Wedding Photos of Attire

The following “Attire” 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 “Attire” 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 beautiful bride, surrounded by friends, is putting on the finishing touches to her attire at Domaine Etxezahar in Bardos, France. The palpable emotion in the air is captured in this stunning wedding day image.

Bardos Bride and Friends at Domaine Etxezahar, France, Embracing the Wedding Day Emotion

Overhead shot captured during a wedding ceremony at Eglise d'Ascain, featuring a full church with white choir books standing out against dark attire in a unique high-angle view.

Choir Books In White: Aerial Elegance at Eglise d'Ascain Wedding Ceremony

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A couple in formal attire enjoys a leisurely horseback ride at Fantasy Ranch in Crested Butte, Colorado, on their wedding day, showcasing the beauty of love and nature blending together in a breathtaking setting.

Love and Nature Unite: Wedding Couple on Horseback at Fantasy Ranch, Crested Butte, Colorado

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Yvelines, France: A close-up captures the newlyweds at Ferme du Prieuré, with the focus on their legs, attire, and footwear as they bask in the radiant glowing light

Close-up of newlyweds' legs, attire, and footwear at Ferme du Prieuré in Yvelines, France

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Taiwan, Hualien Engagement Couple Session - Image contains: red, dress, formal, dress, attire, indoors

Taiwan, Hualien Engagement Couple Session with her red dress

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A stunning CA wedding portrait captures the groom, resplendent in traditional attire, the ethereal glow of his embroidered details accentuated by the gleam of the sword resting gently at his feet

Enchanting CA Groom: A Wedding Portrait in Traditional Attire with Gleaming Sword

accentuated embroidered sword gleam enchanting Traditional groom portrait

Omaha Wedding Photography of kids getting ready for the wedding in a mirror

A Glimpse of Innocence: Little Ones Getting Ready for the Big Day

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Wedding pictures by Algarve, Portugal photographer of the groom smoking while his groomsmen figure out the buttons on a shirt

Unraveling Elegance: The Groom's Smoking Break

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Villefranche sur Mer groomsmen putting on their boutineers.

Blooming Bonds: Groomsmen of Villefranche sur Mer Prep with Boutineers

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Waldorf Astoria Dubai wedding photo of groom getting headwear fashioned.

ROYAL RED: GROOM GETTING CROWNED IN THE DESERT HEAT

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The groom is preparing for his Santorini, Greece wedding ceremony.

Photo of The groom preparing for his Santorini, Greece wedding ceremony

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Manteo, NC wedding photography - Groom Getting Ready with bowtie

Fatherly Fix: Bowtie Bonding Before Altar Adventure in Manteo

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