Wedding Photos of Gazing

The following “Gazing” 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 “Gazing” 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.

At the beautiful Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan, Italy, a tender moment is captured as a woman gazes lovingly at a baby in the bride's lap during the wedding ceremony.

Tender Moment: Woman Gazing at Baby in Bride's Lap at Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio

A bride getting ready in front of a grand mirror at Schloss Herten, Germany, on her wedding day, delicately adjusting her earrings.

Bride Gazing at Grand Mirror: Schloss Herten Wedding Day Earring Adjustment in Germany

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A touching moment captured at Cielo at Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Colorado - a new stepson gazing up at his stepmother during their first dance, while the emotional father watches on.

Family Bonds: A Stepson's First Dance at Cielo at Castle Pines

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A wedding portrait taken at a Denver, Colorado reception venue capturing a couple gazing at each other beneath a stunning rainbow against a picturesque sunset backdrop.

Captivating Wedding Portrait: Denver Venue Rainbow as Sun Sets

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In Eure, at the reception venue, this award-winning image captures the groom lifting the bride, both smiling as they gaze into each other's eyes.

Romantic Love in Eure: Award-Winning Photo of Smiling Bride and Groom

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An award-winning artistic wedding day portrait captured at Villa Bonomo, Trieste, Italy. The image showcases the bride and groom, in a loving embrace, gazing at each other with the setting sun casting a beautiful glow.

Golden Embrace: A Romantic Wedding Moment at Villa Bonomo, Trieste

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Wedding portrait captured in Aveyron, featuring a stunning sunset backdrop. The couple gazes at each other in partial silhouettes, framed by foliage surroundings, basking in warm tones and sunlight.

Aveyron's Spectacular Sunset: A Captivating Love Story Amidst Nature's Embrace

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Beautiful and creative, this lifestyle couple portrait at Grays' Beach in Yarmouth Port, MA captures a couple gazing into each other's eyes on a boardwalk. The vivid sunset colors the sky, and leading lines of the handrail create a great composition.

Captivating Connection: A Stunning Grays' Beach Portrait Celebrating Love

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Lifestyle couple portrait at Mount Falcon Trailhead: A couple gazes intently into each other's eyes amidst a sunset backdrop, enveloped by the enchanting sight of small, luminous bugs swirling around them. The composition is left of center-framed.

Luminescent Love: Captivating Couple Portraits in Nature's Twilight at Mount Falcon Trailhead

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A creative wedding photographer captures a romantic pose as a groom gazes lovingly at his new wife, with her reflection beautifully captured in his sunglasses. This black and white portrait was taken at the charming Barn at Raccoon Creek venue.

Reflection of Love: A Breathtaking Moment at Barn Raccoon Creek

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Enchanted in Madrid: A Captivating Pre-Wedding Portrait of Intertwined Hearts

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A photographer from WPJA captured an engagement picture session of a couple at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, where they were seen sitting on a bench, smiling and sharing a gaze

Love Takes Center Stage: An Enchanting Engagement at the Kennedy Center

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A stunning engagement portrait of a couple gazing lovingly at each other against the backdrop of majestic Swiss mountains, captured by a top Switzerland wedding photographer.

Swiss Mountain Romance: A Captivating Engagement Portrait by a Top Switzerland Wedding Photographer

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An enchanting pre-wedding BW portrait captured by a creative Mainz wedding photographer at Theodor-Heuss-Brücke in Mainz, Germany, where the couple shares a gaze full of love, amidst the bustling movement of pedestrians and cyclists.

Amidst Mainz's Charm: A Captivating BW Engagement Portrait at Theodor-Heuss-Brücke, Germany, Where Love Unites Against the City's Dynamic Backdrop

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A precious moment of a small baby holding the bride's hand and gazing at her wedding ring, in a stunning detail shot at Hoxton Docks, London, UK

London, UK: Stunning detail shot captures small baby holding bride's hand and gazing at wedding ring

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A couple gazes at each other as the sun sets over a grassy field at Shupe Homestead in Longmont, Colorado

Longmont, Colorado: A romantic sunset at Shupe Homestead creates a captivating moment between a couple

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At the Park of Cauffry, France, the newlyweds shared a sweet portrait under the veil, gazing into each other's eyes with big smiles on their faces

Wedding Portrait at Park of Cauffry, France captures newlyweds' sweet moment under the veil

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The couple gazed lovingly into each other's eyes while posing for their save-the-date engagement announcement portrait

Modern industrial loft: Moselle couple lovingly posing for save-the-date engagement portrait

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A beautiful portrait of an engaged couple at sunset in Rilke Path, Duino, Trieste, Italy, with the sun flaring in from behind and creating warm tones as she lovingly gazed up at him

The happy couple, illuminated by the warm sunset hues, gaze lovingly at one another before their wedding day

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In Paris, Île-de-France, the groom prepares for the wedding in his home, gazing out at the sky through a window that reflects its image

In Paris, the groom gazes out a window at the blue sky, preparing for his wedding in his Île-de-France home

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True Love pre wedding Photoshoot in High Museum of Art in Atlanta of a couple gazing in each others eyes below the architecture

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YORK MILLS GALLERY wedding venue photo | Detail shot of the paper

A creative wedding photo featuring hands and eyes gazing at a paper is captured

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London England black-and-white portrait of a couple gazing into each others eyes in the trees

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