyen

Prague, Czech Republic, Charles Bridge — USA couple during their night time portrait session in the rain

Kurt Vinion

Walt Disney Concert Hall Engagement Photo Session for a Couple in Los Angeles, California

Tanya Parada

McKinney Falls State Park Dancing reflections - Engagement Photo session near Dusk at the Water

Shannon Cain

Washington DC - Lincoln Memorial - Morning engagement shoot at the Lincoln Memorial - Woman in Red Dress

Kathleen Ricker

Sacramento Engagement Photographer. Portrait session with a beached and wrecked fishing vessel.

Gagan Dhiman

Engagement Portrait at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami | FL Pre Wedding Photo Sessions

Lukas Guillaume

A couple passes one another at nighttime during this Porto Alegre engagement session by a Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil photographer.

Renan Radici

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