Wedding Photos of Animal

The following “Animal” 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 “Animal” 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.

Maharashtra engagement portrait session with a giraffe and a couple laughing

photo of a man and cat in the distance taken through large stacks of chairs

chair window animal dog chairs CA black and white

Lower Saxony wedding photographer captured this detail shot of the wedding rings resting on their dogs nose in Germany

grass ring details ring detail green Lower Saxony dog animal

Thailand Wedding Photographer | Image contains: elephant, black, white, bride, groom, outdoors, hat

groom hat elephant black and white trunk animal

animal sun carriage horse black and white transportation

Santa Barbara wedding photographer captured this photo of a dog dressed up for the occasion with a flower in her collar

pet flower animal red ground color dog

Phoenix wedding photographer captured this photo of the groom riding on a horse at the Arizona wedding ceremony

outdoors outside clouds Color waving road cell phone

Outer Banks Wedding Photography | Image contains: getting ready, dog, color, bridesmaid, carpet

color pink carpet dog magenta animal

Toronto Wedding Photojournalism | Image contains: elephant, groom, bride, trunk, stone, wall, stairs

yellow trunk color animal elephant dress

portrait of the groom resting his head tenderly on his horse

São Paulo animal face faces black and white horse

Lebanon wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of the bride walking down stone stairs in an alley in the Middle East

bride rustic animal cat dress stairs black and white

Documentary Wedding Photograph in Outer Banks | Image contains: ceremony, detail, frog, chair, wedding guest, color

frog animal chair color blue

London Wedding Reportage Photographer | Image contains: horses, coachman, reins, sky, color

horse horses animal animals carriage color

São Paulo wedding photographer captured this portrait of a bride playing in a pool still wearing her wedding dress

gown reception dog Night animal wet Color

Arezzo Wedding Photography | Image contains: hot tub, getting ready, champagne, dog, black, white, bride, bridemaids

dog animal pet black and white tub bride

Santorini Wedding Photography | Image contains: dog, suit, tie, women, tile, getting ready, black, white

animal tile dog black and white

Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: dog, flowergirl, sleeping, table, flowers, chairs, reception

chairs flowers animal pet bouquet dog child

Carson City wedding photographer captured this image of the bride and groom laughing as their dog howls in celebration at their outdoor lakeside ceremony

Carson City wedding image of the bride and groom laughing as their dog howls in celebration at their outdoor lakeside ceremony

mountains Carson City trees hill tree hills groom

San Diego Wedding Photographer | Image contains: dog, bride, veil, flowers, color, outdoors

green dog Color grass animal veil flowers

Landes Wedding Photography | Image contains: black, white, outdoor, reflection, door, bride, dog, wall

white window dog glass wall black and white

San Francisco Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: white, bushes, cat, sidewalk, color, detail, white tux

pet animal hedges white color suit

Lake Tahoe wedding photographer captured this portrait of a couple doing yoga on a rocky beach while their dog stays close by

Lake Tahoe wedding photographer created this portrait of a couple doing yoga on a rocky beach while their dog stays close by

clouds dog stone cloud groom portrait Lake Tahoe

Shanghai Wedding Photographer | Image contains: bride, dog, getting ready, home, pre-ceremony

Shanghai Wedding Photo of a bride, dog, getting ready, home, during the pre-ceremony

pet dress Color bride Shanghai animal dog

Wedding photograph from Montreal | Image contains: dog, bed, bride, black, white, getting ready, dress, mirror

animal black and white Montreal window getting dressed preparation dog

Toronto Wedding Photographer | Image contains: peacock, grass, blue, shoes, dress, palm trees

color peacock blue legs grass feet

Caserta wedding photographer captured this photo of the bride and groom hesitantly releasing the dove after their ceremony

flowers groom Caserta veil animal Color

Wedding photograph from Shanghai | Image contains: elephant, sand, beach, outdoors, color, ceremony

Wedding photo with an elephant, sand, beach, outdoors, color, and an afternoon ceremony

Shanghai details beach sand animal Feng Zhe elephant

Tianjin Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: detail, bouquet, flowers, chipmunk, tree, outdoors

Tianjin Documentary Wedding Photo with a bouquet, flowers, chipmunk, tree, and the great outdoors

Color bouquet arm flowers tree yellow green

Picture of a despondent Labrador flopped on green grass while his human owners marry in an outdoor wedding ceremony in Phoenix AZ

color dog bridesmaid pet animal pastor

Italy Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: outdoors, dogs, lake, bride, groom, color, flowergirl, grass

color dog girl child grass animal animals

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