Some of you may remember this cross-gendered wedding party I featured in March. Well, the wedding was shot by Amanda Brooks in Los Angeles, and it’s time you know a little bit more about her and saw more of her insanely stylish wedding photography.

Amanda specializes in retro and theme weddings, and brings a lot of journalist flair to her work.

See, she’s spent the last two years as the backstage photographer with Burlesque scenesters Tease-O-Rama, and so clearly she understands on a core level how to beautiful capture curvy, gorgeous women who are going for that classic, mid-century style.

You’ve just got to see more of these photos…

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So, you’re having a theme wedding. And you’re looking for a wedding photographer who won’t scoff, “Wait, you’re getting married on a pirate ship?” A wedding photographer who won’t ask incredulously, “So, you’re dressing up … like astronauts?”

If you want a photographer who screams, “FUCK YEAH, I LOVE YOUR WONDERFULLY WEIRD THEME WEDDING!” then you want Justin Winokur. This LA-based photographer will totally p0wn your theme wedding, and if you don’t believe me, just check out some of his photos from a Star Wars wedding…

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Caroline Winata of Tinywater Photography has something magic in her super lush, super saturated, super gorgeous wedding and engagement photos:

Those of you who are members of the OBT may recognize this bride-to-be — it’s Julie, who recently wrote about her experiences with Tinywater Photography in the OBT forum.

Keep reading for more Tinywater photos, including the most gorgeous urban elopement ever, a four-legged flower girl, and a trash the dress special offer…

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If you’re in Philly and looking for a wedding photographer, you definitely DEFINITELY need to check out Allebach Photography.

It’s obvious that Mike & Rachel Allebach so totally get offbeat brides — they just posted the most amazing series of tattooed bride photos on their blog dedicated to philadelphia wedding photography.

Seriously, you gotta see these shots…

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Prepare yourself for some guh-guh-guhmazing wedding porn from One Love Photo, based here in my homeland of Western Washington.

When photographer Heather Gilson contacted me about advertising, I went to go peek around her website to see if she did work I thought my offbeat brides would enjoy.

And what did I see? Amazing mod garden ceremonies. Grooms in chucks. Wai Ching dresses. In other words: quintessential offbeat brides.

Want to keep feasting your eyes? (Nyom nyom nyom: wedding porn!) More One Love Photo shots below!

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Some of you may remember my last post about Lara Swanson wedding photography in Washington, DC. Well, she’s baaaaack, and this time they’ve got some amazing photos from a recent wedding in DC, with a bad ass couple named Sarah & Michael.

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Some of you are already familiar with the work of Seattle wedding photographer Jenny Jiménez — she shot the infamous Pixel wedding. But oh, she’s done so much more than that, including placing in the PDN Top Knots wedding photography contest.

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Who wants to look like a froofy princess on their wedding day? Seattle wedding photographer Winifred Westergard seems to really get it that not all of us do. Her gallery of wedding photos is filled with refreshingly honest portraits — including this one here, and an awesome shot of a groom who appears to be wearing a pair of delicate white wings — but isn’t. Seattle brides, if you’re on the hunt for your wedding photographer, definitely take a look at Westergard Photo and see what you think.