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When capturing real meaning is your goal, this Connecticut wedding photographer is the key

When capturing real meaning is your goal, this Connecticut wedding photographer is the key

Warm, authentic, and candid: these are three words that totally match our super talented photographer partner, Allie Dearie Photography. Allie is based in New London, Connecticut and captures everything that we love about offbeat weddings. So whether your wedding is big or small, on a warm beach far away or right at home in New England, Allie will deliver the true love story of your day with a narrative eye and attention to all of the elements that you want preserved in your memory. Shall we meet her?

A chat with offbeat wedding planning, Mama Hen organizing genius, Maven Macaw Events

A chat with offbeat wedding planning, Mama Hen organizing genius, Maven Macaw Events

When you’re scoping out the selection of vendors for your offbeat wedding, there’s one sign that ensures you’re dealing with someone who knows how it goes… when they themselves had an offbeat wedding! That’s definitely the case with our girl Beca Oliveira at Maven Macaw Events. So when we wanted to catch up with her to see how her amazing clients were rocking their weddings (with her pro guidance, natch!), we got the tea.

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Introverts and awkward folk! We’ve found your perfect wedding photographer

Coleen MacRamos is a New England wedding photographer that calls herself “a weirdo loving weirdo.” So it’s no wonder that her expertise is photographing couples who don’t feel comfortable in front of the camera… or even expressing any sort of PDA! So if that sounds like the kind of couple you guys are, here’s why you should go on a “first date” with MacRamos Photography…

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How to get a wedding photography discount for just being YOU

They say that things that sound too good to be true, usually are. But this is Offbeat Bride, where we do away with “the usual.” In the case of our sponsor Justine Johnson, her deals are just as good as they sound… You either have the chance to have a completely free, completely amazing wedding photographer, just for being your completely awesome selves. Just for being you doing “you.”

Here’s how you can get Justine to shoot your wedding for either free, or deeply discounted…

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Your wedding theme, venue, or hair could get you a SLAMMIN’ photography discount

Wedding photography real talk: The more you photograph weddings, the more talented you become. And the more you talented you become, the more you charge for your super-awesome-above-the-norm services. Which is great — Yay kicking ass at your craft! BUT the more you charge… the less you shoot certain kinds of lower-budget offbeat weddings.

That’s why Karina Picache of OhKarina Photography. has a master plan that involves THREE special discounts for Offbeat Bride readers. One involves Karina’s own photography wishlist…

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Heavenly, smile-inducing wedding photos from Boston’s Kristen Schueler Photography

When Boston’s Kristen Schueler became a photographer, she had one rule: no weddings. But something happened to her that would THANKFULLY change her mind (would you believe soup had to with it?). Keep reading to find out how on Earth two cans of soup made it possible for you to gawk at some of the gorgeous wedding porn AND get your own gorgeous wedding photos with a special offbeat discount.