Wedding Photos of Eyes

The following “Eyes” 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 “Eyes” 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 wedding day moment at Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snows in Iseo comes to life as the groom assists the beaming bride out of a vintage Fiat 500, her radiant smile tells a tale of pure happiness as she locks eyes with her love.

Radiant Bride and Groom: Vintage Fiat 500 Moment at Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snows

In Moselle, a couple lovingly gazes into each other's eyes amidst a bamboo forest on their wedding day portrait session in nature.

Romantic Moment: Couple in Love amidst Bamboo Forest, Moselle, Captured in Wedding Portrait Session

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At Adobe Lodge, Santa Clara University, California, the bride lovingly embraces her mother after she delivers a touching speech, leaving the emotional groom visibly moved by her heartfelt words.

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE BRINGS TEARS TO GROOM'S EYES WITH TOUCHING SPEECH

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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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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China: Hilarious moment captured at a hotel after the wedding ceremony as the bride's baby playfully touches her eyes

Hangzhou's Joyful Touch: A Delightful Post-Wedding Encounter at the Hotel

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An Atlanta Georgia flower girl grimaces while getting her hair sprayed, covering her nose and closing her eyes

Atlanta Flower Girl's Hilarious Hairdo Mishap

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In Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, a mother shields her daughter's eyes as the bride and groom share a heartfelt kiss during the wedding ceremony

Ardeche's Tender Embrace: A Mother's Protective Love

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In Paris, the heartfelt speech by the groom's mother brings tears to the bride and groom's eyes during their wedding celebration

A Touching Moment in the Heart of Paris

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In their stunning black and white wedding portrait, this couple at the Grand Hyatt Erawan in Bangkok gaze lovingly into each other's eyes, beautifully framed by the windows of the indoor room.

BANGKOK'S GRAND HYATT ERWAN WEDDING: A Timeless Love Captured

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Côtes-d'Armor couples lifestyle photography at Pleneuf Val Andre in France with creative shadows only exposing their eyes

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A Colorado wedding day detail picture of the bride getting her eye makeup done

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Hertfordshire wedding documentary photographer created this image at The Grove hotel showing that Its all in the eyes

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Adventurous and scenic Pigeon Forge engagement session for The couple holding hands and looking at each others eyes with trees in the background

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World's best and most unconventional wedding photography from Villa Rocchetta, Ispra, Italy highlighting the details of the bridal makeup applied to her eyes

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A top Colorado wedding photojournalist at the Crooked Willow Farms created this image showing the groom and father of the bride wiping tears from their eyes at the beginning of the wedding ceremony

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Ritrattistica, Piazza Sordello, Mantova, Italia wedding bride artistic image session In the atrium of a building with beautiful light as the bride positions herself to enhance the beauty of her eyes

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True Love Pre-Wedding Portrait Session at Moss Beach in California capturing a couple with that glow in their eyes

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Liaoning hotel wedding art detail picture showing brides legs and feet with her bridesmaids wearing funny socks with eyes

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Castello di Cernusco Lombardone real wedding moment captured of the promises in the eyes of the bride you can see all the love she feels for what after a few moments will be her husband

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Berkeley City Club wedding ceremony moment photo showing the bride's childhood and lifelong friend who just gave a powerful and emotional speech. She then sits down and uses her husband's necktie to wipe her eyes

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Taranto wedding photo from the Apulia house of the bride showing the eyes of the bride while putting on makeup in mirrors

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Fiumara Beach, Grosseto fine art wedding portrait as the groom embraces from behind his bride, the embrace is intense, the groom closes his eyes expressing passion while the bride smiles

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French wedding photography from Chateau de Crazannes, France showing The groom hiding his wife's eyes for the ribbon game Florent Fauqueux

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Hauts-de-France Hotel image of the bride putting on makeup on the morning of the wedding

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Image from the house of the bride, Taranto Italy during wedding day makeup of the bride

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Siracusa bride to be during a couple portrait session - close your eyes

a 'bride and groom to be' during a couple portrait session - close your eyes

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Surrounded by wedding party members, a bridesmaid closes her eyes as she hugs the bride moments after the wedding ceremony | South Lake Tahoe Wedding Image

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Píer Mauá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil pre-wedding photographer - I close my eyes and feel the love. The gentle breeze takes my thoughts to you.

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Couple portrait during engagement session on the Costa Brava - Tight shot on faces.

Couple portrait during engagement session with a Tight shot on faces

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Luxemburg Church Wedding Photographer - Grandpa looking directly in the eyes of his Granddaughter during the ceremony

Grandpa looking directly in the eyes of his Granddaughter in the church

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