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Wedding Inspo

When you’re planning a wedding, really good wedding photography can almost be like looking at dirty pictures! This is our archive of posts focused more on wedding photography (and less on written explanations).

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How I made my own green Victorian-inspired wedding dress

The journey of my dress began in a fabric shop where I discovered a luscious, sage green velvet embroidered with leafy vines and flower buds. I left the shop and went home, but couldn’t stop thinking about that cloth. The next day I went back to look again and bought 8.5 yards of the fabric, everything the store had on hand. After enlisting the help of my friend, this is how I made my own Victorian-inspired wedding dress!

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Pinwheels, sunshine, and a flash mob dance at this San Diego wedding

Carrie and Alynn created one of those idyllic days where everything seems to glow with love (and a fabulous blue sky day in San Diego never hurts!). From the pinwheel-lined path and bluegrass rendition of “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perry, the ceremony is one sweet moment after another. They celebrated their respective faiths, Christianity and Buddhism, and included a handfasting with ribbons tied by their mothers.

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Loosen up your groomsmen with this funny, mildly-NSFW photo op

Photographer Peter A. Charlesworth shared this new groomsman pose he’s starting suggesting at his weddings: “New wedding photography technique for loosening up the groom and his off-siders: Show us your cum face.”

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TARDIS candy buffets, magical photos, adorable couples, and kids in this Reader Roundup

Ariel called this photo of Nancy and her new husband “magical.” I call it fucking STUNNING! What do you call it? And you have to see her adorable flower girl… Oh and the TARDIS candy buffet… and some adorable bearded grooms and hula hooping brides…