July 2010 | Offbeat Bride

Michael Andrews is a wedding photographer based in Los Angeles with a background in photojournalism and documentary photography. So that means he's a bad-ass at capturing the moments as they happen. Or as Michael puts it, "My work is true to the day and the vision of couples I work with. I want to get the real shit, otherwise, why bother doing this!?" Amen brothah!

By accidently DIYing almost everything Becca & Adam totally pulled off this deliciously turquoise and red wedding.

You may or may not know that I'm a total dork, even Ariel attested to that fact during her last book reading. So every now and then when we get geeky wedding submitted to us, or when someone submits their photos to the Flickr pool, I get SUPER excited when I see really geeky cakes. Please to enjoy some of my favorites.

OBT member Stella hand made her wedding invitations and added this beautiful pop-up lotus detail which is freaking AWESOME!

For the reception, the bride had but two demands: fried chicken and Michael Jackson. And she got both.

CNN ran a story this morning about low budget weddings, and got a LOT of help from OBT members. Several OBTs and their offbeat budget tips are featured in the article: Bowling alley wedding: How creativity is priceless in a bad economy.

Once again it's time for a round-up of my newest favorite Little Things Favors. This time it's for my peeps — the geek crowd!

Kris & Tony wanted a location for their wedding that would allow our guests their guests to entertain themselves and create a vacation if they wished. Where better than Las Vegas?