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Eye-Catching Portraits and Photos of the Week

December 19, 2022

By Jacqueline Tobin

This week, we celebrate love and its emotional impact with wedding portraits and photos that have movement and blur, as well as a whole lot of atmosphere.

Alberto Gobbato says this image, photographed in San Marco Square in Venice, Italy, is from couple Viktoria and Vadim’s wedding day—Viktoria is Ukrainian and Vadim is Russian and it was their dream to elope to Venice.

movement and blur.
© Alberto Gobbato

“The session was fun and intimate, and that Venice fog added a mystical feeling that made this wedding very unique,” Gobbato explains. (Photographed with a Canon R6 and Canon 35mm f/1.4 L EF lens.)

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This next image was also taken by Gobbato of the same couple, Viktoria and Vadim, but this time on the Rialto Bridge in Venice. (Photographed with a Canon R6 and Canon 35mm f/1.4 L EF lens.)

atmosphere portrait of couple.
© Alberto Gobbato

Alexandr Purcel is a wedding and reportage photographer based in Valencia, Spain, and this image below was taken in Castello il Palagio, Toscana, Italy.

movement and blur bridal portrait.
© Alexandr Purcel

“This Italian wedding had its own special vibe,” says Purcel. (Photographed with a Canon R5 and Canon RF 28-70mm lens in natural light.)

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The next image by Purcel (below) is one of his favorites, and ours as well, of a royal couple “in the heart of a royal palace.” (Photographed in Casino de Madrid, Spain, with a Canon R5 and Canon RF 28-70mm lens.)

bride and groom in blur photo.
© Alexandr Purcel

Below, an image by Jason Buff of Jabu Studio. “I love the pure emotion of the image,” he explains, “the feeling of drowning in emotion to the point where you almost can’t see. Model Maya’s blank expression, as well as the reflection, makes it look like she’s both submerged and tied to the earth, but also flying.” (Photographed with a Canon R and Sigma 35mm Art lens.)

bride in water.
© Jabu Studio

Dig into our Photo of the Day archives for even more eye-catching portraits and photos with movement and blur, editorial feels and emotions. Submit your wedding, editorial, documentary and other interesting and eye-catching portraits to: [email protected].