Wedding Photos of Black clothing

The following “Black clothing” 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 “Black clothing” 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.

A soon-to-be-married couple from Buckinghamshire, UK, posed for their engagement portrait, dressed in all black and embracing each other against a backdrop of dark green foliage, framed by trees.

Embracing Love amidst Enchanting Foliage: A Buckinghamshire Engagement Portrait

A couple is pictured in Boston, Massachusetts, surrounded by vibrant autumn leaves, both stylishly dressed in black formal attire, joyfully laughing together

Autumn Love in Boston: Stylishly Dressed Couple Embrace Amidst Vibrant Fall Foliage, Sharing Laughter and Joy

formal attire autumn leaves Boston Boston engagement session stylishly dressed Black clothing

A couple in Liverdun, France, are lying on the ground wearing black clothes, with their bodies intertwined in a puzzle-like pose

Lost in the Puzzle: Enigmatic Connection Unraveled in Liverdun, France

Liverdun Engagement Portrait Black clothing lying on ground puzzle like pose Liverdun Meurthe-et-Moselle

Engaged couple embrace in a field of golden grasses at Verulamium Park, captured beautifully by a talented St Albans wedding photographer.

Verulamium Park's Engaged Embrace: A Stunning Portrait by St Albans' Finest Wedding Photographer

tall grasses golden grasses St Albans St Albans Engagement Portrait embracing field of grass Verulamium Park

This romantic portrait captures a couple in Joshua Tree National Park, at the end of their photoshoot, as they unwind and relax before their wedding day.

Unwinding in Joshua Tree: A Romantic Engagement Portrait

Joshua Tree Engagement Portrait California desert bw portrait Black clothing Joshua Tree National Park desert engagement

A couple in Berkeley, California, is seen embracing in front of cacti during an engagement photography session in a beautiful garden

Berkeley, California: Couple Embraces in Front of Cacti during Beautiful Garden Engagement Photography Session

Berkeley engagement photography garden engagement desert setting Berkeley Black clothing cacti head to head

After hiking through Redwoods National Park in their wedding clothes, lanterns beautifully light the way out of the forest for the happy couple

Redwoods National Park Wedding: Lantern-lit exit from forest for the happy couple, after hiking

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A romantic lifestyle engagement portrait session in Milan in the early morning, surrounded by small lights against a dark background

Engaged couple enjoys romantic Milan morning with twinkling lights

Milan Engagement Portrait small lights Black clothing Milan dark background romantic portrait formal dress

The couple posed in black clothes against an all-white backdrop for their romantic save-the-date engagement announcement portrait in Banff, Alberta, Canada

Banff, Alberta, Canada | Engagement Save-the-Date | Romantic Couple in Black

Alberta Banff white background bw portrait Canada Banff Save the Date Black clothing

The couple posed for their black and white save-the-date engagement announcement portrait in Banff, Alberta, Canada, with the man kissing his fiancée's neck while she laughed joyfully

Banff, Alberta: Couple's Joyful Save-the-Date Engagement Portrait, Man Kissing Fiancée's Neck

Black clothing Banff Save the Date Banff Canada kiss on neck Alberta Banff Engagement Photography

A couple soon to be married in Paris is posing in front of an artistic wall background

A couple soon to be married in Paris is posing in front of a graphic wall background

kiss on head artistic wall Paris paris love session Black clothing

The happy couple enjoyed a pre-wedding portrait session in Saratoga, twirling and smiling as they danced in the garden area near a fountain

In Saratoga, the couple twirled as they danced in the garden near a fountain for their lifestyle portrait session

Black clothing Saratoga twirling garden Saratoga Lifestyle Engagement Portrait California - Northern fountain

The IL couple embrace in the streets during their lifestyle engagement session in Chicago, near the Wrigley Building

A couple in black coats embrace in an urban setting in a lifestyle portrait

urban setting Chicago engagement photography standing in street black coats couple embraced Black clothing Chicago

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

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A Montpellier modern couple poses in black clothing for an announcement portrait of their France engagement

Occitanie photographer France Montpellier Black clothing Herault Occitanie

A center framed pre wedding engagement session in black clothes against dark rust background

Kobe Vanderzande Black clothing center framed Hasselt dark rust background Hasselt Engagement Photographer

Sand Mountain, NV Smoke bombs in hand on sand dune during a pre-wed photoshoot in the desert

dunes Black clothing Nevada Sand Mountain nevada engagment image NV

Rock Engagment Portrait with a Couple Dressed in all Black

rock Istanbul engagement Antalya Rock engagment portrait Black clothing Istanbul couples

London engagement shoot with Red Telephone Booth - Engagement Photographer

The engagement shoot with the Red Telephone Booth featured the couple in black clothes as the low angle camera captured the Engagement Photo

London London engagement red phone booth Black clothing Red Telephone Booth vintage phone booth matching clothes

Taiwan Hualien PRE-WEDDING Engagement PhotoShoot with Smoke

The engagement photo shoot featured smoke and a distinguished couple with style and a vogue appearance

Hualien PreWedding Photography Taiwan smoky background Hualien County Black clothing vogue appearance

Wedding photojournalism during getting ready at Fort McMurray | Alberta Canada photography

A unique insight into the wedding day is offered through the lens of wedding photojournalism, capturing the moments of brides and bridesmaids getting ready with makeup and accessories

Alberta getting ready Black clothing Alberta Photographer Bride and Bridesmaids Fort McMurray make up

Wedding engagement portrait of this couple hitting the hiking trail in formal wear

San Francisco Black clothing San Francisco engagement photography formal wear hiking trail

engagement portrait photography in luxembourg

Engagement portrait of a couple in black clothes sitting in an orange glow in an open field

Black clothing Luxembourg Engagement Photography couple sitting in field open field Luxembourg orange glow

Pre-wedding profile portrait a young woman and her fiancé in the warm sunlight

Madrid Black clothing Madrid engagement photography Spain Warm sunlight dark background

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