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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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Autumn weddings = times for capes & cloaks!

I’ve written before about my love of wedding cloaks, but now that it’s time for the autumn weddings, my love of a little magic over the shoulder has been renewed. J.R. Blackwell put a great twist on the cloak concept when she gave her wedding party colored cloaks to demarkate their roles — her maid […]

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Why put a ring on it? Go for a wedding anklet

In the past, I’ve answered advice questions from folks who are like “We don’t want to exchange rings! How do we do a ceremony without wedding rings?” Well, here’s one more idea to consider: a wedding anklet.

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Vintage-style wedding headband

Photos courtesy of Daria Bishop Photography When I asked Katie about her amazing 1920s-style wedding headband, she reported that it was the work of Etsy seller Boring Sidney, who makes amazing little hats and headpieces of all sorts. And if you’re looking for lots of vintage wedding inspiration, you must flip through Mario and Katie’s […]

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Black wedding dress

Not only were there a lot of Converse All-Stars worn at this wedding, but they got married by a monk wearing sneakers. I did an interview with this bride about how she picked her black dress right here.

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Pixelated save the dates

Look at this awesome pixelated super geeky save the date cards designed by David Lanham. The groom who commissioned the cards wrote a blog post recently about the design elements of his recent wedding, and if you’re looking for some inspiration like a wedding cake with pixelated flowers — RUN DO NOT WALK. Is there […]

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Wai Ching wedding party – with a dress for the groomsgirl!

We all know I love Wai Ching wedding dresses — but I’ve never seen an entire wedding party decked out in Wai Ching. It’s hot! Even the groomsgirl got her own coordinated dress: