Wedding Photos of Pet

The following “Pet” 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 “Pet” 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 heartwarming moment captured during a wedding in Sprockhövel, Germany, as the couple's loyal dog lingers at the ceremony, fixating on the priest after delivering the rings.

Loyal Dog's Loving Gaze: Wedding Bliss in Sprockhövel, Germany captured as He Watches Priest

Bride affectionately pets her dog on the wooden floor near a mirror in Trieste, Italy, in a heartwarming wedding day moment.

Heartfelt Dog-Parent Bond: Bride Lovingly Pets Pup in Trieste, Italy on Wedding Day

Trieste Trieste wedding photography heartwarming Friuli-Venezia Giulia wooden floor dog dogs

A playful dog adds a touch of mischief to the traditional Chinese tea ceremony, with the seated parents in Haining, China.

PUP BRINGS CHARM TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE WEDDING TEA CEREMONY IN HAINING, CHINA

Zhejiang charm traditional Chinese tea ceremony Haining weddings canine China traditional Chinese wedding

West Peckham, Kent marriage reception party award-winning photo that has recorded The married couple's pet dog joining them on the dance floor at the end of their first dance

dance floor West Peckham wedding image Kent pet West Peckham first dance

Cesena Hills couple e-session in Italy with a pet chihuahua dog used for the proposal

Cesena Hills proposal Cesena Hills engagement dog chihuahua Caterina Errani pet

Sunset beach wedding photo from Clark's Cove, Nantucket Island, MA of One of the 'flower girl' pups watching the ceremony

Nantucket Island beach bride dog Nantucket Island beach weddings coronavirus sunset ceremony

Mountain wedding photography from a small event at Rock Creek, Montana as the bride pets dog during vows

Mountain creeek outdoor wedding photography from a small event at Rock Creek, Montana as the bride pets dog during vows

Montana MT ceremony pet coronavirus Rock Creek covid19

Montana home wedding photography from Philipsburg of grandma taunting a dog with hors d'ouvres

Social Distancing Philipsburg MT grandmother grandma dog pet

Grand Teton National Park Wedding Image | Dog celebrating wedding vows

Grand Teton National Park Wedding Image of a Dog celebrating the wedding vows

COVID Grand Teton engagement photographer ceremony Grand Teton elopement dog Social Distancing

Nashville Tennessee Wedding Photography | The bride spends a moment with her first love before the ceremony. Knox the spaniel was happy to see her but not inspired enough to get up from his nap.

Nashville Tennessee Wedding Photo of The bride spending a moment with her first love before the ceremony, Knox the spaniel was happy to see her but not inspired enough to get up from his nap

dog pet bride Nashville Lucy Schultz Nashville bridal image Tennessee

Boreas Pass, Colorado Wedding Ceremony Image | The couple's dog is only interested in kisses from guests during the ceremony.

Boreas Pass, Colorado Wedding Ceremony Image showing The couple's dog is only interested in kisses from guests during the ceremony

Boreas Pass wedding elopement covid 19 coronavirus pet Social Distancing dog Boreas Pass photographer

Love engagement photo shoot with a couple kissing and a running dog

Bolano pre wedding portraits engagement photo Bolano bridege dog pet sticks

Zeegse pre-wedding engagement shoot - the happiest of them all, of course.. the dog!

during a pre-wedding engagement shoot, the happiest of them all, of course, was the dog

overhead Zeegse engagement session dog pre wedding location Zeegse Zeegse pet

couple and the dog during engagement portrait shoot in Holambra - São Paulo

Holambra São Paulo engagement picture dog pre wedding portraits São Paulo black and white pet

Priest pets dog during ceremony

Antwerpen outdoor wedding pet ceremony Antwerpen antwerpen wedding photographer dogs

CA sunset engagement portrait session in the grass field with a dog

grass field USA stroll sunset pre wedding shoot dog California

Spain Engagement Photographer. Street art wall mural portrait with a small dog in a red jacket.

Spain Engagement Street art wall mural portrait with a small dog in a red jacket

flash dog pet Madrid engagement session statue Spain

A San Francisco engaged couple pose for their pre-wedding portraits with a dog and their log teepee

SF pre wedding portrait engagement photos SF CA tent San Francisco Jon Sun teepee

Lake Tahoe, California - Wedding Engagement Photography with a couple and their dog

Lake Tahoe, California pre-Wedding Photography with a couple and their dog

silhouette Lake Tahoe engagement photos Lake Tahoe pre wedding locations dog CA pet Lake Tahoe

Baltimore wedding engagement pictures in the snow with a dog by a MD photographer

Baltimore pet carrying MD tree Baltimore pre wedding portraits

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

black and white Lake Tahoe CA pet silhouette animal chairs

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

Shanghai dress bride dog pet Color animal

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

flower red ground dog animal floor pet

Arezzo Documentary Wedding Photographer | Image contains: bride, groom, black, white, dog, chair

dress animal silhouette dog pet black and white bride

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

pet bride dog Color São Paulo animal

tablecloth kiss dinner reception dog pet stone

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

lake water pet Carson City mountains ceremony animal

flags ceremony forest outdoors tree grass

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

bride cloud stone dog clouds portrait animal

ceremony pet pews animal dog altar dress

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