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A group in black tie posing against a brick wall at a formal party.
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Formal Celebrations

The one everybody dressed up for.

28 frames·Austin & Lake Travis

Anniversaries, quinceañeras, milestone birthdays, black tie in a backyard. Formal doesn't have to mean stiff — the best of these nights are the ones where the jazz trio sets up on the deck and nobody sits down. We cover the room, the family groupings you'll actually want, and everything that happens after the speeches.

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Big night coming? Tell us the date and who has to be in a photo.

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Formal, not formal-looking.

We get the posed family groupings done early and quickly, because they matter and because nobody wants to be pulled away twice. The rest of the night we simply follow.

Guests at round tables on a lawn under string lights at dusk, candles and flowers on the linen.
A jazz trio playing on a covered deck at a garden party, the singer in a floral dress.
A double bass player in a blue jacket performing outdoors.
A singer in a floral dress performing beside a double bass under string lights.
Guests in conversation on a patio, one woman in a pale green jumpsuit laughing.
A man in a dark suit laughing among guests at an outdoor evening reception.
Chapter 01

Dressed, and outside

Austin formal usually ends up in a garden or beside a pool by nine. We light for that rather than fighting it.

A backyard party seen across a lit swimming pool, guests gathered on the terrace beyond.
Everyone in the gardenFrames 10–12
A family group in formal dress posed together on a lawn, one laughing mid-photo.
A father and three young women in party dresses hugging and laughing together.
Two young women in floral and black-and-white dresses posed side by side in a garden.
A young woman in a white dress seated on a bright orange bench in a garden.
A couple in formal dress leaning into each other beside a garden bird feeder.
A young couple in black tie embracing, she laughing as he kisses her cheek.
A line of young women in party dresses cheering along the edge of a swimming pool.
Two friends in party dresses leaning together, one resting her chin on the other's shoulder.
Three generations in one backyard and everybody got a picture they liked. I still don't know when you took half of them.
Host · anniversary party, west Austin
Chapter 02

The family ones

The frames that end up framed. We ask who matters before the night starts, so nobody important is missing at the end of it.

A family in formal dress posed on a deck at sunset above Lake Travis.
A family in gold sari and embroidered kurtas standing together in a garden.
A woman in a gold sari kissing her husband's cheek at an outdoor family celebration.
A multi-generational family in formal Indian dress on an outdoor deck at sunset, a lake and a fence hung with love locks behind them
Chapter 03

On the water

A boat is a small room that moves and changes light every four minutes. It is also where the group photo actually gets everyone in it.

A large group photographed together on a boat deck at golden hour.
One boat, one afternoonFrames 24–26
Four men in linen shirts and a straw hat posed on the deck of a boat on the lake.
Three guests in sunhats and sunglasses laughing together aboard a party boat.
Guests posed on a boat deck beneath a US flag with the lake behind them.
A green two-tier celebration cake topped with an 'Aloha' script topper and fresh roses.
A host pouring champagne at a flower-covered outdoor table above the hills.

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