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alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Don’t forget to ask these 9 super important wedding photographer questions

If you’re looking for a professional photographer who knows their stuff and will rock your emotional socks when you see the end result, your first stop is our Offbeat Bride Vendor Guide. Once you’ve narrowed down your options for a photography vendor, you’ll want to get your list o’ questions going — and it’s a pretty important set of questions. Let’s talk shop about what to ask your potential wedding photographer.

4 types of wedding photobombers alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Save yourself from these 4 common kinds of wedding photobombers

With pretty much every guest bringing some sort of recording device to a wedding nowadays, the odds of running into photobombers is growing increasingly higher. Many couples have avoided this with planning “unplugged” weddings; however, there are still a few types of people who don’t like to play by the rules.

After having shot weddings for nearly seven years, I feel like I’ve seen enough photobombers to be able to not only classify them but have learned a little about how to deal with them. Here are, from my experience, the four categories of photobombers, and how to deal with them…

Free wedding hashtag sign printable from @offbeatbride

Super cute editable & printable wedding hashtag sign

After you’ve played around with your names, your themes, and your favorite words because you’ve decide to come up with your most perfectly crafted #weddinghashtag, you’ll need to let all your guests know to USE IT! We’ve created a little wedding hashtag sign printable that you can download, edit, and display.

how to look in pictures alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to look (and feel!) amazing in your wedding photos

Wanna know how to look amazing in pictures? I can help you with that! Since I’m a wedding photographer, I photograph a lot of regular people — people that are not used to being photographed, and usually are clueless as to what to do. Hell, even if you aren’t getting married, and you just want to know how to look amazing in pictures, keep reading as this applies to everything…

Body positive boudoir photography

“Getting naked does stuff”: finding yourself with body positive boudoir photography from Jezebel VonZephyr

Boudoir sessions almost always flip on a confidence switch that we just LOVE. That’s why we always love partnering with fantastic and body positive boudoir photographers like Jezebel VonZephyr Boudoir in downtown Bothell, WA. Let’s talk about what a boudoir session with Sara from Jezebel VonZephyr can do for not only your confidence, but also your soul. Yep, it can be that transformative. We’ll also see why “Getting naked does stuff.”

photo by deborah huber alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Shy photographers: dispelling the myth that your wedding photographer should be your BFF

As a photographer, I follow wedding blogs and often find advice recommending couples to hire a photographer that “could be your friend.” This is something that I find incredibly odd, and sometimes not very good advice. This is not to say that if you find someone who is amazing and outgoing that you should not hire them (us photographers come in all shapes and personalities). I’d like to offer a few reasons why you should consider not solely hiring “someone who you could be friends with,” and a few secrets that artists might not disclose every day…