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A woman holding a bouquet of flowers while wearing a very beautiful white dress during her wedding.

Photobombers make cameos, often with an absence of clothing, resulting in quite a few embarrassing wedding photos.

If you missed my list of 11 Deep Thoughts on Weddings From the Geniuses at Yahoo Answers from earlier this week, I’m getting married this weekend. So this is wedding-themed list two of two for the week. I’m rapidly turning into the WE Network.

I collected most of these photos of weddings ruined by weird and/or sexy things in the background years ago. Come to think of it, I may have grabbed most of them back when I did 11 Sexy Photos Totally Ruined by People In the Background almost four years ago. Back when I did that list, the term “photobomb” was barely known. Now look how far we’ve come.

11 Funny and embarrassing wedding photos due to photobombers

Wedding photography captures some of the most important moments of a couple’s life. When I thought of tying the knot, I keep on thinking that some unexpected guests would sneak into the frame and add an extra element of humor or embarrassment. It’s a risky proportion to say the least!

But anyway, I think I these images are helpful enough on what to look out for during the big day. Here are 11 wedding photos ruined (or, in some cases, wildly improved) by something inappropriate in the background.

1 | Everyone’s consummatin’ tonight!

Bridesmaids stand behind the bride which is sitting at the sofa while two dogs humps beside her.

I can’t guarantee that the top dog is giving the business to the bottom dog. They probably framed these dogs to sit beside the bride to add a unique element in the photo. However, they decided to do something symbolic at the last minute.

I will give credit to the one bridesmaid who violated what was clearly a photographer directive to “gaze longingly at the bride” to gaze inquisitively at the dogs humping.

2 | Dressage

The bride riding on a white horse that turned out to look like a female centaur wearing a wedding dress.

Did you know a female centaur is called a “Kentauride”? And it seems that for the very first time in Kentauride history, one of them is experiencing the happiest day of her life by tying the knot.

Of course, there’s a 99.4 percent chance that this is simply an optical illusion, but what are the odds?

3 | Professional upskirt photography

The wedding dress of the bride is blown away while the camera man takes a close up picture.

I’m curious who got *this* photo. We’re not seeing this from the wedding photographer’s angle — he’s really up in there. This is the more perverted shot. The main photographer’s photo is (probably) inadvertently perverted; this photo was taken by someone who’s intentionally a voyeur.

This is probably one of the most embarrassing wedding photo out there, not because of the flying wedding dress, but due to the presence of a voyeur with a camera.

4 | Beach wedding rookie mistake

A nude beach goer passes on the background during a wedding.

Never get married on a nude beach. You’re going to get upstaged by the nudity — and not by a gaggle of totally nude models from the Victoria’s Secret catalog. Not even the Sears catalog.

It’s difficult to control who goes in and out of the background, and you get lots of distractions. Just look at the groom. And look at the beach goer from behind. Totally not “in the moment” with their partners.

5 | Seven days

Newly-weds having a photo ops near the stairs when a woman that looks like Sadako from the movie, The Ring, descends to the stairs.

And this is why you don’t watch a mysterious VHS tape in the lead-up to your wedding. Or, if you do, don’t answer the phone call that comes afterward. That’s just a recipe for Sadako’s invitation.

I prefer having those humping dogs any other day than this.

6 | No woman can resist a man who looks good in a Speedo

A guy wearing Speedo passes by during the bride and groom's a photo ops.

I had a debate with someone recently about the age when you, basically, give up. What’s the age when you can wear a tiny Speedo with no shame? The over-under was 49 for Americans, 39 for South Americans, 25 for Europeans, and 18 specifically for Italians, Spaniards and Greeks.

The photographer taking this shot probably had his sights on the speedo guy and waited for the most opportune moment during the photo ops. It’s clear how clear that guy’s image is compared to the newly-weds.

7 | At least try to find a bathroom

Newly weds sit on a concrete beach for a quick photo when a guy in the background pees on the bushes.

This simply would have become a normal wedding shot but turned out to be one of the most embarrassing photos.

It’s a little hard to tell, but after multiple zooms and Zapruder examinations, I do believe that guy in back is peeing on the bushes. He couldn’t just be out there staring intently at plants or his hardware. The jury’s still out on whether, yes, in fact Edward Scissorhands sculpted all those bushes.

8 | Pants off, pegasus ho

Newly-wed couples posing in front of a fountain when a half-naked guy on the background rides on a horse statue.

I feel deeply sorry for this horse, even though it’s fake — it’s suffering even more humiliation than the horse that got sucked up into the bride’s body earlier into the list. And he’s even naked.

Now, do you remember the term for a female centaur? Already forgot it, huh. Kentauride. Commit it to memory. You now know for a fact it’s going to come up when you finally make it on Jeopardy.

9 | Wedding in Argentina?

Newly-weds passes in between an honor guard company when one of their older guests make a heil sign.

I think Grandpa needs to learn not all salutes are created equal. Someone really should’ve clogged his hands with one of those French horns once he started heiling the happy new couple.

This would have been a memorable honor guard for the newly-weds passing between the line while raising their French horns and trumpets. In fact, grandpa should have had one of those instruments to make his heiling less obvious.

10 | Bouquet toss gone wrong

One of the most embarrassing photos due to the bride's wedding dress falls off, showing her boobs while throwing the bouquet.

This moment probably happens more often than people realize (although most photographers are nice enough not to put the photo on the Internet). My wife-to-be had her final wedding dress fitting weeks ago but, like many people, has been eating extremely healthy leading up to the wedding. 

There’s an outside chance the dress will fit a little looser than anticipated. I’m not saying there’s *definitely* going to be this type of nudity at my wedding — but I’m not ruling it out.

11 | Who looks over a ledge like that?

Photo ops of the newly-weds with another couple, probably unintentionally gesturing a dog style while looking away.

I’m not sure if it’s the angle of the photo or just one awkward moment in time, but this looks WAY too much like non-innocent foreplay. I think this photo wouldn’t be as embarrassing if, instead of two people, those on the backgrounds were, birds!

Yeah, we already had humpers first on the list, so let’s give a chance to other species.

Also, the bride and groom must really hate that less than one day into their marriage, they already have less sexual chemistry than these other twos.


Now you know what to look out for during your photo ops when tying the knot. These 11 embarrassing wedding photos should have provided you with insights and may prevent you from watching unnamed VHS tapes or having your wedding on nude beaches.

If you’re not careful, you could end up on the next article of 11Points.