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Sheva & Jared’s dark, elegant wedding with a twist of tacky Halloween fun

Offbeat Bride: Sheva, Hairstylist Her Offbeat Partner: Jared, Cad specialist Location & date of wedding: Castle on the Hudson, Tarrytown, NY — October 31st, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: Jared and I hate the traditional, and dread going to weddings. We decided to throw a huge bash on our favorite holiday, Halloween. To ensure […]

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Jennifer & Michael’s sexy earthy wedding

The offbeat bride: Jennifer, Mental Health Counselor/professional photographer/Fire Performance Artist Her offbeat partner: Michael Canton, Professional Photographer/Tech Guru Location & date of wedding: Beardslee Castle, Little Falls, New York. May 2, 2009. What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was OURS. It was US. I wanted to wear red and have the most gorgeous flowing […]

nyc elope alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to elope to NYC

If you’re looking to skip all the wedding planning drama and elope in New York City, you can make your life easy by getting in touch with Judie and Liam from Elope NYC.

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Kimi & Paul’s Jug Band, Critter-Filled Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kimi, artist and designer Her Offbeat Partner: Paul, artist and museum worker Location & Date of wedding: Audubon Boathouse, Prospect Park Brooklyn — 9/12/2008 What made our wedding offbeat: I’m half-Japanese Hawaiian and half Jewish, and my now-husband is an ex-Mormon, so tradition was out the window. All we wanted was a […]

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Kelly & Chris’s NY Tea Party Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kelly, Make up Artist My Offbeat Partner: Chris, Software Engineer Location & date of the wedding: New York, NY courthouse, and reception at Alice’s Tea Cup. March 20, 2009. What made our wedding offbeat: I bucked tradition by having a mid-day tea party wedding: Everything was exactly like the tea parties I […]

Milestone Images WINTER alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

As a wedding photographer, how do you deal with the potential body image issues brides sometimes have?

Last year, Angela from New York’s Milestone Images was just another offbeat bride planning her Chocolate-Themed Amusement Park Jewish-Pagan Handfasting. And now here she is, back to show off her goods as a New York wedding photographer who travels up and down the East Coast. Here’s a quick Q&A between me and Angela…