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wedding photographer

Are you looking for an offbeat wedding photographer? We can help! First, you should check out our directory of Offbeat Wed-approved wedding photographers. We’ve also got tons of advice about wedding photographers, including questions to ask your photographer, how to look great in photos, and insider secrets from wedding photographers themselves.

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Sexy stormtroopers & the king of all photobombers: 5 unbelievable wedding photos from Mike Allebach

Look at that photo before you. Just look at it! Is this not one of the best bridesmaid photos you’ve ever seen? It’s like a photo straight from Darth Vader’s wedding album!

Speaking of great photos, allow me to show off four more so-awesome-they’re-almost-unbelievable photos from longtime sponsor, and friend of the Empire, Mike Allebach. And while we’re wrapping our minds around these incredible images, you can also wrap your mind around his special offer to our readers…

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.

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Wedding photography that’s “a little nerdy and a lot laid back” from Atlanta’s YouAreRaven

Photographer Raven Shutley is a traveling wedding photographer, who’s as obsessed with emotions and what makes you YOU. So if one of you is chillin’ in a creek in your wedding clothes, or a Star Wars fanboy, and the other is Browncoat, then your Boba Fett/Jayne wedding portrait request is exactly what Raven wants to shoot. Let’s talk about how you can get your hands on your own photoshoot mash-up of you-ness with a special discount from YouAreRaven.

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Are photographers going to start offering discounts for unplugged weddings?

In my almost-eight years of running Offbeat Bride and working with wedding photographers, I’ve heard of photographers offering potential clients discounts for all sorts of things: discounts for destination weddings, discounts for LGBT-identified couples, discounts for sci-fi weddings or elopements and all sorts of other niche weddings. But yesterday was the first time I saw a photographer who’s offering a discount for couples doing an unplugged wedding. Is this a new thing?