One of the arresting things about so many of Carl Olsen’s varied, gorgeous and surprising wildlife images is that little bit of eye contact, the impression of the subject’s acknowledgement of the viewer.

Intimacy, light, connection, visual truth: this will be your wedding day, documented by Maru Photography. Creating photographs that are sensual, artful, soul-stirring, igniting memories, drives Kim’s passion.

It is said that new folks get hopelessly lost in the Pender Harbour area unless they’ve had a tour by boat to get a feel for the myriad waterways.

Oh, the birds! Herons and eagles and hawks and ducks and seabirds of all kinds. Sue Harper’s photographs are full of the passion and affinity she feels for her natural subjects.

Dean Van’t Schip gives us everything—everything that matters in a shot: stillness, movement, detail, panorama, colour, texture.

Who hasn’t marvelled at the tabby cat’s unique and mesmerizing stripes or the wonderful splattering of liver-coloured spots on a pointer, or really looked into the eyes of an animal and seen unexpected depth?

Her eye for the perfect backdrop is just as sure whether at seaside, in the snowy mountains, or in cowboy country, giving her portfolio a wonderful and rare “surf and turf” flare.

A selection of wedding images shared by some of our favourite photographers.

Winners and finalists of the 2015 ZOOM Photo Contest

I started taking photos when I was six with my parents’ point-and-click film camera. You know the type—the one with the little four-sided flash cube. My favourite subjects were gophers. I wasn’t very good at sneaking up on them, so I had a lot of “See . . . the gopher’s right there, Mom!” type [...]