Whistler photog captures wedding photo of the year after bird lands on top of the bride’s head

A Canadian wedding photographer has won an international wedding photo competition after an opportune moment was caught in Whistler.

Tara Lilly was shooting the ceremony of Mikaela and Mitch’s wedding on a mountaintop in Whistler when a bird landed on the bride’s head.

The bird is a whisky jack and landed on Mikaela’s head just as Mitch started saying his vows.

The photo captured at that moment won the International Wedding Photographer of the Year competition.

Canada when a curious whisky jack landed on Mikaela’s head just as Mitch had started saying his vows.

“I’m Snow White!” Mikaela cried out.

The hilarious moment earned Lilly the title of 2023 International Wedding Photographer of the Year after she entered the photo into the “Single Capture” category.

Photo credit: Tara Lilly.

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