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So I had the esteemed honor (and OMG sweet freaking luck) of shooting the very first wedding ever held at the Jim Henson Co. lot in Los Angeles. Here are some of my favorite shots of Luke and Suzanne's Muppet wedding — well, from the photos I've edited so far!
Charlie Chaplin + wedding dress = amazing
Mom helping with the dress.
Oh and did I mention that they had matching bride and groom muppets? Yeah, what kind of muppet wedding would this be without muppets!? And Suzanne had the “health insurance heart” made as a surprise for Luke. So… SURPRISE LUKE! 🙂
Crash this geeky, Star Wars-themed, nerdstravaganza wedding at the Jim Henson Studios
Remember a while ago when I got to crash Offbeat Bride Jennifer and her husband Ryan's wedding at the Jim Henson Studios here in LA?... Read more
I could do a post on their centerpieces alone. Each one had a different nerdy/movie/pop-culture reference with corresponding photos of the two of them in character.
The bridal party.
Oh yeah, I also rented this RIDICULOUS fisheye lens. So be looking forward to more funky fisheye photos, using it for the dancing was my favorite.
The ceremony begins…
The WE DID IT! moment alone.
Their favors were ring pops and customized dice.
The ring pops were a real hit.
They had an In & Out truck for their dinner!
Their wedding cake was based on the battle scene on Hoth in Star Wars with the biggest freaking AT-AT I've ever seen. And if you look closely, Luke modified the cake knife to have a light saber handle…
I also shot some of my favorite first dance photos EVAR.
The Jim Henson Co. in full swing.
Stay tuned for more photos! Until then, here's a video of the Luke and Suzanne muppets singing the Beatles…
Luke and Suzanne turned the screening room into a place for their guests to play Beatles Rock Band — silliness ensued.
Oh and as an added bonus, here are some goofy photos of the Finleys…
Aaron fits right in amongst the company of Muppets.
Me at the wedding, always the professional.
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Oh. My. God. Freak out! This is amazing! Thanks for posting.
Oh, to have been in attendance at that wedding! I can’t wait for the write-up!!!
I know! I kept asking Megan, how did we get so freaking lucky!?! The wedding was awesome and the couple was even cooler!
Guh. If I was drinking soda, the awesomeness would have made it come out my nose.
Oh my God that wedding just invented a whole new class of awsomeness. !!!!! must see more !!!!!
I’m so excited, Megan’s going to be my photographer for my pi-day wedding next year! Squee!!!!
It’s so awesome/weird to see pictures of my own wedding on OBB after having drooled over so much amazing wedding porn here over the past year and being inspired by so many other couples! Squee!
Major props to Megan for these beautiful photos, and for generally geeking out with us on the big day! We couldn’t have asked for a better photography team.
Fun fact…that Gremlin is signed by Joe Dante, and was the first birthday present Luke ever got me. A mutual love of Gremlins 2 a happy marriage makes!
Okay, where did you get that beyond-awesome fascinator? Because I need it. I really do. (I’m a huge comic nerd and I have a passion for all those awesome sound effects words)
Thanks! I had the fascinator custom made through the most incredible Etsy seller (she even tracked down the perfect blue veil):
http://www.etsy.com/shop/janinebasil
Seriously, LOVE her fascinators and she was a joy to collaborate with!
Thank you so very much!
When i saw that fascinator I knew it must have been one of hers, as i’m looking at doing something similar in red and black for my comic book/nintendo themed wedding 🙂
UM SERIOUSLY AMAZING.
My brain just expolded from the awesomeness of this wedding!!!
I love that building–it was originally charlie chaplin’s–I was there recently for a whiskey tasting, but would’ve never thought of a wedding there! Great venue choice, and I second the AWESOME fascinator! One of my best friends has a tattoo just like it 🙂 Most of all, I love that you managed to show that wacky/fun and simple/elegant aren’t mutually exclusive!
Rad! Just rad!!
OMFG.
My friends used “Somebody’s Getting Married!” as one of their songs during the ceremony, and I was literally bouncing in my chair because I EFFING LOVE the Muppets! Seriously, I adore them. I grew up on a hefty diet of Sesame Street, and I am totally and completely in love with Kermit the Frog. 🙂
We worked lyrics from “Somebody’s Getting Married” into our vows (“He’ll make me happy each time I see him,” etc.), Muppets Take Manhattan is far and away my favorite muppet movie!