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wedding photographer

Are you looking for an offbeat wedding photographer? We can help! First, you should check out our directory of Offbeat Wed-approved wedding photographers. We’ve also got tons of advice about wedding photographers, including questions to ask your photographer, how to look great in photos, and insider secrets from wedding photographers themselves.

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5 weddings that prove LA’s Rawtography excels at stunning wedding photography and video

If there was ever a photo and video team who keeps us googly-eyed at the weddings they send our way, it’s the LA-based superstars of Rawtography. They’ve captured some truly stunning offbeat weddings including one of the most amazing goth weddings, a natural history event complete with volcano, a wedding at the Houdini Estate, a Muppet extravaganza at Jim Henson Studios, and the incredible seafoam circus wedding of Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver-Van Dyke. Yep, THAT Dick Van Dyke.

Here are some of their favorite weddings (that are now ours’, too!)…

This NY to Mexico globetrotting photographer is ready to capture all of the moments you never saw coming

This NY to Mexico globetrotting photographer is ready to capture all of the moments you never saw coming

When I think of a killer set of wedding photos, I sometimes don’t even want to see “WEDDING” all over it. I want to see amazing candids of old friends, tiny moments of ring bearers going rogue, tears in the groom’s eyes as he waits at the ceremony, and above all, an AMAZING story told in images. When I think of getting that amazing story? I think of Celia at The Lovely Lens. Here’s why Celia is ALL about the moments and not the stuffiness…

Tampa & Atlanta couples: we've got the super skilled wedding photographer of your dreams

Tampa & Atlanta couples: we’ve got a skilled wedding photographer ready to adventure with YOU

Everyone once in a while, we run across a photographer who knows exactly how to capture that perfect light-filled moment that makes your eyes glaze over in a haze of love. Looking at the portfolio of Joyelan Photography gave me those exact feels.

high-flying wedding photographer

When your wedding photographer goes mid-orbit to get that epic shot

We spied this high-flying shot by Ashley Fisher Photography of her seriously committed second shooter Ray Prop going full 747 to catch a Herculean shot of the groomsmen. That’s one solid way to get real reactions from your subjects!

Try not to grin scrolling these ultra happy wedding photos (and see how yours can look just as good!)

Try not to grin scrolling these ultra happy wedding photos (and see how yours can look just as good!)

You know when you’re scoping out the portfolios of wedding photographers and you run across some that just make you scream, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. That’s how I felt when I spied the work of our uber talented offbeat photographer partner, Danette Pascarella Photography.

Her photos were just full of that spark that you just want them to have. Clearly all of her clients are seriously comfortable in front of her camera, which is such a FIND. Let’s find out more about this awesome photographer and if she’s got any special gifts specifically for readers of Offbeat Bride. Spoiler alert: she does!

6 easy ways to show your appreciation for your wedding photographer (that will make them swoon!)

6 easy ways to show appreciation for your wedding photographer (that will make them swoon!)

Being a wedding photographer is AMAZING. I mean, we get to capture one of the most important, meaningful days in your lives, creating timeless photographs for you. But with that comes a lot of work and responsibility. Of course, we love it when you pay your invoices on time, and tips are never expected, but always appreciated. But there are some really easy, totally free things you can do that really make our hearts happy.

Here are some simple things you can do to show some wedding photographer appreciation…