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The Offbeat Wed community includes hundreds of inclusive wedding industry pros who are all working to change the cynical, exploitative nature of the mainstream Wedding Industrial Complex. We invite our awesome offbeat vendor friends to share their industry insider tips with us and our readers — together we can change the wedding industry to be more inclusive, more offbeat, and more awesome! (If you’re an offbeat vendor, let’s get you in here!)

7 things to keep in mind when booking entertainment for your wedding

7 things to keep in mind when booking entertainment for your wedding

If you’ll be needing entertainment to enhance the atmosphere of your wedding, it can be a challenge. Nothing can bring together both sides of the aisle together like some killer music (whether for dancing all night or background for your tabletop gaming).

Here are some tips for booking entertainment to keep your wedding guests chill and having a blast.

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Can we book a last-minute wedding photographer for our elopement?

My partner and I want to elope, but he’s not one for planning ahead. I love his spontaneity, but it doesn’t allow for things like hiring an awesome photographer to capture our day for us. How do we go about finding a last-minute wedding photographer on short notice? Or should we plan for a post-wedding photo shoot instead?

Dips to toasts: 9 things your wedding photographer NEEDS to know before your wedding

Dips to toasts: 9 things your wedding photographer NEEDS to know before your wedding

After photographing 200+ weddings, I have a pretty good gauge on what is likely to happen on most wedding days… but there are times when details don’t get shared with me before hand, and I get caught off guard. I want to make sure I catch the surprise Star Wars entrance, the singing toast from the best man, and all the meticulously crafted DIY details.

This in mind, here are 9 important things to share with YOUR wedding photographer, before your wedding…

7 questions to help you create a super personalized wedding ceremony

7 questions to help you create a super personalized wedding ceremony

There’s not much guidance for thinking about the ceremony itself. What even is a wedding? What’s it for? And how do you go about planning the part of your wedding where you actually get married? Having guided a lot of couples — not to mention my fiancée — through the process of planning a wedding, here are my top seven questions to get you going on a personalized wedding ceremony that reflects your relationship…